Australia Vs India Final
Coca-Cola Cup Australia, India, New Zealand in United Arab Emirates - 1998 (1997/98) · Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah · 24 April 1998
India won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
India won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining). Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 134 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah (then Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium)
- Date
- 24 April 1998
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Captains
- Steve Waugh (Australia), Mohammad Azharuddin (India)
- Umpires
- Javed Akhtar and SA Bucknor
- Match referee
- Talat Ali
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field.
Australia batted first and made 272 for 9. Steve Waugh top-scored with 70 off 71 balls, and Darren Lehmann made 70. The innings was built on a 103-run stand for the sixth wicket between Steve Waugh and Darren Lehmann. That was well above the 1990s average first-innings total at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, 227 across 108 ODIs.
Chasing 273, India made 275 for 4. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 134 off 131 balls, and Mohammad Azharuddin made 58. The innings was built on a 120-run stand for the third wicket between Mohammad Azharuddin and Sachin Tendulkar, 44% of the total.
India won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining).
AUSTRALIA: 272 FOR 9
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Waugh | c Nayan Mongia b Ajit Agarkar | 7 | 14 |
| Adam Gilchrist | c Nayan Mongia b Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 45 | 60 |
| Ricky Ponting | c Nayan Mongia b Venkatesh Prasad | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Moody | c Nayan Mongia b Ajit Agarkar | 1 | 5 |
| Michael Bevan | run out (VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble) | 45 | 63 |
| Steve Waugh | c Ajit Agarkar b Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 70 | 71 |
| Darren Lehmann | c Rahul Sanghvi b Anil Kumble | 70 | 59 |
| Damien Martyn | run out (Ajay Jadeja, Venkatesh Prasad) | 16 | 18 |
| Shane Warne | not out | 6 | 7 |
| Michael Kasprowicz | c Hrishikesh Kanitkar b Venkatesh Prasad | 0 | 2 |
| Damien Fleming | not out | 1 | 2 |
Extras 10 · Total 272 for 9
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venkatesh Prasad | 10 | 1 | 32 | 2 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 8 | 0 | 61 | 2 |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 1 | 46 | 1 |
| Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 10 | 0 | 58 | 2 |
| Rahul Sanghvi | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| VVS Laxman | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-18 (Mark Waugh, 3.5 ov), 2-19 (Ricky Ponting, 4.1 ov), 3-26 (Tom Moody, 5.5 ov), 4-85 (Adam Gilchrist, 20.1 ov), 5-121 (Michael Bevan, 26.6 ov), 6-224 (Steve Waugh, 42.6 ov), 7-255 (Darren Lehmann, 47.2 ov), 8-263 (Damien Martyn, 48.3 ov), 9-264 (Michael Kasprowicz, 48.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Mark Waugh (7) and Adam Gilchrist (10) | 18 | 23 |
| second | Ricky Ponting (1) and Adam Gilchrist (0) | 1 | 3 |
| third | Tom Moody (1) and Adam Gilchrist (6) | 7 | 10 |
| fourth | Michael Bevan (29) and Adam Gilchrist (29) | 59 | 88 |
| fifth | Steve Waugh (19) and Michael Bevan (16) | 36 | 41 |
| sixth | Steve Waugh (51) and Darren Lehmann (48) | 103 | 91 |
| seventh | Damien Martyn (10) and Darren Lehmann (19) | 31 | 26 |
| eighth | Shane Warne (2) and Damien Martyn (5) | 8 | 6 |
| ninth | Shane Warne (0) and Michael Kasprowicz (0) | 1 | 3 |
| tenth | Shane Warne (3) and Damien Fleming (1) | 8 | 6 |
INDIA: 275 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | lbw b Michael Kasprowicz | 134 | 131 |
| Sourav Ganguly | c Tom Moody b Damien Fleming | 23 | 42 |
| Nayan Mongia | c Adam Gilchrist b Damien Fleming | 28 | 41 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | c Adam Gilchrist b Michael Kasprowicz | 58 | 64 |
| Ajay Jadeja | not out | 11 | 14 |
| Hrishikesh Kanitkar | not out | 6 | 2 |
Did not bat: VVS Laxman, Ajit Agarkar, Anil Kumble, Venkatesh Prasad, Rahul Sanghvi
Extras 15 · Total 275 for 4
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Fleming | 10 | 1 | 47 | 2 |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 10 | 0 | 48 | 2 |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| Tom Moody | 9.3 | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| Mark Waugh | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-39 (Sourav Ganguly, 8.5 ov), 2-128 (Nayan Mongia, 24.2 ov), 3-248 (Sachin Tendulkar, 44.3 ov), 4-261 (Mohammad Azharuddin, 46.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar (15) and Sourav Ganguly (23) | 39 | 53 |
| second | Sachin Tendulkar (55) and Nayan Mongia (28) | 89 | 93 |
| third | Mohammad Azharuddin (51) and Sachin Tendulkar (64) | 120 | 124 |
| fourth | Mohammad Azharuddin (7) and Ajay Jadeja (3) | 13 | 15 |
| fifth | Ajay Jadeja (8) and Hrishikesh Kanitkar (6) | 14 | 9 |
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