Welcome to the highlights of England vs India 3rd ODI - 1996 India tour of England (Texaco Trophy) 3-match ODI series - The third and final One-Day International cricket match between England and India was played at Old Trafford, Manchester on May 26 to 27, 1996.
Match Overview:
Dominic Cork and Graham Thorpe's each two wickets before A brilliant maiden century by Ali Brown helped to England to a four-wicket victory over India and clinch the three-match series with 2-0 in a reserve day used third & final ODI.
Match Stats:
- Ali Brown became the sixth England batsman against India in ODIs.
- Ali Brown became the 18th England batsman to score a hundred in ODIs.
- Ali Brown's 118 was his highest score for England in one-day international and the third highest-score by an England batsman against India in ODIs.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
India scored 236-4 in 50 overs with top scorer by Mohammad Azharuddin hammered a unbeaten 73 off 64-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 114.06.
Vikram Rathour struck 54 off 95-balls including 5-fours, Sourav Ganguly cracked a 46 off 83-balls included 3-fours.
Ajay Jadeja hit 29 off 32-balls including one-six & a four and Rahul Dravid blasted a unbeaten 22 off 15-balls contained 3-fours with strike rate of 146.66.
England best bowler by Graham Thorpe captured 2-wickets for 15-runs in 4-overs and Dominic Cork took 2-wickets.
England chase down the target of 237, finishing at 239 for 6 in 48.5 overs with top scorer by Ali Brown cracked a career-best 118 off 137-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred.
Ali Brown named Player of the match for his match-winning brilliant 112-runs knocked off facing 118-balls including 10-fours & 2-sixes.
Mohammad Azharuddin and Chris Lewis shared player of the series, Azharuddin contributed 128, while took 4-wickets and added 33 runs in the three-match series.
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