England Vs India 2Nd Match
India tour of England - 2004 (2004) · Kennington Oval, London · 3 September 2004
England won by 70 runs
England won by 70 runs. Andrew Flintoff top-scored with 99 for England. Darren Gough took 4/50.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Kennington Oval, London
- Date
- 3 September 2004
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- England won by 70 runs
- Player of the match
- Andrew Flintoff
- Captains
- Michael Vaughan (England), Sourav Ganguly (India)
- Umpires
- DB Hair and MR Benson
- Match referee
- MJ Procter
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field.
England batted first and made 307 for 5. Andrew Flintoff top-scored with 99 off 93 balls, and Paul Collingwood made 79. The innings was built on a 174-run stand for the fifth wicket between Paul Collingwood and Andrew Flintoff, 57% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Kennington Oval, 243 across 19 ODIs.
Chasing 308, India made 237 all out. Mohammad Kaif top-scored with 51 off 73 balls, and Harbhajan Singh made 41. Darren Gough took 4 for 50 for England. The innings was built on a 89-run stand for the third wicket between VVS Laxman and Mohammad Kaif.
England won by 70 runs.
ENGLAND: 307 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c Lakshmipathy Balaji b Harbhajan Singh | 27 | 41 |
| Vikram Solanki | c Rahul Dravid b Virender Sehwag | 48 | 56 |
| Michael Vaughan | c Rahul Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 4 | 12 |
| Andrew Strauss | c Sourav Ganguly b Virender Sehwag | 2 | 9 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c Rahul Dravid b Ajit Agarkar | 99 | 93 |
| Paul Collingwood | not out | 79 | 85 |
| Geraint Jones | not out | 12 | 6 |
Did not bat: Ashley Giles, Alex Wharf, Darren Gough, Steve Harmison
Extras 36 · Total 307 for 5
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irfan Pathan | 10 | 1 | 58 | 0 |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | 8 | 0 | 77 | 0 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 6 | 0 | 60 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Virender Sehwag | 10 | 0 | 51 | 2 |
| Rohan Gavaskar | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-71 (Marcus Trescothick, 11.3 ov), 2-93 (Michael Vaughan, 15.1 ov), 3-98 (Andrew Strauss, 16.6 ov), 4-105 (Vikram Solanki, 20.3 ov), 5-279 (Andrew Flintoff, 47.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Marcus Trescothick (27) and Vikram Solanki (29) | 71 | 63 |
| second | Vikram Solanki (11) and Michael Vaughan (4) | 22 | 20 |
| third | Vikram Solanki (3) and Andrew Strauss (2) | 5 | 11 |
| fourth | Andrew Flintoff (2) and Vikram Solanki (3) | 7 | 14 |
| fifth | Paul Collingwood (63) and Andrew Flintoff (97) | 174 | 163 |
| sixth | Paul Collingwood (8) and Geraint Jones (12) | 28 | 10 |
INDIA: 237 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourav Ganguly | run out (Andrew Flintoff) | 7 | 10 |
| Virender Sehwag | lbw b Darren Gough | 0 | 2 |
| VVS Laxman | c Paul Collingwood b Ashley Giles | 33 | 43 |
| Mohammad Kaif | c Michael Vaughan b Ashley Giles | 51 | 73 |
| Rahul Dravid | c Geraint Jones b Alex Wharf | 1 | 8 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Michael Vaughan b Darren Gough | 24 | 40 |
| Rohan Gavaskar | b Ashley Giles | 13 | 17 |
| Ajit Agarkar | c Marcus Trescothick b Darren Gough | 22 | 20 |
| Irfan Pathan | c Michael Vaughan b Darren Gough | 0 | 2 |
| Harbhajan Singh | not out | 41 | 39 |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | b Andrew Flintoff | 18 | 30 |
Extras 27 · Total 237 all out
| Bowler (England) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Gough | 10 | 0 | 50 | 4 |
| Steve Harmison | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 7.3 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Alex Wharf | 6 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Ashley Giles | 10 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| Michael Vaughan | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-2 (Virender Sehwag, 0.2 ov), 2-10 (Sourav Ganguly, 3.1 ov), 3-99 (VVS Laxman, 17.4 ov), 4-102 (Rahul Dravid, 20.2 ov), 5-113 (Mohammad Kaif, 23.6 ov), 6-143 (Rohan Gavaskar, 29.4 ov), 7-169 (Yuvraj Singh, 34.1 ov), 8-169 (Irfan Pathan, 34.3 ov), 9-173 (Ajit Agarkar, 36.1 ov), 10-237 (Lakshmipathy Balaji, 46.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sourav Ganguly (0) and Virender Sehwag (0) | 2 | 2 |
| second | Sourav Ganguly (6) and VVS Laxman (2) | 8 | 16 |
| third | VVS Laxman (31) and Mohammad Kaif (45) | 89 | 89 |
| fourth | Rahul Dravid (1) and Mohammad Kaif (2) | 3 | 16 |
| fifth | Mohammad Kaif (4) and Yuvraj Singh (5) | 11 | 23 |
| sixth | Rohan Gavaskar (13) and Yuvraj Singh (14) | 30 | 34 |
| seventh | Ajit Agarkar (18) and Yuvraj Singh (5) | 26 | 27 |
| eighth | Ajit Agarkar (0) and Irfan Pathan (0) | 0 | 2 |
| ninth | Ajit Agarkar (4) and Harbhajan Singh (0) | 4 | 10 |
| tenth | Harbhajan Singh (41) and Lakshmipathy Balaji (18) | 64 | 63 |
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