Cricket: India defeat England in fifth one-day international

September 2, 2007

India have beaten England by 38 runs (Duckworth-Lewis method) in the fifth One-Day International of the series at Headingley, Leeds, England.

Indian opening batsmen Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar started quickly, recording an opening partnership of 116 runs before Tendulkar was caught behind for 71 runs and Ganguly was dismissed for 59. Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh shared a 94 run partnership, with Yuvraj Singh reaching 72 and Gambhir scoring 51 runs. After 47 overs of the Indian innings, rain stopped play with India at 286-4. Play soon resumed however, and after Mahendra Singh Dhoni was caught behind for 24 and Rahul Dravid run out on 24 runs, India completed their fifty overs with a score of 324-6.

Chasing a substantial target of 325 runs, England suffered an early blow when Alastair Cook was caught behind off Ajit Agarkar's bowling. Ian Bell and Matt Prior shared a 90 run partnership before Prior was stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni for 46 runs. Soon afterwards Kevin Pietersen was caught behind for a duck while Ian Bell was caught behind for 44 runs. Rain once again interrupted the match and when play resumed England faced a revised Duckworth-Lewis target of 311 runs off 45 overs. England captain Paul Collingwood hit 91 not out, but the rain returned after 39 overs and the match finished with England still 38 runs behind the new Duckworth-Lewis target of 281 runs from 39 overs.

England lead the seven match series 3-2. The sixth match will be played at The Oval, London on 5 September.

Toss: England won, and chose to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-116 (Tendulkar, 19.4 ov), 2-150 (Ganguly, 26.5 ov), 3-244 (Gambhir, 41.4 ov), 4-266 (Yuvraj Singh, 44.3 ov), 5-311 (Dhoni, 48.4 ov), 6-318 (Dravid, 49.3 ov)

Did not bat: A B Agarkar, R R Powar, Piyush Chawla

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Cook, 3.1 ov), 2-97 (Prior, 13.5 ov), 3-102 (Pietersen, 14.6 ov), 4-104 (Bell, 15.5 ov), 5-145 (Shah, 25.5 ov), 6-193 (Bopara, 31.6 ov), 7-196 (Broad, 32.6 ov), 8-240 (Lewis, 38.4 ov)

Did not bat: M S Panesar

England: A N Cook, M J Prior (wkt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood (capt), O A Shah, R S Bopara, S C J Broad, J M Anderson, M S Panesar, J Lewis

India: S R Tendulkar, S C Ganguly, G Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, R Dravid (capt), K D Karthik, M S Dhoni (wkt), R R Powar, Piyush Chawla, Z Khan, A B Agarkar

Man of the Match: S C Ganguly (India)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and N J Llong TV Umpire: I J Gould Match Referee: R S Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve Umpire: P J Hartley