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Saturday, May 29, 1999. World Cup Edition No. 16

IN THIS EDITION:

* Match Report: Zimbabwe v South Africa * Match Report: England v India * Quotes * Quick Singles * Magic Moment * Full scorecards * Points table * Tomorrow's fixture

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ZIMBABWE BEAT THE PROTEAS AND THE PUNDITS

By John Ward

On a bright, sunny morning Zimbabwe finally won the toss, on an occasion when they expected it to make little difference, and decided to bat. They made two changes, dropping Paul Strang and Pommie Mbangwa, and including the two spinners Andrew Whittall (off) and Adam Huckle (leg). The Zimbabwe management felt that the Chelmsford pitch was less unfavourable to spin than any other on which they had played, and their seamers had been so erratic that this also affected the change.

Zimbabwe made an enterprising if uncertain start against the South African bowling. Johnson opened the scoring with an inside edge off Pollock which shot past the keeper to the boundary, and followed it with a fine off-drive. Then Grant Flower square-cut Kallis for another four. In between though, both batsmen played and missed several times, drawing gasps from an enthusiastic crowd which had already virtually filled this small ground.

Early on Zimbabwe continued to score mainly through boundaries, helped by a fast outfield. Johnson brought up Zimbabwe's fifty with a cut for four off Kallis, followed next ball by an off-drive to the ropes. Riding his luck, he then snicked a third boundary to fine leg. A further single to third man, following an earlier wide, made it 14 runs off the over. Cronje decided enough was enough, and called up Donald to replace Pollock. Johnson looked temporarily less certain, but finally drove him for two through extra cover.

At the other end Elworthy took over from Kallis and finally made the breakthrough; a slash by Flower was well picked up by Cullinan at slip. Off Donald's next over Johnson almost made a fatal blunder, pushing the ball almost directly at Rhodes at backward point and calling Goodwin for a run; the fielder threw and missed the one stump visible to him.

Johnson brought up his fifty with a cracking drive through extra cover off Elworthy, his tenth four - a fine positive innings played always with an element of chance. Goodwin as usual played himself in with care, and then lashed Elworthy past mid-off for an uppish but safe four. While Donald continued to bowl economically but as yet without penetration, Elworthy moved a ball back to Goodwin in his next over, just missing the off stump, but was then off-driven powerfully for four, which brought up the hundred. Against all expectations, this was, at this point, Zimbabwe's best batting display of the tour.

Johnson and Goodwin continued to pick off the ones and twos with regularity as the South African bowlers lacked penetration. Pollock came off after two more unsuccessful overs. So far he has had a disappointing tournament. Eventually Goodwin, trying to pull, holed out to Kirsten at mid-on. Once again he had failed to build sufficiently on a sound foundation, scoring 34.

Johnson now settled in with Andy Flower, concentrating again on ones and twos, with Johnson hitting uppishly just over Klusener's head at one stage. Later in the over Flower slashed him for a high four well placed between third man and backward point.

The shot of the day came when Donald replaced Klusener and Andy Flower hit him with what appeared to be little more than a short-arm jab over his head for a low six straight into the sightscreen. Boundaries were generally less frequent at this point, but Flower broke out again to pull Cronje to the ropes just in front of square leg. Next over Johnson's fine innings came to an end as, perhaps losing patience, he pulled Donald straight down the throat of Pollock near the midwicket boundary. He had scored 76, with 10 fours - all hit before reaching his fifty - and Zimbabwe were 170 for three.

The batsmen had crossed, and Flower nudged the next ball through the vacant slips for four. He then took a single and Campbell, to the first ball he faced, was adjudged lbw by umpire Shepherd. It was Donald's 200th wicket in one-day internationals. Whittall was quickly under way with a single towards third man, and he and Flower continued to score in small denominations. Then Flower threw his wicket away at a crucial stage with an incredibly stupid call for such an experienced player. He dabbed Cronje out to deep point where Pollock had virtually picked up the ball when he called for a second run; naturally, he failed to make his ground. Flower's suicidal call had greatly reduced Zimbabwe's stocks at a crucial stage of the innings.

Whittall and Carlisle struggled to keep the board moving, with some brilliant fielding inside the circle preventing several good shots from getting through. The expertise of Flower in nurdling runs was sorely missed. Whittall eventually broke the shackles with a superb straight six off Klusener, then tried to pull the next ball and only just managed to clear mid-on. This stroke, however, brought up the 200, a total few would have anticipated after recent batting failures against weaker opposition.

Donald returned to bowl his final two overs, and was immediately cut handsomely for four by Carlisle, who looked a completely different player from the one who batted so ineptly against England. Whittall departed later in the over, though, hitting a chest-high catch to Cullinan, fielding at a wide mid-off position within the circle.

Carlisle and Streak made a generally good show against Donald and Pollock, with a fine off-driven four by Streak off Donald being the classic. They had a disappointing last over against Pollock which brought only four runs, but their 233 was more than most supporters could have hoped for. It was still not enough, though, to make them likely winners.

The South African innings got off to a sensational start, as Johnson's first delivery rose and flew off Kirsten's glove into the gully, where Andrew Whittall dived to take the catch. It was a case of 'from the sublime to the ridiculous', though, as his next ball was a wide. Gibbs flashed and missed at Streak's first delivery, and suddenly the South Africans looked rather vulnerable. Once again, though, Streak suffered from his usual problem with direction, giving away three wides in his first over. There was raucous cheering from the crowd as South Africa finally got under way with the bat, Gibbs turning Streak towards long leg for two.

There was an excited appeal against Gibbs in Johnson's next over for a catch in the slips, but umpire Venkat adjudged that the batsman had chopped the ball into the ground. The first boundary came in the fifth over, when Boucher squarecut Johnson beautifully past Grant Flower at point. He was nearly run out by Andrew Whittall, attempting a quick single to mid-off off Johnson, and a direct hit might well have removed him. Only moments later it happened to Gibbs. Boucher called for a quick single off a misfield by Huckle, who recovered quickly; with both batsmen stopping in the middle of the pitch apparently to discuss the situation, the result was an easy run-out at the keeper's end.

Further frustration occurred for Zimbabwe, as Boucher hit a catch straight to point - but off a no-ball, Streak on this occasion preferring that to a wide. Later in the over Boucher tried to pull across the line and was immediately adjudged lbw by umpire Shepherd. South Africa slipped further into shock as Kallis, driving at a widish delivery from Johnson outside off stump, snicked a catch to the keeper. He failed to score, South Africa were 25 for four, and the Zimbabwe supporters were delirious with delight. Cronje got off the mark first ball with a snick through the slips for four, along the ground, and then Cullinan drove Streak through the covers, under Goodwin, to the boundary.

Cronje was next to go, bowled by a yorker from Johnson. Rhodes was under way immediately, scampering a single to extra cover, and then cracking Streak through the covers for four. Then he played back to a ball from Streak that appeared to keep a little low, and umpire Shepherd again had no hesitation in giving the lbw. Rhodes made 5, and South Africa were 40 for six, and in deep trouble.

Pollock was at the receiving end of a vociferous appeal for a catch at the wicket first ball, but Shepherd signalled that the ball came off his pad. Slowly he and Cullinan began to change the situation, through careful placement of the ball and judicious running of ones and twos.

Huckle came on to bowl his leg-spin, but gave away six runs off his first over, straying in direction. Zimbabwe now had two attacking bowlers on, and this relieved some of the pressure on the batsmen, as scoring became easier. With Andrew Whittall on, the batsmen kept picking off ones and twos with commendable skill, and the score passed 100.

Then Cullinan threw it away with a powerful drive that hammered a return catch to Andrew Whittall - a quite unnecessary stroke as he had been scoring so capably without taking any risks. He scored 29 of an invaluable partnership of 66, and South Africa were 106 for seven. This brought in Klusener, who had saved several awkward situations for South Africa earlier in the tournament. He began slowly as the Zimbabweans put into operation their plan to pin him down by bowling at his legs.

Klusener finally broke out with a powerful on-driven four off Huckle, in his last over bowled without a break. Hitting straight, he then almost gave the bowler a return catch. But gradually he settled down and contented himself with pushing for more restrained ones and twos. A worry, though, was the required run rate, which rose to more than eight an over. Grant Flower came on to bowl and again put a brake on the scoring with his accurate left-arm spin. Pollock turned a ball from Andrew Whittall to deep midwicket to reach a well-deserved and hard-earned fifty, scored off 78 balls.

Streak returned to replace Flower, a decision that caused some debate, as he was prone to bowling wides and Flower had been keeping the scoring rate down very capably. However he bowled accurately and kept the scoring rate down. This increased the pressure on the batsmen and Pollock, aiming for a straight six off Andrew Whittall, hit a catch straight to Olonga on the long-off boundary. He made 52, and South Africa were now 149 for eight, with the required scoring rate now almost ten an over. It was a situation probably only Klusener could resolve.

Elworthy tried in vain to get moving, but succeeded only in lofting a ball from Streak into the covers, where Andrew Whittall dived to his left to take a superb catch. He scored a single, and the team total was now 150 for nine, with runs required at eleven an over. Klusener opened his shoulders to Whittall, hitting him for 2 and a 4 wide of long-on, then a six over the sightscreen to finish the over.

Klusener then clubbed a straight four and a single off the next over, but Donald only managed a single off the final ball. South Africa needed 61 to win off the last five overs.

Olonga then returned in place of Andrew Whittall to try to administer the coup de grace, in light that was none too good Donald could do nothing with the first four balls, but took a single off the fifth, while Klusener managed one off the last. 59 needed in four overs.

Streak replaced Whittall again, suggesting Campbell may have originally got his sums wrong. Klusener hit straight and umpire Venkat was unable to avoid the ball in the poor light; a single came off the rebound. Donald scrambled a single, then Klusener was forced to block one and was nearly bowled by the next, before putting the next into the crowd over midwicket. A straight-hit two off the final ball brought up his fifty, off 57 balls. 49 needed in three overs.

Olonga bowled to Donald, who struck his second ball to Streak at extra cover, and Zimbabwe won a historic victory by 48 runs, and also won through, against all the odds (according to calculations fed to the press), to the Super Six. This was South Africa's lowest World Cup score, beating their 195 earlier this tournament against Sri Lanka.

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EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR AT EDGBASTON

By John Houlihan

An absorbing contest between England and India in Group A came to an unsatisfactory conclusion when rain interrupted play at Edgbaston shortly before 5pm and just after 6pm the game was abandoned for the day. Earlier England had put India in on a good batting pitch had restricted them to 232-8 with Rahul Dravd the lynchpin of the Indian innings, top-scoring with 53. In reply England reached 73-3 after a disastrous start which had seen them reduced to 13-2, with Surrey batman Graham Thorpe leading the fightback with an unbeaten 31.

Edgbaston was wreathed in hazy sunshine and the ground thronged with both sets of supporters. Alec Stewart continued his toss-winning run and invited the Indians to bat. Darren Gough took the new ball and Sourav Ganguly glanced him for four in the first over to bring up the first boundary of the day, which brought ecstatic cheers from the massed ranks of Indian supporters, who did their best to give the impression that England were playing away. Angus Fraser was Gough's new ball partner and both bowlers settled into a good early rhythm as a real contest between bat and ball started to develop.

England bowled tightly but perhaps lacked a really penetrative edge on a good looking pitch which appeared ideal for batting. In the ninth over, the in-from Alan Mullally replaced Gough, and bowled an immaculate first over which beat Sadagopan Ramesh's outside edge five times out of six and had the left hander consistently groping for the ball. However with a few minor alarms the Indian batsmen continued to progress steadily.

As the Indian half-century approached, Ramesh eventually departed for 20 after an eternity of playing and missing when Mullally at last found the edge and Hick pouched the catch safely at second slip. Rahul Dravid joined Ganguly at the crease and Ganguly soon punched Fraser through the covers to bring up the Indian fifty. With the shine disappearing from the ball and the sun beating down, batting certainly became easier for the Indians and both players began to find their touch and the boundary.

Darren Gough was recalled to the attack in an attempt to break a partnership which had cost the Sri Lankans so dear. But it was Mark Ealham who had a stroke of fortune as he deflected a driven ball from Dravid onto the stumps at the non-striker's end to run out Ganguly for a well made 40. Yet that only brought Sachin Tendulkar to the crease and although the little master was in a circumspect mood initially, it wasn't too long before he opened up to pull Ealham through midwicket for his first boundary and as the innings reached its half-way stage, the contest remained finely balanced.

The atmosphere in the ground remained intense. Tendulkar and Dravid looked to accelerate, while tight bowling from Ealham and Gough backed by disciplined fielding kept England in the game. Fraser was parsimonious and reluctant to concede a single, but both batsmen made a conscious attempt to get after Andy Flintoff who they obviously perceived as a weak link in the England attack. With the score on 139, Ealham struck a vital blow as Tendulkar attempted to launch him for a maximum, but instead holed out to Hick who held his nerve and took a fine catch at deep midwicket to dismiss the little master for just 22.

Indian skipper Mohammed Azharuddin joined Dravid and immediately gave the innings some impetus as he played his strokes and worked the ball around. Azahar was felled by a vicious yorker from Hollioake but Dravid deflected Flintoff behind backward square to bring up his fifty and rapturous applause from the adoring Indian fans. With klaxons, drums and whistles greeting every run, the Indians were well placed with Azhar in positive mood and finding the boundary regularly.

Just as the game was about to enter the crucial final ten overs Dravid attempted to loft Flintoff over mid-on and Ealham had to run all of two yards forward to take the easiest of catches and dismiss him for 53. Alan Mullally returned for the final ten overs to seal up one end and with Stewart swapping his remaining bowlers around, they began to put a stranglehold on Azhar and vice-captain Ajay Jadeja.

Azhar chanced his arm on a couple of occasions desperately searching for the boundary and eventually fell to Ealham for 35, as he attempted to work the ball onto the on-side, but only succeeding in skying the ball to Nasser Hussain who took a difficult catch at backward point. The tumble of wickets inevitably slowed the scoring rate and as the Natwest Airship prowled an increasingly overcast sky, Nayan Mongia and Jadeja scrambled and searched for every single to give India a competitive total. Jadeja pulled Ealham through square leg to bring up the 200 and Indian drums and pulses began to beat, but Mullally cleaned up Mongia for 2 just one over later with the score on 209. Gough yorked Javagal Srinath for 1 with his first ball back, but Kumble and especially Jadeja attacked everything at the death with Jadeja's late flurry bringing him 39 before he holed out to Fraser off Gough in the final over. India finished on a respectable 232 for 8.

England needed a solid start to their run chase and openers Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain got them off to a promising beginning by taking six off Srinath's opening over and five from fellow, surprise, opener Debashish Mohanty. As the Indian supporters willed them to make an early breakthrough, Srinath bowled with good pace and forced Hussain to hurry his strokes, but it was Mohanty who picked up the England captain's wicket with the score on 12, as he edged a regulation catch to fellow skipper Azharuddin at slip. In the very same over Mohanty bowled Graeme Hick off an inside edge to leave England struggling at 13 for 2 and the massed Indian ranks in rapture.

After a hostile burst from the Indian openers, Ventaktesh Prasad replaced Srinath in the 13th over, but Mohanty continued to trouble both batsmen. With England staging a min-revival the Indian bowlers tried to unsettle Thorpe, with Mohanty in particular not afraid to continue his follow through and eyeball the England batsman at close quarters. Sourav Ganguly replaced Prasad in the 18th over and the English batsman were glad to have seen the back of the Indian paceman who had produced a really fiery, aggressive opening spell. With distant cloud threatening and news spreading like wild fire that South Africa had slumped to 40-6 against Zimbabwe, the nerves amongst both sets of supporters started to fray.

With the score on 72, Nasser Hussain played a ball from Ganguly onto his stumps to depart for 33, with bitter disappointment evident in his reaction. But unfortunately just as the contest in the middle began to simmer nicely towards the boil, the heavens opened, the covers came on and the players left the field.

With heavy rain pouring down and thunder and lightning streaking the field, the prospects for a re-start were unlikely and play was abandoned for the day.

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QUOTES

South Africa v Zimbabwe:

"Hats off to Zimbabwe, they completely outplayed us in all departments. They played really well," Hansie Cronje, ruing his team's loss.

"You have to show charatcer and bounce back. We'll be back," Hansie Cronje suggesting South Africa aren't out of it yet.

"It was really good. We came in with nothing to lose, and we came out today and got all three departments right," Alistair Campbell explaining why Zimbabwe won.

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QUICK SINGLES

* Malcolm Marshall, the West Indies' team coach and bowling legend, announced today that he has cancer of the colon. Marshall has been in hospital for the last fortnight with stomach trouble. We wish him well.

* South Africa's collapse against Zimbabwe was as unexpected as it was dramatic. Nonetheless it wasn't deemed exciting enough for viewers of Sky Sports in the UK or Channel Nine in Australia. Sky thought viewers might prefer the third division play off between Leyton Orient and Scunthorpe, while Channel Nine decided to screen 'Just Kidding', an Aussie version of Candid Camera. Sky did show some of the game on it's sports news channel which is only available to digital subscribers, but apparently weren't allowed to advertise the fact. A bad day for TV coverage was compounded when the cameramen at Chelmsford All failed to pick up Olonga's fantastic boundary catch to dismiss Pollock. At least users of CricInfo, home of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union's official web site, didn't miss a ball.

* Tonight England sit rather improbably above Zimbabwe in the Group A points table this evening by virtue of their victory at Trent Bridge. Zimbabwe and South Africa are nontheless certain qualifiers.

Should rain rule out any play tomorrow, South Africa, England and Zimbabwe will qualify from Group A. If, as seems more likely, there is play then England must beat India to qualify, and India must beat England to qualify. Should rain delay play, England must bat out another 4 and a half overs before the Duckworth Lewis method becomes a factor. If England don't complete 25 overs then the match will be abandoned and India will not qualify. Duckworth Lewis will probably not become a factor unless England have batted only 25 overs by about 5.30 pm and rain, or light, delays play. In short, weather permitting, it's a straight knockout.

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MAGIC MOMENT

Today's choice has to be the very first ball of South Africa's innings. Man of the match Johnson bowled a beauty to Kirsten and Whittall responded with a fine catch. CricInfo commentator Travis Basevi described the moment:

0.1 Johnson to Kirsten, OUT: ball rises awkwardly, fended away by Kirsten poorly, outside edge spoons up for a great diving forward catch by Andy Whittall

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SCORECARDS ODI # 1468 ICC World Cup, 1999, 26th Match South Africa v Zimbabwe, Group A County Ground, Chelmsford 29 May 1999 (50-over match)

Result: Zimbabwe won by 48 runs Points: Zimbabwe 2, South Africa 0

Toss: Zimbabwe Umpires: DR Shepherd and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) TV Umpire: JW Holder Match Referee: R Subba Row Man of the Match: NC Johnson

Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4 6 NC Johnson c Pollock b Donald 76 117 10 0 GW Flower c Cullinan b Elworthy 19 43 3 0 MW Goodwin c Kirsten b Klusener 34 45 5 0 +A Flower run out (Pollock/Boucher) 29 35 3 1 *ADR Campbell lbw b Donald 0 1 0 0 GJ Whittall c Cullinan b Donald 20 31 0 1 SV Carlisle not out 18 19 1 0 HH Streak not out 9 13 1 0 Extras (b 1, lb 15, w 8, nb 4) 28 Total (6 wickets, 50 overs) 233

DNB: AR Whittall, AG Huckle, HK Olonga.

FoW: 1-65 (GW Flower, 13.4 ov), 2-131 (Goodwin, 30.4 ov), 3-170 (Johnson, 38.1 ov), 4-175 (Campbell, 38.4 ov), 5-186 (A Flower, 41.3 ov), 6-214 (GJ Whittall, 46.4 ov).

Bowling O M R W Pollock 10 1 39 0 (2nb) Kallis 6 0 36 0 (1nb, 2w) Donald 10 1 41 3 (1w) Elworthy 6 0 32 1 (1w) Klusener 9 0 36 1 (1nb, 1w) Cronje 9 0 33 0 (2w)

South Africa innings (target: 234 runs from 50 overs) R B 4 6 G Kirsten c AR Whittall b Johnson 0 1 0 0 HH Gibbs run out (Huckle/A Flower) 9 21 0 0 +MV Boucher lbw b Streak 8 23 1 0 JH Kallis c A Flower b Johnson 0 4 0 0 DJ Cullinan c & b AR Whittall 29 67 3 0 *WJ Cronje b Johnson 4 6 1 0 JN Rhodes lbw b Streak 5 5 1 0 SM Pollock c Olonga b AR Whittall 52 81 4 0 L Klusener not out 52 58 3 2 S Elworthy c AR Whittall b Streak 1 6 0 0 AA Donald c Streak b Olonga 7 18 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 8, nb 6) 18 Total (all out, 47.2 overs) 185

FoW: 1-0 (Kirsten, 0.1 ov), 2-24 (Gibbs, 6.4 ov), 3-25 (Boucher, 7.3 ov), 4-25 (Kallis, 8.2 ov), 5-34 (Cronje, 10.1 ov), 6-40 (Rhodes, 11.4 ov), 7-106 (Cullinan, 29.2 ov), 8-149 (Pollock, 41.2 ov), 9-150 (Elworthy, 42.2 ov), 10-185 (Donald, 47.2 ov).

Bowling O M R W Johnson 8 1 27 3 (3nb, 3w) Streak 9 1 35 3 (1nb, 4w) GJ Whittall 4 0 20 0 (1w) Olonga 4.2 0 16 1 (2nb) Huckle 10 1 35 0 AR Whittall 10 0 41 2 GW Flower 2 0 7 0

4th (reserve) umpire: B Leadbeater Start of the South Africa innings was delayed by rain for 25 minutes until 3:25pm SM Pollock 50 off 78 balls, 4x4 0x6

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ODI # 1467 ICC World Cup, 1999, 25th Match England v India, Group A Edgbaston, Birmingham 29 May 1999 (50-over match)

Result: Points:

Toss: England Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and Javed Akhtar (Pak) TV Umpire: DB Cowie (NZ) Match Referee: PJP Burge (Aus) Man of the Match:

Close of play: India 232, England 73/3 (Thorpe 31*, Fairbrother 1*; 20.3 ov) India innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4 6 SC Ganguly run out (Ealham) 40 59 6 0 S Ramesh c Hick b Mullally 20 41 2 0 R Dravid c Ealham b Flintoff 53 82 6 0 SR Tendulkar c Hick b Ealham 22 40 2 0 *M Azharuddin c Hussain b Ealham 26 35 3 0 A Jadeja c Fraser b Gough 39 30 5 0 +NR Mongia b Mullally 2 5 0 0 J Srinath b Gough 1 2 0 0 A Kumble not out 6 8 0 0 BKV Prasad not out 2 3 0 0 Extras (lb 7, w 10, nb 4) 21 Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) 232

DNB: DS Mohanty.

FoW: 1-49 (Ramesh, 12.5 ov), 2-93 (Ganguly, 21.2 ov), 3-139 (Tendulkar, 33.3 ov), 4-174 (Dravid, 39.5 ov), 5-188 (Azharuddin, 43.5 ov), 6-209 (Mongia, 46.4 ov), 7-210 (Srinath, 47.1 ov), 8-228 (Jadeja, 49.1 ov).

Bowling O M R W Gough 10 0 51 2 (2nb, 3w) Fraser 10 2 30 0 (2w) Mullally 10 0 54 2 (1nb, 4w) Ealham 10 2 28 2 (1nb, 1w) Flintoff 5 0 28 1 Hollioake 5 0 34 0

England innings (target: 233 runs from 50 overs) R B 4 6 N Hussain b Ganguly 33 63 3 0 *+AJ Stewart c Azharuddin b Mohanty 2 9 0 0 GA Hick b Mohanty 0 1 0 0 GP Thorpe not out 31 45 6 0 NH Fairbrother not out 1 6 0 0 Extras (lb 1, w 4, nb 1) 6 Total (3 wickets, 20.3 overs) 73

To Bat: A Flintoff, AJ Hollioake, MA Ealham, D Gough, ARC Fraser, AD Mullally.

FoW: 1-12 (Stewart, 3.1 ov), 2-13 (Hick, 3.2 ov), 3-72 (Hussain, 19.1 ov).

Bowling O M R W Srinath 6 2 19 0 Mohanty 7.3 0 36 2 (1nb, 4w) Prasad 5 0 8 0 Ganguly 2 0 9 1

4th (reserve) umpire: Sailab Hossain (Ban) India innings: 1x7 ball over (9th over, Mullally's 1st over by Javed Akhtar)

Thunderstorms stopped the match at 20.3 overs into the England innings. Play will resume on Sunday.

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POINTS TABLE

Group A P W L NR T Pts Net-RR For Against South Africa 5 4 1 - - 8 +0.859 1016/238.2 851/250 England 4 3 1 - - 6 -0.083 682/174.2 799/200 Zimbabwe 5 3 2 - - 6 +0.017 1080/241 1029/230.3 India 4 2 2 - - 4 +1.293 1204/196 957/197.2 Sri Lanka 4 1 3 - - 2 -1.244 728/196 976/196.5 Kenya 4 - 4 - - 0 -1.268 819/200 917/171

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