West Indies won the 2004 ICC Champion Trophy
MIL, Sep 25, 2004. Sports Correspondent
 London: Brian Lara's West Indies held their nerve to beat England in a dramatic Champions Trophy final on Saturday and lift their first major one-day title for 25 years. A most famous victory that has come decades after the flamboyant Caribbean dream was shattered by the Indians in the 1983 World Cup. But just like India were the dark horses in that tournament, so were the West Indies in this one. Both won from positions where no one had given them a chance.
West Indies have won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy defeating England by 2 wickets in the final today. Chasing a target of 218 for victory, West Indies reached the target in 48.5 overs. West Indies came back from the dead to scamper home to their first title triumph in more than two decades with a nerve-wracking win over England.
Tailenders Ian Bradshaw (34) and Courtney Browne (35), to their credit, refused to go off when offered the light and put together a 71-run unbroken ninth-wicket stand to seal an unlikely victory with seven balls to spare. Both recorded career-best one-day international scores.
Bradshaw was awarded the Man of the Match award while Ramnaresh Sarwan has been named the Player of the Tournament for his consistent performance in the ICC Champions Trophy. |
Score Board
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- England innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ME Trescothick run out (Lara/Gayle) 104 124 14 0 VS Solanki c Browne b Bradshaw 4 13 0 0 *MP Vaughan b Bradshaw 7 18 1 0 AJ Strauss run out (Bravo) 18 33 2 0 A Flintoff c Lara b WW Hinds 3 6 0 0 PD Collingwood c Chanderpaul b WW Hinds 16 40 1 0 +GO Jones c Lara b WW Hinds 6 18 0 0 AF Giles c Lara b Bravo 31 37 3 0 AG Wharf not out 3 6 0 0 D Gough st Browne b Gayle 0 1 0 0 SJ Harmison run out (Sarwan/Gayle) 2 2 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 15) 23 Total (all out, 49.4 overs) 217 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- FoW: 1-12 (Solanki, 4.2 ov), 2-43 (Vaughan, 10.3 ov), 3-84 (Strauss, 19.6 ov), 4-93 (Flintoff, 22.1 ov), 5-123 (Collingwood, 32.3 ov), 6-148 (Jones, 38.2 ov), 7-211 (Trescothick, 47.4 ov), 8-212 (Giles, 48.3 ov), 9-214 (Gough, 49.1 ov), 10-217 (Harmison, 49.4 ov). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bowling O M R W ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bradshaw 10 1 54 2 (3w) Collymore 10 1 38 0 (3w) Gayle 9.4 0 52 1 Bravo 10 0 41 1 (9w) WW Hinds 10 3 24 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Indies innings (target: 218 runs from 50 overs) R B 4 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CH Gayle c & b Harmison 23 33 5 0 WW Hinds c Solanki b Harmison 3 16 0 0 RR Sarwan c Strauss b Flintoff 5 7 1 0 *BC Lara c Jones b Flintoff 14 28 2 0 S Chanderpaul c Vaughan b Collingwood 47 66 6 0 DJJ Bravo c Jones b Flintoff 0 7 0 0 RO Hinds c Jones b Trescothick 8 19 1 0 RL Powell c Trescothick b Collingwood 14 16 2 0 +CO Browne not out 35 55 2 0 IDR Bradshaw not out 34 51 5 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extras (lb 11, w 19, nb 5) 35 Total (8 wickets, 48.5 overs) 218 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DNB: CD Collymore. FoW: 1-19 (WW Hinds, 3.5 ov), 2-35 (Sarwan, 8.1 ov), 3-49 (Gayle, 9.4 ov), 4-72 (Lara, 16.3 ov), 5-80 (Bravo, 18.3 ov), 6-114 (RO Hinds, 24.5 ov), 7-135 (Powell, 29.2 ov), 8-147 (Chanderpaul, 33.4 ov). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bowling O M R W ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gough 10 1 58 0 (5w) Harmison 10 1 34 2 (3w) Flintoff 10 0 38 3 (4nb, 2w) Wharf 9.5 0 38 0 (1nb) Trescothick 3 0 17 1 (2w) Collingwood 6 0 22 2 (1w) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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