England tie with India in World Cup thriller
A masterly century by Sachin Tendulkar and an inspired bowling spell
by Zaheer Khan led India to a nail-biting tie against England in their
World Cup Group B match on Sunday. After India slammed 338 runs, England
were coasting before Zaheer produced a superb bowling spell to take
three quick wickets to revive India’s fortunes.
The match went down to the last ball with England needing two to win
but they managed to get one to tie the match — a result that was loudly
cheered by all those lucky enough to witness it at the M Chinnaswamy
Stadium.
Earlier India’s total revolved largely around Sachin Tendulkar’s
(120) 47th one-day international century and a record fifth in World
Cups.
In reply, England’s run-chase was set well on its way helped by a
cracking century by skipper Andrew Strauss (158), the first century by
an English captain in a World Cup. BANGALORE, Feb 27 Reuters
INDIA
V. Sehwag c Prior b Bresnan 35
S. Tendulkar c Yardy b Anderson 120
G. Gambhir b Swann 51
Yuvraj Singh c Bell b Yardy 58
MS Dhoni c sub (Wright) b Bresnan 31
Yusuf Pathan c Swann b Bresnan 14
V. Kohli b Bresnan 8
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Bresnan 0
Zaheer Khan run out (Strauss/Prior) 4
Piyush Chawla run out (Anderson) 2
M. Patel not out 0
Extras (lb3, nb5, w7) 15
TOTAL (all out, 49.5 overs) 338
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Sehwag), 2-180 (Gambhir), 3-236 (Tendulkar), 4-305 (Yuvraj Singh),
5-305 (Dhoni), 6-327 (Pathan), 7-327 (Kohli), 8-328 (Harbhajan Singh), 9-338 (Chawla), 10-338 (Zaheer Khan).
Bowling: Anderson 9.5-0-91-1 (1nb, 1w); Shahzad 8-0-53-0 (2w); Bresnan 10-1-48-5; Swann 9-1-59-1 (2w); Collingwood 3-0-20-0; Yardy 10-0-64-1 (2w).
ENGLAND
A. Strauss lbw b Zaheer Khan 158
K. Pietersen c and b Patel 31
J. Trott lbw b Chawla 16
I. Bell c Kohli b Zaheer Khan 69
P. Collingwood b Zaheer Khan 1
M. Prior c sub (Raina) b Singh 4
M. Yardy c Sehwag b Patel 13
T. Bresnan b Chawla 14
G. Swann not out 15
A. Shahzad not out 6
Extras (b1, lb7, w3) 11
TOTAL (8 wkts, 50 overs) 338
Did not bat: J Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Pietersen), 2-111 (Chawla), 3-281 (Bell), 4-281 (Strauss), 5-285 (Collingwood), 6-289 (Prior), 7-307 (Yardy), 8-325 (Bresnan)
Bowling: Zaheer Khan 10-0-64-3 (1w); Patel 10-0-70-2 (1w); Chawla 10-0-71-2 (1w); Harbhajan Singh 10-0-58-1; Yuvraj Singh 7-0-46-0; Yusuf Pathan 3-0-21-0
Result: Match tied
Man-of-the-match: Andrew Strauss (ENG) |
