Nehra produced the third-best figures in World Cup history to slice
through England's middle order as they were all out for 168.
Andrew Flintoff reduced the damage with a responsible 64 but England's
innings came to an end after 45.3 overs when James Anderson was trapped
lbw.
Nick Knight gave his wicket away in the second over when he misjudged a
single to mid-off and was left yards short by Mohammad Kaif's direct hit.
Their pursuit was further undermined by the dismissal of Marcus
Trescothick, who played and missed at a succession of deliveries before
splicing a pull off Zaheer Khan to Sachin Tendulkar at square-leg.
Nasser Hussain and Alec Stewart fell in consecutive balls - Hussain
edging behind in attempting to run the ball down to third man, Stewart
adjudged leg before to a ball which struck above the knee roll.
Nehra then enticed Michael Vaughan, Paul Collingwood, Craig White and
Ronnie Irani into catches behind the wicket.
Only Flintoff offered permanent resistance, clouting Harbhajan Singh
for one six and pulling Sourav Ganguly for two more on his way to a
63-ball half-century.
But he was spectacularly caught by Virender Sehwag at midwicket.
Zaheer finished the innings with 27 balls unused when James Anderson
was trapped lbw.
India reached 250-9 in their 50 overs, with Rahul Dravid making 62 and
Tendulkar a quickfire 50.
