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2128dAndrew Miller at The Oval

Shah squares the series for England

Owais Shah reignited his England one-day career with a classy unbeaten 55, bringing up his half-century from just 30 deliveries, as England squared the two-match Twenty20 series with a hard-earned five-wicket victory at The Oval

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

CH Gayle
CH Gayle
61(37) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 19 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
0 3 4 6 19 6 9 14
OA Shah
OA Shah
55(35) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 14 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
9 16 8 7 2 6 2 5

Best performances - Bowlers

PD Collingwood
O2
M0
R21
W2
Eco10.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
RJ Sidebottom
RJ Sidebottom
O4
M0
R25
W2
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

West Indies , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

2-match series drawn 1-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

17.30 start, First Session 17.30-18.50, Interval 18.50-19.10, Second Session 19.10-20.30

Match days

29 June 2007 (20-over match)

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Match Referee

England win by five wickets with three balls to spare. Owais Shah batted superbly to guide them home ... that's all from us. We will be back on Sunday with the first ODI from Lord's ... rain permitting. Join us then. Goodnight.

19.4
5w
Gayle to Shah, 5 wides, that's it, wides down the leg side, Shah swipes and misses but it's academic
19.3
1
Gayle to Mascarenhas, 1 run, Mascarenhas back., waits and heaves to long-on
19.2
1
Gayle to Shah, 1 run, patted into the leg side, Mascarenhas wants two, Shah knackered
19.1
2
Gayle to Shah, 2 runs, Shah smacks it down the ground to long-on, Mascarenhas races back and beats a poor throw

And Gayle steps into the breach. A buzz goes around the ground.

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs | ENG: 164/5 (6 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.63, RRR: 6.00)

  • Owais Shah52 (33b)
  • Dimitri Mascarenhas17 (15b)
  • Ravi Rampaul4-0-39-2
  • Daren Sammy4-0-27-1

Six off six balls ... even I can work that one out ... a run a ball ...

18.6
1
Rampaul to Shah, 1 run, an almost Pietersenesque swish over midwicket to the man out in the deep
18.6
1w
Rampaul to Shah, 1 wide, just what the doctor didn't order ... a booming leg-side wide

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st25MJ PriorAN Cook
2nd13IJL TrottMJ Prior
3rd5KP PietersenIJL Trott
4th25PD CollingwoodKP Pietersen
5th36PD CollingwoodOA Shah
6th69OA ShahAD Mascarenhas