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 Century for Chopra India clinches series win against England
Posted: Friday July 09, 1999 04:31 PM
NORTHAMPTON, England (AP) -- Anjum Chopra scored a century Friday as India beat England by 86 runs to clinch the women's international limited-overs series with a game to spare. The left-hander scored 100 off 128 balls, including 13 boundaries, as India reached 213 for seven from its allotted 50 overs. She also shared a 114 run second-wicket partnership with Anju Jain, who contributed 54 runs. For England, Clare Connor grabbed a hat-trick in her five-wicket haul to restrict the Indian batters late in the innings. Conner notched her hat-trick with the wicket of Chopra -- who was caught in the outfield attempting to loft over mid-off -- after picking up wickets with her previous two deliveries. "It's my first hat-trick in any type of cricket, so to do it for England was brilliant," said Connor who finished with 5-49. "[But] it's been overshadowed by losing obviously." In reply, England struggled from the start and was eventually all out for 127, including three run outs, in 43.5 overs. Kathryn Leng top scored for the hosts with 35. Chopra, who scored 52 in India's last-gasp one-wicket win over England at Old Trafford in the first game, said she was thrilled with her batting. "I'm very happy, that's my first century for my country and my country has won the series. So it makes it double happiness for me." A final game of the three-game series will be played at Trent Bridge on Sunday and will be followed by a one-off test match next week. At Manchester on Tuesday, India scored the winning run with just four balls remaining and one wicket left. In a knife-edge finish to the game, England gave away four leg byes as India, chasing 128 off 50 overs, reached 132 for nine.
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