Related Link : Standard Bank International Series 1996/97
Venue : Boland Bank Park, Paarl
Toss : Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Wilf Diedricks and Rudi Koertzen
Match Result : Match tied
Man of the Match : Eddo Brandes and Robin Singh
Zimbabwe (50 Overs Maximum)
Grant Flower b Ankola 28 (48) 3 ‘4s’
Andy Waller b Prasad 6 (13) 1 ‘4s’
Andy Flower (WK) run out (Dravid) 7 (17) 1 ‘4s’
Paul Strang c Kumble b Prasad 47 (87) 4 ‘4s’
Alistair Campbell (C) c Jadeja b Srinath 61 (70) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Dave Houghton c Prasad b Kumble 13 (16) 1 ‘4s’
Guy Whittall c&b Prasad 9 (16)
Craig Evans b Kumble 40 (32) 2 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Heath Streak not out 4 (7)
Eddo Brandes
John Rennie
Extras : 21 (8 lb, 4 nb, 9 w)
Total : 236/8 (50.0 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-17 (Waller), 2-32 (Andy Flower), 3-51 (Grant Flower), 4-145 (Strang), 5-172 (Campbell), 6-179 (Houghton), 7-211 (Whittall), 8-236 (Evans)
India Bowling
Srinath 10-0-34-1 (3w 2nb)
Prasad 10-1-49-3 (1nb)
Robin Singh 7-2-33-0 (2w 1nb)
Ankola 8-1-32-1 (2w 1nb)
Kumble 10-0-58-2 (1nb)
Tendulkar 5-0-22-0 (2w)
India (Target : 237 from 50 Overs)
Sachin Tendulkar (C) c Campbell b Brandes 6 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly c Grant Flower b Evans 38 (79) 3 ‘4s’
Javagal Srinath b Brandes 8 (10) 1 ‘4s’
Mohammad Azharuddin b Brandes 6 (9)
Rahul Dravid run out (Campbell) 23 (43) 2 ‘4s’
Ajay Jadeja b Brandes 32 (58)
Saba Karim (WK) c&b Strang 38 (46) 1 ‘4s’
Robin Singh run out (Brandes) 48 (31) 2 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Anil Kumble b Brandes 4 (8)
Salil Ankola run out (Streak) 9 (7)
Venkatesh Prasad not out 1 (1)
Extras : 23 (3 b, 9 lb, 11 w)
Total : 236 all out (49.5 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-10 (Tendulkar), 2-22 (Srinath), 3-40 (Azharuddin), 4-85 (Dravid), 5-110 (Ganguly), 6-166 (Karim), 7-176 (Jadeja), 8-204 (Kumble), 9-229 (Ankola), 10-236 (Singh)
Zimbabwe Bowling
Brandes 9.5-1-41-5 (4w)
Rennie 3-0-17-0 (2w)
Whittall 7-0-28-0 (1w)
Streak 10-0-52-0 (2w 1nb)
Evans 10-0-48-1 (2w)
Strang 10-0-38-1