Welcome to the highlights of England vs India 2nd ODI - 1996 India tour of England (Texaco Trophy) 3-match ODI series - The second One-Day International cricket match between England and India was played at Headingley, Leeds on May 25, 1996.
Match Overview:
Three-wicket hauls from Peter Martin and Dominic Cork before A superb unbeaten 79 by Graham Thorpe and Alec Stewart' 47* steers to England comfortable six-wicket victory over India and take a 1-0 lead in a rain-truncated, low-scoring second ODI.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
India bundled out for 158 in the allotted 42 overs - match reduced from 50 to 42-overs per a side - due to rain - with top scorer by Mohammad Azharuddin cracked a 40 off 68-balls including 2-fours & a six.
Ajay Jadeja blasted a 33 off 27-balls including 3-fours with strike rate of 122.22, Sanjay Manjrekar struck 24 off 33-balls included a boundary and Navjot Sidhu scored 20 off 41-balls without a boundary.
England best bowler by Peter Martin picked up 3-wickets for 34-runs in 8.2-overs, Dominic Cork captured three-wickets for 46-runs in 9-overs including a maiden and Darren Gough took one-wicket.
England chase down the target of 159, finishing at 162 for 4 in 39.3 overs with top scorer by Graham Thorpe cracked a unbeaten 79 off 118-balls, Alec Stewart hit a unbeaten 47 off 59-balls including 4-fours and Matthew Maynard scored 14 off 23-balls contained 2-fours.
India best bowler by Venkatesh Prasad captured two-wickets and one for Javagal Srinath.
Graham Thorpe named Player of the match for his match-winning superb unbeaten 79 off facing 118-balls including 10-fours.
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