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Test no. 1444

Asian Test Championship - 1st match
India v Pakistan

1998/99 season

Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, on 16,17,18,19,20 February 1999 (5-day match)

Result Pakistan won by 46 runs


Pakistan 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Saeed Anwar	b Prasad	0	16	12	0	0	0.00
	Shahid Afridi	c Mongia b Srinath	8	10	6	2	0	133.33
	Ijaz Ahmed	lbw b Srinath	1	13	7	0	0	14.28
	Wajahatullah Wasti	c Mongia b Prasad	6	14	9	1	0	66.66
	Yousuf Youhana	c Azharuddin b Srinath	2	18	10	0	0	20.00
	Saleem Malik	c Mongia b Srinath	32	210	140	4	0	22.85
	Azhar Mahmood	b Srinath	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
	Moin Khan	c Laxman b Tendulkar	70	271	207	9	1	33.81
	Wasim Akram	c sub (HH Kanitkar) b Harbhajan Singh	38	83	52	6	1	73.07
	Shoaib Akhtar	lbw b Kumble	4	15	14	0	0	28.57
	Saqlain Mushtaq	not out	4	9	3	1	0	133.33
	Extras	(lb 11, w 1, nb 8)	20

	Total	(all out; 76.2 overs)	185	(2.42 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Shahid Afridi, 2.2 ov), 2-17 (Saeed Anwar, 3.2 ov), 3-19 (Ijaz Ahmed, 4.4 ov), 4-23 (Wajahatullah Wasti, 5.5 ov), 5-25 (Yousuf Youhana, 8.1 ov), 6-26 (Azhar Mahmood, 8.6 ov), 7-110 (Saleem Malik, 55.2 ov), 8-173 (Moin Khan, 72.4 ov), 9-177 (Wasim Akram, 73.5 ov), 10-185 (Shoaib Akhtar, 76.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	19	4	46	5	2.42	(6nb)
BKV Prasad	18	6	27	2	1.50	(2nb, 1w)
SC Ganguly	5	2	9	0	1.80
A Kumble	19.2	8	48	1	2.48
Harbhajan Singh	12	2	36	1	3.00
SR Tendulkar	3	1	8	1	2.66


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	S Ramesh	lbw b Wasim Akram	79	269	167	9	0	47.30
	VVS Laxman	b Shoaib Akhtar	5	49	21	1	0	23.80
	A Kumble	c Moin Khan b Azhar Mahmood	18	82	47	3	0	38.29
	R Dravid	b Shoaib Akhtar	24	108	93	2	0	25.80
	SR Tendulkar	b Shoaib Akhtar	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	M Azharuddin	c Saqlain Mushtaq b Wasim Akram	23	98	69	3	0	33.33
	SC Ganguly	c Wasim Akram b Saqlain Mushtaq	17	70	41	1	0	41.46
	NR Mongia	run out (Moin Khan)	5	42	24	0	0	20.83
	J Srinath	c Moin Khan b Wasim Akram	3	19	9	0	0	33.33
	BKV Prasad	b Shoaib Akhtar	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
	Harbhajan Singh	not out	8	10	8	2	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 9, nb 32)	41

	Total	(all out; 76.2 overs)	223	(2.92 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-26 (Laxman, 9.2 ov), 2-91 (Kumble, 23.6 ov), 3-147 (Dravid, 50.1 ov), 4-147 (Tendulkar, 50.2 ov), 5-164 (Ramesh, 54.5 ov), 6-205 (Ganguly, 68.3 ov), 7-205 (Azharuddin, 69.1 ov), 8-211 (Srinath, 73.1 ov), 9-212 (Prasad, 74.3 ov), 10-223 (Mongia, 76.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Wasim Akram	24	5	65	3	2.70	(13nb)
Shoaib Akhtar	19.2	1	71	4	3.67	(11nb)
Azhar Mahmood	18	5	40	1	2.22	(4nb)
Saqlain Mushtaq	13	4	31	1	2.38
Shahid Afridi	2	0	7	0	3.50


Pakistan 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Saeed Anwar	not out	188	452	259	23	1	72.58
	Wajahatullah Wasti	c Mongia b Srinath	9	54	33	2	0	27.27
	Saqlain Mushtaq	c Mongia b Harbhajan Singh	21	108	86	1	0	24.41
	Ijaz Ahmed	c Mongia b Srinath	11	55	47	1	0	23.40
	Yousuf Youhana	c Dravid b Srinath	56	139	123	7	1	45.52
	Shahid Afridi	c Laxman b Srinath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	Saleem Malik	lbw b Srinath	9	34	16	1	0	56.25
	Moin Khan	c Mongia b Prasad	8	22	13	1	0	61.53
	Azhar Mahmood	lbw b Srinath	0	9	9	0	0	0.00
	Wasim Akram	c Mongia b Srinath	1	7	3	0	0	33.33
	Shoaib Akhtar	b Srinath	1	14	8	0	0	12.50
	Extras	(lb 3, w 5, nb 4)	12

	Total	(all out; 99 overs)	316	(3.19 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-26 (Wajahatullah Wasti, 10.5 ov), 2-94 (Saqlain Mushtaq, 35.3 ov), 3-147 (Ijaz Ahmed, 49.1 ov), 4-262 (Yousuf Youhana, 82.3 ov), 5-262 (Shahid Afridi, 82.4 ov), 6-284 (Saleem Malik, 88.4 ov), 7-301 (Moin Khan, 93.1 ov), 8-302 (Azhar Mahmood, 94.6 ov), 9-304 (Wasim Akram, 96.2 ov), 10-316 (Shoaib Akhtar, 98.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	27	6	86	8	3.18	(4nb, 1w)
BKV Prasad	24	5	61	1	2.54
A Kumble	27	4	91	0	3.37
Harbhajan Singh	16	1	56	1	3.50
VVS Laxman	2	0	4	0	2.00
S Ramesh	1	0	5	0	5.00
SR Tendulkar	2	0	10	0	5.00


India 2nd innings (target: 279 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	S Ramesh	lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq	40	145	104	6	0	38.46
	VVS Laxman	c Yousuf Youhana b Saqlain Mushtaq	67	157	119	9	0	56.30
	R Dravid	c Moin Khan b Shoaib Akhtar	13	54	33	1	0	39.39
	SR Tendulkar	run out (sub [Nadeem Khan])	9	18	13	1	0	69.23
	M Azharuddin	c Yousuf Youhana b Saqlain Mushtaq	20	70	46	3	0	43.47
	SC Ganguly	c Azhar Mahmood b Wasim Akram	24	161	86	2	0	27.90
	NR Mongia	lbw b Shoaib Akhtar	1	19	13	0	0	7.69
	A Kumble	c Shahid Afridi b Shoaib Akhtar	16	93	59	0	0	27.11
	J Srinath	c Moin Khan b Wasim Akram	3	10	6	0	0	50.00
	BKV Prasad	b Shoaib Akhtar	2	18	10	0	0	20.00
	Harbhajan Singh	not out	0	10	4	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 10, lb 9, nb 18)	37

	Total	(all out; 79.1 overs)	232	(2.93 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-108 (Ramesh, 31.6 ov), 2-134 (Laxman, 39.4 ov), 3-145 (Tendulkar, 42.3 ov), 4-149 (Dravid, 44.1 ov), 5-183 (Azharuddin, 56.4 ov), 6-190 (Mongia, 59.5 ov), 7-219 (Ganguly, 74.3 ov), 8-224 (Srinath, 76.1 ov), 9-231 (Kumble, 77.2 ov), 10-232 (Prasad, 79.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shoaib Akhtar	20.1	5	47	4	2.33	(8nb)
Wasim Akram	24	4	64	2	2.66	(5nb)
Azhar Mahmood	6	0	23	0	3.83	(1nb)
Saqlain Mushtaq	25	5	69	3	2.76	(3nb)
Shahid Afridi	4	1	10	0	2.50	(1nb)

Toss Pakistan, who chose to bat first
Points Pakistan 17, India 5

Test debut Wajahatullah Wasti (Pakistan)
Players of the match Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) and J Srinath (India)

Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and DL Orchard (South Africa)
TV umpire KT Francis (Sri Lanka)
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)

Close of play
16 Feb day 1 - India 1st innings 26/1 (S Ramesh 13*, A Kumble 0*, 10 ov)
17 Feb day 2 - Pakistan 2nd innings 26/1 (Saeed Anwar 12*, Saqlain Mushtaq 0*, 12.2 ov)
18 Feb day 3 - India 2nd innings 4/0 (S Ramesh 4*, VVS Laxman 0*, 0.5 ov)
19 Feb day 4 - India 2nd innings 214/6 (SC Ganguly 23*, A Kumble 12*, 73 ov)
20 Feb day 5 - India 2nd innings 232 (79.1 ov) - end of match

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