29/05Result
25th Match, ICC World Cup at Birmingham, May 29-30 1999
India won by 63 runs
Player of the Match
Sourav GangulyIndia
29/05Result
25th Match, ICC World Cup at Birmingham, May 29-30 1999
India won by 63 runs
Player of the Match
Sourav GangulyIndia

  • England Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    N Hussain
    33
    63
    89
    3
    0
    52.38
    19.1 that is it! Ganguly does it! 72/3
    AJ Stewart (c) †
    2
    9
    14
    0
    0
    22.22
    3.1 outside the off, swinging away. edged to second slip 12/1
    GA Hick
    0
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0.00
    3.2 slower ball on the stumps, bowled him! 13/2
    GP Thorpe
    36
    57
    92
    7
    0
    63.15
    23.4 yorker, on the pads. he is gone 81/4
    NH Fairbrother
    29
    62
    93
    2
    0
    46.77
    38.4 down the track, edged straight to wicket keeper 132/8
    A Flintoff
    15
    21
    34
    1
    1
    71.42
    31.3 came in after pitching and brushed the pads. Kumble appeals, Mongia joins and Akhtar gives him out 118/5
    AJ Hollioake
    6
    13
    15
    0
    0
    46.15
    35.5 goes for a pull, misses and trapped straight on the stumps 130/6
    MA Ealham
    0
    3
    3
    0
    0
    0.00
    36.5 well outside the off, edged straight to the lone slip and England now almost out of the Super Six 131/7
    D Gough
    19
    25
    28
    1
    0
    76.00
    44.1 lofts it way up in the air but Kumble is there and takes the catch just inside the ropes at deep midon 161/9
    ARC Fraser
    not out
    15
    17
    27
    3
    0
    88.23
    AD Mullally
    0
    2
    4
    0
    0
    0.00
    45.2 yorker and Mullally decides he will come another day and fight it out 169/10
    Extras
    14 (b 4, lb 4, nb 1, w 5)
    TOTAL
    169 all out (45.2 Overs, RR: 3.72)
    Fall of wickets: 1-12 (AJ Stewart, 3.1 ov), 2-13 (GA Hick, 3.2 ov), 3-72 (N Hussain, 19.1 ov), 4-81 (GP Thorpe, 23.4 ov), 5-118 (A Flintoff, 31.3 ov), 6-130 (AJ Hollioake, 35.5 ov), 7-131 (MA Ealham, 36.5 ov), 8-132 (NH Fairbrother, 38.4 ov), 9-161 (D Gough, 44.1 ov), 10-169 (AD Mullally, 45.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    J Srinath8.232523.0000
    DS Mohanty1005425.4051
    BKV Prasad912512.7700
    SC Ganguly802733.3700
    A Kumble1013023.0000

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