England tie with India in World Cup thriller

Indian cricketer Zaheer Khan celebrates after taking the wicket of England cricketer Paul Collingwood. -AFP Photo BANGALORE: A masterly century by Sachin Tendulkar and an inspired bowling spell by Zaheer Khan led India to a nail-biting tie against England in their World Cup Group B match on Sunday. After India slammed 338 runs, England were coasting before Zaheer produced a superb bowling spell to take three quick wickets to revive India’s fortunes. The match went down to the last ball with England needing two to win but they managed to get one to tie the match — a result that was loudly cheered by all those lucky enough to witness it at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Earlier India’s total revolved largely around Sachin Tendulkar’s (120) 47th one-day international century and a record fifth in World Cups. In reply, England’s run-chase was set well on its way helped by a cracking century by skipper Andrew Strauss (158), the first century by an English captain in a World Cup. India innings V. Sehwag c Prior b Bresnan 35 S. Tendulkar c Yardy b Anderson 120 G. Gambhir b Swann 51 Yuvraj Singh c Bell b Yardy 58 M. Dhoni c sub (Wright) b Bresnan 31 Y. Pathan c Swann b Bresnan 14 V. Kohli b Bresnan 8 Harbhajan Singh lbw b Bresnan 0 Z. Khan run out (Prior/Strauss) 4 P. Chawla run out (Anderson) 2 M. Patel not out 0 Extras (lb-3 w-7 nb-5) 15 Total (all out; 49.5 overs) 338 Fall of wickets: 1-46 2-180 3-236 4-305 5-305 6-327 7-327 8-328 9-338 10-338 Bowling: Anderson 9.5-0-91-1 (1nb 1w), Shahzad 8-0-53-0 (2w), Bresnan 10-1-48-5, Swann 9-1-59-1 (2w), Collingwood 3-0-20-0, Yardy 10-0-64-1 (2w). England innings A. Strauss lbw b Khan 158 K. Pietersen c and b Patel 31 J. Trott lbw b Chawla 16 I. Bell c Kohli b Khan 69 P. Collingwood b Khan 1 M. Prior c sub (Raina) b Harbhajan Singh 4 M. Yardy c Sehwag b Patel 13 T. Bresnan b Chawla 14 G. Swann not out 15 A. Shahzad not out 6 Extras (b-1 lb-7 w-3) 11 Total (for eight wickets; 50 overs ) 338 Did not bat: J. Anderson Fall of wickets: 1-68 2-111 3-281 4-281 5-285 6-289 7-307 8-325 Bowling: Khan 10-0-64-3 (1w), Patel 10-0-70-2 (1w), Chawla 10-0-71-2 (1w), Harbhajan Singh 10-0-58-1, Yuvraj Singh 7-0-46-1, Pathan 3-0-21-0 Result: Match tied Toss: India won the toss and elected to bat.