- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.5 fine little edge to the keeper standing up 30/123.3 just short of a length and outside the off, and Tendulkar is tempted into the fierce cut, but the ball bounces more than expected, takes the edge and bobbles in the air for Smits to take an easy catch. The ball appears to have hit either glove or bat handle, and the stroke was clearly essayed in frustration that built up over the last few overs 81/314.5 full and straight, driven back past the bowler 56/225.6 shocker! this one from de Leede keeps just a touch low, and Dravid, who was looking to play forward, cannot adjust to his back foot before the ball sneaks through between bat and pad to thud into the stumps 91/443.5 on the off, Yuvraj Singh comes down the wicket and gives the ball a thrash, impatience from the youngster, the ball rockets back towards Adeel Raja who takes a fine, fine catch 169/631.5 Kaif dances down the track and Raja bowls it fuller and to leg. Kaif tries to adjust and flick it away on the legside, but he cannot keep the ball down, and Lefebvre at short midwicket takes a fine, fine diving catch to his right 114/548.4 RUN OUT! and again, played straight to the cover fielder, Mongia takes off for a run, send back by Zaheer, the throw comes in fast and Mongia not able to get back in time 204/946.2 one! flighted delivery on the off and spinning into the right hander, Harbhajan Singh has a wild go at it and misses by miles, the ball crashes into the stumps and de Leede strikes again 186/748.2 RUN OUT! flighted delivery on the off, played to the long off region, the batsmen decides to go for the third, the throw comes in flat and Kumble is short of his ground 203/848.5 pitched up delivery on the off and angling into the right hander, Khan goes for a swing and misses, the ball hits the pad plumb in front of the wicket, it's all over! 204/10Extras11 (lb 2, nb 1, w 8)TOTAL204 all out (48.5 Overs, RR: 4.17)Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Sourav Ganguly, 11.5 ov), 2-56 (Virender Sehwag, 14.6 ov), 3-81 (Sachin Tendulkar, 23.3 ov), 4-91 (Rahul Dravid, 25.6 ov), 5-114 (Mohammad Kaif, 31.5 ov), 6-169 (Yuvraj Singh, 43.5 ov), 7-186 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.2 ov), 8-203 (Anil Kumble, 48.2 ov), 9-204 (Dinesh Mongia, 48.4 ov), 10-204 (Zaheer Khan, 48.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB E Schiferli 10 2 49 0 4.9 32 6 0 0 0 RP Lefebvre 9 1 27 1 3 37 2 0 2 0 TBM de Leede 9.5 0 35 4 3.55 38 2 0 2 0 JF Kloppenburg 10 0 40 1 4 32 0 0 3 1 Adeel Raja 9 0 47 2 5.22 25 3 1 0 0 LP van Troost 1 0 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 fuller and on the off, and Kloppenburg is induced into the drive. The ball takes the edge low down on the bat, flies to Sehwag at second slip, who pouches it to give Srinath his 300th ODI wickets! 0/144.4 this time Srinath hits the stump and knocks the bail off, and van Bunge's essay down the wicket is thwarted by the full delivery on middle stump 131/98.2 pitched on a good length, angled across Mol, who pokes at the delivery without any foot movement, and Dravid makes up for his previous lapse by diving to his left and snapping the catch in front of first slip 29/29.4 full and outside the off, and Zuiderent goes for the expensive drive and edges it sharply to second slip, where Sehwag takes an easy catch, his second of the innings 31/312.6 Harbhajan tosses it up outside the off, the drifter that turns marginally away from the batsman, and de Leede falls into the trap, prodding at it and feathering a catch to Dravid behind the stumps 38/417.1 full, straight, fast, sliding on, Scholte plays for the spin and is trapped absolutely plumb in front by a vintage Kumble delivery 44/621.3 quick delivery on the middle and off, Lefebvre not able to bring down the bat in time, the ball hits the pad plumb in front of the wicket, 7 down 3 more to go! 54/727.5 quicker delivery on the middle, Schiferli again goes for the cross batted shot, this time the ball takes the top edge and goes high up towards the deep wicket region, Dinesh Mongia gets under it and makes no mistake, 4th wicket for Kumble 82/848.1 a short ball, dug in on leg stump, and Smits takes evasive action, the ball striking the bat held out in defence and bobbling high up in the air for Sehwag to take an easy catch at short midwicket 136/10Extras28 (b 2, lb 6, nb 2, w 18)TOTAL136 all out (48.1 Overs, RR: 2.82)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Feiko Kloppenburg, 0.4 ov), 2-29 (Henk-Jan Mol, 8.2 ov), 3-31 (Bas Zuiderent, 9.4 ov), 4-38 (Tim de Leede, 12.6 ov), 5-42 (Luuk van Troost, 15.5 ov), 6-44 (Reinout Scholte, 17.1 ov), 7-54 (Roland Lefebvre, 21.3 ov), 8-82 (Edgar Schiferli, 27.5 ov), 9-131 (Daan van Bunge, 44.4 ov), 10-136 (Jeroen Smits, 48.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB J Srinath 9.1 1 30 4 3.27 40 2 0 1 1 Z Khan 8 1 17 1 2.12 41 0 0 9 0 Harbhajan Singh 10 1 20 1 2 43 0 0 0 0 A Kumble 10 1 32 4 3.2 46 4 0 1 1 SC Ganguly 4 0 14 0 3.5 15 1 0 2 0 SR Tendulkar 4 0 9 0 2.25 15 0 0 0 0 V Sehwag 3 0 6 0 2 12 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
12 February 2003 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
India 4, Netherlands 0
Match Notes
- 50 up in 50 mins off 83 balls including 8 fours
- SR Tendulkar 50 in 88 mins off 69 balls including 7 fours
- 100 up in 112 mins off 176 balls including 8 fours
- India 150 in 162 mins, 249 balls, 4X11
- DLS van Bunge 50 in 172 mins off 101 balls including 5 fours
Match Coverage
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World Cup
| Super Sixes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1.854 |
| IND | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0.886 |
| KENYA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0.354 |
| SL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11.5 | -0.844 |
| NZ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -0.896 |
| ZIM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 | -1.254 |
| Pool A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 2.045 |
| IND | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1.108 |
| ZIM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0.504 |
| ENG | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0.821 |
| PAK | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0.227 |
| NED | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1.454 |
| NAM | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -2.955 |
| Pool B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1.204 |
| KENYA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -0.691 |
| NZ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 0.99 |
| WI | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1.103 |
| SA | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1.73 |
| CAN | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1.989 |
| BAN | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -2.046 |




