- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 gone! Nipped off the pitch, a hint of swing, an outside edge and Dhoni does the rest. 0/13.3 but he's on the button this time - very straight, Prior was a long way across his stumps when the ball rapped him. Now then, height could be a factor, and Hawk-Eye has it going over by an inch or so. Nevertheless, he's on his way 20/216.5 he's bowled him! The topper from Piyush and Bell is completely outfoxed. Down on one knee, he tries to smash him over the top but is clean bowled 79/330.2 horrible cricket - Pietersen flaps at a wide ball but doesn't quite get hold of it. He turns for two, but Shah remains rooted to his crease and although Pietersen is stranded nine-tenths of the way towards the other end. An almighty mix-up, but a tidy enough throw 137/517.3 punched out to cover, and they go for a single - this could be a disaster. In comes the throw, Dhoni whips off the bails but the umpires haven't called for a replay. But hold on - drama here - Collingwood, according to the big screen replay, is short of his ground! And after a bit of a delay, and a referral to the TV umpire, Collingwood's given his marching orders by the umpire 83/444.2 punched to mid-on and Wright sets off for a single, but he's timed it very well and mid-on throws down the stumps. The third umpire is called for, and Wright is a few inches short of his ground 243/6Extras14 (b 1, lb 7, w 6)TOTAL316/6 (50 Overs, RR: 6.32)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Alastair Cook, 0.2 ov), 2-20 (Matt Prior, 3.3 ov), 3-79 (Ian Bell, 16.5 ov), 4-83 (Paul Collingwood, 17.3 ov), 5-137 (Kevin Pietersen, 30.2 ov), 6-243 (Luke Wright, 44.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Z Khan 10 0 43 1 4.30 37 6 0 1 0 AB Agarkar 8 0 63 1 7.87 23 10 1 0 0 SC Ganguly 7 0 43 0 6.14 21 5 1 1 0 PP Chawla 10 1 44 1 4.40 36 5 0 0 0 RR Powar 9 0 44 0 4.88 27 4 0 0 0 Yuvraj Singh 5 0 59 0 11.80 11 1 6 4 0 SR Tendulkar 1 0 12 0 12.00 1 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR22.2 got him! A breakthrough for England at last as Ganguly tries to lift Broad over the infield but can only slap it straight to Pietersen at cover 150/125.6 got him! Brilliant catch from Collingwood. Tendulkar stepped outside leg and tried to loft Monty over mid-off, but he didn't get any elevation in the stroke. Collingwood, lurking at mid-off, got both hands to it and pouched a very low, excellent catch 156/240.2 Panesar takes the catch! Huge skier to long-on and Gambhir, giving himself room, backs away but holes out just short of what would have been a fine half-century. Panesar watched that all the way and pointed his finger in the air in serious salute 234/534.2 there's the breakthrough, and what a wicket for England. The ball stops on the pitch and Yuvraj can only pop a return catch back to Mascarenhas, who reacts well in his follow through. He looked fairly startled by that catch, but a vital moment in the game 209/335.5 another huge wicket! And what scalp to get for your first international wicket. Dravid gets a leading edge as he tries to through the leg side and Collingwood takes a fine, low catch diving forward from midwicket....it would have been a wide, down the leg side, if Dravid had left it, but what a day Shah is having 216/447.6 bowled him - Dhoni shuffling over to off to try to sweep it round, but the ball nutmegged him and appeared to get a thin bobble off the inside of his left pad - I'll confirm after replays 294/648.6 gone! Going for the two, Anderson did well to pick up the return from Bell and pick out the striker's end with a direct hit 307/749.2 yorker, dug up there and Broad gets him with a piece of intelligent cricket - how did he keep his cool there? - by beating Zaheer in the sprint back to the non-striker's end and held the ball in his hands all the way 309/8Extras18 (lb 9, w 9)TOTAL317/8 (49.4 Overs, RR: 6.38)Did not bat: PP ChawlaFall of wickets: 1-150 (Sourav Ganguly, 22.2 ov), 2-156 (Sachin Tendulkar, 25.6 ov), 3-209 (Yuvraj Singh, 34.2 ov), 4-216 (Rahul Dravid, 35.5 ov), 5-234 (Gautam Gambhir, 40.2 ov), 6-294 (MS Dhoni, 47.6 ov), 7-307 (Ajit Agarkar, 48.6 ov), 8-309 (Zaheer Khan, 49.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SCJ Broad 9.4 1 46 2 4.75 36 5 1 0 0 JM Anderson 8 0 79 0 9.87 14 13 0 1 0 AD Mascarenhas 10 0 55 2 5.50 33 5 1 2 0 PD Collingwood 8 0 54 0 6.75 20 7 0 0 0 MS Panesar 10 0 55 1 5.50 34 7 1 0 0 OA Shah 4 0 19 1 4.75 10 1 0 2 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
7-match series level 3-3
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.15 start, First Session 10.15-13.45, Interval 13.45-14.30, Second Session 14.30-18.00.
Match days
5 September 2007 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- England: 50 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (IR Bell 30, KP Pietersen 16, Ex 5)
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: England - 78/2 in 16.0 overs (IR Bell 49, KP Pietersen 18)
- England: 100 runs in 21.1 overs (128 balls), Extras 8
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (KP Pietersen 30, OA Shah 19, Ex 1)
- KP Pietersen: 50 off 80 balls (4 x 4)
- England: 150 runs in 32.4 overs (199 balls), Extras 10
- Drinks: England - 153/5 in 33.0 overs (OA Shah 22, LJ Wright 12)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (OA Shah 19, LJ Wright 30, Ex 1)
- England: 200 runs in 39.2 overs (239 balls), Extras 10
- OA Shah: 50 off 62 balls (5 x 4)
- LJ Wright: 50 off 38 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 82 balls (OA Shah 53, LJ Wright 50, Ex 1)
- England: 250 runs in 45.2 overs (275 balls), Extras 10
- OA Shah: 100 off 91 balls (10 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (OA Shah 33, AD Mascarenhas 18, Ex 4)
- England: 300 runs in 49.4 overs (304 balls), Extras 14
- Innings Break: England - 316/6 in 50.0 overs (OA Shah 107, AD Mascarenhas 36)
- India: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (49 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (SC Ganguly 17, SR Tendulkar 31, Ex 2)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- SR Tendulkar: 50 off 41 balls (9 x 4)
- India: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (86 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 86 balls (SC Ganguly 29, SR Tendulkar 64, Ex 7)
- Drinks: India - 115/0 in 16.0 overs (SC Ganguly 43, SR Tendulkar 65)
- SC Ganguly: 50 off 55 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Power Play 3: Overs 19.1 - 24.0
- India: 150 runs in 21.4 overs (132 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 132 balls (SC Ganguly 53, SR Tendulkar 90, Ex 7)
- Drinks: India - 196/2 in 32.0 overs (G Gambhir 22, Yuvraj Singh 15)
- India: 200 runs in 32.3 overs (199 balls), Extras 12
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (G Gambhir 28, Yuvraj Singh 17, Ex 5)
- India: 250 runs in 42.4 overs (261 balls), Extras 17
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (MS Dhoni 22, RV Uthappa 23, Ex 6)
- India: 300 runs in 48.3 overs (296 balls), Extras 18
- One Day International Scorers: Raju and Binoy George
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