England v U.A.E. (1053)

a9726 o1053 wc128	England v United Arab Emirates
	Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Group B)
Venue	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar on 18th February 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	United Arab Emirates won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 8 wickets
Points	England 2; United Arab Emirates 0
Umpires	BC Cooray, VK Ramaswamy
Third umpire	RC Sharma
Referee	JR Reid
Man of the Match	NMK Smith

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United Arab Emirates innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s Azhar Saeed lbw b DeFreitas 9 36 47 1 - G Mylvaganam c Fairbrother b DeFreitas 0 6 9 - - Mazhar Hussain b Smith 33 59 89 6 - V Mehra c Russell b Smith 1 34 46 - - Mohammad Aslam b Gough 23 47 40 1 - Arshad Laeeq b Smith 0 6 6 - - Saleem Raza b Cork 10 31 45 - - JA Samarasekera run out 29 39 57 3 - *Sultan Zarawani b Cork 2 8 10 - - SF Dukanwala lbw b Illingworth 15 21 25 1 - +Imtiaz Abbasi not out 1 5 4 - - Extras (4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 4 w) 13 Total (all out, 48.3 overs) 136 Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Mylvaganam), 2-32 (Azhar Saeed), 3-48 (Mehra), 4-49 (Mazhar Hussain), 5-49 (Arshad Laeeq), 6-80 (Mohammad Aslam), 7-88 (Saleem Raza), 8-100 (Sultan Zarawani), 9-135 (Dukanwala), 10-136 (Samarasekera) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Cork 10 1 33 2 2 - DeFreitas 9.3 3 16 2 2 1 Gough 8 3 23 1 - - White 1.3 1 2 0 - - Smith 9.3 2 29 3 - - Illingworth 10 2 25 1 - - England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s AJ Stewart c Mylvaganam b Arshad Laeeq 23 52 56 3 - NMK Smith retired ill 27 31 62 4 - GP Thorpe not out 44 66 83 5 - *MA Atherton b Azhar Saeed 20 40 52 1 - NH Fairbrother not out 12 29 24 1 - +RC Russell did not bat C White did not bat DG Cork did not bat PAJ DeFreitas did not bat D Gough did not bat RK Illingworth did not bat Extras (4 b, 2 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) 14 Total (2 wickets, 35 overs) 140 Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Stewart), 2-109 (Atherton) United Arab Emirates bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Samarasekera 7 1 35 0 1 3 Arshad Laeeq 7 0 25 1 - 5 Saleem Raza 5 1 20 0 - - Azhar Saeed 10 1 26 1 - - Sultan Zarawani 6 0 28 0 - -

Notes
--> NMK Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed Arshad Laeeq in the United Arab Emirates innings (previous best was 2-46)
--> NMK Smith retired ill in the England innings having scored 27 (team score 59/1) (after vomiting on the field in the 13th over )

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C White was unable to complete his second over (side strain), over completed by NMK Smith. White likely to be replaced for the rest of the tournament.