Thursday, January 24 2002 18:39 Hrs (IST)
By Keshavamurthy C
Bangalore: The first ever One-Day Limited Over match at Chennai (formerly Madras)
was held at Chepauk on October 9, 1987 between India and Australia, which
incidentally happened to be a World Cup match in the 1987 edition.
Australia won the match on an exciting note by one run with one ball to spare.
Australia amassed 270 for six in the allotted 50 overs guided by a masterly 110 from
G R Marsh. India was well on course to victory needing only 15 runs from four overs
with four wickets in hand, through blistering knocks by Gavaskar (37), Srikkanth
(70) and Sidhu (73).
But Australia came back with some spirited bowling from McDermott. It is said that
Kapil Dev’s show of sportsmanship as captain cost the match for India as he agreed
with Australia’s contention that one of Dean Jones’s stroke wrongly declared as four
be counted as six and thereby the target was increased by two runs.
Ultimately the two-run margin made all the difference. This venue is also most
remembered for the match in the Independence Cup on May 21, 1997 when Pakistan
smashed 327 for five with Saeed Anwar making the highest Indiividual score of 194,
which still stands as a world record. India fought back gallantly through Rahul
Dravid’s brilliant 110, but ended up losing the match by 35 runs.
Seven LOIs have been held at this venue so far in which India has figured in three
matches – one each against Australia, West Indies and Pakistan.
The other matches, which have been held at this venue, are between
Australia/Zimbabwe, Australia/West Indies, Australia/New Zealand and
Bangladesh/Kenya. The touring England team will play its first match here whereas
for India it will be the fourth occasion.
| Highest Total: |
| For Ind: |
292 |
vs Pak |
1996/97 |
|
| Ag Ind: |
327/5 |
by Pak |
1996/97 |
(also highest ever by an opponent) |
| Lowest Totals (completed ings): |
| For Ind |
269 |
vs Aus |
1987/88 |
|
| Ag Ind |
221 |
by WI |
1994/95 |
(lowest by a visiting side is 139 by Zim vs Aus in 1987/88) |
| Highest Indl Score: |
| For Ind |
107 |
RS Dravid |
vs Pak |
1996/97 |
|
| Ag Ind |
194 |
Saeed Anwar |
by Pak |
1996/97 |
(world record highest indl score) |
| The other centurions at this venue are: |
| 110 |
GR Marsh of Aus |
vs Ind |
1987/88 |
| 130 |
CZ Harris of NZ |
vs Aus |
1995/96 |
| 110 |
ME Waugh of Aus |
vs NZ |
1995/96 |
| Best Bowling: |
| For Ind |
No bowler has captured 4WI; |
3 for 36 |
SR Tendulkar |
vs WI |
1994/95 |
| Ag Ind |
|
5 for 61 |
Aaqib Javed |
Pak |
1996/97 |
| The other players to take 4WI are: |
| 56 for 4 |
CJ McDermott |
Aus vs Ind |
1987/88 |
| 39 for 4 |
SP O. Donnell |
Aus vs Zim |
1987/88 |
| Best Partnership for each wicket: |
| 1st
|
110 |
DC Boon/GR Marsh |
Aus/Ind |
1987/88 |
| 2nd
|
89 |
Rameez Raja/Saeed Anwar |
Pak/Ind |
1996/97 |
| 3rd
|
134 |
RS Dravid/VG Kambli |
Ind/Pak |
1996/97 |
| 4th
|
68 |
LK Germon/CZ Harris |
NZ/Aus |
1995/96 |
| 5th
|
76* |
SG Law/SR Waugh |
Aus/NZ |
1995/96 |
| 6th
|
56 |
Khaled Mahmud/Nairmur Rahman |
BD/Ken |
1997/98 |
| 7th
|
30* |
A Kumble/NR Mongia |
Ind/WI |
1994/95 |
| 8th
|
27 |
IP Butchart/PWE Rawson |
Zim/Aus |
1987/88 |
| 9th
|
14* |
MA Suji/AV Vadher |
Ken/BD |
1997/98 |
| 10th
|
8 |
CEL Ambrosse/CA Walsh |
WI/Aus |
1989/90 |
| |
8 |
NR Mongia/BKV Prasad |
Ind/Pak |
1996/97 |
| Century Partnerships recorded other than above: |
| 116 |
3rd wkt |
Ijaz Ahmed/Saeed Anwar |
Pak/Ind |
1996/97 |
| 113 |
3rd wkt |
AR Border/GR Marsh |
Aus/Zim |
1987/88 |
| 112 |
3rd wkt |
CL Hooper/BC Lara |
WI/Ind |
1994/95 |
| 112 |
3rd wkt |
AR Border/GR Marsh |
Aus/WI |
1989/90 |
| Chronological list of matches: |
| 9/10/1987 |
Aus |
270/6 |
50 |
Ind |
269 |
49.5 |
Aus won by 1 run |
| 13/10/1987 |
Aus |
235/9 |
50 |
Zim |
139 |
49.4 |
Aus won by 96 runs |
| 21/10/1989 |
Aus |
241/6 |
50 |
WI |
142 |
40.3 |
Aus won by 99 runs |
| 23/10/1994 |
WI |
221 |
49.2 |
Ind |
225/6 |
48.2 |
Ind won by 4 wkts |
| 11/03/1996 |
NZ |
286/9 |
50 |
Aus |
289/4 |
47.5 |
Aus won by 4 wkts |
| 21/05/1997 |
Pak |
327/5 |
50 |
Ind |
292 |
49.2 |
Pak won by 35 runs |
| 23/05/1997 |
Ken |
226 |
50 |
BD |
198 |
46.2 |
Ken won by 27 runs |
| Ind/Eng. s record after the match at Cuttack on 22.01.2002: |
| INDIA |
P |
W |
L |
NR |
Td |
| Overall |
485 |
221 |
243 |
18 |
3 |
| At Home |
164 |
91 |
68 |
4 |
1 |
| Vs Eng |
38 |
17 |
20 |
1 |
- |
| |
| ENGLAND |
P |
W |
L |
NR |
Td |
| Overall |
338 |
168 |
159 |
9 |
2 |
| In Abroad |
216 |
96 |
113 |
6 |
1 |
| Captaincy: |
| |
P |
W |
L |
Toss Won |
Toss Lost |
| SC Ganguly |
54 |
27 |
27 |
24 |
30 |
| N Hussain |
24 |
15 |
9 |
6 |
18 |
Extras:
India has won 6 out of 8 matches at Cuttack
