Injured Broad misses last warm-up - Mumbai XI v England
England paceman Stuart Broad had to pull out of the tourists' final warm-up match before the seven-match one-day series in India with a sore knee.
With Ryan Sidebottom still recovering from his Achilles problem it meant England were forced to field just two specialist fast bowlers on Tuesday.
The tourists won the toss and had a Mumbai President's XI lacking any notable players 100-3 after 30 overs.
James Anderson, Graeme Swann and Samit Patel were the three wicket-takers.
Having elected to rest batsman Owais Shah, England won the toss and Anderson - who impressed during Sunday's warm-up triumph by claiming three wickets - was back in the hunt.
Paul Valthaty, who had a reprieve in the first over of the match when wicketkeeper Matt Prior dropped him off Anderson's bowling, was eventually taken by Swann at first slip.
Steve Harmison was unfortunate not to claim a wicket in the next over when he had two appeals for a catch behind and an lbw shout denied against Rohan Bagade.
But having survived a testing early spell, Bagade grew in confidence at the Brabourne Stadium and claimed his first boundary with a deft late cut behind point off Harmison.
New batsman Sushant Marathe settled quickly and drove Anderson down the ground for his first boundary and despite introducing Andrew Flintoff and Swann into the attack, England struggled to break the second-wicket partnership.
Then Waghele, attempting to increase the scoring rate, tried one slog sweep too many and chipped Swann straight to Patel at mid-wicket.
Patel quickly claimed another success in the next over with a smart return catch to remove captain Onkar Khanvilkar as England began to make inroads into Mumbai's middle order.
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