- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.5 Sehwag chances his arm one too many times, trying to pull away a ball that is not quite there to pull. The ball hits bottom of the bat and goes low to Daniel Keulder at short midwicket, who takes a good catch 46/147.4 straight ball, on middle stump, and Tendulkar tries to play a huge slog across the line and is bowled neck and crop, the ball keeping just a touch low and thudding into middle stump 290/2Extras16 (lb 2, nb 1, w 13)TOTAL311/2 (50 Overs, RR: 6.22)Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Virender Sehwag, 7.5 ov), 2-290 (Sachin Tendulkar, 47.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB G Snyman 10 0 57 0 5.7 29 5 0 3 1 RJ van Vuuren 10 1 53 2 5.3 38 8 1 1 0 LJ Burger 6 0 49 0 8.16 14 6 0 1 0 BO van Rooi 6 0 36 0 6 16 2 1 1 0 BL Kotze 10 0 64 0 6.4 20 6 0 0 0 DB Kotze 8 0 50 0 6.25 21 2 2 3 0
23/02Result
25th Match, ICC World Cup at Pietermaritzburg, Feb 23 2003
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![India]( "India")
311/2 -
![Namibia]( "Namibia")
130 (42.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
23/02Result
25th Match, ICC World Cup at Pietermaritzburg, Feb 23 2003
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![India]( "India")
311/2 -
![Namibia]( "Namibia")
130 (42.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.2 right in the blockhole, swinging out just a little, and Swanepoel is struck on the toes and has to limp off the field as he is adjudged lbw 19/113.3 flighted delivery on the middle and off stump line, the ball hurried on after hitting the deck, Burger slow on bringing down his bat, ball crashes into the wood-work 47/47.4 another yorker, Zaheer fairly ripping them out here. The ball is swinging and right on target, and Burger cannot get his feet out in time, adjudged plumb lbw 21/212.5 gone! flighted delivery on the middle and off, Keulder goes the sweep and ends up hitting it high up towards the mid-wicket region, Mongia runs around dives and catches the ball and then does well not to slide and touch the rope 43/314.6 duck! flighted delivery on the off stump line, Murgatroyd offers no shot thinking it will spin away, the ball straightens and goes on to hit the pad plumb in front of the wicket, five down five more to go 47/531.6 tossed up and on the off, punched back at the bowler, Mongia takes the simple return catch! A second wicket for Mongia in his spell of 10 overs 98/633.2 short and wide outside the off stump, van Schoor goes for the cut and gets a faint edge, Dravid makes no mistake, Yuvraj Singh strikes in his first over! 99/740.3 gone! flighted delivery on the middle, van Rooi comes down the track and has a wild swing at it, ball hits the bat and balloons up towards the extra-cover region, Dinesh Mongia gets under it and makes no mistake 124/840.6 short and wide outside the off stump, Kotze goes for the cut and gets a thick edge, Dravid does well to hold on to it, the umpire is not convinced and the third umpire is woken up, replays show the catch was taken clearly, Yuvraj gets his 3rd 124/942.3 a wild swing and the ball goes high up towards the long-off region, Harbhajan calls for it and gets under it but the ball jumps up after hitting his hands, Srinath standing close by grabs it, it's all over! 130/10Extras12 (lb 1, nb 3, w 8)TOTAL130 all out (42.3 Overs, RR: 3.05)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Stefan Swanepoel, 5.2 ov), 2-21 (Louis Burger, 7.4 ov), 3-43 (Danie Keulder, 12.5 ov), 4-47 (Jan-Berrie Burger, 13.3 ov), 5-47 (Gavin Murgatroyd, 14.6 ov), 6-98 (Deon Kotze, 31.6 ov), 7-99 (Melt van Schoor, 33.2 ov), 8-124 (Burton van Rooi, 40.3 ov), 9-124 (Bjorn Kotze, 40.6 ov), 10-130 (Gerrie Snyman, 42.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB J Srinath 6 0 25 0 4.16 27 3 1 1 0 A Nehra 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Z Khan 7.5 0 24 2 3.06 37 3 0 1 2 Harbhajan Singh 10 1 34 2 3.4 43 2 0 1 0 D Mongia 10 1 24 2 2.4 46 0 1 1 0 V Sehwag 4 0 16 0 4 16 2 0 0 1 Yuvraj Singh 4.3 2 6 4 1.33 22 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Namibia , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
23 February 2003 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
India 4, Namibia 0
Match Notes
- India's total is the highest innings total on this ground in ODIs (previous: 126/0 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2002/03)
- SR Tendulkar's score is the highest on this ground in ODIs (previous: 69* MS Attapattu, Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2002/03)
- When SC Ganguly reach 80* he completed 500 runs in World Cups
- SR Tendulkar's score is his highest in World Cups (previous: 140* v Kenya at Bristol, 1999)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsWell-oiled Indian machine steamrolls Namibia
The instructions were carried out to the letter, as India first piled up a mammoth score - 311/2 - and then used spin to tighten the screws on an inexperienced Namibian side, skittling them for 130 and winning easily by 181 runs.
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 |