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250
Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlIND
243
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Overs: 49.5 RR: 5.02 vs spin: 4.63
vs seam: 5.03
Overs: 49.3 RR: 4.91 vs spin: 6.40
vs seam: 4.67
Thu 11/12/97 England v India, Singer-Akai Champions Trophy, Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
ENGLAND WIN England won by 7 runs
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England - 1st Inns 250 (49.5; RR: 5.02)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AD Brown c Ganguly b Kuruvilla 18 25 2 0 72.00
AJ Stewart c Azharuddin b Kumble 116 111 9 1 104.50
NV Knight c Kumble b Chauhan 42 60 2 1 70.00
GA Hick b Kuruvilla 32 42 2 1 76.19
AJ Hollioake b Kuruvilla 4 6 0 0 66.67
MA Ealham run out 9 16 0 0 56.25
GP Thorpe run out 3 4 0 0 75.00
MV Fleming c Karim b Srinath 9 16 0 0 56.25
DR Brown c Tendulkar b Srinath 6 11 0 0 54.55
RDB Croft c Kuruvilla b Srinath 6 8 1 0 75.00
DW Headley not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 250 all out (49.5 overs; RR: 5.02)

Fall of wickets

42-1 (AD Brown 0.0 ov), 131-2 (NV Knight 0.0 ov), 209-3 (GA Hick 0.0 ov), 211-4 (AJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 215-5 (AJ Hollioake 0.0 ov), 218-6 (GP Thorpe 0.0 ov), 232-7 (MV Fleming 0.0 ov), 237-8 (MA Ealham 0.0 ov), 248-9 (RDB Croft 0.0 ov), 250-10 (DR Brown 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Srinath 8.5 0 37 3 4.63 0 0
A Kuruvilla 10.0 0 50 3 5.00 1 0
A Kumble 10.0 0 53 1 5.30 0 0
RR Singh 6.0 0 34 0 5.67 0 0
SC Ganguly 2.0 0 14 0 7.00 0 1
RK Chauhan 9.0 0 35 1 3.89 0 0
SR Tendulkar 4.0 0 24 0 6.00 0 0

India - 1st Inns 243 (49.3; RR: 4.91)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SS Karim c Croft b Headley 29 34 5 0 85.29
SC Ganguly b Ealham 29 41 4 0 70.73
NS Sidhu c Hollioake b Ealham 3 13 0 0 23.08
SR Tendulkar st Stewart b Fleming 91 87 4 2 104.60
M Azharuddin c Headley b Hollioake 3 19 0 0 15.79
AD Jadeja c Thorpe b Fleming 50 69 1 0 72.46
RR Singh lbw b Fleming 12 14 0 1 85.71
A Kumble run out 2 3 0 0 66.67
RK Chauhan b Fleming 12 12 0 0 100.00
J Srinath b Headley 3 7 0 0 42.86
A Kuruvilla not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 3w, 2nb) 8  
TOTAL 243 all out (49.3 overs; RR: 4.91)

Fall of wickets

60-1 (SS Karim 0.0 ov), 64-2 (SC Ganguly 0.0 ov), 65-3 (NS Sidhu 0.0 ov), 74-4 (M Azharuddin 0.0 ov), 182-5 (AD Jadeja 0.0 ov), 207-6 (RR Singh 0.0 ov), 221-7 (A Kumble 0.0 ov), 232-8 (SR Tendulkar 0.0 ov), 237-9 (J Srinath 0.0 ov), 243-10 (RK Chauhan 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DR Brown 7.0 0 44 0 6.29 1 0
DW Headley 9.0 0 38 2 4.22 1 3
MA Ealham 10.0 0 43 2 4.30 1 0
AJ Hollioake 9.0 1 38 1 4.22 0 0
RDB Croft 5.0 0 32 0 6.40 0 0
MV Fleming 9.3 0 45 4 5.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v India at Sharjah, Singer-Akai Champions Trophy

Date

Thursday December 11, 1997

Toss

India won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:30am UTC

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah

Umpires

SA Bucknor, 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

India Team

Playing XI

NS Sidhu, M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar, RR Singh, A Kumble, J Srinath, SC Ganguly, AD Jadeja, RK Chauhan, SS Karim, A Kuruvilla