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#4 England vs India (5 September 2004) at Lords

Saurav Ganguly's 90 runs knock helped India reach a respectable total.

The Indian team under the leadership of Saurav Ganguly toured England in 2004 for a three match ODI series as a preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 which was to be held in England. The Indian team however lost the first two matches to concede the ODI series to England.

Playing for pride, the Indian team took on the hosts in the final one-day match at Lords on 5 September 2004. Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly won the toss and decided to bat first.

But, Ganguly's decision to bat first backfired as apart from Ganguly's 90 runs knock and Rahul Dravid's 52 runs knock, none of the other Indian batsmen got going as India were dismissed for just 204 runs in 49.3 overs. For England, Steve Harmison was the most successful bowler as he picked up 4 wickets for 22 runs in his 10 overs.

Chasing a modest total of 205 runs on a difficult batting track, the English struggled to get going in front of disciplined bowling performance by Indian fast bowlers, and were reduced to 62/6 in 19.1 overs with skipper Michael Vaughan fighting a lone battle. Left arm spinner Ashley Giles, joined Vaughan in the middle with England still needing to score 152 runs to win the match, with just 4 wickets remaining.

Vaughan and Giles together stabilized the English innings by adding 92 runs for the 7th wicket to bring England back in the match. The partnership was finally broken when Giles was dismissed for 39 runs by Harbhajan Singh in the 44th over.

Soon after the dismissal of Giles, Vaughan also lost his wicket to Harbhajan Singh in the same over after scoring a patient 74 runs of 141 balls. Vaughan's dismissal was the final nail in the coffin for England, as they fell short by 23 runs and were all out 181 runs in 48.2 overs. For India, Ashish Nehra and Harbhajan Singh picked up 3 wickets each.

Brief Scores:

IND – 204 (49.3) – Saurav Ganguly 90(119), Rahul Dravid 52(92), Steve Harmison 4/22(10)

ENG – 181 (48.2) – Michael Vaughan 74(141), Ashley Giles 39(62), Ashish Nehra 3/26(7.2)

Man of the Match – Sourav Ganguly