Akai-Singer Champions Trophy - final
England won by 3 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
- ODI no. 1266 | 1997/98 season
- Played at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (neutral venue)
- 19 December 1997 - day/night (50-over match)
| West Indies innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SC Williams | c AD Brown b Croft | 55 | 92 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 82.08 | |
| S Chanderpaul | run out (Fleming) | 76 | 151 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 69.72 | |
| BC Lara | st †Stewart b Ealham | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| CL Hooper | lbw b Fleming | 34 | 64 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 65.38 | |
| PV Simmons | not out | 39 | 55 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 105.40 | |
| RIC Holder | lbw b Fleming | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RN Lewis | b Fleming | 16 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 94.11 | |
| FA Rose | run out (Croft) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| D Williams† | not out | 9 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 81.81 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1) | 4 | ||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets; 50 overs) | 235 | (4.70 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat CA Walsh*, M Dillon |
| Fall of wickets1-97 (SC Williams, 21.4 ov), 2-101 (Lara, 22.3 ov), 3-164 (Chanderpaul, 36.6 ov), 4-174 (Hooper, 39.2 ov), 5-174 (Holder, 39.5 ov), 6-200 (Lewis, 45.3 ov), 7-200 (Rose, 45.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DR Brown | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 7.00 | |||
| DW Headley | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 5.57 | |||
| MA Ealham | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2.60 | |||
| AJ Hollioake | 10 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 5.00 | (1w) | ||
| RDB Croft | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 4.00 | |||
| MV Fleming | 8 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 5.25 |
| England innings (target: 236 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AD Brown | c Chanderpaul b Rose | 1 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | |
| AJ Stewart† | b Hooper | 51 | 108 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 76.11 | |
| NV Knight | run out (SC Williams/Hooper) | 24 | 76 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 40.67 | |
| GA Hick | c Hooper b Lewis | 9 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | |
| GP Thorpe | not out | 66 | 110 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 89.18 | |
| AJ Hollioake* | st †D Williams b Hooper | 16 | 47 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| MA Ealham | b Walsh | 4 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| MV Fleming | run out (Simmons/Dillon) | 33 | 42 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 126.92 | |
| DR Brown | not out | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 400.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 16, w 5, nb 9) | 31 | ||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets; 48.1 overs) | 239 | (4.96 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RDB Croft, DW Headley |
| Fall of wickets1-14 (AD Brown, 3.6 ov), 2-89 (Knight, 20.3 ov), 3-107 (Hick, 23.5 ov), 4-107 (Stewart, 24.1 ov), 5-152 (Hollioake, 36.6 ov), 6-165 (Ealham, 40.4 ov), 7-235 (Fleming, 47.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CA Walsh | 9.1 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 4.25 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| FA Rose | 10 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 3.60 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| M Dillon | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| PV Simmons | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | (3nb, 2w) | ||
| RN Lewis | 9 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 5.66 | (4nb, 1w) | ||
| CL Hooper | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3.50 | (2nb) |
| Match details |
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Toss West Indies, who chose to bat Series England won the 1997/98 Akai-Singer Champions Trophy |
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Player of the match
GP Thorpe (England) Player of the series CL Hooper (West Indies) Bowler of the series Saqlain Mushtaq Fielder of the series S Chanderpaul (West Indies) |
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Umpires
KT Francis (Sri Lanka) and CJ Mitchley (South Africa) TV umpire BC Cooray (Sri Lanka) Match referee PJP Burge (Australia) |
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