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 have 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 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 TeamPldWLNRPts 4 3 1 0 12 4 2 1 1 10 4 0 3 1 2
Advanced to final
Pool matches 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
6th ODI
Final 7th ODI
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo Series home at ESPNcricinfo archive