Cricket: India defeat England in sixth one-day international

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

India have beaten England by two wickets in the sixth One-Day International of the series at The Oval, London, England.

England suffered early setbacks when Alastair Cook was caught behind for a duck in the first over, followed by Matt Prior falling lbw to Ajit Agarkar soon afterwards. Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen shared a partnership of 59 runs before Bell was bowled by Piyush Chawla just short of 50 runs. Paul Collingwood made just one run before being run out to leave England on 83-4. Kevin Pietersen and ODI debutant Luke Wright both recorded fifties, with Wright sharing 106 runs with Owais Shah. Shah reached 107 not out, and Dimitri Mascarenhas finished England's innings by hitting five sixes off the last five balls.

Opening batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly started well for India, putting on 150 runs before Ganguly was dismissed in the 23rd over for 53. Sachin Tendulkar reached 94 before being caught off the bowling of Monty Panesar to leave India on 156-2 in the 26th over. Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh shared a partnership of 53 runs, with Gambhir scoring 47 runs. Rahul Dravid was dismissed for just four, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 35 before being bowled by Stuart Broad. In a tense finish, Robin Uthappa took India to the 317 run target with two balls remaining.

The seven match series is now tied at 3-3. The final match will be played at Lord's, London on 8 September.

Toss: England won, and chose to bat first.

England innings
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
A N Cook c Dhoni b Khan 0 2 0 0 0.00
M J Prior lbw b Agarkar 6 5 1 0 120.00
I R Bell b Piyush Chawla 49 59 10 0 83.05
K P Pietersen run out (Ganguly/Yuvraj Singh) 53 82 4 0 64.63
P D Collingwood run out (sub (K D Karthik)/Dhoni) 1 3 0 0 33.33
O A Shah not out 107 95 11 2 112.63
L J Wright run out (Uthappa) 50 39 7 1 128.20
A D Mascarenhas not out 36 15 0 5 240.00
Extras (b 1; lb 7; w 6) 14
Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 316 33 8

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Cook, 0.2 ov), 2-20 (Prior, 3.3 ov), 3-79 (Bell, 16.5 ov), 4-83 (Collingwood, 17.3 ov), 5-137 (Pietersen, 30.2 ov), 6-243 (Wright, 44.2 ov)

Did not bat: S C J Broad, M S Panesar, J M Anderson

India bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Z Khan 10 0 43 1 4.30
A B Agarkar 8 0 63 1 7.87
S C Ganguly 7 0 43 0 6.14
Piyush Chawla 10 1 44 1 4.40
R R Powar 9 0 44 0 4.88
Yuvraj Singh 5 0 59 0 11.80
S R Tendulkar 1 0 12 0 12.00
India innings (Target: 317 runs from 50 overs)
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
S C Ganguly c Pietersen b Broad 53 60 7 1 88.33
S R Tendulkar c Collingwood b Panesar 94 81 16 1 116.04
G Gambhir c Panesar b Mascarenhas 47 57 3 1 82.45
Yuvraj Singh c & b Mascarenhas 18 24 1 0 75.00
R Dravid c Collingwood b Shah 4 5 0 0 80.00
M S Dhoni b Broad 35 37 3 0 94.59
R V Uthappa not out 47 33 8 0 142.42
A B Agarkar run out (Bell/Anderson) 1 1 0 0 100.00
Z Khan run out (Broad) 0 0 0 0 -
R R Powar not out 0 0 0 0 -
Extras (lb 9; w 9) 18
Total (8 wickets; 49.4 overs) 317 38 3

Fall of wickets: 1-150 (Ganguly, 22.2 ov), 2-156 (Tendulkar, 25.6 ov), 3-209 (Yuvraj Singh, 34.2 ov), 4-216 (Dravid, 35.5 ov), 5-234 (Gambhir, 40.2 ov), 6-294 (Dhoni, 47.6 ov), 7-307 (Agarkar, 48.6 ov), 8-309 (Khan, 49.2 ov)

Did not bat: Piyush Chawla

England bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
S C J Broad 9.4 1 46 2 4.75
J M Anderson 8 0 79 0 9.87
A D Mascarenhas 10 0 55 2 5.50
P D Collingwood 8 0 54 0 6.75
M S Panesar 10 0 55 1 5.50
O A Shah 4 0 19 1 4.75

England: A N Cook, M J Prior (wkt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood (capt), O A Shah, L J Wright, A D Mascarenhas, S C J Broad, M S Panesar, J M Anderson

India: S C Ganguly, S R Tendulkar, R V Uthappa, G Gambhir, R Dravid (capt), Yuvraj Singh, M S Dhoni (wkt), A B Agarkar, R R Powar, Piyush Chawla, Z Khan

ODI Debut: L J Wright (England)
Man of the Match: S R Tendulkar (India)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and P J Hartley
TV Umpire: I J Gould
Match Referee: R S Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: J H Evans

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