Ian Chappell: 'Paul Collingwood's performance, under the pressures of captaincy, will be key to England's chances' © Getty Images

The one-day series between India and England shapes up as a fairly even contest - much like the Test series was.

I think the weaknesses of both sides comes down to their bowling, particularly their pace bowling. The Indian pace bowlers took a bit of a belting from the England Lions and I think over the past few years they have shown a bit of vulnerability when they are attacked. Now whether England - apart from [Kevin] Pietersen and Andrew [Flintoff] - have got the ability to attack remains to be seen. I think England's pace bowlers have been a bit wayward in one-day cricket in recent times - they've conceded some huge totals. So I think the pace bowling of both the teams is still a relatively unknown quantity and probably, the team that bowls the best will win the series.

Batting-wise India have certainly got the names - they are very strong in that department, even without [Virender] Sehwag. England rely heavily on Pietersen in their one-day game, particularly, they rely on him to get big scores and pick up the scoring rate. [Paul] Collingwood, their captain will be key to England's chances. When he played well, in Australia, England won, so if he is able to withstand the pressures of captaincy and keep his play - particularly his batting - up to standard, I think England will stand a good chance.

India are a little bit sharper in their fielding department now with some younger guys in their one-day side but I still have some queries over their ageing players. Also, their throwing from the boundary line isn't that strong, so I think England will, perhaps, enjoy a bit of an edge in the fielding department.

But this seven match series shapes up as being fairly even contest. The weather in England has been quite damp over the past few days and I am told that there could be a bit of dew around, so that could be a bit of factor with some of the games being day and night affairs, in that the team bowling second could be at a bit of a disadvantage. There are a lot of questions marks in this series - I don't see much between the two teams - and I think the side that bowls the best and most consistently, particularly in the pace department, will come out on top.