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239-7
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWI
235-7
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Overs: 48.1 RR: 4.96 vs spin: 4.53
vs seam: 4.66
Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.70 vs spin: 4.00
vs seam: 4.80
Fri 19/12/97 England v West Indies, Singer-Akai Champions Trophy, Final, Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
ENGLAND WIN England won by 3 wickets
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West Indies - 1st Inns 235-7 (50.0; RR: 4.70)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SC Williams c Brown b Croft 55 67 6 0 82.09
S Chanderpaul run out 76 109 4 1 69.72
BC Lara st Stewart b Ealham 2 3 0 0 66.67
CL Hooper lbw b Fleming 34 52 1 0 65.38
PV Simmons not out 39 37 3 0 105.41
RIC Holder lbw b Fleming 0 3 0 0 0.00
RN Lewis b Fleming 16 17 1 0 94.12
FA Rose run out 0 1 0 0 0.00
D Williams not out 9 11 0 0 81.82
CA Walsh  
M Dillon  
Extras (0b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 235-7 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.70)

Fall of wickets

97-1 (SC Williams 21.4 ov), 101-2 (BC Lara 22.3 ov), 164-3 (S Chanderpaul 36.6 ov), 174-4 (CL Hooper 39.2 ov), 174-5 (RIC Holder 39.5 ov), 200-6 (RN Lewis 45.3 ov), 200-7 (FA Rose 45.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DR Brown 5.0 0 35 0 7.00 0 0
DW Headley 7.0 0 39 0 5.57 0 0
MA Ealham 10.0 1 26 1 2.60 0 0
AJ Hollioake 10.0 0 50 0 5.00 1 0
RDB Croft 10.0 0 40 1 4.00 0 0
MV Fleming 8.0 0 42 3 5.25 0 0

England - 1st Inns 239-7 (48.1; RR: 4.96)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AD Brown c Chanderpaul b Rose 1 13 0 0 7.69
AJ Stewart b Hooper 51 67 3 0 76.12
NV Knight run out 24 59 1 0 40.68
GA Hick c Hooper b Lewis 9 12 0 1 75.00
GP Thorpe not out 66 74 5 0 89.19
AJ Hollioake st Williams b Hooper 16 40 0 0 40.00
MA Ealham b Walsh 4 9 0 0 44.44
MV Fleming run out 33 26 3 0 126.92
DR Brown not out 4 1 1 0 400.00
RDB Croft  
DW Headley  
Extras (1b, 16lb, 5w, 9nb) 31  
TOTAL 239-7 (48.1 overs; RR: 4.96)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (AD Brown 3.6 ov), 89-2 (NV Knight 20.3 ov), 107-3 (GA Hick 23.5 ov), 107-4 (AJ Stewart 24.1 ov), 152-5 (AJ Hollioake 36.6 ov), 165-6 (MA Ealham 40.4 ov), 235-7 (MV Fleming 47.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CA Walsh 9.1 1 39 1 4.33 1 2
FA Rose 10.0 0 36 1 3.60 1 1
M Dillon 6.0 0 36 0 6.00 0 0
PV Simmons 4.0 0 25 0 6.25 2 3
RN Lewis 9.0 0 51 1 5.67 1 4
CL Hooper 10.0 0 35 2 3.50 0 2

Match Info

Match

England v West Indies at Sharjah, Singer-Akai Champions Trophy, Final

Date

Friday December 19, 1997

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:30am UTC

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah

Umpires

CJ Mitchley, KT Francis

England Team

Playing XI

AJ Stewart, GA Hick, GP Thorpe, NV Knight, RDB Croft, AD Brown, MA Ealham, AJ Hollioake, DW Headley, DR Brown, MV Fleming

West Indies Team

Playing XI

CA Walsh, CL Hooper, PV Simmons, BC Lara, D Williams, S Chanderpaul, SC Williams, RIC Holder, RN Lewis, FA Rose, M Dillon