| a10335 o1175 |
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| Venue | Willowmoore Park Main Oval, Benoni on 9th February 1997 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | India won by 6 wickets |
| Points | India 2; Zimbabwe 0 |
| Umpires | DF Becker, WA Diedricks |
| TV umpire | SB Lambson |
| Referee | BN Jarman |
| Player of the Match | SR Tendulkar |
| Zimbabwe innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GW Flower | c Jadeja b Joshi | 40 | 69 | 90 | 2 | - | 57.97 |
| SV Carlisle | c Mongia b Srinath | 3 | 18 | 29 | - | - | 16.67 |
| *ADR Campbell | b Srinath | 86 | 108 | 160 | 2 | 2 | 79.63 |
| GJ Whittall | c Dravid b Kumble | 20 | 29 | 33 | 1 | - | 68.97 |
| +A Flower | b Joshi | 35 | 34 | 40 | 2 | - | 102.94 |
| DL Houghton | c Kumble b Joshi | 1 | 9 | 9 | - | - | 11.11 |
| CN Evans | not out | 17 | 20 | 26 | 1 | - | 85.00 |
| PA Strang | c Azharuddin b Kumble | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 150.00 |
| HH Streak | b Srinath | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 75.00 |
| EA Brandes | not out | 8 | 8 | 8 | - | - | 100.00 |
| JA Rennie | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 10 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18 (Carlisle), 2-79 (GW Flower), 3-128 (Whittall), 4-191 (A Flower), 5-195 (Houghton), 6-212 (Campbell), 7-219 (Strang), 8-225 (Streak) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Srinath | 10 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 20.00 | 3.50 |
| Prasad | 10 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 4.50 |
| Singh | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.20 |
| Kumble | 10 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 2 | - | 30.00 | 5.30 |
| Joshi | 10 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 1 | - | 20.00 | 4.00 |
| Tendulkar | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.33 |
| Ganguly | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 5.50 |
| India innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| SC Ganguly | c Carlisle b Rennie | 12 | 14 | 14 | 1 | - | 85.71 |
| *SR Tendulkar | c Campbell b Evans | 104 | 97 | 121 | 8 | 1 | 107.22 |
| M Azharuddin | b Rennie | 2 | 8 | 17 | - | - | 25.00 |
| RS Dravid | b Whittall | 17 | 27 | 54 | - | - | 62.96 |
| AD Jadeja | not out | 56 | 66 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 84.85 |
| RR Singh | not out | 38 | 29 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 131.03 |
| +NR Mongia | did not bat | ||||||
| J Srinath | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Joshi | did not bat | ||||||
| A Kumble | did not bat | ||||||
| BKV Prasad | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 4 nb, 6 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 39.2 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Ganguly), 2-34 (Azharuddin), 3-119 (Dravid), 4-158 (Tendulkar) | |||||||
| Zimbabwe bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Brandes | 5.2 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | 9.38 |
| Rennie | 9 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 | - | 27.00 | 4.00 |
| Streak | 9 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | 6.89 |
| Whittall | 6 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36.00 | 6.00 |
| Strang | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 6.00 |
| Evans | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 5.00 |
Notes
--> NR Mongia made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> SV Carlisle made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> SB Joshi achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed DL Houghton in the Zimbabwe innings (previous best was 2-23)
India's target in order to qualify for the final was 241 runs off 40.5 overs
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