Australia v India (1325)

a11107 o1325	Australia v India
	Coca-Cola Sharjah Cup 1997/98
Venue	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium on 22nd April 1998 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 26 runs (Parabola (or norm - normal performance) method)
Points	Australia 2; India 0
Umpires	SA Bucknor, ID Robinson
Third umpire	Javed Akhtar
Referee	Talat Ali
Man of the Match	SR Tendulkar

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Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s +AC Gilchrist c Mongia b Harvinder Singh 11 13 20 1 - ME Waugh c Ganguly b Tendulkar 81 99 125 7 2 RT Ponting st Mongia b Harbhajan Singh 31 26 40 4 1 DR Martyn b Kumble 1 3 3 - - MG Bevan not out 101 103 138 9 - *SR Waugh run out (Tendulkar) 10 16 20 1 - DS Lehmann b Prasad 26 27 31 2 - TM Moody c Azharuddin b Prasad 5 10 18 - - SK Warne not out 7 4 6 1 - MS Kasprowicz did not bat DW Fleming did not bat Extras (4 lb, 1 nb, 6 w) 11 Total (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 284 Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Gilchrist, 3.6 ov), 2-84 (Ponting, 13.6 ov), 3-87 (Martyn, 14.6 ov), 4-177 (ME Waugh, 31.4 ov), 5-197 (SR Waugh, 36.4 ov), 6-250 (Lehmann, 44.3 ov), 7-271 (Moody, 48.4 ov) India bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Prasad 8 0 41 2 2 1 Harvinder Singh 7 0 44 1 - - Kumble 10 0 41 1 1 - Harbhajan Singh 8 0 63 1 1 - Ganguly 2 0 15 0 - - Kanitkar 6 0 33 0 1 - Laxman 4 0 16 0 1 - Tendulkar 5 0 27 1 - - India innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s SC Ganguly lbw b Fleming 17 32 38 2 - SR Tendulkar c Gilchrist b Fleming 143 131 187 9 5 +NR Mongia c ME Waugh b Moody 35 46 55 4 1 *M Azharuddin b Moody 14 20 24 - - AD Jadeja c Gilchrist b SR Waugh 1 5 4 - - VVS Laxman not out 23 34 75 1 - HH Kanitkar not out 5 14 12 - - A Kumble did not bat Harvinder Singh did not bat BKV Prasad did not bat Harbhajan Singh did not bat Extras (5 lb, 4 nb, 3 w) 12 Total (5 wickets, innings closed, 46 overs) 250 Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Ganguly, 8.3 ov), 2-107 (Mongia, 21.5 ov), 3-135 (Azharuddin, 27.5 ov), 4-138 (Jadeja, 28.6 ov), 5-242 (Tendulkar, 42.6 ov) Australia bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Fleming 10 0 46 2 - 1 Kasprowicz 9 0 55 0 1 3 Warne 9 0 39 0 - - Moody 9 0 40 2 1 1 SR Waugh 9 0 65 1 1 -

Notes
--> India target was 276 runs in 46 overs
--> MG Bevan passed 6500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 25
--> SR Tendulkar passed his previous highest ODIs score of 137
--> SR Tendulkar passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 139
--> SR Tendulkar passed 6500 runs in ODIs when he reached 121
--> VVS Laxman equalled his previous highest ODIs score of 23

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India required 254 to pass New Zealand on net run rate, and qualify for the final
Sand storm disrupted the play by about 25 minutes. Indian target
after the break was 276 to win in 46 overs, or 237 in 46
to qualify for the final.