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On This Day: Ashish Nehra’s maiden ODI five-wicket haul
By B Dixit - Feb 26, 2018 7:36 am
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Exactly a decade and a half ago, Ashish Nehra registered his maiden ODI five-wicket haul against England at Durban. Nehra’s effort played a vital role in India beating England by 82 runs during the 30th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003.

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Sourav Ganguly, the then Indian captain, had won the toss and chose to bat. India scored a moderate 250-9 in 50 overs. Rahul Dravid, who came out to bat at No. 5, top-scored with 62 (72). His innings comprised of three fours and a six. With bowling figures of 10-0-69-3, Andrew Caddick was the pick of the English bowlers.

Nehra got the better off the English middle-order as his spell broke the spine of the English batting line-up. England were bowled out for 168 in 45.3 overs. Andrew Flintoff, who came in to bat at No. 7, top-scored with 64 (73). His innings was comprised of five fours and three sixes.

Nehra ended up registering his career-best bowling figures of 10-2-23-6. Watch the full video: