ODI # 1071
Wills World Cup, 1995/96, 25th Match
Pakistan v England, Group B
National Stadium, Karachi
3 March 1996 (50-overs match)

Result: Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Points: Pakistan 2, England 0

Toss: England
Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind)
TV Umpire: K Parthasarathy (IND).
Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL)
Man of the Match: Aamer Sohail

England innings (50 overs maximum)                              R   M   B  4 6
RA Smith              c Waqar Younis     b Saleem Malik        75 115  92  8 1
*MA Atherton                             b Aamer Sohail        66 127  91  6 0
GA Hick               st Rashid Latif    b Aamer Sohail         1   4   2  0 0
GP Thorpe             not out                                  52  92  64  3 0
NH Fairbrother        c Wasim Akram      b Mushtaq Ahmed       13  24  21  1 0
+RC Russell                          c & b Mushtaq Ahmed        4  10   7  0 0
DA Reeve                                 b Mushtaq Ahmed        3   9   5  0 0
DG Cork               lbw                b Waqar Younis         0   5   2  0 0
D Gough                                  b Wasim Akram         14  22  15  1 0
PJ Martin             run out                                   2   6   4  0 0
RK Illingworth        not out                                   1   1   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 11, w 4, nb 3)                       18
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs)                   249

FoW: 1-147 (Smith), 2-151 (Hick), 3-156 (Atherton),
     4-194 (Fairbrother), 5-204 (Russell), 6-212 (Reeve),
     7-217 (Cork), 8-241 (Gough), 9-247 (Martin).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wasim Akram                  7      1     31      1 (3w)
Waqar Younis                10      1     45      1
Aaqib Javed                  7      0     34      0 (3nb)
Mushtaq Ahmed               10      0     53      3
Aamer Sohail                10      0     48      2 (1nb, 1w)
Saleem Malik                 6      1     27      1

Pakistan innings (target: 250 runs from 50 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
Aamer Sohail          c Thorpe           b Illingworth         42  70  56  6 0
Saeed Anwar           c Russell          b Cork                71 125  72  8 0
Ijaz Ahmed            c Russell          b Cork                70 113  83  6 0
Inzamam-ul-Haq        not out                                  53  89  54  6 0
Javed Miandad         not out                                  11  29  21  1 0
Extras                (lb 1, w 2)                               3
Total                 (3 wickets, 47.4 overs)                 250

DNB: Saleem Malik, *Wasim Akram, +Rashid Latif, Mushtaq Ahmed,
     Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed.

FoW: 1-81 (Aamer Sohail), 2-139 (Saeed Anwar),
     3-214 (Ijaz Ahmed).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cork                        10      0     59      2 (2w)
Martin                       9      0     45      0
Gough                       10      0     45      0
Illingworth                 10      0     46      1
Reeve                        6.4    0     37      0
Hick                         2      0     17      0

• England's 1st match against Pakistan in Pakistan since 1987/88.

• DG Cork acted as a runner for RA Smith for part of his innings.
• RA Smith and MA Atherton 147 for the 1st wicket, highest partnership for any wicket by England against Pakistan, first ever century partnership for the 1st wicket at Karachi.

• PAJ DeFreitas and AJ Stewart substituted for Fairbrother and Smith in the field.

Team Pages: Pakistan, England.

Ground Page: National Stadium, Karachi

England Player Pages: RA Smith, MA Atherton, GA Hick, GP Thorpe, NH Fairbrother, RC Russell, DA Reeve, DG Cork, D Gough, PJ Martin, RK Illingworth.

Pakistan Player Pages: Aamer Sohail, Saeed Anwar, Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Javed Miandad, Saleem Malik, Wasim Akram, Rashid Latif, Mushtaq Ahmed, Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed.

Match Officials' Pages: BC Cooray, S Venkataraghavan, K Parthasarathy, RS Madugalle.