England v India (1259)

a10857 o1259	England v India
	Singer-Akai Champions Trophy 1997/98
Venue	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium on 11th December 1997 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 7 runs
Points	England 2; India 0
Umpires	SA Bucknor, KT Francis
Third umpire	CJ Mitchley
Referee	PJP Burge
Man of the Match	AJ Stewart

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England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s AD Brown c Ganguly b Kuruvilla 18 25 35 2 - +AJ Stewart c Azharuddin b Kumble 116 111 156 9 1 NV Knight c Kumble b Chauhan 42 60 67 2 1 GA Hick b Kuruvilla 32 42 47 2 1 *AJ Hollioake b Kuruvilla 4 6 10 - - MA Ealham run out (Tendulkar) 9 16 31 - - GP Thorpe run out (Jadeja) 3 4 4 - - MV Fleming c Karim b Srinath 9 16 13 - - DR Brown c Tendulkar b Srinath 6 11 18 - - RDB Croft c Kuruvilla b Srinath 6 8 7 1 - DW Headley not out 1 1 3 - - Extras (3 lb, 1 w) 4 Total (all out, 49.5 overs) 250 Fall of wickets: 1-42 (AD Brown), 2-131 (Knight), 3-209 (Hick), 4-211 (Stewart), 5-215 (Hollioake), 6-218 (Thorpe), 7-232 (Fleming), 8-237 (Ealham), 9-248 (Croft), 10-250 (DR Brown) India bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Srinath 8.5 0 37 3 - - Kuruvilla 10 0 50 3 1 - Kumble 10 0 53 1 - - Singh 6 0 34 0 - - Ganguly 2 0 14 0 - 1 Chauhan 9 0 35 1 - - Tendulkar 4 0 24 0 - - India innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s +SS Karim c Croft b Headley 29 34 47 5 - SC Ganguly b Ealham 29 41 54 4 - NS Sidhu c Hollioake b Ealham 3 13 12 - - *SR Tendulkar st Stewart b Fleming 91 87 146 4 2 M Azharuddin c Headley b Hollioake 3 19 22 - - AD Jadeja c Thorpe b Fleming 50 69 76 1 - RR Singh lbw b Fleming 12 14 21 - 1 A Kumble run out (Knight->Stewart) 2 3 7 - - RK Chauhan b Fleming 12 12 22 - - J Srinath b Headley 3 7 6 - - A Kuruvilla not out 1 1 4 - - Extras (3 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) 8 Total (all out, 49.3 overs) 243 Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Karim), 2-64 (Ganguly), 3-65 (Sidhu), 4-74 (Azharuddin), 5-182 (Jadeja), 6-207 (Singh), 7-221 (Kumble), 8-232 (Tendulkar), 9-237 (Srinath), 10-243 (Chauhan) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls DR Brown 7 0 44 0 1 - Headley 9 0 38 2 1 3 Ealham 10 0 43 2 1 - Hollioake 9 1 38 1 - - Croft 5 0 32 0 - - Fleming 9.3 0 45 4 - -

Notes
--> AJ Stewart passed his previous highest ODIs score of 103
--> AJ Stewart passed 2500 runs in ODIs when he reached 48
--> MV Fleming made his debut in ODIs
--> DR Brown made his debut in ODIs