Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket - 1st semi final
India won by 7 wickets (with 39 balls remaining)
Played at
Sydney Cricket Ground (neutral venue)
5 March 1985 - day/night match (50-over match)
| New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JG Wright | c †Viswanath b Kapil Dev | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PE McEwan | c †Viswanath b Binny | 9 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| JF Reid | c Kapil Dev b Shastri | 55 | 137 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 54.45 | |
| MD Crowe | c Azharuddin b Madan Lal | 9 | 39 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 36.00 | |
| GP Howarth* | run out | 7 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 46.66 | |
| JV Coney | b Shastri | 33 | 70 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 49.25 | |
| IDS Smith† | c Amarnath b Madan Lal | 19 | 54 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 54.28 | |
| RJ Hadlee | c Madan Lal b Shastri | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| BL Cairns | c Srikkanth b Madan Lal | 39 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 134.48 | |
| MC Snedden | c Azharuddin b Madan Lal | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140.00 | |
| EJ Chatfield | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (lb 21, w 1, nb 3) | 25 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 50 overs) | 206 | (4.12 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N Kapil Dev | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3.40 | ||
| RMH Binny | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4.66 | ||
| S Madan Lal | 8 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 4.62 | ||
| M Amarnath | 7 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3.42 | ||
| L Sivaramakrishnan | 9 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 3.44 | ||
| RJ Shastri | 10 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 3.10 | ||
| India innings (target: 207 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Shastri | c McEwan b Hadlee | 53 | 117 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 63.09 | |
| K Srikkanth | c Reid b Chatfield | 9 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 32.14 | |
| M Azharuddin | c Coney b Cairns | 24 | 60 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| DB Vengsarkar | not out | 63 | 77 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 106.77 | |
| N Kapil Dev | not out | 54 | 52 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 145.94 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 1) | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets; 43.3 overs) | 207 | (4.75 runs per over) | |||||
Did not batSM Gavaskar*, M Amarnath, RMH Binny, S Madan Lal, S Viswanath†, L Sivaramakrishnan
Fall of wickets 1-28 (Srikkanth), 2-73 (Azharuddin), 3-102 (Shastri)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL Cairns | 9 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 3.88 | ||
| RJ Hadlee | 8.3 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 5.88 | ||
| EJ Chatfield | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 3.80 | ||
| MC Snedden | 8 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4.62 | ||
| JV Coney | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 5.50 | ||
Match details
Toss - India, who chose to field
Series - India advanced
Series - India advanced
Player of the match
- RJ Shastri (India)
Umpires
- RA French and PJ McConnell
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