- ODI no. 1263 | 1997/98 season
- Played at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (neutral venue)
- 15 December 1997 - day/night (50-over match)
| England innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AD Brown | c †Moin Khan b Saqlain Mushtaq | 41 | 53 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 87.23 | |
| AJ Stewart† | b Manzoor Akhtar | 47 | 96 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 71.21 | |
| NV Knight | b Manzoor Akhtar | 18 | 60 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| GA Hick | b Manzoor Akhtar | 40 | 72 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 75.47 | |
| GP Thorpe | run out (Ijaz Ahmed/†Moin Khan) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| AJ Hollioake* | c Shahid Afridi b Manzoor Akhtar | 17 | 40 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 62.96 | |
| MA Ealham | c & b Saqlain Mushtaq | 6 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| DR Brown | not out | 18 | 38 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| MV Fleming | c & b Saqlain Mushtaq | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RDB Croft | c Ijaz Ahmed b Saqlain Mushtaq | 6 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| DW Headley | not out | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, w 7, nb 1) | 13 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets; 50 overs) | 215 | (4.30 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-71 (AD Brown), 2-108 (Stewart), 3-121 (Knight), 4-126 (Thorpe), 5-168 (Hollioake), 6-180 (Hick), 7-185 (Ealham), 8-185 (Fleming), 9-203 (Croft) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Wasim Akram | 6 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 5.66 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| Azhar Mahmood | 7 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 4.42 | (1w) | ||
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 10 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 2.60 | (2w) | ||
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 4.30 | (2w) | ||
| Manzoor Akhtar | 10 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 5.00 | (1w) | ||
| Shahid Afridi | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3.71 |
| Pakistan innings (target: 216 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Aamer Sohail | b Headley | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Shahid Afridi | b DR Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Saeed Anwar | b Croft | 54 | 93 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 81.81 | |
| Ijaz Ahmed | c Croft b Ealham | 41 | 90 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 62.12 | |
| Akhtar Sarfraz | b Croft | 20 | 42 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| Manzoor Akhtar | run out (Knight/†Stewart) | 44 | 101 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 64.70 | |
| Moin Khan† | c Knight b Fleming | 10 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 52.63 | |
| Wasim Akram* | c DR Brown b Hollioake | 4 | 27 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21.05 | |
| Azhar Mahmood | c †Stewart b Hollioake | 12 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | run out (†Stewart) | 9 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 64.28 | |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 5, nb 2) | 12 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 49 overs) | 207 | (4.22 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DR Brown | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 5.80 | |||
| DW Headley | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 4.12 | (2nb) | ||
| MA Ealham | 10 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 3.90 | (1w) | ||
| RDB Croft | 10 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3.90 | (2w) | ||
| AJ Hollioake | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3.50 | (1w) | ||
| MV Fleming | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4.50 | (1w) |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Points England 2, Pakistan 0 |
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Player of the match
Manzoor Akhtar (Pakistan) |
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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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Dec 18, 1997 
Matthew Fleming being interviewed by Sharjah TV crew © AllSport UK Ltd |
Dec 18, 1997 
Adam Hollioake and Graham Thorpe rolling the pitch at Sharjah © AllSport UK Ltd |
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