The DBWF Provisional Post: Cricket: India defeat England in fifth one-day international

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September 2, 2007

India have beaten England by 38 runs (Duckworth-Lewis method) in the fifth One-Day International of the series at Headingley, Leeds, England.

Indian opening batsmen Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar started quickly, recording an opening partnership of 116 runs before Tendulkar was caught behind for 71 runs and Ganguly was dismissed for 59. Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh shared a 94 run partnership, with Yuvraj Singh reaching 72 and Gambhir scoring 51 runs. After 47 overs of the Indian innings, rain stopped play with India at 286-4. Play soon resumed however, and after Mahendra Singh Dhoni was caught behind for 24 and Rahul Dravid run out on 24 runs, India completed their fifty overs with a score of 324-6.

Chasing a substantial target of 325 runs, England suffered an early blow when Alastair Cook was caught behind off Ajit Agarkar's bowling. Ian Bell and Matt Prior shared a 90 run partnership before Prior was stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni for 46 runs. Soon afterwards Kevin Pietersen was caught behind for a duck while Ian Bell was caught behind for 44 runs. Rain once again interrupted the match and when play resumed England faced a revised Duckworth-Lewis target of 311 runs off 45 overs. England captain Paul Collingwood hit 91 not out, but the rain returned after 39 overs and the match finished with England still 38 runs behind the new Duckworth-Lewis target of 281 runs from 39 overs.

England lead the seven match series 3-2. The sixth match will be played at The Oval, London on 5 September.

Toss: England won, and chose to field first.

India innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
S C Ganguly	c Cook b Panesar	59	79	7	2	74.68
S R Tendulkar	c Prior b Lewis	71	59	13	0	120.33
G Gambhir	c sub (A W Gale) b Broad	51	66	5	0	77.27
Yuvraj Singh	c Anderson b Collingwood	72	57	10	2	126.31
M S Dhoni	c Prior b Anderson	24	17	3	0	141.17
R Dravid	run out (Prior)	24	17	3	1	141.17
K D Karthik	not out	2	3	0	0	66.66
Z Khan	not out	4	3	1	0	133.33
Extras	(b 3; lb 2; w 12)	17
Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	324		42	5

Fall of wickets: 1-116 (Tendulkar, 19.4 ov), 2-150 (Ganguly, 26.5 ov), 3-244 (Gambhir, 41.4 ov), 4-266 (Yuvraj Singh, 44.3 ov), 5-311 (Dhoni, 48.4 ov), 6-318 (Dravid, 49.3 ov)

Did not bat: A B Agarkar, R R Powar, Piyush Chawla

England bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
J M Anderson	10	1	60	1	6.00
J Lewis	10	1	63	1	6.30
S C J Broad	10	0	84	1	8.40
P D Collingwood	10	1	48	1	4.80
M S Panesar	8	0	50	1	6.25
R S Bopara	1.1	0	7	0	6.00
K P Pietersen	0.5	0	7	0	8.40

England innings (Target: 281 runs from 39 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
A N Cook	c Dhoni b Agarkar	4	11	0	0	36.36
M J Prior	st Dhoni b Ganguly	46	45	4	0	102.22
I R Bell	c Dhoni b Ganguly	44	38	8	0	115.78
K P Pietersen	c Dhoni b Khan	0	3	0	0	0.00
P D Collingwood	not out	91	71	3	4	128.16
O A Shah	c Dhoni b Powar	15	36	0	0	41.66
R S Bopara	c & b Powar	11	16	1	0	68.75
S C J Broad	c Karthik b Piyush Chawla	1	3	0	0	33.33
J Lewis	c Dhoni b Agarkar	17	15	2	0	113.33
J M Anderson	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 1; lb 2; w 3; nb 6)	12
Total	(8 wickets; 39 overs)	242		18	4

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Cook, 3.1 ov), 2-97 (Prior, 13.5 ov), 3-102 (Pietersen, 14.6 ov), 4-104 (Bell, 15.5 ov), 5-145 (Shah, 25.5 ov), 6-193 (Bopara, 31.6 ov), 7-196 (Broad, 32.6 ov), 8-240 (Lewis, 38.4 ov)

Did not bat: M S Panesar

India bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Z Khan	8	0	44	1	5.50
A B Agarkar	7	0	58	2	8.28
S C Ganguly	7	0	26	2	3.71
Piyush Chawla	5	0	31	1	6.20
S R Tendulkar	5	0	35	0	7.00
R R Powar	7	0	45	2	6.42