8th Match: India v Zimbabwe at Leicester, May 19, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard

ICC World Cup, 8th Match: India v Zimbabwe at Leicester, May 19, 1999

ICC World Cup - 8th match, Group A

Zimbabwe won by 3 runs

Played at Grace Road, Leicester (neutral venue)

19 May 1999 (50-over match)

Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
NC Johnson	c †Mongia b Srinath	7	11	10	1	0	70.00
2.4 caught †Mongia 12/1
GW Flower	c †Mongia b Jadeja	45	148	89	4	0	50.56
31.1 well well well, jadeja is a key striker for india, trapping flower, of a deceptive delivery, and safe in the hands of mongia 144/4
PA Strang	b Agarkar	18	32	26	1	0	69.23
9.5 change of pace, and traps him on the legs, and perfectly castled 45/2
MW Goodwin	c Singh b Ganguly	17	51	40	3	0	42.50
21.2 caught Singh 87/3
A Flower†	not out	68	120	85	2	0	80.00

ADR Campbell*	st †Mongia b Kumble	24	38	29	3	0	82.75
40.3 goes down the wicket, gets beaten by the googly, and mongia has enough time to remove the bails 204/5
GJ Whittall	b Kumble	4	7	8	0	0	50.00
42.4 googly turning in, jus didnt have time to pay that ball , and castled 211/6
SV Carlisle	b Srinath	1	2	2	0	0	50.00
43.2 inswinging yorker, excellent ball, and breaks his stumps 214/7
HH Streak	c †Mongia b Prasad	14	14	18	2	0	77.77
47.6 swinging down the legs, played it across the line, top edge in the air for a while and mongia waits for it at backward sq leg for a safe catch with his good pair of gloves 244/8
EA Brandes	c †Mongia b Prasad	2	6	5	0	0	40.00
49.2 caught †Mongia 250/9
HK Olonga	not out	1	5	4	0	0	25.00

Extras	(lb 14, w 21, nb 16)	51
Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	252	(5.04 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	10	1	35	2	3.50	(5nb, 1w)
2.4 to Johnson, caught †Mongia 12/1 43.2 to Carlisle, inswinging yorker, excellent ball, and breaks his stumps 214/7
BKV Prasad	10	1	37	2	3.70	(1nb, 4w)
47.6 to Streak, swinging down the legs, played it across the line, top edge in the air for a while and mongia waits for it at backward sq leg for a safe catch with his good pair of gloves 244/8 49.2 to Brandes, caught †Mongia 250/9
AB Agarkar	9	0	70	1	7.77	(5nb, 4w)
9.5 to Strang, change of pace, and traps him on the legs, and perfectly castled 45/2
SC Ganguly	5	0	22	1	4.40	(3nb, 1w)
21.2 to Goodwin, caught Singh 87/3
RR Singh	2	0	11	0	5.50

A Kumble	10	0	41	2	4.10	(1nb, 2w)
40.3 to Campbell, goes down the wicket, gets beaten by the googly, and mongia has enough time to remove the bails 204/5 42.4 to Whittall, googly turning in, jus didnt have time to pay that ball , and castled 211/6
A Jadeja	4	0	22	1	5.50	(3w)
31.1 to GW Flower, well well well, jadeja is a key striker for india, trapping flower, of a deceptive delivery, and safe in the hands of mongia 144/4

India innings (target: 253 runs from 46 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
SC Ganguly	c Brandes b Johnson	9	7	8	2	0	112.50
1.5 pulled straight to deep fineleg, simple catch, poor shot 13/1
S Ramesh	c Goodwin b GW Flower	55	134	77	3	1	71.42
27.5 down the track, heaves straight into the hands of Goodwin at midon 155/4
R Dravid	c GW Flower b Streak	13	23	14	2	0	92.85
6.4 way outside off, smashed but it was in the air and Flower shows his magic as he plucks it out of thin air 44/2
M Azharuddin*	c Campbell b Streak	7	8	11	1	0	63.63
8.6 outside off, pokes at it and that is catching practice 56/3
A Jadeja	lbw b Streak	43	108	76	3	0	56.57
32.2 rapped on the pads. trouble for India as Willey gives him out 174/5
RR Singh	c Campbell b Olonga	35	75	47	1	0	74.46
44.2 outside the off, goes for a drive, edges to short covers. brilliant 'captain's catch' as Campbell falls forward and pulls of a brilliant catch at covers 246/8
AB Agarkar	run out (Goodwin)	1	4	5	0	0	20.00
33.2 from GW Flower, played straight to midon, suicidal attempt at a run results in a tragic run out 175/6
NR Mongia†	b Whittall	28	32	24	2	1	116.66
40.5 swings across the line and gets bowled 219/7
J Srinath	b Olonga	18	21	12	0	2	150.00
44.5 bowled him! and this is amazing! 249/9
A Kumble	not out	1	3	1	0	0	100.00

BKV Prasad	lbw b Olonga	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
44.6 rapped on the pads. Peter Willey brings his finger up and yes folks! Olonga has done it 249/10
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, w 24, nb 10)	39
Total	(all out; 45 overs)	249	(5.53 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
EA Brandes	3	0	27	0	9.00	(3w)

NC Johnson	7	0	51	1	7.28	(5nb, 1w)
1.5 to Ganguly, pulled straight to deep fineleg, simple catch, poor shot 13/1
HH Streak	9	0	36	3	4.00	(1nb, 7w)
6.4 to Dravid, way outside off, smashed but it was in the air and Flower shows his magic as he plucks it out of thin air 44/2 8.6 to Azharuddin, outside off, pokes at it and that is catching practice 56/3 32.2 to Jadeja, rapped on the pads. trouble for India as Willey gives him out 174/5
HK Olonga	4	0	22	3	5.50	(6w)
44.2 to Singh, outside the off, goes for a drive, edges to short covers. brilliant 'captain's catch' as Campbell falls forward and pulls of a brilliant catch at covers 246/8 44.5 to Srinath, bowled him! and this is amazing! 249/9 44.6 to Prasad, rapped on the pads. Peter Willey brings his finger up and yes folks! Olonga has done it 249/10
GJ Whittall	4	0	26	1	6.50	(2w)
40.5 to Mongia, swings across the line and gets bowled 219/7
PA Strang	8	0	49	0	6.12

GW Flower	10	0	33	1	3.30	(1w)
27.5 to Ramesh, down the track, heaves straight into the hands of Goodwin at midon 155/4