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| Thrilling India win levels series |
| India recorded a pulsating two-wicket win over England with two balls to spare at The Oval to level the seven-match one-day series at 3-3.
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| INDIA
, 5-September-2007
13:35:56 PM |
| Owais Shah hit a maiden ton and shared 106 with debutant Luke Wright (50), while Dimitri Mascarenhas hit five successive sixes in England's 316-6.
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly shared 150, but Tendulkar (94) missed out on a century as cramp set in.
With 10 needed from the final over, Robin Uthappa (47) hit two boundaries.
India's powerhouse opening pair soon set about their formidable target with relish.
The fifty came up in the eight over, and after a prolonged verbal confrontation with Stuart Broad, Ganguly launched the paceman over his head for six.
With his strike bowler James Anderson conceding 44 from his first five overs and 109 rattled up from the first 15, Paul Collingwood was forced to delay the final powerplay, bringing on Monty Panesar who found some turn and bounce.
Tendulkar, displaying vintage ingenuity, raced to his 83rd ODI fifty with three successive fours and was in complete command before the dreaded cramp afflicted him.
Ganguly, who posted his 71st ODI half century before trying to hit over the top only to find extra-cover, was all set to return as a runner.
But whilst he was waiting on the boundary Tendulkar drove Panesar uppishly and Collingwood took a smart catch at cover to make it 156-2 after 26 overs.
Shah, a very occasional off-spinner, was then given a chance with the ball, and after sending down two of the wildest deliveries ever seen in an international, the hunch paid off as Rahul Dravid tried to turn another wayward one down the leg-side only to get a leading edge.
After a misfield from Kevin Pietersen on the boundary allowed four, 48 were required from the final 30 balls, and though Broad dislodged a single bail with a yorker to oust Mahendra Dhoni, Uthappa had the final word.
It was Shah and Wright, who was drafted in for the injured Andrew Flintoff, who began to transform the England innings with some thrilling strokes, setting up Mascarenhas for a momentous cameo.
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