a11113 o1325	Australia v India
	Coca-Cola Sharjah Cup 1997/98
Venue	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah on 22nd April 1998 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 26 runs (Parabola (or norm - normal performance) method)
Points	Australia 2; India 0
Umpires	SA Bucknor, ID Robinson
TV umpire	Javed Akhtar
Referee	Talat Ali
Player of the Match	SR Tendulkar

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	c Mongia b Harvinder Singh	11	13	20	1	-	84.62
ME Waugh	c Ganguly b Tendulkar	81	99	125	7	2	81.82
RT Ponting	st Mongia b Harbhajan Singh	31	26	40	4	1	119.23
DR Martyn	b Kumble	1	3	3	-	-	33.33
MG Bevan	not out	101	103	138	9	-	98.06
*SR Waugh	run out (Tendulkar)	10	16	20	1	-	62.50
DS Lehmann	b Prasad	26	27	31	2	-	96.30
TM Moody	c Azharuddin b Prasad	5	10	18	-	-	50.00
SK Warne	not out	7	4	6	1	-	175.00
MS Kasprowicz	did not bat
DW Fleming	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Gilchrist, 3.6 ov), 2-84 (Ponting, 13.6 ov), 3-87 (Martyn, 14.6 ov), 4-177 (ME Waugh, 31.4 ov), 5-197 (SR Waugh, 36.4 ov), 6-250 (Lehmann, 44.3 ov), 7-271 (Moody, 48.4 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Prasad	8	0	41	2	2	1	24.00	5.12
Harvinder Singh	7	0	44	1	-	-	42.00	6.29
Kumble	10	0	41	1	1	-	60.00	4.10
Harbhajan Singh	8	0	63	1	1	-	48.00	7.88
Ganguly	2	0	15	0	-	-	-	7.50
Kanitkar	6	0	33	0	1	-	-	5.50
Laxman	4	0	16	0	1	-	-	4.00
Tendulkar	5	0	27	1	-	-	30.00	5.40

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India innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SC Ganguly	lbw b Fleming	17	32	38	2	-	53.12
SR Tendulkar	c Gilchrist b Fleming	143	131	187	9	5	109.16
+NR Mongia	c ME Waugh b Moody	35	46	55	4	1	76.09
*M Azharuddin	b Moody	14	20	24	-	-	70.00
AD Jadeja	c Gilchrist b SR Waugh	1	5	4	-	-	20.00
VVS Laxman	not out	23	34	75	1	-	67.65
HH Kanitkar	not out	5	14	12	-	-	35.71
A Kumble	did not bat
Harvinder Singh	did not bat
BKV Prasad	did not bat
Harbhajan Singh	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 46 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Ganguly, 8.3 ov), 2-107 (Mongia, 21.5 ov), 3-135 (Azharuddin, 27.5 ov), 4-138 (Jadeja, 28.6 ov), 5-242 (Tendulkar, 42.6 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Fleming	10	0	46	2	-	1	30.00	4.60
Kasprowicz	9	0	55	0	1	3	-	6.11
Warne	9	0	39	0	-	-	-	4.33
Moody	9	0	40	2	1	1	27.00	4.44
SR Waugh	9	0	65	1	1	-	54.00	7.22

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Notes
--> India target was 276 runs in 46 overs
--> MG Bevan passed 6500 runs in List A matches when he reached 25
--> SR Tendulkar passed his previous highest score of 137 in ODI matches
--> SR Tendulkar passed his previous highest score of 139 in List A matches
--> SR Tendulkar passed 6500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 121
--> VVS Laxman equalled his previous highest score of 23 in ODI matches
--> TM Moody reached 200 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed NR Mongia, his 1st wicket in the India innings

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India required 254 to pass New Zealand on net run rate, and qualify for the final
Sand storm disrupted the play by about 25 minutes. Indian target
after the break was 276 to win in 46 overs, or 237 in 46
to qualify for the final.

 

 

 

 

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