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272-9
Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlIND
275-4
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Overs: 50.0 RR: 5.44 vs spin: 5.16
vs seam: 5.17
Overs: 48.3 RR: 5.67 vs spin: 6.10
vs seam: 5.24
Fri 24/04/98 Australia v India, Coca-Cola Sharjah Cup, Final, Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
INDIA WIN India won by 6 wickets
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Australia - 1st Inns 272-9 (50.0; RR: 5.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ME Waugh c Mongia b Agarkar 7 14 0 0 50.00
AC Gilchrist c Mongia b Kanitkar 45 60 6 0 75.00
RT Ponting c Mongia b Prasad 1 2 0 0 50.00
TM Moody c Mongia b Agarkar 1 5 0 0 20.00
MG Bevan run out 45 63 2 0 71.43
SR Waugh c Agarkar b Kanitkar 70 71 4 1 98.59
DS Lehmann c Sanghvi b Kumble 70 59 5 1 118.64
DR Martyn run out 16 18 1 0 88.89
SK Warne not out 6 7 0 0 85.71
MS Kasprowicz c Kanitkar b Prasad 0 2 0 0 0.00
DW Fleming not out 1 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (4b, 3lb, 2w, 1nb) 10  
TOTAL 272-9 (50.0 overs; RR: 5.44)

Fall of wickets

18-1 (ME Waugh 3.5 ov), 19-2 (RT Ponting 4.1 ov), 26-3 (TM Moody 5.5 ov), 85-4 (AC Gilchrist 20.1 ov), 121-5 (MG Bevan 26.6 ov), 224-6 (SR Waugh 42.6 ov), 255-7 (DS Lehmann 47.2 ov), 263-8 (DR Martyn 48.3 ov), 264-9 (MS Kasprowicz 48.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
BKV Prasad 10.0 1 32 2 3.20 0 0
AB Agarkar 8.0 0 61 2 7.63 2 2
A Kumble 10.0 1 46 1 4.60 0 0
HH Kanitkar 10.0 0 58 2 5.80 0 1
RL Sanghvi 10.0 0 45 0 4.50 0 0
VVS Laxman 1.0 0 11 0 11.00 0 0
SR Tendulkar 1.0 0 12 0 12.00 0 0

India - 1st Inns 275-4 (48.3; RR: 5.67)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SC Ganguly c Moody b Fleming 23 42 2 0 54.76
SR Tendulkar lbw b Kasprowicz 134 131 12 3 102.29
NR Mongia c Gilchrist b Fleming 28 41 3 0 68.29
M Azharuddin c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz 58 64 5 0 90.63
AD Jadeja not out 11 14 0 0 78.57
HH Kanitkar not out 6 2 1 0 300.00
VVS Laxman  
AB Agarkar  
A Kumble  
BKV Prasad  
RL Sanghvi  
Extras (1b, 7lb, 5w, 2nb) 15  
TOTAL 275-4 (48.3 overs; RR: 5.67)

Fall of wickets

39-1 (SC Ganguly 8.5 ov), 128-2 (NR Mongia 24.2 ov), 248-3 (SR Tendulkar 44.3 ov), 261-4 (M Azharuddin 46.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DW Fleming 10.0 1 47 2 4.70 0 0
MS Kasprowicz 10.0 0 48 2 4.80 3 0
SK Warne 10.0 0 61 0 6.10 1 1
TM Moody 9.3 0 63 0 7.00 0 0
ME Waugh 3.0 0 20 0 6.67 1 0
SR Waugh 6.0 0 28 0 4.67 0 2

Match Info

Match

Australia v India at Sharjah, Coca-Cola Sharjah Cup, Final

Date

Friday April 24, 1998

Toss

India won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:30am UTC

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah

Umpires

SA Bucknor, Javed Akhtar

Australia Team

Playing XI

SR Waugh, TM Moody, ME Waugh, SK Warne, DR Martyn, MG Bevan, DW Fleming, RT Ponting, MS Kasprowicz, DS Lehmann, AC Gilchrist

India Team

Playing XI

M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar, A Kumble, SC Ganguly, AD Jadeja, NR Mongia, BKV Prasad, VVS Laxman, RL Sanghvi, HH Kanitkar, AB Agarkar