19/02Result
17th Match, ICC World Cup at Harare, Feb 19 2003
India won by 83 runs
Player of the Match
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin TendulkarIndia
19/02Result
17th Match, ICC World Cup at Harare, Feb 19 2003
India won by 83 runs
Player of the Match
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin TendulkarIndia

  • India Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    V Sehwag
    36
    38
    78
    6
    0
    94.73
    16.4 and just like the previous ball, this one is outside the off. Sehwag again tries the cut, but he misjudges the bounce and cuts the ball straight into Taibu's gloves behind the stumps 99/1
    SR Tendulkar
    81
    91
    122
    10
    0
    89.01
    27.5 what a wicket! flighted delivery on the middle and off stump line, the ball straightened after hitting the deck, Tendulkar doesn't pick it up and in the end plays a nothing shot, the ball clips the off stump and the crowd goes wild 142/3
    D Mongia
    12
    37
    40
    0
    0
    32.43
    27.3 tossed up delivery on the middle and off stump line, Mongia comes down the track and chips it straight down the throat of Hondo at long-on, Grant Flower strikes 142/2
    SC Ganguly (c)
    24
    36
    39
    0
    1
    66.66
    37.6 a big wicket for Zimbabwe, hauling India back further just as the pressure was starting to come off, looks to chip a fullish ball over the leg side but gets a big leading edge, skying it straight down to Streak at long off 182/4
    R Dravid †
    not out
    43
    55
    87
    2
    0
    78.18
    Yuvraj Singh
    1
    5
    3
    0
    0
    20
    38.6 and another one bites the dust! India really losing their way here, Yuvraj nibbles at one from inside the line, looking for the turn back in that was never there, ends up getting a nick straight into Taibu's gloves and he walks off 184/5
    M Kaif
    25
    24
    31
    1
    1
    104.16
    46.3 but he tries to get just a little too cute, walking right across his stumps, trying the paddle/scoop to a very quick, full and straight ball, taken very low down and that's plumb, umpire de Silva raises the finger 227/6
    Harbhajan Singh
    3
    5
    2
    0
    0
    60
    47.6 fine catch! Harbhajan advances to a short rising ball, gets well under it, far too well under it, skies it a mile up in the air, back over the bowler's head, Murphy has to sprint a long way from cover, taking it over his shoulder just inside 234/7
    Z Khan
    not out
    13
    8
    7
    2
    0
    162.5
    Extras
    17 (b 4, lb 4, w 9)
    TOTAL
    255/7 (50 Overs, RR: 5.1)
    Did not bat: A Nehra, J Srinath
    Fall of wickets: 1-99 (Virender Sehwag, 16.4 ov), 2-142 (Dinesh Mongia, 27.3 ov), 3-142 (Sachin Tendulkar, 27.5 ov), 4-182 (Sourav Ganguly, 37.6 ov), 5-184 (Yuvraj Singh, 38.6 ov), 6-227 (Mohammad Kaif, 46.3 ov), 7-234 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    HH Streak904615.11275010
    AM Blignaut1005415.4274050
    DT Hondo915616.22307100
    GJ Whittall603716.16205000
    GW Flower601422.33230010
    BA Murphy1004014300120

  • Zimbabwe Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    CB Wishart
    12
    19
    38
    2
    0
    63.15
    8.1 awful shot! the ball is a perfectly ordinary one, just outside the off stump and short of driving length, and Wishart does not move his feet at all in going for the cut, so chops the ball onto his stumps 23/2
    MA Vermeulen
    0
    5
    4
    0
    0
    0
    0.6 excellent ball! back of a length, rising and using the angle back in from outside off stump, tries to force off the back foot but only gets a faint edge straight through to the keeper, the Indians are jubilant and then some! 1/1
    A Flower
    22
    54
    76
    1
    0
    40.74
    16.3 down the leg side, tossed up, Andy Flower goes for the sweep, the ball spins past pad and pegs back the stumps! Andy Flower not realising this sets off for a single... 48/3
    GW Flower
    23
    39
    72
    1
    0
    58.97
    23.4 who didn't see that coming? Flower, frustrated by three dot balls, tries to go over the top straight down the wicket, the bounce takes the ball higher on the bat than expected, and Harhajan takes a fine catch running full tilt from mid off 83/4
    DD Ebrahim
    19
    27
    32
    1
    0
    70.37
    23.5 short ball, and Ebrahim tries the pull over midwicket and mistimes, the ball catching a top edge and falling straight into the hands of substitute Agarkar at square leg 83/5
    AM Blignaut
    2
    5
    10
    0
    0
    40
    25.3 on the middle and off, and Blignaut tries to loft it high and handsome, and gets only the high part right. The ball steeples in the air and comes down safely in Dinesh Mongia's hands, the fielder running around from midwicket 87/6
    T Taibu †
    not out
    29
    44
    82
    0
    0
    65.9
    GJ Whittall
    28
    26
    29
    3
    0
    107.69
    31.6 just short of a length outside the off, and Whittall cuts hard and uppishly, the ball dying on Zaheer Khan as it reaches him at backward point, but he dives and takes a fine catch 124/7
    HH Streak (c)
    20
    33
    22
    1
    0
    60.6
    39.5 Streak goes for the sweep again, but this time the ball takes the top edge, spooning high into the air, and Kaif runs around from leg gully to take a simple catch, Streak just not able to keep that ball down 160/8
    BA Murphy
    2
    9
    9
    0
    0
    22.22
    42.1 cleaned him up! Zaheer sends down a fast, straight delivery, and Murphy tries to work it to leg and misses completely, off stump knocked back to give Zaheer his first wicket of the innings 165/9
    DT Hondo
    2
    9
    11
    0
    0
    22.22
    44.4 and Zaheer cleans up the tail with that delivery, just short of a length and moving a shade away from the batsman, the ball too good for Hondo, clipping off stump and ending the Zimbabwe innings 172/10
    Extras
    13 (b 4, lb 2, nb 2, w 5)
    TOTAL
    172 all out (44.4 Overs, RR: 3.85)
    Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Mark Vermeulen, 0.6 ov), 2-23 (Craig Wishart, 8.1 ov), 3-48 (Andy Flower, 16.3 ov), 4-83 (Grant Flower, 23.4 ov), 5-83 (Dion Ebrahim, 23.5 ov), 6-87 (Andy Blignaut, 25.3 ov), 7-124 (Guy Whittall, 31.6 ov), 8-160 (Heath Streak, 39.5 ov), 9-165 (Brian Murphy, 42.1 ov), 10-172 (Douglas Hondo, 44.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    J Srinath811421.75360000
    Z Khan7.402323342031
    A Nehra703505203001
    Harbhajan Singh1004224.2292020
    SC Ganguly512234.4171000
    V Sehwag301414.6650000
    D Mongia401604131000

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AUS550241.854
IND541200.886
KENYA532140.354
SL52311.5-0.844
NZ5148-0.896
ZIM5053.5-1.254
Pool A
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IND651201.108
ZIM632140.504
ENG633120.821
PAK623100.227
NED6154-1.454
NAM6060-2.955
Pool B
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SL641181.204
KENYA64216-0.691
NZ642160.99
WI632141.103
SA632141.73
CAN6154-1.989
BAN6052-2.046