India made just
one change to their playing eleven – Vinod Kambli made way for Sachin
Tendulkar, who was leading the team. Sri Lanka made a couple of changes to
their playing (Russ)eleven – Avishka Gunawardene and Indika de Saram made way
for Chamara Silva and Arnold.
On winning the toss, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka’s skipper, inserted the Indians. Sadagoppan Ramesh, whose 35-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 32. Seventy-five balls into the match, he was caught by Romesh Kaluwitharana. Suresh Perera broke the run-a-ball stand. Rahul Dravid, who faced 39 balls, scored 13. Sixty balls later, he was caught by Kaluwitharana. Upul Chandana broke the 37-run partnership.
Tendulkar, whose 141-ball innings included 11 boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 120. It took him 62 balls to score his half-century. He had hit four boundaries and a six at that point. His 100 came off the 135th ball of his innings, and included three more boundaries and the other six. A hundred and thirty-two balls later, he was caught by Muralitharan. Nuwan Zoysa broke the 127-run partnership.
Sourav Ganguly, whose 72-ball innings included seven boundaries and three sixes, scored 85. His 50 came off 56 balls, and included three fours and a couple of sixes. Twenty-four balls later, he was caught by Arnold. Jayasuriya broke the 40-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 19. He was unbeaten, as was Robin Singh, the player of the match, who faced four balls, scoring as many.
Sri Lanka conceded 23 extras. India scored 296 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs. Arnold, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 14. Chaminda Vaas, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 59. Muttiah Muralitharan, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 42.
Perera and Jayasuriya bowled half-a-dozen overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 41, the latter conceded 33. Zoysa and Chandana bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 50, the latter conceded 49.
At the start of their innings, Sri Lanka were set a target of 270 from 50 overs to reach the final on a superior run rate. Five overs into the chase, they had scored 22 without losing a wicket, when rain interrupted play between 2:45pm and 3:35pm. This resulted in a revision in the target to 263 off 40 overs, with fielding restrictions for 12 overs, and a maximum of eight overs per bowler.
Clause 11.2 in the One-day International playing conditions (which states that, “Only those matches where results were achieved, and where the Duckworth-Lewis method for recalculating the target score was not utilised will count for the purpose of net run rste calculations”), would have prevented India from qualifying for the final.
However, all available evidence indicated that the rule had been ignored/forgotten, and the hosts needed to scored 222 runs off 40 overs to qualify for the final.
Further to the above comic farce, at 4:18pm, the Sri Lankans had scored 71 without losing a wicket off 12 overs. At this point, the West Indies’ Cammie Smith, the match referee, interrupted the match to inform the umpires that a miscalculation had been made, and that it should be a 42-over innings.
Sri Lanka’s target was re-revised to 271, and the apparent target (pending clarification on why the ICC playing conditions were not followed) to qualify for the final calculated to be 232. No further adjustment was made to the fielding restrictions.
Jayasuriya, whose 53-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six, scored 71. It took him 34 balls to reach his 50, with seven boundaries and the six. Ninety-nine balls into the chase, he was caught by Dravid. Singh broke the 105-run stand.
Kaluwitharana, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Twenty-three balls into the match, Singh broke the 14-run stand. Marvan Atapattu, whose 86-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 55. His half-century came off 79 balls, and included all the boundaries. Seventy-four balls later, he was caught by Ganguly. Anil Kumble broke the run-a-ball stand.
Silva, who faced 11 balls, scored five. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Venkatesh Prasad. Nikhil Chopra broke the 12-run stand. The fifth-wicket stand didn’t get off the mark. Chandana, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Chopra off the bowling of the (Kumb)leggie.
Arnold, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. Twenty-four balls later, he was caught by Singh. Prasad broke the 33-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mahela Jayawardene, whose run-a-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 62. The next ball, he was caught by Chopra off the bowling of Prasad. His half-century came off 48 balls, and included three boundaries and the six.
The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Chaminda Vaas didn’t face a ball. A couple of dot balls later, Jadeja ran him out. The ninth-wicket pair put on five. Perera, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. Half-a-dozen balls, Jadeja and Srinath ran him out. Muralitharan, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was unbeaten, as was Zoysa, who didn’t face a ball.
India conceded 19 extras. Sri Lanka, who scored 247 for the loss of nine wickets off 42 overs, lost by 23 runs (by the Duckworth-Lewis method). Ganguly, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 12. He was wicketless, as was Srinath, who bowled eight overs, conceding 40.
Chopra, who bowled seven overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket. Singh, who bowled seven overs, conceded 27. He picked up two wickets. Prasad and Kumble bowled nine overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 59, the latter conceded 57.
On winning the toss, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka’s skipper, inserted the Indians. Sadagoppan Ramesh, whose 35-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 32. Seventy-five balls into the match, he was caught by Romesh Kaluwitharana. Suresh Perera broke the run-a-ball stand. Rahul Dravid, who faced 39 balls, scored 13. Sixty balls later, he was caught by Kaluwitharana. Upul Chandana broke the 37-run partnership.
Tendulkar, whose 141-ball innings included 11 boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 120. It took him 62 balls to score his half-century. He had hit four boundaries and a six at that point. His 100 came off the 135th ball of his innings, and included three more boundaries and the other six. A hundred and thirty-two balls later, he was caught by Muralitharan. Nuwan Zoysa broke the 127-run partnership.
Sourav Ganguly, whose 72-ball innings included seven boundaries and three sixes, scored 85. His 50 came off 56 balls, and included three fours and a couple of sixes. Twenty-four balls later, he was caught by Arnold. Jayasuriya broke the 40-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 19. He was unbeaten, as was Robin Singh, the player of the match, who faced four balls, scoring as many.
Sri Lanka conceded 23 extras. India scored 296 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs. Arnold, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 14. Chaminda Vaas, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 59. Muttiah Muralitharan, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 42.
Perera and Jayasuriya bowled half-a-dozen overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 41, the latter conceded 33. Zoysa and Chandana bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 50, the latter conceded 49.
At the start of their innings, Sri Lanka were set a target of 270 from 50 overs to reach the final on a superior run rate. Five overs into the chase, they had scored 22 without losing a wicket, when rain interrupted play between 2:45pm and 3:35pm. This resulted in a revision in the target to 263 off 40 overs, with fielding restrictions for 12 overs, and a maximum of eight overs per bowler.
Clause 11.2 in the One-day International playing conditions (which states that, “Only those matches where results were achieved, and where the Duckworth-Lewis method for recalculating the target score was not utilised will count for the purpose of net run rste calculations”), would have prevented India from qualifying for the final.
However, all available evidence indicated that the rule had been ignored/forgotten, and the hosts needed to scored 222 runs off 40 overs to qualify for the final.
Further to the above comic farce, at 4:18pm, the Sri Lankans had scored 71 without losing a wicket off 12 overs. At this point, the West Indies’ Cammie Smith, the match referee, interrupted the match to inform the umpires that a miscalculation had been made, and that it should be a 42-over innings.
Sri Lanka’s target was re-revised to 271, and the apparent target (pending clarification on why the ICC playing conditions were not followed) to qualify for the final calculated to be 232. No further adjustment was made to the fielding restrictions.
Jayasuriya, whose 53-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six, scored 71. It took him 34 balls to reach his 50, with seven boundaries and the six. Ninety-nine balls into the chase, he was caught by Dravid. Singh broke the 105-run stand.
Kaluwitharana, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Twenty-three balls into the match, Singh broke the 14-run stand. Marvan Atapattu, whose 86-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 55. His half-century came off 79 balls, and included all the boundaries. Seventy-four balls later, he was caught by Ganguly. Anil Kumble broke the run-a-ball stand.
Silva, who faced 11 balls, scored five. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Venkatesh Prasad. Nikhil Chopra broke the 12-run stand. The fifth-wicket stand didn’t get off the mark. Chandana, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Chopra off the bowling of the (Kumb)leggie.
Arnold, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. Twenty-four balls later, he was caught by Singh. Prasad broke the 33-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mahela Jayawardene, whose run-a-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 62. The next ball, he was caught by Chopra off the bowling of Prasad. His half-century came off 48 balls, and included three boundaries and the six.
The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Chaminda Vaas didn’t face a ball. A couple of dot balls later, Jadeja ran him out. The ninth-wicket pair put on five. Perera, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. Half-a-dozen balls, Jadeja and Srinath ran him out. Muralitharan, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was unbeaten, as was Zoysa, who didn’t face a ball.
India conceded 19 extras. Sri Lanka, who scored 247 for the loss of nine wickets off 42 overs, lost by 23 runs (by the Duckworth-Lewis method). Ganguly, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 12. He was wicketless, as was Srinath, who bowled eight overs, conceding 40.
Chopra, who bowled seven overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket. Singh, who bowled seven overs, conceded 27. He picked up two wickets. Prasad and Kumble bowled nine overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 59, the latter conceded 57.
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