England Vs United Arab Emirates 7Th Match
Wills World Cup in India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka - 1996 (1995/96) · Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar · 18 February 1996
England won by 8 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)
England won by 8 wickets (with 90 balls remaining). Graham Thorpe top-scored with 44* for England.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
- Date
- 18 February 1996
- Toss
- U.A.E., chose to bat
- Result
- England won by 8 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Neil Smith
- Captains
- Sultan Zarawani (U.A.E.), Mike Atherton (England)
- Umpires
- BC Cooray and VK Ramaswamy
- Match referee
- JR Reid
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
U.A.E. won the toss and chose to bat.
U.A.E. batted first and made 136 all out. Mazhar Hussain top-scored with 33 off 59 balls. Neil Smith took 3 for 29 for England. That was well below the 1990s average first-innings total at Arbab Niaz Stadium, 212 across 6 ODIs.
Chasing 137, England made 140 for 2. Graham Thorpe top-scored with 44 not out off 66 balls.
England won by 8 wickets (with 90 balls remaining).
U.A.E.: 136 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azhar Saeed | lbw | 9 | 36 |
| Ganesh Mylvaganam | c Neil Fairbrother | 0 | 6 |
| Mazhar Hussain | bowled | 33 | 59 |
| Vijay Mehra | c Jack Russell | 1 | 34 |
| Mohammad Aslam | bowled | 23 | 47 |
| Arshad Laeeq | bowled | 0 | 6 |
| Saleem Raza | bowled | 10 | 31 |
| Johanne Samarasekera | run out | 29 | 39 |
| Sultan Zarawani | bowled | 2 | 8 |
| Shaukat Dukanwala | lbw | 15 | 21 |
| Imtiaz Abbasi | not out | 1 | 5 |
Extras 13 · Total 136 all out
| Bowler (England) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic Cork | 10 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| Phil DeFreitas | 9.3 | 3 | 16 | 2 |
| Darren Gough | 8 | 3 | 23 | 1 |
| Craig White | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Neil Smith | 9.3 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
| Richard Illingworth | 10 | 2 | 25 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-3 (Ganesh Mylvaganam), 2-32 (Azhar Saeed), 3-48 (Vijay Mehra), 4-49 (Mazhar Hussain), 5-49 (Arshad Laeeq), 6-80 (Mohammad Aslam), 7-88 (Saleem Raza), 8-100 (Sultan Zarawani), 9-135 (Shaukat Dukanwala), 10-136 (Johanne Samarasekera)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Azhar Saeed and Ganesh Mylvaganam | 3 |
| second | Azhar Saeed and Mazhar Hussain | 29 |
| third | Mazhar Hussain and Vijay Mehra | 16 |
| fourth | Mazhar Hussain and Mohammad Aslam | 1 |
| fifth | Arshad Laeeq and Mohammad Aslam | 0 |
| sixth | Saleem Raza and Mohammad Aslam | 31 |
| seventh | Saleem Raza and Johanne Samarasekera | 8 |
| eighth | Johanne Samarasekera and Sultan Zarawani | 12 |
| ninth | Johanne Samarasekera and Shaukat Dukanwala | 35 |
| tenth | Johanne Samarasekera and Imtiaz Abbasi | 1 |
ENGLAND: 140 FOR 2
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Stewart | c Ganesh Mylvaganam | 23 | 52 |
| Neil Smith | retired not out | 27 | 31 |
| Graham Thorpe | not out | 44 | 66 |
| Mike Atherton | bowled | 20 | 40 |
| Neil Fairbrother | not out | 12 | 29 |
Did not bat: Jack Russell, Craig White, Dominic Cork, Phil DeFreitas, Darren Gough, Richard Illingworth
Extras 14 · Total 140 for 2
| Bowler (U.A.E.) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johanne Samarasekera | 7 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| Arshad Laeeq | 7 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Saleem Raza | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Azhar Saeed | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Sultan Zarawani | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-52 (Alec Stewart), 1-59 (Neil Smith), 2-109 (Mike Atherton)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Alec Stewart and Neil Smith | 52 |
| second | Graham Thorpe and Neil Smith | 7 |
| third | Mike Atherton and Graham Thorpe | 50 |
| fourth | Neil Fairbrother and Graham Thorpe | 31 |
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