Watch the highlights of England vs Pakistan 13th Match Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992 - Benson & Hedges World Cup tournament of the 13th ODI match played between Pakistan and England at Adelaide Oval on 01st March 1992.
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Rain spoils almost certain victory for England against Pakistan after A excellent economical bowling figures by England bowlers in the 13th match of a Benson and Hedges World Cup.
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Pakistan bundled out for 74 in 40.2 overs with top scorer by Saleem Malik struck 17 off 23-balls including 3-fours.
Mushtaq Ahmed scored 17 off 42-balls included a boundary and Wasim Haider hit 13 off 46-balls contained a four.
England best bowler by Derek Pringle picked up 3-wickets for 8-runs in 8.2-overs including five maidens with economy rate of 0.96, Ian Botham captured 2-wickets for 12-runs in 10-overs including four maidens with economy rate of 1.20.
Phil DeFreitas, Gladstone Small both picked up 2-wickets and Dermot Reeve took 1-wicket for 2-runs in 5-overs included three maidens with economy rate of 0.40.
England scored 24-1 in 8-overs - due to rain revised target of 64 from 16-overs - with top scorer by Ian Botham scored a unbeaten 6 off 22-balls without a boundary.
Robin Smith hit 5 off 13-balls including a boundary and Graham Gooch scored 3 off 14-balls without a four.
Pakistan best bowler by Wasim Akram took one-wicket for 7-runs in 3-overs.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
Rain robbed England of almost certain victory yesterday after Graham Gooch's men routed Pakistan for the second-lowest score in World Cup cricket history at Adelaide Oval.
Sent in on a gloomy day and on a pitch that had sweated from 40 consecutive hours under the covers, Pakistan was bowled out for a piffling 74 in 40.2 overs.
England made 1-17 from six overs before showers came down in the lunch break and set in. Three hours later, umpires Peter McConnell and Steve Bucknor called a resumption, with England needing 47 runs from 10 overs to win under the best 15-overs system used in Australia for rain-reduced matches.
But only two more overs were possible, seven fewer than the required 15 overs for a result game, before the match was abandoned at 5.23pm with England 1-24.
Both sides picked up a point with the Pakistanis lucky to have their rain prayers answered after a poor batting performance.
Gooch said, "It does seem strange when you bowl a side out for 74 and then have to chase 60; it takes some understanding.
"But we've got to play a system and it's the same for every team.
"As it turned out, it didn't matter anyway because there wasn't enough overs."
Pakistan's total was its lowest in 219 one-day internationals, beating 85 against England at Manchester in 1978. Only Canada's 45 against England at Leeds in 1979 was a worse World Cup effort.
All the England attack picked up wickets in conditions greatly assisting the seamers, while only three Pakistan batsmen posted double figures, two of them tail-enders.
Derek Pringle had the best bowling analysis for England, finishing with a miserly 3-8 off 8.2 overs, including a brilliant caught-and-bowled effort to remove opener Aamer Sohail.
Imran Khan, resting his sprained right shoulder, did not play.
England decided not to risk batsman Allan Lamb's troubled right hamstring, while all-rounder Chris Lewis could not bowl due to a side strain.
With five points from three games, unbeaten England faces Australia in Sydney in a day-night match on Thursday, while Pakistan, with three points, plays India at the SCG on Wednesday.
"In the end we ended up with a point and we're very pleased," said acting Pakistan captain Javed Miandad.
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