Watch the highlights of England vs India 1st ODI - 1996 India tour of England (Texaco Trophy) 3-match ODI series - The first One-Day International cricket match between England and West Indies played at the Kennington Oval, London on May 23 to 24, 1996.
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| Chris Lewis scored an unbeaten © Getty Images |
Match Overview:
Persistent rain washed out after Chris Lewis' quick-fire 29 with four-wickets and Graham Hick's classy 91 in the first Texaco Trophy one-day international match between England and India at Kennington.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
* This match was reserve day used but no play was possible.
England scored 291-8 in 50 overs with top scorer by Graeme Hick cracked a 91 off 102-balla - who fell nine-run short of his century - including 4-fours & a six.
Debutant Mark Ealham - who hammered a 40 off 34-balls on his debut ODI match - including 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 117.64, Chris Lewis blasted a unbeaten 29 off 21-balls included 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 138.09.
Debutant Ali Brown - who scored 37 off 52-balls on his debut ODI match - including 4-fours, Graham Thorpe cracked a 26 off 31-balls included 2-fours and Neil Smith hit 17 off 11-balls contained 4-fours with strike rate of 154.54.
India best bowler by Anil Kumble captured two-wickets for 29-runs in 10-overs including a maiden with economy rate of 2.90.
Debutant Paras Mhambrey - who took 2-wickets for 69-runs in 9-overs on his debut ODI match, Ajay Jadeja, Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad each took one-wickets.
India scored 96-5 in 17.1 overs at when play was called off due to poor light after rain interruption during the India innings at 73 for 5 at the end of 13th over - with top scorer by Sachin Tendulkar hammered a 30 off 19-balls including 5-fours & a six with strike rate of 157.89.
Vikram Rathour blasted a 23 off 19-balls including 3-fours and Mohammad Azharuddin scored a unbeaten 15 off 25-balls contained a boundary.
England best bowler by Chris Lewis claimed a 4-wickets for 40-runs in 8.1-overs.
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