Indian cricket team in England in 2004

Indian cricket team in England in 2004
		India		England
Dates		1 September – 5 September 2004
Captains		Sourav Ganguly		Michael Vaughan
One Day International series
Result		England won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs		Sourav Ganguly (121)		Andrew Flintoff (133)
Most wickets		Harbhajan Singh (5)		Steve Harmison (7) Darren Gough (7)
Player of the series		Steve Harmison (Eng)

The India national cricket team toured England in 2004 for a three-match series of One Day Internationals in preparation for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. England won the series 2–1, winning the first two matches before India won the final match at Lord's.

ODI series

1st ODI

1 September 2004 Scorecard

India  170 (43.5 overs)	v	England 171/3 (32.2 overs)
Mohammad Kaif 50 (79) Alex Wharf 3/30 (8 overs)		Vikram Solanki 52 (75) Lakshmipathy Balaji 2/37 (10 overs)

England won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Alex Wharf (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Alex Wharf (Eng) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

3 September 2004 Scorecard

England  307/5 (50 overs)	v	India 237 (46.3 overs)
Andrew Flintoff 99 (93) Harbhajan Singh 2/14 (10 overs)		Mohammad Kaif 51 (73) Darren Gough 4/50 (10 overs)

England won by 70 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Eng)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

5 September 2004 Scorecard

India  204 (49.3 overs)	v	England 181 (48.2 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 90 (119) Steve Harmison 4/22 (10 overs)		Michael Vaughan 74 (141) Ashish Nehra 3/26 (7.2 overs)

India won by 23 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Jeremy Lloyds (Eng) Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Dinesh Karthik (Ind) made his ODI debut.

References

• Playfair Cricket Annual
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack

External links

• CricInfo
• CricketArchive