Australia vs India, Melbourne T20: cricket live scores, commentary
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Australia v India MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND, FEBRUARY 3, 2012 2nd Twenty20 - AUS v IND |
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| Australia 1st Inn | 131 All Out |
| India 1st Inn | 2/135 |
| Australia won the toss and elected to bat | |
| India won by 8 wickets | |
| India | RR:6.86 | ||||
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| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| G Gambhir* | 56 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 93.33 |
| MS Dhoni | 21 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 116.67 |
| Australia | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| CJ McKay* | 3.4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.82 |
| DJ Hussey | 2.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Last Wicket: | Kohli, 31 (c:Wade b:Marsh) |
| Current Partnership: | 38 runs, 36 balls, RR:105.56 |
Join us for live scores, team lineups and commentary of the second Australia vs India Twenty20 match, with Australia looking for another win and India looking for their first win of their tour. The match starts at 7.35 pm AEDT tonight from the MCG in Melbourne
Australia out-batted and out-bowled India in the opening T20I and despite the talk about the young Indian legs making a difference to the side’s fortunes, the visitors lost by a healthy 31 runs.
David Warner exploded early, and with Matthew Wade making a big score, Xavier Doherty and Brad Hogg delivering with the ball, and David Hussey doing everything right in the match, there was enough of a difference to make it comfortable for Australia.
If allowing Australia to get away to 171 was bad enough, the loss of five wickets in the middle overs for 34 runs meant that India were left to do too much towards the end of the game.
Only Gautam Gambhir for a short period and MS Dhoni – when it was far too late – showed a semblance of fighting spirit, but 172 was never going to be an easy chase.
What would have surprised both the fans and the players alike will be the capitulation of the Indian batsmen to slow bowling. Hussey, Doherty and Hogg bowled 10 overs and finished with combined figures of 3/48 – impressive even at Test level let alone a Twenty20.
At the MCG, Australia may want to go in with an extra pace bowler and one of Hogg or Doherty could be given the axe.
Similarly, India will look at their bowling attack more closely and may well want to play an extra pacer. With Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma expected to roll their arm over, carrying two main spinners in R Ashwin and Rahul Sharma seems to be a bit of a luxury on the quicker Australian tracks.
Umesh Yadav could get a game in place of Sharma.
I expect a far closer game this one with a possibility of the match going down to the wire but the home team to still come home unscathed.
We will bring you the coverage throughout second T20I from Melbourne and hope to receive your opinions as the action unfolds.
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11:24pm
Prdeep singh said | 11:24pm | Report comment
Congratulations team india for a comprehensive victory. We hope that india will keep it up this performence in the upcoming matches and will repeat the history of 2008
11:15pm
Jason Cave said | 11:15pm | Report comment
What was the attendance for tonight’s T20 International match at the MCG?
11:38pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 11:38pm | Report comment
62,275
11:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 11:00pm | Report comment
The ODI tri-series will now begin from Sunday when the two teams India and Australia meet at the MCG. Sri Lanka will join them as the third side later next week.
That’s it from me, and we will be back with the live coverage for the ODI tri-series.
10:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:58pm | Report comment
Shaun Marsh continued to make life easy for the scorers, George Bailey did not answer any questions around his batting form while Matthew Wade showed that he can bat anywhere in the order.
Aaron Finch’s quick-fire 36 was the cornerstone of the Australian innings before he was run-out.
Hogg and Mitchell Marsh got a wicket apiece while Lee sent down his four overs for 24.
10:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:55pm | Report comment
It was India all the way tonight. Bowled decently, fielded magnificently and then batted sensibly to wrap up a convincing eight-wicket win.
Ravindra Jadeja had a couple of run-outs and a caught and bowled to his name and there were a couple of other run-outs as well.
Australia did not bat well and kept losing wickets regularly. They went for too many shots because they were hindered by the opponent’s fielding efforts.
A target of 132 was not going to be enough unless they got some early wickets but Sehwag and Gambhir shut down that option.
By the time Sehwag threw his wicket away, India had gotten to 43 and Kohli batted and ran well to push India towards the win.
A word about Dhoni as well; he had a stumping, was involved in two of the run-outs and had two catches to go with his unbeaten 21. Fine all-round performance from him.
10:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:51pm | Report comment
Four!
Yep, that’s finally a win for India in Australia. Took a long time coming – almost one and a half months – but a good win all the same.
Gambhir smacks it through mid-wicket to get India an eight-wicket victory.
He remains unbeaten 56, Dhoni is 21 not out.
10:50pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:50pm | Report comment
Three dots in a row from McKay! They still need one from three. Nerves jangling now…
10:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:49pm | Report comment
Another dot ball now! 1 off four needed. A wicket here will make things fun.
10:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:48pm | Report comment
McKay to bowl. Dot ball to begin with.
1 off 5 needed.
10:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:47pm | Report comment
Just two from that Hussey over. 1 needed now and an over to go.
10:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:45pm | Report comment
Hussey with the 19th over. A single off the third ball, means they need 2 from nine.
10:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:44pm | Report comment
Djokovic serves that forehand smash into the open court. Dhoni smashes a short ball to long-on.Three runs.
3 needed off 12 balls.
10:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:42pm | Report comment
Another misfield by Australia off an overthrow gives Gambhir three instead of two. Gets Gambhir to a well-deserved half-century, his seventh 50 in this format.
9 off 15 now needed.
10:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:39pm | Report comment
Four!
Short and pulled by Dhoni. McKay misfields it at the fine-leg and the ball trickles into the fence.
Eight runs off that over and Lee ends with 0/24 in 4.
12 needed off 18.
10:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:37pm | Report comment
…smashed! Only Lee’s foot on the follow-through stopped that from being a four!
That will hurt Lee. Dhoni will know Lee’s saved his boundary.
2/115 in 16.3.
10:36pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:36pm | Report comment
Brett Lee with his last over now…
10:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:34pm | Report comment
Single off the last ball of the over to Gambhir takes him to 45.
20 needed from the last four overs.
10:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:33pm | Report comment
Bouncer!
And at this stage of the game too, Gambhir has trouble picking it up. No fielder close-by.
21 off 25 needed.
10:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:33pm | Report comment
Four!
Dhoni cuts it really hard and gets it over the in-field. 22 needed from 27.
Dhoni’s arrival has brought more emergency in the proceedings and it is not only the boundary but also his running between the wickets.
10:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:29pm | Report comment
Three runs off that Hogg over pulls the asking rate to six an over.
30 needed from 30 now.
Can they get a wicket now?
10:27pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:27pm | Report comment
Dhoni now, without his helmet, to face Hogg.
2/100 in 14.1, need 32 from 35 balls.
Long ago, a clean-shaven Chris Lewis had walked out to bat without his hat/helmet. He suffered a heat stroke soon after. Of course, it was a day game that.
10:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:26pm | Report comment
Six runs and a wicket off the Marsh over. Australia need a bit of a magic and Hogg could be the man to do it.
He will now bowl the 15th over.
10:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:24pm | Report comment
MS Dhoni walks out to the middle. Slip brought in.
Off the mark off the first ball with a single.
10:22pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:22pm | Report comment
OUT!
Finally an edge goes to hand! Marsh gets a wicket and Kohli is out.
It was a straight ball outside the off-stump and Kohli opened the face of the bat to glide it to the third-man. Got an edge and Wade dived in front of where the first slip would have been. Good catch gives Australia a chance to get a toehold.
35 needed from 38.
10:22pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:22pm | Report comment
Kohli nudges Mitchell Marsh to the deep mid-wicket for two. The Indian batsmen are taking the Australian fielders on with ease now and Kohli is the man responsible.
36 needed off 40.
Gambhir on 40, Kohli 31.
10:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:20pm | Report comment
Four!
Kohli tried to pull it away but got another top-edge. And as has been the case through the evening, the ball goes through the third-man for a four.
39 needed from 42 now.
Official attendance of 62,275 tonight
10:16pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:16pm | Report comment
Yep, McKay it is. He’s bowled two overs for 13.
10:15pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:15pm | Report comment
Eight runs off that Doherty over and India now need 47 from 48.
McKay or Lee could be called back for a spell of an over or so.
10:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:14pm | Report comment
Four!
Rocks on to the back-foot and pulls it through mid-wicket for four. Kohli continues to grow in confidence and Doherty has conceded 27 in 2.4.
10:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:12pm | Report comment
Gambhir chips a couple of the balls over the extra-cover and gets two each, in that Hussey over.
The home team needs couple of quick ones here, or India will run away with the game really quickly.
55 needed off 54.
10:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:09pm | Report comment
Hogg is out of the attack now and it is David Hussey to bowl now. He had picked up two wickets in the first T20I.
10:08pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:08pm | Report comment
Mitchell Marsh concedes only five in his first over. Australia, however, need wickets.
Good to see Bailey get in a slip.
1/71 in 10 overs. 61 needed from 60.
10:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:05pm | Report comment
Another well-run single by Kohli. Today it has been chalk and cheese so far when it has come to the running between the wickets.
Kohli has been energetic and has run the fielders ragged. Australia, at best, were poor when they ran.
10:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:04pm | Report comment
12 from that over for India, who will now be favourites at this stage.
1/66 in 9 overs means that India need 66 from 66.
Gambhir’s moved on to 28 and Kohli is batting 12.
10:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:02pm | Report comment
Four!
Well-timed shot from Gambhir. That wasn’t a googly, and Gambhir read it well. Came down the track and chipped it over for a four between long-off and sweeper.
1/64 in 8.4
10:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:01pm | Report comment
Four!
There were umpteen edges through the slips for Australia and the visitors are paying back. Excellent ball and Kohli edges Hogg through the first slip.
1/59 in 8.2
10:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:00pm | Report comment
Three runs for Gambhir and that is very good running between the wickets from Kohli.
There aren’t too many boundaries coming after the dismissal of Sehwag and Kohli is making Gambhir run hard.
Doherty was cut away from the stumps and McKay gave chase. But Kohli took advantage of the fact that the pace bowler wasn’t the quickest to the ball.
1/54 in 8. 78 needed from 12.
9:54pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:54pm | Report comment
It is Virat Kohli now at three.
Two off a cut to get off the mark. Well run by the Indians, taking on Lee’s powerful arm and easily getting through.
Only four runs off that over and a wicket.
1/46 in 7.
9:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:52pm | Report comment
OUT!
Sehwag’s gone and Hogg’s done him!
It was the previous ball, a googly that seemed to have done him in. This time he tries to come down the pitch and the slash goes straight to the short cover fielder whenre Shaun Marsh holds on to it.
1/43 in 6.3 and Australia have been given an opening.
9:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:49pm | Report comment
It is Brad Hogg now. This will be a crucial stage in the match given that India are off to a good start.
A wicket or two needed and Hogg is an attacking bowler.
9:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:48pm | Report comment
Good over for India, 13 runs from it takes India to 0/42 in 6 and the run-rate to 7 per over.
90 needed from 14 with all their wickets intact.
9:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:46pm | Report comment
SIX!
Yo biggie, Sehwag wasted no time in going after the spinner. Shimmy down the pitch and slams it over the bowler’s head.
104 metre long. One of the longer ones I think.
0/36 in 5.2
9:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:44pm | Report comment
Yep, it is Xavier Doherty with the ball now. Spinners had the better of India in the first T20I with combined figures of 3/48 in 10 overs.
9:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:43pm | Report comment
Lee’s bowled his third over for only three runs. Some really quick bowling from, pushing the Indians on the back-foot.
Still no wicket though. 0/29 in 5.
Could see some spin soon…
9:38pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:38pm | Report comment
Four overs completed, with Gambhir getting a single to square-leg.
0/26 in 4. India need a further 106 runs from 96 balls.
9:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:37pm | Report comment
Four!
Many boundaries through the slips today and this one was a deliberate. Sehwag cut it down through the third slip region and it’s gone to the fence.
Third-man’s been moved fine now.
0/25 in 3.4.
Update from Pakistan v England: Pakistan 99 all out, England 2/12.
9:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:34pm | Report comment
McKay will continue to bowl now. Gave away five runs in his first but he will be bowling to Sehwag for the first time.
9:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:32pm | Report comment
Lee’s cranking up the pace now. It will be interesting to watch him bowl in the ODIs, sending down 5-6 over long spells.
0/18 in 3 overs.
9:30pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:30pm | Report comment
Four!
Sehwag is away now, flicked away to the fine-leg for four.
Drifting down the leg-side there Lee.
9:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:29pm | Report comment
Four!
It was turning out to be a good over with four dot balls but McKay bowled a wide down the leg-side.
Gambhir then deliberately edged him through the third slip and the third-man was far too square.
0/11 in 2.
9:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:24pm | Report comment
It is Clint McKay with the ball now. Loves bowling the slower ball, he does.
9:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:24pm | Report comment
Good first over from Lee, ends with a searing pace-filled delivery to Sehwag. Beats him outside the off stump.
0/6 in 1.
9:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:23pm | Report comment
Sehwag now on strike to Lee. He has only two half-centuries to his name in this format.
9:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:21pm | Report comment
Four!
Flicked away by Gambhir and the fine-leg was up in the circle. Warner, the fielder, jumped high but it was away from him.
Drifted down the leg-side did Lee
9:19pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:19pm | Report comment
Back on with the Indian reply. Brett Lee with the ball, Gautam Gambhir to face…
Australia lost 6/38 towards the end.
9:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:04pm | Report comment
India will be happy with this performance, from conceding 171 in the first game to bowling Australia out for 131 in this second.
The pitch does not look like it has had any part to play here – there is a bit of bounce and seam movement, but nothing much to worry about. It was some poor running between the wickets and excellent fielding that pegged the home team back.
Only Finch (36) and Wade (32) got going.
All in all, India should be able to get to this total and in the process to their first win of the tour. Despite the poor show from their batsmen so far, that is.
Back in 10 with the reply.
9:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:00pm | Report comment
OUT!
Any bets how? Run-out. This is probably another team in disguise, anyone but India!
Doherty nudged it round the corner and went for a second run. That was an excellent throw from the deep and the quick Dhoni hands did the rest.
Doherty run-out and Australia have been bowled out for 131 in 19.4 overs.
8:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:58pm | Report comment
OUT!
Hogg’s been declared out, lbw. Nine down now.
There were four fielders within the circle on the off-side and he tried to dab it on the on-side. Did not get his bat down in time and Sharma gets his second wicket.
9/130 with three balls to go.
8:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:56pm | Report comment
Four!
Crucial runs, a tad short but it was a thick outside edge. Another one went through the slips and Lee gets a four.
Rahul Sharma’s getting the bounce and that’s allowing the egdes to go through the slip.
8:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:55pm | Report comment
Four!
Go Hoggie! Four through the point region spoils the otherwise maiden over from Vinay Kumar.
Gave himself a bit of a room and slashed it through the covers.
8/125 with Lee and Hogg at the crease.
8:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:52pm | Report comment
OUT!
Edged, gone, caught by MS Dhoni and Australia are eight down.
Clint McKay is dismissed off the first ball for a duck. Vinay Kumar got it to deviate just a little bit and he tried to run the ball down to the third-man. No such luck.
8/121
8:50pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:50pm | Report comment
OUT!
Gone, run-out, the third of the innings! Wade’s dismissed for 32.
This time it is Rohit Sharma with the direct hit.
India have fielded really well after that first couple which was taken by Warner where Sehwag and Gambhir struggled to get to the ball in the first over. Since then, it has been a transformation and I am understating it here.
8:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:49pm | Report comment
Pace again. Vinay Kumar has been recalled and oops, did I say pace?
That came at 50 kmph probably. Slower bouncer, stuck in his hand I say.
8:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:48pm | Report comment
Wade’s still there at the other end but hasn’t quite been as fluent as he would have liked. 32 from 27 with a four and a six.
6/121 in 18 overs.
8:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:45pm | Report comment
OUT!
Marsh’s stumped this time and Sharma has a wicket.
He took only a small step out of the crease did Marsh but missed and Dhoni was quick with the breaking of the stumps.
Gone for 13.
6/119 with 15 balls to go.
8:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:44pm | Report comment
Four!
Marsh cuts it and this time he gets a thick edge that goes through the slips for four.
Sharma’s bowling them short. Too short sometime.
8:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:44pm | Report comment
Rahul Sharma, 0/16 in 2 overs, to bowl the 18th.
8:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:43pm | Report comment
Again, an early four but only four more in the rest of the over.
Eight off it, 5/114 in 17.
Ashwin has bowled his four for 23.
8:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:42pm | Report comment
Four!
Full-toss and Marsh deals with it with panache. Driven through the covers.
5/111 in 16.3 overs.
8:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:41pm | Report comment
Despite that early boundary, only six runs off the Jadeja over.
5/106 in 16 overs.
After the kind of start they got, 150-160 looked gettable. Now they will need something special to get there.
8:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:39pm | Report comment
Four!
Wade tried to cut but the thick outside edge takes it to the fence. He is looking a tad frustrated is Wade, for some reason.
Jadeja is the bowler.
8:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:37pm | Report comment
Wade cuts Ashwin behind point for a couple. He has moved on to 21 and looking pretty good. But, needs support from the other end.
5/100 in 15.
8:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:35pm | Report comment
Mitchell Marsh, who came into his own with the bat for the Perth Scorchers towards the second half of the Big Bash League, comes in now. Lot of responsibility on the pair of Marsh and Wade now.
5/96 in 14 overs.
8:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:33pm | Report comment
OUT!
Jadeja has beguiled Hussey into playing it back to the bowler. Jadeja gets them run-out, catches them and also gets wickets.
Hussey tried to play the bowler down the leg side. The ball was bowled a little slower and the leading edge went back to the bowler.
5/93 in 13.3.
8:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:32pm | Report comment
Ravindra Jadeja, who conceded five in his first over has now been brought on.
8:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:31pm | Report comment
A better over from Ashwin, concedes only four off it.
It is 4/91 in 13 overs which gives them a run-rate of seven. Both teams in it, a couple of good overs here or there could change things around.
8:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:28pm | Report comment
11 runs from that Rahul Sharma over, including the six. 28 runs in the last three overs and the run-rate’s climbing steadily for the home team.
4/87 in 12.
8:27pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:27pm | Report comment
SIX!
Wade joins in the party now, slog-swept for a six.
It was flighted and invited trouble. Wade takes full toll.
8:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:24pm | Report comment
A couple of runs from a Wade slog off the last ball. Seven runs off it.
4/76 in 11.
8:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:24pm | Report comment
Ashwin, at the non-striker’s end, stops in his bowling stride and removes the bail. Hussey will not want to get run out Mankaded now, after those two run-outs.
8:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:23pm | Report comment
R Ashwin is on now.
They say there are more 70k fans in the stadium.
8:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:20pm | Report comment
SIX!
Hussey gets it in the middle and clears the field with ease.
The Victorian will now need to carry Australia through to close.
4/69 in 10.
8:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:20pm | Report comment
Another run-out? No, Wade’s just in! Whatever is happening!
8:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:18pm | Report comment
Suresh Raina comes on now in place of Jadeja.
Still no Ashwin. Six bowlers have already been tried.
8:17pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:17pm | Report comment
Four!
Short and pulled it to long-on for a four. Hussey will be feeling a tad relieved to get that four after the two run-outs.
4/59 in 9 overs.
Wade’s at six.
8:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:14pm | Report comment
OUT!
Give him a million bucks straightaway! Jadeja has his second run-out and captain Bailey is gone!
This looks like a carbon copy of the previous run-out. Drive to Jadeja behind point and he fields it on his left. The non-striker was at fault this time as he ran without too much response from the other end. Jadeja threw it at the non-striker’s end and Bailey was way short.
8:15pm
Red Kev said | 8:15pm | Report comment
I don’t think Hussey will be welcome in the sheds tonight.
8:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:14pm | Report comment
Kohli’s off and it is Rahul Sharma to bowl.
Appeal for a leg-before but that wasn’t hitting the stumps.
8:13pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:13pm | Report comment
Jadeja with the ball now. Captain George Bailey has joined Hussey.
Concedes only five off his first over of conventional left-arm spin. Speaking of which, Hogg and Doherty will be looking closely at any purchase that Jadeja gets.
3/54 in 8 overs.
8:10pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:10pm | Report comment
OUT!
Brilliant fielding by Ravindra Jadeja has Finch run-out. Miles away from the crease.
The batsmen had been running the out-fielders ragged but this time Hussey drove him to one of the better fielders. It went to Jadeja’s left as well, which is is better side and he threw it quickly to the keeper, who broke the stumps down.
Should improve his chances of earning a million bucks in tomorrow’s auction…
8:13pm
Red Kev said | 8:13pm | Report comment
Well Hussey will have to turn it on to atone for that mistake.
And Bailey will need to prove his worth with the bat now or he’ll be crucified.
8:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:09pm | Report comment
Four!
Mid-off came up into the circle and Finch smashes Kohli for a four. He’s moved on to 36 now with six boundaries.
8:06pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:06pm | Report comment
Is Dhoni already regretting the non-exclusion of Irfan Pathan? It is Virat Kohli with the ball. Seven overs but no sign of spinners yet!
8:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:05pm | Report comment
A couple of runs through the gap in the point region to get Hussey off the mark.
3 runs from that over.
2/42 in 6.
8:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:04pm | Report comment
Hussey was slow off the blocks in the first T20I before he finally exploded. He is yet to get off the mark today and already played four balls.
8:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:01pm | Report comment
And now it is Vinay Kumar with his third over. 12 overs of spin after that?
Three slips in place.
8:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:00pm | Report comment
Four!
Drives it this time! Pitched up and Finch cover-drives it to the left of mid-off. He’s looking very good here.
2/39 in 5 overs.
7:59pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:59pm | Report comment
Four!
Short and cut. Finch really loves cutting ‘em and the Indian bowlers have served that short ball to him on a platter…
7:57pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:57pm | Report comment
Third over in a row for Praveen Kumar. It means that the Indian pace bowlers have only three more overs after this.
Unless you include Virat Kohli as a ‘pace’ bowler as well.
7:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:55pm | Report comment
Seven from that over, 2/27 in 4 overs.
7:54pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:54pm | Report comment
Four!
Vinay Kumar pitching it short consistently and finally Finch gets the gap. Through the covers and off it goes…
…needs to pitch it up, there is enough swing there.
7:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:52pm | Report comment
David Hussey has walked out to the middle. The Aussies need some resurrection after the loss of these two early wickets.
2/20 in 3.
7:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:49pm | Report comment
OUT!
No, the simple answer to that is no! Marsh dismissed for a duck…again!
Again, Praveen Kumar got it to swing away from the left-hander and Marsh got that Phil Hughes-like edge. Sehwag was in the slip and he juggled it twice before parrying it to the wicket-keeper.
2/20 in 2.5
7:53pm
Red Kev said | 7:53pm | Report comment
I have this theory that Khawaja put a curse on him when he replaced him in the test side. 4 ducks, 2 threes and an 11 since then.
7:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:55pm | Report comment
You mean Khawaja came on one of the live blogs and said, ‘Marshy’s looking good, he will get a century now’!
9:12pm
Red Kev said | 9:12pm | Report comment
Something like that.
I also forgot the 18 he notched for the Scorchers between the third and fourth tests. Hasn’t passed 20 runs since Dec 22 in any form of cricket.
But let’s lay bets on another “Shaun Marsh is a class player and class is permanent” comment from Mickey Arthur shall we.
10:51pm
Justin said | 10:51pm | Report comment
Yes he is a gun….popping right now but he will come good and ave 40!
7:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:49pm | Report comment
Shaun Marsh is in at three. Can he overturn his poor Test match form?
7:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:47pm | Report comment
OUT!
Warner gets a top-edge and is well-caught by Gautam Gambhir…
…was short enough to pull but Praveen Kumar has this ability to wobble the ball around and that can sometimes be putting off for the batsman. The top-edge went high but the long boundary prevented it from carrying over the fence and Gambhir caught it despite not looking very comfortable.
1/19 in 2.2
7:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:46pm | Report comment
Four!
Vinay Kumar comes around the wicket to cramp Warner up.
Does a decent job of doing it off one delivery but off the next one, Warner gets a thick inside-edge to fine-leg for four.
0/18 in 2.
7:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:42pm | Report comment
Four!
Finch gets another boundary but this time it is off the middle of the bat. Swung slightly into the batsman and he flicked hard.
7:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:41pm | Report comment
Vinay Kumar from the Great Southern End. Warner against him, he had got the left-hander out last game.
7:40pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:40pm | Report comment
Four!
Flashes and gets a four to open his account does Finch. It swung away from the batsman but was a tad short and a wide and hence justified that shot.
0/7 in 1.
7:38pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:38pm | Report comment
Two to open the innings for Warner. Tucked off the hips and both, Sehwag (at short mid-wicket) and Gambhir (at deep square-leg) failed to prevent the couple.
7:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:37pm | Report comment
Praveen Kumar with the ball, Warner facing…
7:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:34pm | Report comment
Wade, after a superb man-of-the-match winning half-century, has been pushed down the order. Instead, Aaron Finch will open the innings with Dave Warner.
A part of rotation policy I am assuming, and Australian T20 fans will have something to say about it I am sure.
7:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:23pm | Report comment
And till we begin, another couple of cricketing updates. New Zealand have beaten Zimbabwe by 90 runs in an expected result.
But it is England v Pakistan in their third Test that catches the eye – Pakistan have limped to 7/53 at lunch on the first day of the game. Mind you, Pakistan have already won the series, having bowled England out for 72 in the previous Test.
7:32pm
Ian Whitchurch said | 7:32pm | Report comment
Pakistan. Just when you think they’ve turned the corner into some sort of consistency …
7:36pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:36pm | Report comment
Yep, before the off-field issues seeped into their cricket in recent times, Pakistan were known for their inconsistency. Under Misbah, they seemed to have turned it around. Till today that is…
…still, the game ain’t over I guess.
7:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:18pm | Report comment
Just as an update, the IPL 2012 auction will be held tomorrow.
There will be a few players from both teams, Ravindra Jadeja, Vinay Kumar, Brad Hogg and Xavier Doherty who will have their eyes on the auction. Only a year ago, Hogg was commentating in the IPL!
7:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:07pm | Report comment
George Bailey has won the toss and decided to bat.
Three changes for Australia, Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh and Clint McKay are in. No place for Travis Birt, James Faulkner and Daniel Christian then.
India go in with the same 11. No place for Irfan Pathan then and they will go in with their umpteen spinners.
7:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:05pm | Report comment
Hello all and welcome to the live coverage of the second T20I between Australia and India.
Australia lead the series 1-0 after clinching the first game at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney by 31 runs.
7:04pm
Rabbitz said | 7:04pm | Report comment
Sorry Suneer,
I won’t be following your commentary tonight.
The new in-comments ads for facebook have given me the irits.
Have fun.
6:03pm
Jay said | 6:03pm | Report comment
any thoughts on a crowd figure? 70-75,000?
2:50pm
Matt F said | 2:50pm | Report comment
You’d imagine that the three players who missed out on Wednesday (Mckay, Finch and S Marsh) will all get a game tonight. Especially the two Victorians given that it’s at the MCG, and that they’re missing a Shield game for this.
More importantly, let’s hope that Ch 9s coverage is better then on Wednesday (which shouldn’t be too hard.) The commentators were especially woeful. Fox Sports BBL coverage was immeasurably better.
3:41pm
Chris said | 3:41pm | Report comment
Agree totally on the commentary. Ch 9 covering the T20s is just unbearable. Slater and Healy particularly need to take a cold shower just before going on air.
Not that Fox is that great, but as bad as they are they’re miles better than Ch 9…
7:01pm
Behold said | 7:01pm | Report comment
Michael Slater’s obsession with David Warner is off putting. He can’t commentate on the game without mentioning him. He was even talking him up for man of the match after scored 25! He also brought him up at least 4 times today during commentary on the Women’s t20 and I only watched half that game. I wish that channel 9 was forced to broadcast the game live not on the 5 second delay that makes listening to abc commentary impossible.
2:19pm
Bsc said | 2:19pm | Report comment
Karma brad karma
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2:14pm
jameswm said | 2:14pm | Report comment
I’d have been disappointed if Nevill had to make way for Haddin in the Shield side.
How ridiculous anyway – your spot is safe Brad, you’ve been playing so well.
1:39pm
Brett McKay said | 1:39pm | Report comment
Suneer, I hope you have more luck with the weather than Wed night. Speaking of, the PMs XI match v Sri Lanka was abandoned at Manuka Oval a short time ago, without a ball being bowled..
1:43pm
Red Kev said | 1:43pm | Report comment
Poor Haddin, left out of the T20 and ODis for Wade, PMs XI game abandoned, and left out of the NSW XI for Nevill. I don’t think Brad will be feeling the love right now.
1:59pm
Brett McKay said | 1:59pm | Report comment
CommyKev, there’s a bit of mail aorund that he wanted to play the Shield game, but relaxed that after being assured by the selectors that he was just being rested from the ODI side..
2:20pm
Tristan Rayner said | 2:20pm | Report comment
CommyKev, good one BM.
Wade’s put his best foot forward, Haddin will likely be on a last gasp chance to hold his place in T20/ODIs.
2:22pm
jameswm said | 2:22pm | Report comment
I’ll say again I don’t think Wade’s an option for the test team till his keeping improves.
Paine or Nevill should replace Haddin – and I would say Nevill right now.
3:26pm
Brett McKay said | 3:26pm | Report comment
I can’t take the credit Tristo, but I do like it..
2:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:49pm | Report comment
Feel for the Sri Lankans. They are coming off a mini-upheaval, lost everything recently, new captain, new coach, need to quickly adjust to the conditions in Australia and then have their match abandoned.
Brett, at least the first game wasn’t a reduced one which was a plus. Hoping for another full game here…
5:05pm
Vas Venkatramani said | 5:05pm | Report comment
Given the ODI series rarely carry any emotional weight with me, it would be wonderful if SL won the CB series. It seems like that will be the only way they’ll get paid…
5:37pm
Jason said | 5:37pm | Report comment
At least Geoff Marsh doesn’t have to coach against his sons.
6:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:07pm | Report comment
That’s a definite plus Jason. Although from winning the 1999 World Cup as an Australian coach to being sent out within a few months of being in the job will not go down too well with Marsh I am sure.
Ford is the same man who had given the Indian coaching job a cold shoulder after the BCCI had almost accepted him some years ago. Should be an interesting battle that – Ford v India.