Wills World Series

The 1994–95 Wills World Series was a 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]

1994–95 Wills world series
Part of West Indian cricket team in India in 1994-95
Date23 October–5 November 1994
LocationIndia
Result India beat  West Indies in the final
Player of the seriesSachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Teams
 India  New Zealand  West Indies
Captains
Mohammad Azharuddin Ken Rutherford Courtney Walsh
Most runs
Sachin Tendulkar (285) Adam Parore (159) Carl Hooper (222)
Most wickets
Sachin Tendulkar (8) Matthew Hart (8) Rajindra Dhanraj (6)

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]

Venues
Chennai Kolkata New Delhi Margao Vadodara Kanpur Guwahati
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Eden Gardens Feroz Shah Kotla Fatorda Stadium Reliance Stadium Green Park Stadium Nehru Stadium

Squads
 India  New Zealand  West Indies

Fixtures
Team Pld W L NR Pts
 India431012
 West Indies421110
 New Zealand40312

Pool matches

1st ODI
23 October 1994
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
Umpires: K. S. Giridharan (India) and K. Parthasarathy (India)
Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sherwin Campbell (Win) made his ODI debut.
  • Points: India 4, West Indies 0.

2nd ODI
26 October 1994
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
Umpires: Borni Jamula (India) and Bala Murali (India)
Player of the match: -
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rajindra Dhanraj (Win) made his ODI debut.
  • Points: New Zealand 2, West Indies 2.

3rd ODI
28 October 1994
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
Umpires: Shyam Bansal (India) and Suresh Shastri (India)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India 4, New Zealand 0.

4th ODI
30 October 1994
West Indies 
257/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
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
Umpires: Jasbir Singh (India) and Chandra Sathe (India)
Player of the match: Keith Arthurton (Win)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: West Indies 4, India 0.

5th ODI
1 November 1994
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
Umpires: Subrata Banerjee (India) and M. R. Singh (India)
Player of the match: Carl Hooper (Win)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: West Indies 4, New Zealand 0.

6th ODI
3 November 1994
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 (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India 4, New Zealand 0.

Final

7th ODI
5 November 1994
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)
India won by 72 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
Umpires: V. K.Ramaswamy (India) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (India)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • India won the 1994-95 Wills World Series.

References
  1. "Wills World Series, 1994–95". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. "Wills World Series, 1994–95". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. "Wills World Series, 1994–95". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  4. "Wills World Series, 1994–95". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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