- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.1 Santh strikes again! and it's once again the short ball that does the trick, Akmal goes for the hook and the ball flies off the top edge, RP Singh at fine leg judges it to perfection 71/210.5 gone! bouncer on the stumps, Farhat goes for the pull but gets nowhere, ball clips the top part of the bat and pops up on the leg side, Sreesanth on his followthrough moves across and takes a simple catch - Pakistan one down 62/114.4 it's that man Sreesanth again! short of a good length delivery outside the off stump, swinging away, Malik defends on the back-foot playing for the one that comes in, ball clips the edge and goes towards gully, Raina there dives forward and takes a good catch - big wicket this 77/340.1 slower delivery on the pads, Youhana flicks it away in the air and straight to Zakeer Khan at deep backward square leg 210/521.5 got'm! flighted delivery, turning in from outside the off stump, Inzi goes for the sweep and gets it hit on the pad, impact was well outside the line of the off stump but umpire Bucknor raises his finger! 115/443.5 short ball, angling in from outside the leg stump, Razzaq goes for the pull, ball clips the top edge and balloons up on the leg side, Dravid at square leg nicely settles under it - crucial blow! 239/647.5 excellent slower delivery, Arafat swings across and gets beaten by miles, leg stump is pegged back - Khan strikes 261/748.3 low fulltoss outside the off stump, Sami hits it straight to Kaif at cover, failed to time it properly 264/8Extras21 (lb 5, nb 2, w 14)TOTAL286/8 (50 Overs, RR: 5.72)Did not bat: Mohammad AsifFall of wickets: 1-62 (Imran Farhat, 10.5 ov), 2-71 (Kamran Akmal, 12.1 ov), 3-77 (Shoaib Malik, 14.4 ov), 4-115 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 21.5 ov), 5-210 (Mohammad Yousuf, 40.1 ov), 6-239 (Abdul Razzaq, 43.5 ov), 7-261 (Yasir Arafat, 47.5 ov), 8-264 (Mohammad Sami, 48.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Z Khan 10 0 64 1 6.40 29 4 2 3 1 AB Agarkar 10 1 60 1 6.00 28 5 1 4 0 S Sreesanth 10 1 58 4 5.80 30 5 0 4 1 RP Singh 10 1 50 1 5.00 33 5 0 1 0 RR Powar 10 0 49 1 4.90 29 3 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR14.6 gone! good length delivery wide outside the off stump, Gambhir goes after it eyeing the cover fence, ball clips the edge and goes straight to Akmal behind the stumps, Anjum strikes and that's a vital breakthrough 69/130.2 and Sami strikes! well disguised slower delivery and Dravid is completely foxed, in the end he plays a nothing shot and the ball pops up straight to Malik at mid-on, crucial wicket this 141/2Extras15 (lb 8, w 7)TOTAL287/2 (46.5 Overs, RR: 6.12)Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Gautam Gambhir, 14.6 ov), 2-141 (Rahul Dravid, 30.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Sami 8.5 0 65 1 7.35 29 9 2 3 0 Mohammad Asif 9 0 48 0 5.33 33 6 1 1 0 Iftikhar Anjum 10 0 44 1 4.40 29 3 0 0 0 Yasir Arafat 8 0 51 0 6.37 23 4 1 2 0 Shoaib Malik 3 0 22 0 7.33 9 4 0 1 0 Abdul Razzaq 8 0 49 0 6.12 18 6 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
India won the 5-match series 4-1
Match number
Season
Match days
19 February 2006 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Pakistan innings
- Pakistan innings: 1x5 ball over (1st over, Z Khan's 1st over, called by Umpire Aleem Dar)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (63 balls), Extras 13
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 19.6 overs (131 balls), Extras 18
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 29.2 overs (187 balls), Extras 18
- Yousuf Youhana: 50 off 65 balls (6 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (Yousuf Youhana 36, Younis Khan 17, Ex 0)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 38.1 overs (241 balls), Extras 20
- Younis Khan: 50 off 64 balls (3 x 4)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 45.4 overs (286 balls), Extras 20
- India innings
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- India: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (65 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (G Gambhir 35, R Dravid 16, Ex 1)
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: India - 72/1 in 17.0 overs (R Dravid 32, Yuvraj Singh 1)
- India: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (138 balls), Extras 6
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (R Dravid 19, Yuvraj Singh 40, Ex 6)
- R Dravid: 50 off 80 balls (6 x 4)
- Yuvraj Singh: 50 off 52 balls (8 x 4)
- India: 150 runs in 31.2 overs (190 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: India - 164/2 in 33.0 overs (Yuvraj Singh 57, MS Dhoni 9)
- India: 200 runs in 39.1 overs (240 balls), Extras 13
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (Yuvraj Singh 30, MS Dhoni 29, Ex 6)
- Yuvraj Singh: 100 off 90 balls (14 x 4)
- India: 250 runs in 44.3 overs (274 balls), Extras 15
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 91 balls (Yuvraj Singh 62, MS Dhoni 49, Ex 8)
- MS Dhoni: 50 off 46 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
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