# Wills World Series

The 1994–95 Wills World Series (named after sponsor Wills of ITC Limited) was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where the India national cricket team played host to the West Indies national cricket team and New Zealand national cricket team. India and the West Indies reached the final at the Eden Gardens where close to 100,000 witnessed India beat the West Indies.
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.
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.
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.

## 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 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin (c) Atul Bedade Rajesh Chauhan Ajay Jadeja Vinod Kambli Anil Kumble Nayan Mongia (wk) Manoj Prabhakar Venkatesh Prasad Venkatapathy Raju Chetan Sharma Navjot Singh Sidhu Javagal Srinath Sachin Tendulkar Vijay Yadav (wk) | Ken Rutherford (c) Richard de Groen Simon Doull Stephen Fleming Chris Harris Matthew Hart Blair Hartland Darrin Murray Dion Nash Adam Parore (wk) Chris Pringle Shane Thomson Bryan Young | Courtney Walsh (c) Jimmy Adams Keith Arthurton Kenny Benjamin Barrington Browne Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Cameron Cuffy Anderson Cummins Rajindra Dhanraj Roland Holder Carl Hooper Brian Lara Phil Simmons Stuart Williams |

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts |
| India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| West Indies | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
* Advanced to final

## Pool matches
### 1st ODI

* 23 October 1994 Scorecard
| 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 (Ind) and K. Parthasarathy (Ind) 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 Scorecard
| 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 (Ind) and Bala Murali (Ind)
* 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 Scorecard
| 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 (Ind) and Suresh Shastri (Ind) 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 2/29 (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 (D/N) Scorecard
| 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 (Ind) and S. Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* Javagal Srinath (Ind) picked his 100th wicket in ODIs.
* India won the 1994-95 Wills World Series.