India beat Sri Lanka

Published July 7, 2002

BIRMINGHAM, July 6: India beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in their triangular one-day series match at Edgbaston on Saturday.

Scores: Sri Lanka 187 all out in 48.2 overs. India 188-6 in 48.1 overs.

SCORE BOARD

SRI LANKA

S.Jayasuriya b Nehra 22

R. Kaluwitharana c Dravid b Agarkar 8

M. Atapattu b Kumble 50

M. Jayawardene c Nehra b Kumble 36

A. Gunawardene c Y.Singh b Khan 7

R. Arnold run out (Y.Singh) 13

T. Samaraweera c Sehwag b Nehra 3

U. Chandana c Nehra b Agarkar 4

C. Vaas c Ganguly b Khan 26

P. Wickramasinghe run out (Y.Singh) 2

D. Fernando not out 2

EXTRAS (b-4 lb-4 nb-4 w-2) 14

TOTAL (all out, 48.2 overs) 187

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-33 2-41 3-125 4-129 5-146 6-150 7-153 8-182 9-185

BOWLING: Nehra 10-2-28-2, Khan 8.2-0-36-2, Agarkar 9-1-31-2, Ganguly 6-0-30-0, Tendulkar 5-0-18-0, Kumble 10-0-36-2

INDIA

V. Sehwag b Vaas 0

S. Ganguly c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe 24

D. Mongia c Jayasuriya b Vaas 5

S. Tendulkar c Atapattu b Fernando 19

R. Dravid run out 64

Yuvraj Singh c Chandana b Fernando 37

M. Kaif not out 7

A. Agarkar not out 7

EXTRAS (lb-3 w-17 nb-5) 25

TOTAL (for six wickets, 48.1 overs) 188

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0 2-30 3-33 4-59

5-150 6-179

DID NOT BAT: A.Kumble, A.Nehra, Z.Khan.

BOWLING: Vaas 10-1-26-2, Fernando

10-0-22-2, Wickramasinghe 9-0-47-1, Chandana 6.1-0-32-0, Samaraweera

10-1-35-0, Jayasuriya 3-0-23-0

RESULT: India won by four wickets.—Reuters

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