Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    20.5 drills it straight to deep mid-off! Oh he's thrown it away. A full ball wide outside off, steps out and turns it into an over pitched delivery. Connects sweetly and aerially, but Saqlain is halfway in from the boundary there and takes the flat catch easily with a reverse cup. That was traveling fast, he did well to hold on 95/2
    11.2 There's the breakthrough for Pakistan and it is Razzak who provides it. This is nice and full on middle, Ramesh aims to clip it away through midwicket, eyeing the gap there. But falls over and simply misses the line of the ball. His stumps are rattled 37/1
    39.5 Akram comes back and takes down the in-form Dravid. Fullish and outside off, Akram lures Dravid into driving away from the body and slice it in the air. Afridi completes the catch at extra-cover 158/4
    24.3 taken at first slip! Inzamam lunges to his right and gets two hands around this. Lovely delivery in the corridor, cutting away and getting a tad big from short of a good length. He had a stab at this and got a healthy amount of bat on the edge. Inzy kept his eyes on that as he moved to his right and hung on. Doesn't celebrate too much, unlike the excited bowler - runs off the field immediately, he's hurt a finger in his right hand 107/3
    48.5 straight to point. Full and dipping away from middle and off. Opens the face and looks to clear the infield but the bat turns a bit too much in his hands because of the swing 218/5
    50 taken by Akram running to his right from long-on. Full toss at leg stump, too quick for him as he shapes for the slog. Skies it over the bowler and Akram calls to make sure long-off isn't in his face as he runs at this. Then completes a regulation catch 227/6
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    Extras
    14 (b 1, lb 3, nb 2, w 8)
    TOTAL
    227/6 (50 Overs, RR: 4.54)
    Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 11.2 ov), 2-95 (Sachin Tendulkar, 20.5 ov), 3-107 (Ajay Jadeja, 24.3 ov), 4-158 (Rahul Dravid, 39.5 ov), 5-218 (Mohammad Azharuddin, 48.5 ov), 6-227 (Robin Singh, 49.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Wasim Akram1002722.701
    Shoaib Akhtar1005415.420
    Abdul Razzaq100401440
    Azhar Mahmood1003523.500
    Saqlain Mushtaq1006706.720
  • BATSMEN
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    17.4 grabbed at first slip by Azhar! A sharp catch lunging to his right from a wide slip position. Length ball from Prasad, just outside off. Anwar flaps at this, perhaps trying to go leg side even, as this cuts off the surface and takes the outside edge. Brilliant line pays off 65/4
    2.3 caught by Kumble at backward point. Shorter and much wider, Afridi this his bat at the ball once again. Slashed to backward point, smart overhead catch from Kumble 19/1
    9.4 nicked off to Azhar at second slip. Srinath comes from over the wicket and threatens to angle this in but it straightens rather late. Ijaz pushes at the ball with no feet and edges it to Azhar 44/2
    13.5 massive appeal and it's given! Length ball pitches outside off and cuts back in sharply. Malik's forward stride takes him across the stumps and he's struck in line of middle at around the knee roll. That looks good to be hitting the stumps and Bucknor thinks so too 52/3
    43.4 Prasad belts out an appeal for lbw, umpire Bucknor raises his finger. Full on off stump, Inzamam plays across the line and is pinned right in front. The Indian fans celebrate in the stands 175/8
    24.2 Kumble darts it on a back of a length and outside off, gets it to fizz off the deck. The extra bounce does the batsman in. Mahmood jabs at the ball with hard hands off the back foot and snicks it behind to Mongia. Pakistan five down and sinking 78/5
    34.2 taken at fine leg! Tendulkar holds on and India look very happy with that wicket. Moin Khan was starting to hit top gear. He's holed out trying to pull a short ball, cramped on the body and a top edge taken well inside the boundary 124/6
    39.1 takes him first ball of the new spell! A length ball cutting in from outside off. He has the front leg in the leg side trying to play the big slog. Misses it entirely and loses his middle stump 146/7
    45.3 Akram holes out and India finish off Pakistan. Akram ventures down the track, Prasad digs it shorter and cramps him up. Akram still swings and finds Kumble at deep square leg 180/10
    44.3 looks like the wrong'un from Kumble. Mushtaq is caught right in front and India close in on another World Cup victory over Pakistan 176/9
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    13 (lb 11, w 2)
    TOTAL
    180 all out (45.3 Overs, RR: 3.95)
    Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Shahid Afridi, 2.3 ov), 2-44 (Ijaz Ahmed, 9.4 ov), 3-52 (Saleem Malik, 13.5 ov), 4-65 (Saeed Anwar, 17.4 ov), 5-78 (Azhar Mahmood, 24.2 ov), 6-124 (Moin Khan, 34.2 ov), 7-146 (Abdul Razzaq, 39.1 ov), 8-175 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 43.4 ov), 9-176 (Saqlain Mushtaq, 44.3 ov), 10-180 (Wasim Akram, 45.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    J Srinath813734.6200
    DS Mohanty1023103.120
    BKV Prasad9.322752.8400
    A Kumble1004324.300
    RR Singh813103.8700

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