India made just one change to their playing eleven – Dinesh Mongia made
way for V V S Laxman. England made five changes to the (Micha)eleven that last
played the Indians – Andrew Flintoff, Vaughan, Paul Collingwood, Alex Tudor and
Darren Gough made way for Owais Shah, Ian Blackwell, Dominic Cork, Andrew
Caddick and Matthew Hoggard.
On winning the toss, Nasser Hussain, England’s skipper, chose to bat. Marcus Trescothick, who faced eight balls, didn’t get off the mark. Nineteen balls into the match, he was caught by Laxman. Nehra broke the two-run stand.
Hussain, who faced 11 balls, scored a run. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Rahul Dravid. Nehra broke the five-run stand. Ronnie Irani, whose 47-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 37. Eighty balls later, he was trapped (Kumb)leg before wicket by Anil, who broke the 73-run partnership.
Nick Knight, whose 70-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 50. Fifty-five balls later, he was caught by Harbhajan Singh. Yuvraj Singh broke the 47-run stand. Shah, whose 47-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 34. Thirty-two balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Kumble broke the 26-run stand.
Alec Stewart, whose 44-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 35. Ninety balls later, he was caught by Sourav Ganguly, India’s skipper. Tendulkar broke the 104-run partnership (which was a new partnership record for the sixth wicket for England against India, breaking the 58-run partnership between Vic Marks and Paul Downton in Cuttack in 1984-85.)
The seventh-wicket pair had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Blackwell, whose 68-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes, scored 82. Seven balls later, Virender Sehwag, the player of the match, and Dravid ran him out. Cork, who faced five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Ashley Giles, who faced three balls, scoring a couple.
India conceded 22 extras. England scored 269 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Ganguly, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 10. Sehwag, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 25.
Harbhajan, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 42. Zaheer Khan bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 40.
Tendulkar, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 13. He picked up a wicket, as did Yuvraj, who bowled three overs, conceding 18. Kumble, who bowled nine overs, conceded 58. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Nehra, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 49.
Sehwag, whose 104-ball innings included 21 boundaries and a six. His century – which included 17 boundaries and a six – came off 77 balls in 100 minutes. A hundred and seventy-two balls into the chase, he was caught by Blackwell, who broke the 192-run partnership.
Ganguly, whose 109-ball innings included a dozen boundaries and three sixes, scored 117. His ton – which included 10 boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 103 balls in 178 minutes. He was unbeaten.
The partnership was a new partnership record for the first wicket for India against England, breaking the 188-run partnership between Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Ravi Shastri in Cuttack in 1984-85.
The second-wicket pair put on eight. Laxman, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Sixteen balls later, Shah and Stewart ran him out. Tendulkar, who faced 20 balls, scored nine. He was unbeaten.
England conceded 15 extras. India, who scored 271 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 39.3 overs, won by eight wickets with 63 balls to spare. Giles bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 31. Irani bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 34.
Cork bowled 5.3 wicketless overs, conceding 45. Caddick bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 59. Hoggard bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 54. Blackwell, who bowled eight overs, conceded 46. He picked up a wicket.
The Indians advanced to the semi-final.
On winning the toss, Nasser Hussain, England’s skipper, chose to bat. Marcus Trescothick, who faced eight balls, didn’t get off the mark. Nineteen balls into the match, he was caught by Laxman. Nehra broke the two-run stand.
Hussain, who faced 11 balls, scored a run. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Rahul Dravid. Nehra broke the five-run stand. Ronnie Irani, whose 47-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 37. Eighty balls later, he was trapped (Kumb)leg before wicket by Anil, who broke the 73-run partnership.
Nick Knight, whose 70-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 50. Fifty-five balls later, he was caught by Harbhajan Singh. Yuvraj Singh broke the 47-run stand. Shah, whose 47-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 34. Thirty-two balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Kumble broke the 26-run stand.
Alec Stewart, whose 44-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 35. Ninety balls later, he was caught by Sourav Ganguly, India’s skipper. Tendulkar broke the 104-run partnership (which was a new partnership record for the sixth wicket for England against India, breaking the 58-run partnership between Vic Marks and Paul Downton in Cuttack in 1984-85.)
The seventh-wicket pair had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Blackwell, whose 68-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes, scored 82. Seven balls later, Virender Sehwag, the player of the match, and Dravid ran him out. Cork, who faced five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Ashley Giles, who faced three balls, scoring a couple.
India conceded 22 extras. England scored 269 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Ganguly, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 10. Sehwag, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 25.
Harbhajan, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 42. Zaheer Khan bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 40.
Tendulkar, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 13. He picked up a wicket, as did Yuvraj, who bowled three overs, conceding 18. Kumble, who bowled nine overs, conceded 58. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Nehra, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 49.
Sehwag, whose 104-ball innings included 21 boundaries and a six. His century – which included 17 boundaries and a six – came off 77 balls in 100 minutes. A hundred and seventy-two balls into the chase, he was caught by Blackwell, who broke the 192-run partnership.
Ganguly, whose 109-ball innings included a dozen boundaries and three sixes, scored 117. His ton – which included 10 boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 103 balls in 178 minutes. He was unbeaten.
The partnership was a new partnership record for the first wicket for India against England, breaking the 188-run partnership between Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Ravi Shastri in Cuttack in 1984-85.
The second-wicket pair put on eight. Laxman, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Sixteen balls later, Shah and Stewart ran him out. Tendulkar, who faced 20 balls, scored nine. He was unbeaten.
England conceded 15 extras. India, who scored 271 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 39.3 overs, won by eight wickets with 63 balls to spare. Giles bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 31. Irani bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 34.
Cork bowled 5.3 wicketless overs, conceding 45. Caddick bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 59. Hoggard bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 54. Blackwell, who bowled eight overs, conceded 46. He picked up a wicket.
The Indians advanced to the semi-final.
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