- ODI no. 1259 | 1997/98 season
- Played at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (neutral venue)
- 11 December 1997 - day/night (50-over match)
| England innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AD Brown | c Ganguly b Kuruvilla | 18 | 35 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 72.00 | |
| AJ Stewart† | c Azharuddin b Kumble | 116 | 156 | 111 | 9 | 1 | 104.50 | |
| NV Knight | c Kumble b Chauhan | 42 | 67 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 70.00 | |
| GA Hick | b Kuruvilla | 32 | 47 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 76.19 | |
| AJ Hollioake* | b Kuruvilla | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| MA Ealham | run out (Tendulkar) | 9 | 31 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 56.25 | |
| GP Thorpe | run out (Jadeja) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| MV Fleming | c †Karim b Srinath | 9 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 56.25 | |
| DR Brown | c Tendulkar b Srinath | 6 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54.54 | |
| RDB Croft | c Kuruvilla b Srinath | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| DW Headley | not out | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1) | 4 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 49.5 overs) | 250 | (5.01 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-42 (AD Brown), 2-131 (Knight), 3-209 (Hick), 4-211 (Stewart), 5-215 (Hollioake), 6-218 (Thorpe), 7-232 (Fleming), 8-237 (Ealham), 9-248 (Croft), 10-250 (DR Brown) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Srinath | 8.5 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 4.18 | |||
| A Kuruvilla | 10 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 5.00 | (1w) | ||
| A Kumble | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 5.30 | |||
| RR Singh | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5.66 | |||
| SC Ganguly | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | (1nb) | ||
| RK Chauhan | 9 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 3.88 | |||
| SR Tendulkar | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 |
| India innings (target: 251 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SS Karim† | c Croft b Headley | 29 | 47 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 85.29 | |
| SC Ganguly | b Ealham | 29 | 54 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 70.73 | |
| NS Sidhu | c Hollioake b Ealham | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | |
| SR Tendulkar* | st †Stewart b Fleming | 91 | 146 | 87 | 4 | 2 | 104.59 | |
| M Azharuddin | c Headley b Hollioake | 3 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15.78 | |
| A Jadeja | c Thorpe b Fleming | 50 | 76 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 72.46 | |
| RR Singh | lbw b Fleming | 12 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 85.71 | |
| A Kumble | run out (Knight/†Stewart) | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| RK Chauhan | b Fleming | 12 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| J Srinath | b Headley | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| A Kuruvilla | not out | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 3, nb 2) | 8 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 49.3 overs) | 243 | (4.90 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-60 (Karim), 2-64 (Ganguly), 3-65 (Sidhu), 4-74 (Azharuddin), 5-182 (Jadeja), 6-207 (Singh), 7-221 (Kumble), 8-232 (Tendulkar), 9-237 (Srinath), 10-243 (Chauhan) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DR Brown | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 6.28 | (1w) | ||
| DW Headley | 9 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 4.22 | (3nb, 1w) | ||
| MA Ealham | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 4.30 | (1w) | ||
| AJ Hollioake | 9 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4.22 | |||
| RDB Croft | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 6.40 | |||
| MV Fleming | 9.3 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 4.73 |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to field Points England 2, India 0 |
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ODI debuts
DR Brown and
MV Fleming
(England) Player of the match AJ Stewart (England) |
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Umpires
SA Bucknor (West Indies) and KT Francis (Sri Lanka) TV umpire CJ Mitchley (South Africa) Match referee PJP Burge (Australia) |
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Matthew Fleming celebrates his birthday after England beat India © AllSport UK Ltd |
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