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Wednesday, May 19, 1999. World Cup Edition No.6

IN THIS EDITION:

* Match Report: South Africa v Sri Lanka * Match Report: India v Zimbabwe * Quotes * Quick Singles: brief news from the day's play * Magic Moment * Full scorecards * Points table * Tomorrow's fixtures

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THE K FACTOR WINS IT FOR SA

By Trevor Chesterfield at Northampton

When plans A, B and C fail, why not consider the K factor with a dash of the E option thrown in. South Africa did today in their World Cup match against titleholders Sri Lanka? It was just as well the all-round skills of Lance Klusener, Jacques Kallis and Steve Elworthy were there to give the now 7/2 favourites the lift they needed to go to The Oval on Saturday to face joint Group A leaders England.

No doubt the South African captain, Hansie Cronje, would have also quite been happy to accept the victory margin of 89 runs after scoring 199 for nine on a misty morning when the ball swung and seamed and undid all the hard work in the nets since the side arrived here last Sunday. And what a victory it was, too.

Cronje, when South Africa were 122 for eight in the 35th over, must have experienced the sort of tremors which create a nervous twitch. Like his players, however, there was calm in the dressing room and coolness on the field. And Klusener, who sparked South Africa's equally impressive, but far tighter win over India in Hove, won the man of the match award with the sort of innings which only he, of all the South African all rounders, seems to be able to play in this World Cup. The KwaZulu/Natal all-rounder gave a new meaning to the term slog as he took 22 runs off Chaminda Vaas' last over to reach 52 off 45 balls. Two fours, two sixes and a well galloped two with Allan Donald was rampant stuff - particularly when set against the backdrop of Arjuna Ranatunga's decision earlier in the day to invite the South Africans to bat.

Then it was Kallis' turn and this time with the ball. Bowling from the Members' Stand End of the Wantage Road ground he extracted bounce, swing and seam - reducing Sri Lanka to 14 for four with the last ball of the sixth over. Just the sort of start South Africa needed in defending the 199. On a day tinged with controversy (the sun shone for a change, the temperatures actually nudged 17 degrees Celsius and you could almost feel the warmth), it was Kallis who helped Romesh Kaluwitharana, Sanath Jayasuriya and then Marvan Atapattu on their way. The ball which ripped through Jayasuriya's flimsy defences made the batting prince of the last World Cup look decidedly amateurish.

Sure there was some poor shot selection on both sides, but the difference was that, while South Africa batted through their 50 overs, the reigning champions were routed for a paltry 110 in 36.1 overs. It was the sort of humiliation which leaves Sri Lanka with a lot of hard work to do if they hope to remain in with a chance of qualifying for the Super Sixes later this month.

Klusener then shrugged his broad shoulders and chipped in with three wickets for 31 with the sort of enigmatic grin he sometimes wears: happy, cheerful yet serious. For Pollock his return of two for 14 in nine overs cannot be dismissed lightly either.

For Elworthy, however, walking out with the scoreboard reading 122 for eight is not the sort of experience you want to relate to your family when the tournament has become a fading memory some years down the road. A partnership of 44 with Klusener was just the sort of batting spine South Africa needed to exhibit at such a crucial time in this year's World Cup campaign. Klusener, a man of few words when facing a crowd with a microphone under his nose, agreed that Donald was the sort of "cool guy you can trust" at the other end. As for his own efforts . well, you can almost hear his response of 'Aw . . . shucks'.

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FORTUNE SMILES ON ZIMBABWE

By John Ward

The Gods were not smiling on India at Leicester. Leicester, which has a large Indian population, was touted as a 'home' fixture. But India will probably be happy if they never play at Grace Road again. The bad day started when star batsman Tendulkar withdrew on hearing the news of his father's death in the early hours of the morning. Dropped catches and lucky edges dogged India for the rest of the day.

But India could not complain about the manner in which they ultimately lost the contest. A devastating spell from 'shock' bowler Henry Olonga was their undoing. In a move probably born of desperation, Campbell recalled Olonga for the last over, and in an incredible finish the pace bowler moved from zero to hero in the space of five deliveries.

A superb yorker bowled Srinath, and finally he won the game with an lbw decision from another full pitched ball to remove last man Prasad. The Super Six stage suddenly looks a long way off for India.

At the start of play, the pitch had a fair covering of grass but was hard underneath, and appeared to be a good batting pitch with perhaps some bounce for the pace bowlers. Mohammad Azharuddin won the toss for India and put Zimbabwe in to bat, doubtless with the usual expectation that the most life in the pitch would come early on.

Srinath in his first over concentrated on accuracy rather than pace, and the left-handed Johnson soon opened the scoring with a four through the covers. At the other end Prasad found quite a bit of movement, both batsmen scoring from the edge of the bat, and runs also came from a wide and a no-ball. Johnson was beaten outside the off stump, as was Grant Flower in Srinath's second over. Then he had Johnson caught at the wicket for 7 off a superb delivery that lifted and moved away and took the edge of the bat. Zimbabwe twelve for one.

Paul Strang again came in at the fall of the first wicket as a pinch-hitter, and there were immediately questions as to how effective this move would be while the Indian pacemen were bowling so well. Strang has a good temperament and an effective if unorthodox technique, but conditions at that time were not ideal for hitting. At first he concentrated on watching the ball carefully, helped by Srinath putting several deliveries outside off stump which did not require a stroke. At the other end Flower too was not comfortable. Prasad tested Flower's defence severely in his second over, although the batsman did manage a fierce cut for four between slip and gully off the fifth ball. Prasad responded with a fine delivery that moved away late and beat the batsman completely outside the off stump.

In Srinath's third over Strang edged a ball uppishly through the vacant thirdslip position. India might have done well to bring in a third slip to support such fine bowling, but they continued to leave the gap open. Srinath at any rate tended to move the ball more into the batsman, causing Grant Flower to jackknife into hurried defensive strokes.

In Prasad's fifth, eventful, over Strang turned a ball to square leg which only just fell short of a fielder. Later on Prasad twice beat Flower outside the off stump before he edged a ball uppishly, once again through third slip. Then a mistimed cover drive from Strang just cleared the fielder. India were bowling superbly but with little luck, but it finally turned. A superb yorker from Prasad shattered Strang's stumps as he went for another big hit and at last it appeared justice was reasserting itself.

The fifty came up in the twelfth over as Goodwin square-cut Prasad powerfully to the point boundary. The pitch was now showing signs of settling down, but Srinath still managed to produce a superb off-cutter which almost bowled Flower through the gate, and then a second that had Goodwin jabbing a ball desperately off his toes and almost overbalancing in the process.

Prasad seemed to be losing his effectiveness, though, as Goodwin again cut him to the ropes, and 10 runs came off his seventh over. No such liberties were possible with Srinath, aiming just outside the off stump and leaving the batsmen in doubt as to whether it would jag in or carry straight through.

When Ganguly replaced Prasad, and Robin Singh replaced Srinath runs began to come a little more comfortably, although Flower was nearly caught napping by a ball from Ganguly which bounced unexpectedly and had him lobbing the ball just short of the covers. Later in the over he mistimed a drive which cleared the cover field by no great margin.

When Kumble came on Zimbabwe had clearly decided that the best policy was to get after him, but he is too good a bowler for that to be easy. It was Ganguly who broke through, though, as Goodwin cut a short ball directly at the waist of Singh at gully. He made 17, and Zimbabwe were 87 for three. Once again Goodwin had reached double figures but failed to capitalise on a good start. He is a little too consistent for his own good.

Later in the over, with Andy Flower at the crease, Grant once again snicked a ball uppishly through the slips, this time for four. No slips were in position, and the lack of attention given by India in this area of the field cost them a number of runs and several possible wickets. Andy soon showed his skill against spinners when facing Kumble, working him away neatly and frequently behind square on both sides of the wicket. Once Andy had played himself in, he and Grant got up to their old tricks, scampering the quickest of short singles between wickets to the frustration of the fielders.

Ajit Agarkar replaced Ganguly at the pavilion end and bowled some testing deliveries, although his line strayed at times. He beat Grant several times outside off stump, coming very close to taking the edge. It was not one-way traffic, though, as Grant kept looking for runs and once hit him over his head to the sightscreen.

Immediately after drinks Jadeja came on to bowl and struck with his first delivery. Although it was a bad ball that would have been called a wide outside off stump had the batsman left it. Instead, Grant flashed and snicked a catch to the keeper. He had stayed a long time for his 45, and Zimbabwe were 143 for four.

The scoring rate slowed as Zimbabwe had to consolidate again, but Flower brought up the 150 with a superb clip off Srinath, off his toes, which soared over wide midwicket for a one-bounce four.

The two left-handers Andy Flower and Alistair Campbell continued to consolidate, although India again might have wondered if their luck was ever going to turn, as a couple of uppish attacking strokes sailed clear of the field, and a possible run-out against Campbell was missed when Agarkar fumbled a return from the field. But, once again just as Zimbabwe looked like building a major partnership, a wicket fell, as Campbell was beaten and stumped as he advanced down the pitch to Kumble. He scored 24.

Guy Whittall was bowled by a ball from Kumble that only just brushed the off stump hard enough to knock a bail off. Then a superb yorker from Srinath beat and bowled the new batsman Stuart Carlisle for a single. Flower and Streak had the job of maximising Zimbabwe's total in the final five overs. Streak at times perhaps should have concentrated more on taking singles to give the strike to Andy Flower rather than go for big hits. He did get in one massive drive that almost carried for six over extra cover, but then he hit a massive skier off Prasad that was eventually taken by the keeper.

Apart from two wides, Agarkar bowled a very skilful penultimate over of the innings, pitched right in the blockhole, and only three runs came off the bat. Prasad bowled the last over and dismissed Brandes, caught at the wicket for 2 off his second ball. Zimbabwe were now 251 for nine. A wide from Prasad brought up 50 extras, which was duly applauded by the crowd. Henry Olonga was unable to get away from the strike to allow Andy Flower to finish things off. But he did scrape a single off the final ball, giving Zimbabwe a reasonable score of 253, not perhaps as good as had been hoped for at one stage.

It was announced during the lunch interval that, as a result of a very slow Indian over-rate, they would have only 46 overs to chase their target of 253. India began their challenge with a bang, Saurav Ganguly dispatching a full toss from Eddo Brandes to the long-on boundary for four. Sadagopan Ramesh, standing in for Tendulkar, was also immediately off the mark, and eight runs came off the first over. Neil Johnson opened the bowling at the far end, and Ganguly drove him beautifully through the covers for four - before hooking him straight down the throat of Brandes on the fine leg boundary. He had looked in fine form during his brief innings, and his dismissal so quickly was a serious blow for India. He scored 9, and India were 13 for one.

Rahul Dravid came in and began slowly, before hitting a classic back-foot cover drive off Brandes' third over, followed by a clip to the long-leg boundary. Brandes was finding it difficult getting his direction right and tended to stray down the leg side. Ramesh was batting skilfully, keeping the score moving with well-placed strokes.

Heath Streak replaced Brandes after the latter's third over, and immediately started with a wide swinging away outside off stump. Dravid then slashed at another ball well wide off the off stump and was well caught low down by a diving Grant Flower at point. It was perhaps just India's luck that this uppish stroke should be within reach of a fielder. India were 44 for two, with Dravid out for 13.

Mohammad Azharuddin, the last of India's remaining experienced batsmen after the sad departure of Tendulkar, did not last long. He did not look particularly comfortable, and soon snicked a swinging ball from Streak to Campbell at first slip, to be out for 7.

The match had now swung very strongly Zimbabwe's way, with all India's top batsmen out of the way. However their bowling was still lacking in accuracy, and sensible batting from the remaining Indians might still have put their team back in the game.

Despite his wayward direction, Streak gave Jadeja a torrid over before the latter had scored, several times having him groping and missing and looking quite out of his depth. At the other end Johnson also bowled with much less control than he had shown against Kenya, and it seemed long overdue when Ramesh pulled a long hop for six over the square leg boundary.

Henry Olonga caused much interest as he came on to bowl, and should have run out Jadeja in his first over, as the batsman tried to commit suicide, playing a straight ball defensively on the leg side and starting off for a single without the approval of Ramesh. Olonga ran in to field himself but threw at the stumps and missed with Jadeja stranded halfway down the pitch; there would probably have been time for the keeper to run up to the stumps had Olonga been more patient.

Ramesh, immediately after reaching his fifty, skied a ball beyond extra cover, where Goodwin running back was just unable to hold on to what would have been a stupendous catch. Then he hit another lofted stroke just out of Whittall's reach. Then, almost immediately afterwards, it was a case of third time lucky, as Ramesh hit a catch straight to Goodwin at mid-on and the stand was broken on 99. Ramesh had made a valuable 55, but it was an unnecessary dismissal and at last opened the gate for Zimbabwe. Moments later, the change in India's luck seemed to be starting again, as Robin Singh drove uppishly towards long-off, just out of reach of the diving bowler Strang. Singh seemed determined to take the initiative; getting the strike back, he drove Strang for two well-timed boundaries.

Jadeja's valuable innings of 43 came to an end with a fine ball from Streak which moved back in and trapped him lbw in front of his stumps. The Zimbabwean spirits began to lift again as India were 174 for five, and a fine throw from Goodwin at mid-on ran out Agarkar as he tried to scramble a quick single; 175 for six now and the odds were swinging back to Zimbabwe again. India needed 78 off 78 balls with four wickets left.

Mongia played a waiting game: choosing the right ball and then hitting it with power. There was a controversial moment as a throw in accidentally hit Singh on the arm, and Mongia called for a run off the rebound.

The pair continued to pick up runs steadily, and once again the balance began to swing back towards India. Whittall came on again, with Campbell unable to trust any of his remaining pace bowlers, and he did the trick, bowling Mongia with a good off stump yorker as the batsman hit across the line. With only 46 overs permitted in their innings India needed 34 to win off their last five overs with 3 wickets left. Srinath, a good tail-end striker of the ball hit Strang for a big six over midwicket to ease the pressure on the Indians somewhat and another fierce six off Whittall appeared virtually to settle the matter.

And then on came Olonga.

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QUOTES:

Heard at the presentations after today's India-Zimbabwe fixture ...

From a clearly delighted (and still somewhat stunned-looking) Zimbabwe captain, Alistair Campbell:

The decision to bowl Olonga at the end "was just a gut feeling".

"(I thought) 'let's give Henry a crack and see what happens - he hasn't had a great day so far'. Our confidence is really high, (but) there's lots of things we need to improve upon especially our batting, and our bowling (also) needs some attention".

"We should have got 270 to 280 with the bat (but, at the end of the day,) we now only need one more win to make the Super Six round".

And from an understandably far more sombre Mohammad Azharuddin (amidst significant jeering from the crowd):

"We did not bowl well . (but) Ramesh and Jadeja played remarkably."

"The pressure is really on (and we simply have to win the next three games) now".

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QUICK SINGLES

* The editors of CricInfo365 World Cup Extra are well aware of what happens to pedantic editors who criticise other people's spelling. Nonetheless we could not let the description of Guy Whittall as 'Gut' Whittall in today's Zimbabwean scoresheet pass, nor the fact that in the other game Vaas was supporting the name 'Vass' on his shirt. Feel free to expose our hypocrisy and plague our inboxes with details of our many errors. Earlier in the week we spotted at the last minute that, in what was possibly a Freudian moment, one of our journalists had called Aminul Islam 'Aminul Israel'. By comparison a few misplaced consonants are nothing to us.

* Penny pinching organisers are the latest scourge of this World Cup. A reader was disgusted to find that when the rain started falling at Lord's on Friday the price of umbrellas being sold in the stalls around the ground suddenly shot up by two pounds. The company providing the official lunchboxes for journalists during the first game were equally disingenuous. The lunchboxes carried a World Cup logo that may look very familiar to CricInfo users. Eschewing the official logo the caterers simply lifted the CricInfo World Cup logo off CricInfo and slapped it on a few hundred lunch boxes. CricInfo designer Duane Pettet is still waiting for his cheque.

* "I am not a number," complained Patrick McGoohan in the famous sixties TV series the 'The Prisoner'. Clearly the Aussie side have neither been catching up on classic British TV or reading their Kafka, because they all happily sport an ID number on their caps. The number has nothing to do with their squad numbers but represents each of the players' places in Australian ODI history. Fast bowler Glenn McGrath, for example, is sporting the number 113 as he was the 113th player chosen to compete in a one-day international level for his country. Could it be that the Australian selectors have finally taken a leaf out of the England selectors' book and decided to treat their players like Australian farmers treat their cattle? And no, Shane Warne does not have '666' printed on his.

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Can there really be any other magic moment today than Zimbabwe captain Alistair Campbell's inspired decision to hand paceman Henry Olonga the responsibility of bowling at the finish of their team's match against India? A courageous decision, but one that paid off handsomely for a slowly rising power in world cricket at the end of a truly pulsating match.

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SCORECARDS:

ODI # 1450 ICC World Cup, 1999, 8th Match India v Zimbabwe, Group A Grace Road, Leicester 19 May 1999 (50-over match)

Result: Zimbabwe won by 3 runs Points: Zimbabwe 2, India 0

Toss: India Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and P Willey TV Umpire: DB Hair (Aus) Match Referee: CW Smith (WI) Man of the Match: GW Flower

Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4 6 NC Johnson c Mongia b Srinath 7 10 1 0 GW Flower c Mongia b Jadeja 45 89 4 0 PA Strang b Agarkar 18 26 1 0 MW Goodwin c Singh b Ganguly 17 40 3 0 +A Flower not out 68 85 2 0 *ADR Campbell st Mongia b Kumble 24 29 3 0 GJ Whittall b Kumble 4 8 0 0 SV Carlisle b Srinath 1 2 0 0 HH Streak c Mongia b Prasad 14 18 2 0 EA Brandes c Mongia b Prasad 2 5 0 0 HK Olonga not out 1 4 0 0 Extras (lb 14, w 21, nb 16) 51 Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 252

FoW: 1-12 (Johnson, 2.4 ov), 2-45 (Strang, 9.5 ov), 3-87 (Goodwin, 21.2 ov), 4-144 (GW Flower, 31.1 ov), 5-204 (Campbell, 40.3 ov), 6-211 (Whittall, 42.4 ov), 7-214 (Carlisle, 43.2 ov), 8-244 (Streak, 47.6 ov), 9-250 (Brandes, 49.2 ov).

Bowling O M R W Srinath 10 1 35 2 (5nb, 1w) Prasad 10 1 37 2 (1nb, 4w) Agarkar 9 0 70 1 (5nb, 4w) Ganguly 5 0 22 1 (3nb, 1w) Singh 2 0 11 0 Kumble 10 0 41 2 (1nb, 2w) Jadeja 4 0 22 1 (3w)

India innings (target: 253 runs from 46 overs) R B 4 6 SC Ganguly c Brandes b Johnson 9 8 2 0 S Ramesh c Goodwin b GW Flower 55 76 3 1 R Dravid c GW Flower b Streak 13 14 2 0 *M Azharuddin c Campbell b Streak 7 11 1 0 A Jadeja lbw b Streak 43 77 3 0 RR Singh c Campbell b Olonga 35 47 1 0 AB Agarkar run out (Goodwin) 1 5 0 0 +NR Mongia b Whittall 28 24 2 1 J Srinath b Olonga 18 12 0 2 A Kumble not out 1 1 0 0 BKV Prasad lbw b Olonga 0 1 0 0 Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 24, nb 10) 39 Total (all out, 45 overs) 249

FoW: 1-13 (Ganguly, 1.5 ov), 2-44 (Dravid, 6.4 ov), 3-56 (Azharuddin, 8.6 ov), 4-155 (Ramesh, 27.5 ov), 5-174 (Jadeja, 32.2 ov), 6-175 (Agarkar, 33.2 ov), 7-219 (Mongia, 40.5 ov), 8-246 (Singh, 44.2 ov), 9-249 (Srinath, 44.5 ov), 10-249 (Prasad, 44.6 ov).

Bowling O M R W Brandes 3 0 27 0 (3w) Johnson 7 0 51 1 (5nb, 1w) Streak 9 0 36 3 (7w) Olonga 4 0 22 3 (1nb, 6w) Whittall 4 0 26 1 (2w) Strang 8 0 49 0 GW Flower 10 0 33 1 (1w)

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ODI # 1451 ICC World Cup, 1999, 9th Match South Africa v Sri Lanka, Group A County Ground, Northampton 19 May 1999 (50-over match)

Result: South Africa won by 89 runs Points: South Africa 2, Sri Lanka 0

Toss: Sri Lanka Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and RS Dunne (NZ) TV Umpire: KE Palmer Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ) Man of the Match: L Klusener

South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4 6 G Kirsten b Vaas 14 14 3 0 HH Gibbs c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 5 15 1 0 +MV Boucher b Wickramasinghe 1 10 0 0 JH Kallis c Mahanama b Wickramasinghe 12 26 0 0 DJ Cullinan c Vaas b Muralitharan 49 82 4 0 *WJ Cronje run out (Jayawardene/Kaluwitharana) 8 21 0 0 JN Rhodes c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 17 25 2 0 SM Pollock c & b Muralitharan 2 9 0 0 L Klusener not out 52 45 5 2 S Elworthy c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 23 40 3 0 AA Donald not out 3 16 0 0 Extras (lb 2, w 7, nb 4) 13 Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 199

FoW: 1-22 (Kirsten, 3.3 ov), 2-24 (Gibbs, 5.5 ov), 3-24 (Boucher, 6.3 ov), 4-53 (Kallis, 14.5 ov), 5-69 (Cronje, 20.4 ov), 6-103 (Rhodes, 28.2 ov), 7-115 (Pollock, 32.2 ov), 8-122 (Cullinan, 34.2 ov), 9-166 (Elworthy, 45.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W Wickramasinghe 10 1 45 2 (1nb, 4w) Vaas 10 0 46 3 (3nb) Jayawardene 10 0 46 0 (1w) Muralitharan 10 1 25 3 (1w) Chandana 7 0 26 0 (1w) Jayasuriya 3 1 9 0

Sri Lanka innings (target: 200 runs from 50 overs) R B 4 6 ST Jayasuriya b Kallis 5 14 0 0 +RS Kaluwitharana c Cullinan b Kallis 5 10 1 0 MS Atapattu c Boucher b Kallis 1 10 0 0 PA de Silva lbw b Pollock 1 8 0 0 RS Mahanama lbw b Pollock 36 71 3 0 *A Ranatunga c Boucher b Donald 7 19 1 0 DPMdeS Jayawardene c Kallis b Elworthy 22 32 4 0 UDU Chandana c Cullinan b Klusener 9 22 1 0 WPUJC Vaas c Pollock b Klusener 1 10 0 0 GP Wickramasinghe b Klusener 6 17 0 0 M Muralitharan not out 0 0 0 0 Extras (lb 5, w 10, nb 2) 17 Total (all out, 35.2 overs) 110

FoW: 1-12 (Kaluwitharana, 3.3 ov), 2-13 (Jayasuriya, 3.6 ov), 3-14 (Atapattu, 5.5 ov), 4-14 (de Silva, 6.6 ov), 5-31 (Ranatunga, 13.2 ov), 6-66 (Jayawardene, 22.1 ov), 7-87 (Chandana, 27.6 ov), 8-98 (Vaas, 31.1 ov), 9-110 (Mahanama, 34.6 ov), 10-110 (Wickramasinghe, 35.2 ov).

Bowling O M R W Pollock 8 3 10 2 (2nb) Kallis 8 0 26 3 (6w) Elworthy 8 1 23 1 Donald 6 1 25 1 (3w) Klusener 5.2 1 21 3 ========================================================================= POINTS TABLE Group A

P W L NR T Pts Net-RR For Aga South Africa 2 2 - - - 4 +1.024 453/97.2 363/100 England 2 2 - - - 4 +0.718 411/85.5 407/100 Zimbabwe 2 2 - - - 4 +0.329 483/91 478/96 India 2 - 2 - - 0 +0.031 502/96 506/97.2 Sri Lanka 2 - 2 - - 0 -1.053 314/100 406/96.5 Kenya 2 - 2 - - 0 -1.117 432/100 435/80

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