Date-stamped : 18 Oct94 - 18:22 One-Day International Series Match Five Behaviour was better, at Gwalior where, on a perfect pitch, England were put in to bat. Again there was controversy with regard to the selection of the England side. Gatting was unwell, but Stewart returned although he did not keep wicket. This meant another match for Blakey at the expense of Ath- erton who, two seasons ago, was being spoken of being England`s next captain. Robin Smith began positively, but Stewart was less certain, offering chances when he was on 3 and 4. The pair gave England a most encouraging start, posting 100 in the 24th over, but, almost immediately, Stewart cut Kumble onto his stumps. Hick skied a mis-hook after ad- ding 53 with Smith, and Fairbrother who again batted with spir- it, hitting 37 off 39 balls, was third out at 227 in the 46th over. By then, Smith had reached his first century in an international match for England outside England. He was fourth out as he played across the line at Srinath. He hit 129 off 145 balls, with 4 sixes and 12 fours. Three of his sixes were off Maninder Singh who had troubled him ear- lier, and the fourth was off Ajay Sharma. This was a quite splendid innings from Smith, and its value was shown when Eng- land lost their last seven wickets for 10 runs in 20 balls. It is hard to think that England could have had a better start when they took the field. Pra- bhakar was out first ball in the first over of India`s innings. Unfortunately, he showed obvious dissent with the decision. Then Kambli skied Malcolm to mid-off, and India were 4 for 2. What fol- lowed was pulsating stuff. In 29 overs, Sidhu and Azharud- din added 175 runs with some dazzling stroke-play. Azharuddin hit a six and 6 fours in his 74 off 72 balls as the England bowlers were savaged mercilessly. His dismissal, caught at deep square-leg, heralded a collapse, five wickets falling for 26 runs. Shortly before the dismissal of the Indian captain, Sidhu had edged Jarvis to Blakey, but the wicket-keeper dropped the simplest of chances. Sidhu continued to destroy the England bowlers, and Kumble helped him to end the collapse. With 15 fours in his 160-ball innings, Sidhu lashed India to victory with two overs to spare. In all forms of cricket against the tourists, Sidhu had scored 656 runs, average 72.88, and there was still one match remaining. Thanks : Samuel Pudi, B+H : Cricket Year Contributed by nayak (adiking@*.bradley.edu)