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

- From Wikinews

September 5, 2007

India have beaten England by two wickets in the sixth One-Day International of the series at The Oval, London, England.

England suffered early setbacks when Alastair Cook was caught behind for a duck in the first over, followed by Matt Prior falling lbw to Ajit Agarkar soon afterwards. Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen shared a partnership of 59 runs before Bell was bowled by Piyush Chawla just short of 50 runs. Paul Collingwood made just one run before being run out to leave England on 83-4. Kevin Pietersen and ODI debutant Luke Wright both recorded fifties, with Wright sharing 106 runs with Owais Shah. Shah reached 107 not out, and Dimitri Mascarenhas finished England's innings by hitting five sixes off the last five balls.

Opening batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly started well for India, putting on 150 runs before Ganguly was dismissed in the 23rd over for 53. Sachin Tendulkar reached 94 before being caught off the bowling of Monty Panesar to leave India on 156-2 in the 26th over. Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh shared a partnership of 53 runs, with Gambhir scoring 47 runs. Rahul Dravid was dismissed for just four, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 35 before being bowled by Stuart Broad. In a tense finish, Robin Uthappa took India to the 317 run target with two balls remaining.

The seven match series is now tied at 3-3. The final match will be played at Lord's, London on 8 September.

Toss: England won, and chose to bat first.

England innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
A N Cook	c Dhoni b Khan	0	2	0	0	0.00
M J Prior	lbw b Agarkar	6	5	1	0	120.00
I R Bell	b Piyush Chawla	49	59	10	0	83.05
K P Pietersen	run out (Ganguly/Yuvraj Singh)	53	82	4	0	64.63
P D Collingwood	run out (sub (K D Karthik)/Dhoni)	1	3	0	0	33.33
O A Shah	not out	107	95	11	2	112.63
L J Wright	run out (Uthappa)	50	39	7	1	128.20
A D Mascarenhas	not out	36	15	0	5	240.00
Extras	(b 1; lb 7; w 6)	14
Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	316		33	8

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Cook, 0.2 ov), 2-20 (Prior, 3.3 ov), 3-79 (Bell, 16.5 ov), 4-83 (Collingwood, 17.3 ov), 5-137 (Pietersen, 30.2 ov), 6-243 (Wright, 44.2 ov)

Did not bat: S C J Broad, M S Panesar, J M Anderson

India bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Z Khan	10	0	43	1	4.30
A B Agarkar	8	0	63	1	7.87
S C Ganguly	7	0	43	0	6.14
Piyush Chawla	10	1	44	1	4.40
R R Powar	9	0	44	0	4.88
Yuvraj Singh	5	0	59	0	11.80
S R Tendulkar	1	0	12	0	12.00

India innings (Target: 317 runs from 50 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
S C Ganguly	c Pietersen b Broad	53	60	7	1	88.33
S R Tendulkar	c Collingwood b Panesar	94	81	16	1	116.04
G Gambhir	c Panesar b Mascarenhas	47	57	3	1	82.45
Yuvraj Singh	c & b Mascarenhas	18	24	1	0	75.00
R Dravid	c Collingwood b Shah	4	5	0	0	80.00
M S Dhoni	b Broad	35	37	3	0	94.59
R V Uthappa	not out	47	33	8	0	142.42
A B Agarkar	run out (Bell/Anderson)	1	1	0	0	100.00
Z Khan	run out (Broad)	0	0	0	0	-
R R Powar	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 9; w 9)	18
Total	(8 wickets; 49.4 overs)	317		38	3

Fall of wickets: 1-150 (Ganguly, 22.2 ov), 2-156 (Tendulkar, 25.6 ov), 3-209 (Yuvraj Singh, 34.2 ov), 4-216 (Dravid, 35.5 ov), 5-234 (Gambhir, 40.2 ov), 6-294 (Dhoni, 47.6 ov), 7-307 (Agarkar, 48.6 ov), 8-309 (Khan, 49.2 ov)

Did not bat: Piyush Chawla

England bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
S C J Broad	9.4	1	46	2	4.75
J M Anderson	8	0	79	0	9.87
A D Mascarenhas	10	0	55	2	5.50
P D Collingwood	8	0	54	0	6.75
M S Panesar	10	0	55	1	5.50
O A Shah	4	0	19	1	4.75