England v India @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
11 December 1997
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, KT Francis
Third Umpire: CJ Mitchley
Match Referee: PJP Burge
Match Result: England won by 7 runs
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Ally Brown | c Sourav Ganguly b Abey Kuruvilla | 18 | 25 | 35 | 2 | - | |
| +2. Alec Stewart | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Anil Kumble | 116 | 111 | 156 | 9 | 1 | |
| 3. Nick Knight | c Anil Kumble b Rajesh Chauhan | 42 | 60 | 67 | 2 | 1 | |
| 4. Graeme Hick | b Abey Kuruvilla | 32 | 42 | 47 | 2 | 1 | |
| *5. Adam Hollioake | b Abey Kuruvilla | 4 | 6 | 10 | - | - | |
| 6. Mark Ealham | run out (Sachin Tendulkar > ) | 9 | 16 | 31 | - | - | |
| 7. Graham Thorpe | run out (Ajay Jadeja > ) | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| 8. Matthew Fleming | c Saba Karim b Javagal Srinath | 9 | 16 | 13 | - | - | |
| 9. Dougie Brown | c Sachin Tendulkar b Javagal Srinath | 6 | 11 | 18 | - | - | |
| 10. Robert Croft | c Abey Kuruvilla b Javagal Srinath | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | - | |
| 11. Dean Headley | not out | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-42 (Ally Brown), 2-131 (Nick Knight), 3-209 (Graeme Hick), 4-211 (Alec Stewart), 5-215 (Adam Hollioake), 6-218 (Graham Thorpe), 7-232 (Matthew Fleming), 8-237 (Mark Ealham), 9-248 (Robert Croft), 250 (Dougie Brown). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.5 ovs) 250 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 8.5 | 0 | 37 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Abey Kuruvilla | 10 | 0 | 50 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robin Singh | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Rajesh Chauhan | 9 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Saba Karim | c Robert Croft b Dean Headley | 29 | 34 | 47 | 5 | - | |
| 2. Sourav Ganguly | b Mark Ealham | 29 | 41 | 54 | 4 | - | |
| 3. Navjot Sidhu | c Adam Hollioake b Mark Ealham | 3 | 13 | 12 | - | - | |
| *4. Sachin Tendulkar | st Alec Stewart b Matthew Fleming | 91 | 87 | 146 | 4 | 2 | |
| 5. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Dean Headley b Adam Hollioake | 3 | 19 | 22 | - | - | |
| 6. Ajay Jadeja | c Graham Thorpe b Matthew Fleming | 50 | 69 | 76 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Robin Singh | lbw b Matthew Fleming | 12 | 14 | 21 | - | 1 | |
| 8. Anil Kumble | run out (Nick Knight > Alec Stewart) | 2 | 3 | 7 | - | - | |
| 9. Rajesh Chauhan | b Matthew Fleming | 12 | 12 | 22 | - | - | |
| 10. Javagal Srinath | b Dean Headley | 3 | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| 11. Abey Kuruvilla | not out | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-60 (Saba Karim), 2-64 (Sourav Ganguly), 3-65 (Navjot Sidhu), 4-74 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 5-182 (Ajay Jadeja), 6-207 (Robin Singh), 7-221 (Anil Kumble), 8-232 (Sachin Tendulkar), 9-237 (Javagal Srinath), 243 (Rajesh Chauhan). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 3w, 2nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.3 ovs) 243 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dougie Brown | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Dean Headley | 9 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (1w,3nb) |
| Mark Ealham | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Adam Hollioake | 9 | 1 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Matthew Fleming | 9.3 | 0 | 45 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
England: Ally Brown, Alec Stewart, Nick Knight, Graeme Hick, Adam Hollioake, Mark Ealham, Graham Thorpe, Matthew Fleming, Dougie Brown, Robert Croft, Dean Headley
India: Saba Karim, Sourav Ganguly, Navjot Sidhu, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Robin Singh, Anil Kumble, Rajesh Chauhan, Javagal Srinath, Abey Kuruvilla
