Toss Won By: India
Batting First: Zimbabwe   Score: 252 / 9 in 50 overs
Batting Now: India Required to get 253 in 46 overs
News: Sachin is not playing in the match today more..


Over: 50               Score: 253 / 9   RRate: 5.06    
Last ball of the innuings, Olonga gets a single. Target is 254 for India to win. In how many overs, we will tell you.
Over: 50                                                            
Lucky to get away with leg side wide, Prasad.
Over: 50                                                            
Another wide by Prasad. 21 wides 16 no balls so far. Single by Olonga.

Olonga is the last man in.
(Meanwhile South Africa have reached 199 for 9, against Sri Lanka, thanks to Kluseners good innings of 52 not out)
Over: 50                                                            
Prasad has taken Brandes' wicket on the second ball. caught behind. Last man will play four balls. Will he get out?
Over: 49               Score: 250 / 8   RRate: 5.10    
Zimbabwe are 250 with one over to go. Exras are at the half-century mark, exactly fifty. 14 leg byes, 20 wides and 16 no balls.
Over: 49                                                            
Agarkar bowls wide down leg side.
Over: 49                                                            
Agarkar bowls wide down leg side.
Over: 49                                                            
Agarkar bowls to big hitter Brandes. Full toss gets a dot ball.
Over: 49                                                            
It is understood that if India bowls out Zimbabwe, it will get the full fifty overs to get the target. That means two wickets in 12 balls.
Over: 48               Score: 244 / 8   RRate: 5.08    

Over: 48                                                            
Last ball of Prasad's over, Streak launched into the ball, skied it and Mongia accepted the catch. Eight wickets down.
Over: 48                                                            
Heath Streak has hit Prasad over covers for a four.
Over: 48                                                            
Streak swings and misses on 4th ball.
Over: 48                                                            
Single off the second ball. Zimbabwe has good bowling and excellent fielding.
Over: 48                                                            
Single off Prasad's first ball. Indian batsmen will have to bat professionally.
Over: 47               Score: 236 / 7   RRate: 5.02    
Kumble reverse driven for three runs off last ball. 18 balls left in the innings. Where will ZXimbabwe reach?
Over: 47                                                            
Kumble bowled fourth dot ball. Single off fifth ball.
Over: 47                                                            
Kumble bowled three dot balls.
Over: 47                                                            
Kumble bowling his last over.
Over: 46               Score: 231 / 7   RRate: 5.02    
Srinath has finished his quota of overs. Ten overs, 31 runs, two wickets.
Over: 46                                                            
Streak has hit Srinath to the ropes on the off side through covers.
Over: 46                                                            
Srinath's 46th over is the last one before the official time limit. Thus India will get just 46 overs to make the remaining runs.
Over: 45               Score: 223 / 7   RRate: 4.95    
Zimbabwe batsmen running with every ball. Andy Flower on 60.
Over: 45                                                            
Andy flower converts one into two. Ramesh did not pick up the ball cleanly.
Over: 45                                                            
Streak takes a single on third ball of Kumble over.
Over: 45                                                            
Kumble in the attack. His over takes less time. Two dot balls.
Over: 44               Score: 217 / 7   RRate: 4.93    
Two lbw appeals survived. Will tell you when the official time expires.
Over: 44                                                            
Srinath hit new batsman streak on the toe, very close, but umpire did not give lbw.
Over: 44                                                            
If the Indians get the remaining three wickets in the ten minutes left, they will avoid the overs' penalty. But if the remaining Zimbabwe batsmen get a decent total, Indians will have to make the same runs in less number of overs.
Over: 44                                                            
Srinath has bowled Carlisle with a Yorker. seventh wicket down.
Over: 43               Score: 214 / 6   RRate: 4.97    
Will the Indian bowling finish off the remaining four batsmen before 2.15 PM and avoid the penalty?
Over: 43                                                            
Carlisle has joined Andy Flower at the crease, off the mark with a single.

(Meanwhile South Africa are 166 for 9 in 46 overs, in their match against Sri Lanka)
Over: 43                                                            
Kumble has bowled Whittal with googly. Sixth wicket down.
Over: 43                                                            
Kumble in the attack. Attacking Flower.
Over: 42               Score: 211 / 5   RRate: 5.02    
Indian bowling getting wayward and the fielding losing its nip.

Just 20 minutes are left for 2.15 pm in England. India will get in its innings only that many overs as are bowled till then. But Zimbabwe will get its full quota of fifty overs. These are the rules. and this is the price India will pay for the time lost in wides and no balls.
Over: 41               Score: 203 / 5   RRate: 4.95    
Whittal escaped a confident lbw shout off Kumble, then almost gave a catch to the bowler and then was hit on the pad.
Over: 41                                                            
Campbell came down the crease to hit Kumble. Missed the ball and Mongia did the rest. He made 24 from 29 balls. Five wickets down for Zimbabwe and Guy Whittal is on the crease.
Over: 41                                                            
Kumble has struck. Campbell is out, stumped Mongia.

Winning the toss Azhar put Zimbabwe in to bat. Zimbabwe is going great guns and offering a very challenging target to India. India will be tested in making the required score to win the match, minus Sachin Tendulkar. Indian effort in bowling has been marred by 30 no balls and wides.
Over: 40               Score: 201 / 4   RRate: 5.02    
Most expensive over of the match so far. 14 runs off this agarkar over. Zimbabwe crosses 200 mark.
Over: 40                                                            
Glorious off side boundary by Andy Flower off Agarkar. Flower on 43.
Over: 40                                                            
Zimbabwe's positive running converts single into two. And, a no ball by Agarkar.
Over: 40                                                            
Agarkar in the attack now, bowling from a short run up.
Over: 39               Score: 187 / 4   RRate: 4.79    
Zimbabwe batsmen adopting the smart strategy of collecting singles and twos off Kumble, instead of whacking him to the ropes.
Over: 39                                                            
Batsmen finding it difficult to get Kumble away.
Over: 39                                                            
Kumble brought back, the most economical.
Over: 38               Score: 181 / 4   RRate: 4.76    
Very good running between wickets by Andy Flower and Campbell, converting one run into two. Second highest scorer are the extras.
Over: 38                                                            
Wide ball by Jadeja down leg side. Innings extra are now 39 and the tally of wides and no-balls is 30.
Over: 38                                                            
Campbell lifts Jadeja high over cover for a boundary. Quick single off next ball. What will stop them?
Over: 38                                                            
Jadeja continues in the attack.
Over: 37               Score: 170 / 4   RRate: 4.59    
Good delivery from Srinath. Andy plays and misses ball that cuts in, and then the next one which cuts out. Cramped on the last ball. Good over.
Over: 37                                                            
Srinath coming round the wicket. Another no ball.
Over: 37                                                            
Azhar persisting with Srinath.
Over: 36               Score: 168 / 4   RRate: 4.66    
Andy Flower is running for everything. The 28 wides and no balls have meant that the Indian side will not be able to complete its 50 overs in the little over 40 minutes remaining and 14 overs still to go.
Over: 36                                                            
Jadeja continuing. Appealed for caught behind, but umpire ruled a leg side wide.
Over: 35               Score: 158 / 4   RRate: 4.51    
The wides and the no balls are setting India back. Not only have they meant an extra 27 runs, they have also meant an extra four overs-plus.
Over: 35                                                            
Another wide ball by Srinath, this time outside leg stump. India has given 13 no balls and 14 wides so far. One gets a feeling of deja vu.
Over: 35                                                            
Srinath's first ball a no ball, despatched over mid on for a four. Another no ball.
Over: 35                                                            
Srinath back in the attack.
Over: 34               Score: 149 / 4   RRate: 4.38    
Zimbabwe batsmen are not in panic. They are batting calmly. Campbell off his mark with a single.
Over: 34                                                            
Jadeja continues attack.
Over: 33               Score: 145 / 4   RRate: 4.39    
Prasad hit Andy four times on his pads in this over, but did not get a favorable decision.
Over: 33                                                            
The decisive breakthrough by Jadeja has breathed new life into the Indians.
Over: 33                                                            
Andy Flower 25 runs off 37 deliveries. Prasad hitting him on the pads repeatedly.
Over: 32               Score: 144 / 4   RRate: 4.5    

Over: 32                                                            
All tickets sold, no tickets available for this India match. Very small seating capacity of the ground.
Over: 32                                                            
Jadeja bowls a wide. But his bowling is clever, otherwise.
Over: 32                                                            
Extremely popular Jadeja is being cheered on by the Indian fans.
Over: 32                                                            
For the first time, Captain Azhar introduced Jadeja into bowling attack. He struck pay dirt right away. Grant tried an Almighty heave and was out, nicking outside the off stump to wicketkeeper Mongia. Captain Campbell has come to the crease.
Over: 32                                                            
Jadeja has taken Grant Flower's wicket just after the drinks.

India will have to stop the Flower brothers, lest they bat India out of the match. Azhar will think up a strategy during the drink break.
Over: 31               Score: 143 / 3   RRate: 4.61    

Over: 31                                                            
Prasad brought back into the attack, in place of Kumble. India needs a wicket. Wide ball on off side, first ball.

Zimbabwe Session I : Overs 1 - 16
Zimbabwe Session II : Overs 17 - 30