Wills world series 1994-95

The 1994-95 Wills World Series was an One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where the India played host to the West Indies and New Zealand. India and the West Indies reached the final at the Eden Gardens where close to 100,000 witnessed India beat the West Indies.^[1]

India lost only once, controversially to the West Indies in the last group game. Manoj Prabhakar and Nayan Mongia were accused of not making an effort to win the match after stonewalling the run-chase. The Indian authorities suspended Prabhakar and Mongia and the match referee Raman Subba Row docked the team two points for not playing in the spirit of the game. India protested the decision to the ICC, who ruled that the Row had exceeded his authority.^[2]

Subba Row also suspended the West Indies vice-captain Brian Lara for one game, for arguing with the umpire, who he thought should've consulted the third umpire before giving him out stumped.^[3]

New Zealand did not win any of their four games, though they were unlucky to see the match washed out after dismissing the West Indies cheaply in the opening game.^[4]

Results

23 October

West Indies  221 (49.2 overs)	v	India 225-6 (48.2 overs)
Brian Lara 74 (83) Sachin Tendulkar 3/36 (10 overs)		Mohammad Azharuddin 81 (84) Courtney Walsh 2/33 (10 overs)

India won by 4 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India Umpires: K. S. Giridharan (India) and K. Parthasarathy (India) Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (India)

• India won the toss and chose to field

Sherwin Campbell made his ODI debut for the West Indies.

26 October

West Indies  123 (39.1 overs)	v	New Zealand 25-1 (9 overs)
Brian Lara 32 (38) Matthew Hart 5/22 (10 overs)		Bryan Young 13 (22) Courtney Walsh 1/17 (5 overs)

No result Fatorda Stadium, Margao, India Umpires: Borni Jamula (India) and Bala Murali (India)

• West Indies won the toss and chose to bat

Rajindra Dhanraj made his ODI debut for the West Indies.

28 October

New Zealand  269-4 (50 overs)	v	India 271-3 (48.1 overs)
Ken Rutherford 108 (102) Manoj Prabhakar 2/49 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 115 (136) Matthew Hart 2/56 (10 overs)

India won by 7 wickets IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara, India Umpires: Shyam Bansal (India) and Suresh Shastri (India) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (India)

• New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

30 October

West Indies  257-6 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 211-5 (50 overs)
Keith Arthurton 72 (62) Sachin Tendulkar 2/31 (8 overs)		Manoj Prabhakar 102 (154) Anderson Cummins 1/39 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 46 runs Green Park Stadium, Kanpur, India Umpires: Jasbir Singh (India) and Chandra Sathe (India) Player of the match: Keith Arthurton (West Indies)

• India won the toss and chose to field

1 November

West Indies  306-6 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 171-9 (50 overs)
Carl Hooper 111 (114) Dion Nash 3/48 (10 overs)		Chris Pringle 34 (22) Rajindra Dhanraj 4/26 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 135 runs Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, Guwahati, India Umpires: Subrata Banerjee (India) and M. R. Singh (India) Player of the match: Carl Hooper (West Indies)

• West Indies won the toss and chose to bat

3 November

India  289-3 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 182 (45.4 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 90 (127) Matthew Hart 1/36 (9 overs)		Stephen Fleming 56 (48) Sachin Tendulkar 4/29 (10 overs)

India won by 107 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, India Umpires: Tej Handu (India) and Raman Sharma (India) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (India)

• India won the toss and chose to bat

Final

5 November

India  274-6 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 202 (44 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 66 (68) Rajindra Dhanraj 2/55 (10 overs)		Keith Arthurton 42 (59) Venkatapathy Raju 4/58 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 72 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India Umpires: V. K.Ramaswamy (India) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (India) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (India)

• West Indies won the toss and chose to field

Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the Player of the Series.

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