- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.5 and that was the breakthrough England needed! looking to work it on the legside, Sehwag gets a leading edge, the ball going straight back to Flintoff, who slides forward and takes a good catch low down in his follow through 60/115.2 short of a length and outside the off, and Tendulkar square-drives uppishly without moving his feet at all, the ball just sliding off the edge and shooting to the point fieldsman. Big, big wicket for England!! 91/222.1 on the off, just a touch short of being full pitched, Ganguly goes for the big hit straight back down the ground, mis-hit from Ganguly, the ball bobs back up in the air and seems to hang there as Trescothick runs back from mid off and takes a good catch 107/336.2 and finally Mongia is dismissed! trying to play across the line to a straight delivery from Collingwood, the batsman misses and is struck just in front of middle stump, so the umpire has no doubts about it 155/449.4 Dravid goes next, trying to pull another short-of-a-length Caddick delivery over the ropes but slapping it only to Collingwood at long on to end a good, good innings 250/746.2 pitched up delivery on the middle and off, goes for the lofted shot over the short cover fielder, the timming is not there and Hussain takes a straight forward catch 217/549.3 Kaif had to go for this one, trying to pull Caddick and getting the ball on the bottom of the bat and sending it in the air to come down safely in Flintoff's hands on the edge of the midwicket circle 250/649.5 Caddick on a hat-trick puts the ball just outside the off, Harbhajan tries to play the ball into the off, misses, takes off for the bye, and Stewart's throw at the stumps finds Zaheer Khan well short of his crease 250/849.6 and just to complete quite a dismal end to the innings, Srinath backs to leg, slashes at the short of a length delivery and tonks it into the deep for Trescothick at long off to run around and take a fine catch 250/9Extras17 (b 1, lb 4, nb 3, w 9)TOTAL250/9 (50 Overs, RR: 5)Did not bat: A NehraFall of wickets: 1-60 (Virender Sehwag, 9.5 ov), 2-91 (Sachin Tendulkar, 15.2 ov), 3-107 (Sourav Ganguly, 22.1 ov), 4-155 (Dinesh Mongia, 36.2 ov), 5-217 (Yuvraj Singh, 46.2 ov), 6-250 (Mohammad Kaif, 49.3 ov), 7-250 (Rahul Dravid, 49.4 ov), 8-250 (Zaheer Khan, 49.5 ov), 9-250 (Javagal Srinath, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AR Caddick 10 0 69 3 6.9 34 10 1 2 2 JM Anderson 10 0 61 1 6.1 30 5 1 5 0 A Flintoff 10 2 15 2 1.5 49 1 0 1 0 C White 10 0 57 1 5.7 32 7 0 0 1 RC Irani 6 0 28 0 4.66 18 1 1 0 0 PD Collingwood 4 0 15 1 3.75 11 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.4 short of a length, on the off stump, and Trescothick tries to pull it away and gets a top edge that bobbles into the air and comes down in square leg's hands comfortably enough 18/21.1 slower ball to start off with, and Knight taps the ball into the offside and sets off, but Kaif at mid off swoops and throws down the stumps in mid air, and England lose their first wicket 6/118.6 and now Vaughan goes! full and on the off stump, going on with the arm, and Vaughan drives without moving his feet at all, gets a nick that Dravid pouches easily enough 62/516.2 outside the off, and Hussain tries a half- hearted glide to third man and gets a solid edge through to Dravid, Nehra picking up his first of the innings 52/316.3 nd another! Stewart tries to play across the line to his very first delivery, the ball is straight and on the stumps, and the umpire has no problems in giving that out at all. Two in two for Nehra!! 52/426.1 ood length delivery on the middle and angling away from the right hander, Collingwood pushes at it and gets a thick edge, Sehwag at second slip makes on mistake and it's party time in the stands actually Sehwag was at first slip, sorry for the slip! 93/642.5 full and on the off, Flintoff creams the ball yet again, targetting the midwicket region, Sehwag leaps up in the air, stretches full length and pulls off a blinder! Well, the way Flintoff was going it took an amazing bit of fielding to end that innings. Top knock there from Flintoff. Threatened to pull off an amazing upset 162/930.1 and Nehra gets five! full and on the off stump, and White is lured into the drive and gets the edge, just like Vaughan before him, and Dravid snaps up the catch behind the wickets 107/730.3 and five seconds after the second slip has been moved there, Nehra gets Irani edging to second slip Sehwag, playing forward without any foot movement and getting an edge 107/845.3 straight, bang on target, Anderson misses and is trapped plumb in front! That is the end of this game! 168/10Extras14 (lb 5, nb 2, w 7)TOTAL168 all out (45.3 Overs, RR: 3.69)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Nick Knight, 1.1 ov), 2-18 (Marcus Trescothick, 6.4 ov), 3-52 (Nasser Hussain, 16.2 ov), 4-52 (Alec Stewart, 16.3 ov), 5-62 (Michael Vaughan, 18.6 ov), 6-93 (Paul Collingwood, 26.1 ov), 7-107 (Craig White, 30.1 ov), 8-107 (Ronnie Irani, 30.3 ov), 9-162 (Andrew Flintoff, 42.5 ov), 10-168 (James Anderson, 45.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Z Khan 9.3 1 29 2 3.05 41 2 0 3 0 J Srinath 10 0 37 1 3.7 45 6 0 1 0 A Nehra 10 2 23 6 2.3 47 2 0 0 0 SC Ganguly 6 0 34 0 5.66 21 2 2 0 2 Harbhajan Singh 10 0 40 0 4 36 2 1 2 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
26 February 2003 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
India 4, England 0
Match Notes
- SR Tendulkar 50 runs in 52 minutes 50 balls 8x4, 1x6
- R Dravid 51 runs 66 balls 2x4, 1x6
- A Nehra's 6/23 is the best bowling by an Indian in the World Cup
- A Flintoff 50 runs 63 balls 3x4, 3x6
Match Coverage
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Neither an injury nor a tournament final could worry the young India left-armer in 2003, and he still holds the best innings figures by an Indian in a World Cup
Ashish Nehra guts England with six wickets
When the India fast bowler provided a masterclass in seam under lights
Clinical bowling carries India towards Super Sixes
The toss was widely expected to be influential, and just as England thrived on it against Pakistan last Saturday, so it undermined them today as India coasted to an 82-run win at Kingsmead
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 |



