India v Zimbabwe @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
8 November 1998
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: RS Dunne, Javed Akhtar
Third Umpire: DL Orchard
Match Referee: E Isaccs
Match Result: India won by 7 wickets
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Alistair Campbell | run out (Ajit Agarkar > ) | 25 | 32 | 48 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Grant Flower | lbw b Anil Kumble | 17 | 39 | 56 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Neil Johnson | b Nikhil Chopra | 3 | 3 | 11 | - | - | |
| 4. Murray Goodwin | c Robin Singh b Nikhil Chopra | 14 | 23 | 35 | - | - | |
| +5. Andy Flower | c Anil Kumble b Sunil Joshi | 10 | 35 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Craig Evans | b Sunil Joshi | 8 | 20 | 20 | - | - | |
| 7. Craig Wishart | lbw b Anil Kumble | 25 | 41 | 67 | - | - | |
| 8. Heath Streak | c Sourav Ganguly b Javagal Srinath | 59 | 71 | 84 | 3 | 2 | |
| 9. Paul Strang | run out (Nayan Mongia > ) | 12 | 28 | 36 | - | - | |
| 10. Eddo Brandes | b Ajit Agarkar | 11 | 7 | 9 | - | 1 | |
| 11. Andrew Whittall | not out | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-44 (Alistair Campbell), 2-47 (Grant Flower), 3-49 (Neil Johnson), 4-72 (Murray Goodwin), 5-80 (Andy Flower), 6-83 (Craig Evans), 7-151 (Craig Wishart), 8-175 (Heath Streak), 9-190 (Eddo Brandes), 196 (Paul Strang). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.5 ovs) 196 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Ajit Agarkar | 9.5 | 0 | 57 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 0 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nikhil Chopra | 10 | 0 | 21 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunil Joshi | 9 | 0 | 43 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sourav Ganguly | st Andy Flower b Paul Strang | 28 | 49 | 61 | 5 | - | |
| 2. Sachin Tendulkar | not out | 118 | 112 | 173 | 14 | 2 | |
| +3. Nayan Mongia | c Neil Johnson b Paul Strang | 1 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| *4. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Neil Johnson b Paul Strang | 28 | 56 | 77 | - | - | |
| 5. Ajay Jadeja | not out | 12 | 25 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Robin Singh | |||||||
| 7. Sunil Joshi | |||||||
| 8. Nikhil Chopra | |||||||
| 9. Anil Kumble | |||||||
| 10. Ajit Agarkar | |||||||
| 11. Javagal Srinath |
| FOW | 1-62 (Sourav Ganguly), 2-69 (Nayan Mongia), 3-161 (Mohammad Azharuddin). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 6w, 3nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 40.4 ovs) 197 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Eddo Brandes | 6 | 1 | 26 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Neil Johnson | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Heath Streak | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 10 | 2 | 32 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Andrew Whittall | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig Evans | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Murray Goodwin | 6.4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (4w,0nb) |
India: Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Nayan Mongia, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Robin Singh, Sunil Joshi, Nikhil Chopra, Anil Kumble, Ajit Agarkar, Javagal Srinath
Zimbabwe: Alistair Campbell, Grant Flower, Neil Johnson, Murray Goodwin, Andy Flower, Craig Evans, Craig Wishart, Heath Streak, Paul Strang, Eddo Brandes, Andrew Whittall
