Australia vs India, Adelaide ODI: cricket live scores, commentary
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Australia v India ADELAIDE OVAL, FEBRUARY 12, 2012 Match 4 - AUS v IND |
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| Australia 1st Inn | 8/269 |
| India 1st Inn | 6/270 |
| Australia won the toss and elected to bat | |
| India won by 4 wickets | |
| India | RR:5.44 | ||||
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| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| MS Dhoni* | 44 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 75.86 |
| R Ashwin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Australia | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| CJ McKay* | 9.4 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 5.48 |
| XJ Doherty | 9.0 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 5.67 |
| Last Wicket: | Jadeja, 12 (c:Ponting b:Doherty) |
| Current Partnership: | 13 runs, 6 balls, RR:216.67 |
The One Day International tri-series moves to the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide where Australia take on India in the fourth game of the tournament on Sunday. We’ll bring you the live scores and commentary of the action starting at 1.50 pm local time.
Australia escaped defeat against Sri Lanka after sitting pretty for most of the game but they will treat it as an early wakeup call in this long tournament.
The two wins from two games will help team morale, and allow the side to make a change or two to their line-up in pursuit of the rotation policy.
This will mean that Michael Hussey gets a break and one of Peter Forrest or Mitchell Marsh could come into the Australian line-up.
Forrest will be the favourite to make it to the XI but given India’s frailties against pace, Marsh could also be a part of the Australian final makeup.
Indian captain MS Dhoni’s rotation policy has come under scrutiny because it involves playing only two of the top three batsmen – Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.
In the opener it was Gautam Gambhir who had padded up while being replaced by Virender Sehwag in the second match. It will be anybody’s guess whether or not Sachin Tendulkar will get a break for this one.
The last time the two sides met, India had baffled the pundits by going in with three frontline spinners to go with their two part-time slow bowlers. They rectified that in the Sri Lanka game and one can expect the same combination to play in this match.
However, there is a decent chance of Umesh Yadav making it to the playing 11 in place of Praveen Kumar. Kumar has been off colour and did not look like he had regained full fitness in the previous match.
The rest of the side should remain the same.
We will bring you the coverage throughout this fourth CB series ODI between Australia and India from the Adelaide Oval and hope to receive your opinions as the action unfolds.
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2:46am
rahman said | 2:46am | Report comment
Well done austriala i think the next matce
10:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:31pm | Report comment
Gautam Gambhir gets the man of the match award for his 92.
That is that from me for today’s game. We will be back with the live coverage of the India v Sri Lanka game at the same ground on Tuesday. Take care till then!
10:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:21pm | Report comment
India had never scored this much to win a game in Australia and while they were in touching distance with the target through the innings, the Aussies seemed to have got on top when the tourists needed 12 from 4.
Earlier, the Indian pace bowlers did a good job of restricting the Australian batsmen to 269 when 300 looked imminent at one stage. The spinners had leaked runs but Umesh Yadav and Zaheer Khan were excellent with their pace and line/length respectively.
Peter Forrest had an excellent debut as he scored a well-made 66 while David Hussey continued to plunder runs in the series.
In response, Gambhir’s 92 anchored the innings and India were cruising at 2/166 in 32 overs. Then Rohit Sharma played a rash stroke, Gambhir was unfortunate to be given out lbw and Dhoni’s timing-issues meant that India needed 31 from 23 balls when Suresh Raina got out.
Dhoni finished off the game with a six and a brace off a no-ball in the last over.
10:16pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:16pm | Report comment
MS Dhoni, take a bow! He struggled through most of his innings, with his timing, with his health. He failed to get any boundaries for all of his innings till he had played 55 balls for his 33 runs.
And then suddenly, with 12 needed from 4 balls, Dhoni smacked Australia’s best bowler of the night for a huge six to bring the side back into the game.
10:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:14pm | Report comment
And that is the end of the match with a three off that pull shot! What a turnaround, India has got out of the jail!
10:13pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:13pm | Report comment
No-ball!
And Dhoni is caught off a no-ball. They run two and the batsmen have run two more…
Three runs needed from three balls now and India are favourites to win this. What a turnaround this is…
10:11pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:11pm | Report comment
SIX!
What? Where did that come from? Game turns again! 6 needed from 3.
10:10pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:10pm | Report comment
One off the first two balls. 12 needed from 4. An exhausted Dhoni on strike to McKay.
10:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:09pm | Report comment
And a dot ball to end the over! 13 needed from six balls and Dhoni seems spent. Some problem with flu or something for him it looks like.
Australia will now be favourites to win this one…
McKay should bowl this one, Ashwin on strike.
10:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:07pm | Report comment
Dot ball for Dhoni and they need 13 from 7 now.
10:06pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:06pm | Report comment
OUT!
Jadeja goes for a big hit but holes out to Ponting at wide long-on.
Australia get the upper hand now, with 13 needed from 8.
Doherty gets another wicket and continues to make life difficult for India.
10:05pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:05pm | Report comment
Since the end of the 39th over, India has hit only two boundaries. Any time else, it could have led to a sure defeat given the burgeoning asking rate. Here, India has done it well so far.
13 needed from 9.
10:03pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:03pm | Report comment
Two more runs off the last ball of the McKay over pulls it down to 17 required from two overs.
India have not been able to get too many boundaries but they are doing it well in singles and twos.
This has gone down the wire and it looks like it ain’t over yet.
10:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:01pm | Report comment
Missed!
Another run-out chance, needed a direct hit again! Clarke missed from mid-on!
A run-out seems around the corner!
10:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:00pm | Report comment
Three runs for Jadeja as Starc dives at fine-leg to prevent the boundary.
21 needed from 15 now.
9:59pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:59pm | Report comment
Missed!
Run-out missed again! This is not the Australian fielding that we know of…
Should have hit direct from that distance but Clarke misses. Probably his hamstring had something to do with it.
24 needed off 16.
9:57pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:57pm | Report comment
Will Clarke risk Doherty for another over? It will be McKay to bowl his ninth now.
9:57pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:57pm | Report comment
Missed!
Run-out missed! Another bad effort in the field.
Jadeja should have been run-out but the fielder, Ryan Harris under-armed it rather high to the bowler.
27 needed from the last three overs. Only four from that over and a wicket.
9:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:55pm | Report comment
Ravindra Jadeja is the new man and takes a single off the first ball he faces.
Raina was bowled trying to hit the ball on the full.
9:54pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:54pm | Report comment
OUT!
What a move!
Doherty and Hussey have already bowled 10 overs together. So Doherty could have spent the night without bowling another over.
Yet, Clarke gave him the ball and off the very first ball, Doherty has the wicket of Raina.
Well played for his 38 from 30. Good time to pick up that wicket too!
9:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:52pm | Report comment
Four!
That was well stuck by Raina, over the extra-cover fielder and it bulleted through to the fence. Hit on the up.
Clarke was gesturing with Ponting before that delivery that suggested that he was looking to give Doherty another bowl.
Nine off the over. 31 needed from four overs. Australia could do with a wicket here.
9:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:48pm | Report comment
Another fumble from Ponting, but he recovers in time to throw down the stumps. But that extra milli-second cost Australia a wicket and give the Indians an extra run for the overthrow.
37 from 28 needed.
9:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:46pm | Report comment
Clint McKay comes on to bowl. He has bowled seven overs which means that he will bowl three of the remaining five.
Seven overs for 3/21!
9:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:46pm | Report comment
Not trying to smack too many to the fence are the Indians.
Eight runs off the over means that India maintain the required rate that was needed at the start of the over.
Another misfield incidentally by Australia allowed an extra run in that over. They would have conceded at least 15 runs in the field today.
40 needed from 30.
9:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:42pm | Report comment
48 required from six. Asking rate is at eight and Doherty with the ball.
The pressure for India comes from the fact that a wicket here will bring a new batsman to the crease – an all-rounder.
9:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:39pm | Report comment
14 off 34 for Dhoni at the start of the over. A couple of runs followed by two dots.
Not been the best of Dhoni’s innings. So far, if I may add.
50 needed from 38.
9:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:37pm | Report comment
Another misfield and Dhoni gets a single after a couple of dot balls.
Eight runs from that over means that India need 53 from 42 with six wickets standing.
Clarke’s disappeared into the dressing room.
9:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:35pm | Report comment
SIX!
Dhoni was creating pressure with his inability to hit ‘em but Raina comes down the track and smacks Doherty over mid-wicket for a six.
Dropped in the stands.
9:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:34pm | Report comment
Seven runs from that Ryan Harris over brings the target down to 61 from eight overs.
Dhoni has not looked very comfortable yet and he will be itching to unleash a boundary or two.
Problem with Clarke’s fitness one gathers. He is stretching his hamstring consistently now.
9:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:31pm | Report comment
Another poor fielding effort, gets India an overthrow. Two runs to the Indians.
9:30pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:30pm | Report comment
Doherty sends down a decent over which costs five. The fifth bowler combination has bowled eight overs now.
68 needed from 54.
9:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:25pm | Report comment
There have been many misfields by the Australians this game and Warner allows another single. Earlier Ponting gave away 3-4 runs in the field as well.
73 needed from 10 and Doherty comes on.
9:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:20pm | Report comment
Four!
Finally a stroke to get a four and relieve a bit of pressure. He swung the bat to the leg-side and got a boundary to square-leg.
76 needed from 66 balls.
9:11pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:11pm | Report comment
The runs have almost come down to a trickle. The Batting Powerplay has added to their difficulties as the fielders are close and singles are difficult to come by.
Only four runs since the wicket of Gambhir including Dhoni’s two from 15 balls.
88 needed from 78 balls and the rate is now ballooning up to 7 an over.
9:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 9:04pm | Report comment
MS Dhoni is the new man in.
91 needed from 90 balls now. Suddenly the required rate has gone over six.
Batting Powerplay has now been taken.
8:59pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:59pm | Report comment
OUT!
Gambhir has been declared out lbw and Clint McKay has another over off the first ball of his spell. Was it out?
A good innings from the Indian opener but now he is gone and India has a task on hand.
92 needed from 95 balls with six wickets standing. Gambhir made 92 off 111 balls. The last time he had scored a 90 in an ODI was in the final of the World Cup 2011.
9:03pm
Pierce said | 9:03pm | Report comment
Bad decision.
9:16pm
Oracle said | 9:16pm | Report comment
That’s putting it mildly!!!!!!!!!!
9:22pm
Red Kev said | 9:22pm | Report comment
Yeah an absolute shocker, investigate that umpire for collusion with bookmakers.
8:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:53pm | Report comment
Dropped!
Difficult chance but should have caught it. It was Dave Warner, Australia’s best fielder on the park and he has floored a rasping cover drive from Suresh Raina.
It was a little higher than he expected and he needed to jump up to catch that.
8:50pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:50pm | Report comment
Four!
Second time he has drifted down the leg-side and Suresh Raina gets off the mark with that clip to the fence. First ball four for him takes the side to 3/171 in 32.4.
8:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:48pm | Report comment
OUT!
Speak of players in the shed! One of them will come out to the crease now as Rohit Sharma has thrown his wicket away after looking so good.
He makes 33 off 41 and is out trying to hit the bowler over long-off. Gets no power on the shot and it goes to the fielder. Australia have got a foot into the door.
8:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:47pm | Report comment
Two singles and a brace off that Dan Christian over. India is doing it well here and they have a couple of good batsmen waiting in the she as well.
2/165 in 32.
Gambhir’s on 85, which is 15 short of his first international century for ages.
8:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:43pm | Report comment
Four!
Very poor delivery from Ryan Harris, drifts down the leg-side and Gambhir fine-glances it to the fence.
Harris has come in to replace Starc who conceded 10 in that over. Harris gives seven from it.
2/161 in 31 overs.
8:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:39pm | Report comment
Four!
Rohit Sharma has now taken the bowling by the scruff. Punched off the back-foot and the field is fairly defensive, but still manages to pierce through to the fence.
Seven off that over from Dan Christian, who was called upon to replace Doherty.
2/155 in 30 overs.
Partnership is 66 runs from 70 balls.
8:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:35pm | Report comment
10 runs from that over takes India to 2/148 in 29.
122 needed from 126 balls, which is definitely achievable.
8:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:34pm | Report comment
SIX!
Out of nowhere! That was a powerful blow from Rohit Sharma, pulled a short ball from Starc and it went into the stands.
That would have been a six on any ground, let alone the short boundaries square of the wicket here.
Starc’s short ball have been dealt with really well by India tonight.
8:31pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:31pm | Report comment
A shot in anger from Gambhir gets him a couple of runs through the mid-wicket region.
Two other singles takes India to 2/138 in 28.
The two have added 48 runs in 59 balls so far.
8:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:28pm | Report comment
Starc had a slip for Rohit Sharma but it was removed towards the latter part of the over.
Still India manage four singles off that over.
2/134 in 27 overs.
8:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:25pm | Report comment
It is Mitchell Starc who replaces Hussey. Wickets needed at this stage for the home side.
8:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:24pm | Report comment
One cut shot was in the air but no alarms barring that. Five more singles from the Doherty over takes India to 2/130 in 26.
Fast bowlers need to be brought back now.
8:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:20pm | Report comment
And they take four more singles rather easily from that Hussey over. Nothing on the track for the slow bowlers – India struggled with their spinners and now it is the Australian spinners who have found nothing so far.
2/125 in 25.
8:19pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:19pm | Report comment
Five runs from that over from Doherty over, all of five singles.
India’s milking the bowling and managing to keep the required rate down to below six.
2/121 in 24.
8:13pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:13pm | Report comment
A better over for India, who have managed to keep their run-rate around five throughout this innings.
A wide that went for three more runs and a couple through point means India are 2/111 in 22.
8:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:09pm | Report comment
Hussey quickly finishes that over and only four singles from it.
Gambhir on 55, Rohit Sharma on 5.
2/104 in 21.
Spin from both ends, Doherty comes on.
8:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:07pm | Report comment
Better over from Christian and only three from it.
2/99 in 20. India have prevented the rather rapid fall of wickets that usually has happened this tour for India.
David Hussey comes on ahead of Zavier Doherty again.
8:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 8:02pm | Report comment
Four!
Clipped off his pads and Gautam Gambhir gets a boundary. A rare poor ball from McKay and a rarer punishment for the bowler.
That also gets the batsman to his fifty, which incidentally is another rare batsman for an Indian batsman on tour.
2/96 in 19.
7:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:58pm | Report comment
OUT!
Frustration? How else can you define that stroke!
Kohli wasn’t getting too many away and he went for a big hit, but failed to connect. Hits the outer edge of the bat and ballooned up to the sweeper fielder.
2/90 in 18.1.
7:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:56pm | Report comment
Four!
Shot, finally! Almost nine overs since the last boundary and Gambhir gets it away through the point.
Despite the lack of boundaries, India have done well to get to 1/90 in 18.
7:50pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:50pm | Report comment
And a good start to his new spell where India milk him for four runs. His three overs have now cost six runs.
Wonder why was he removed from the attack after figures of 1/2 in two overs.
1/82 in 17 and its Drinks.
7:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:47pm | Report comment
Clint McKay, whose previous spell lasted all of two overs despite picking up the wicket of Sehwag, comes back to bowl.
7:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:47pm | Report comment
Four off that Christian over.
1/78 in 16. The Bowling Powerplay is on till the 20th over.
7:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:44pm | Report comment
Starc does not concede a single boundary and yet nine off that over. After the initial discomfort both Gambhir and Kohli have gotten used to the conditions well.
1/74 in 15.
7:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:37pm | Report comment
Four singles from that Christian over.
There were traces of the Indian batsmen looking unsettled in the last three overs or something. Far more comfortable in that Christian over.
1/65 in 14.
7:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:35pm | Report comment
Two off Starc’s fifth over takes India to 1/61 in 13.
And only a couple of overs from McKay and there is a bowling change. Dan Christian has been called upon now.
Interestingly, the wicket-keeper was up to the stumps for Gambhir but back for Kohli.
7:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:28pm | Report comment
Things have shaped up nicely for Australia after the fall of Sehwag’s wicket. Only seven runs from 17 balls since.
1/59 in 12 overs.
7:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:24pm | Report comment
Gambhir has got himself out playing that nervy, almost deliberate-edge to the slips but this time, he gets it through for three.
1/57 in 11 overs. Gambhir’s on 32.
7:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:20pm | Report comment
Maiden over by McKay to start his spell. That is to go with the wicket of Sehwag.
Virat Kohli, the new man, has played out five balls without anything to show for so far.
7:16pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:16pm | Report comment
OUT!
If he could kick himself, he will do it. Sehwag has been dismissed off a delivery that should have been dispatched to the square-leg fence – probably even over it.
Down the leg side, easy pickings and Sehwag closed his bat in his attempt to play it on the leg-side. Leading edge – almost hit the back of the bat – carries to point where he is easily caught.
That was the first ball of the Clint McKay spell.
India have lost their first.
7:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:14pm | Report comment
Four!
Whoa, Gambhir looks to have finally found his touch. It was pitched up by Harris and Gambhir drove it through the extra-cover area for a magnificent boundary. Looked pleasing to the eye.
That over also saw Sehwag nearly run-out at the non-striker’s end.
0/52 in 9 overs.
7:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:12pm | Report comment
Four!
Gambhir goes down the track to Harris but the bowler smartly tried to send it down wider.
He flashed at it and the edge carried over the slips to the fence. India motor along to 0/48.
7:10pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:10pm | Report comment
Four!
It was turning out to be a good over from Starc but Sehwag blazes the last ball away from sight.
Goes to point for a four and takes India to 0/44 in 8.
7:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:07pm | Report comment
A couple and two singles from the Harris over. He is troubling India more than Starc has in this brief period so far.
0/37 in 7.
7:03pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 7:03pm | Report comment
Seven off that Starc over takes India to 0/33 in 6.
They need a good start here to achieve their record chase in Australia.
6:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:58pm | Report comment
Four!
Shot! Gambhir has had a couple of lbw shouts against him but amid all that he has got some good shots going! Drives on the up and gets a four through extra-cover.
6:57pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:57pm | Report comment
A better over from Harris, as he pushes the Indian opener to the backfoot with some good short bowling.
Only a couple of runs from it takes India to 0/26 in 5.
6:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:53pm | Report comment
Four!
Smash, pull, four! Starc had been pitching up to the bat and had even had a couple of appeals for leg-before. But the moment he pitches it short, Gambhir is on to the back foot in a flash and forehand slaps it to the empty cross court.
0/24 in 4.
6:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:49pm | Report comment
Harris pitches it up and Sehwag goes over the top. No timing on the stroke and he gets a couple.
0/20 in 3.
6:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:47pm | Report comment
Four!
Punched again by Sehwag and that goes through the point region for four. Starc at the third-man fence fails to get to the short square boundary to cut it off.
0/16 in 2.2
6:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:46pm | Report comment
Four!
Two in two! This time it is Sehwag against Harris.
The bowler pitched it up and Sehwag went through the extra-cover region to get the boundary.
India move to 0/11.
6:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:45pm | Report comment
Four!
First boundary for India, as Gambhir steps out and drives it through extra-cover. Not very well-timed but placed well enough to get the four.
0/7 in 2.
6:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:43pm | Report comment
Loud, loud appeal against Gambhir but the umpire gives it not-out.
Starc got it to come in to Gambhir and he missed it. Hit him flush on the pads but going down the leg-side is what the umpire reckons.
6:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:41pm | Report comment
Mitchell Starc to take up the attack from the other end.
6:40pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:40pm | Report comment
Six balls outside the off-stump and Gambhir tried to get at least a couple of them through the point region for a four. Misses on both the occasions before getting a single in the same area.
0/1 in 1.
6:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:37pm | Report comment
I am back with the Indian chase. Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will open the innings and bid to score their highest total chasing in Australia to win the game.
None of them have had a good time in Australia.
Taking up the attack will be Ryan Harris. He has taken one wicket in two games.
5:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:55pm | Report comment
Still India will need to score 270 to win the game and that will be a tough ask for the floundering Indian batting. There is no Tendulkar in the game which means that the onus will be on Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag.
Australia lost two early wickets today but Peter Forrest and David Hussey played a couple of gems today. On his debut Forrest looked like an experience pro playing his 150th ODI and went on to score 66. Hussey made 72 and messed up with the spinners’ figures with consumate ease.
India bowled well in patches – especially Umesh Yadav and Zaheer Khan but the spinners gave away too many on a flat track. India’s fielding pulled the home team back by 25-30 runs I may add.
India begin their chase in 30 minutes and I will be back with the live coverage at the start of the innings.
5:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:52pm | Report comment
OUT!
Run-out off the last ball of the innings as the batsmen try a bye ends Australia’s innings at 8/269 in 50 overs.
Kumar concedes only six in the last over.
5:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:47pm | Report comment
OUT!
Yep, he wasn’t getting his timing right and he didn’t get it there either.
Slower ball, tried to smack it over mid-wicket but missed it completely. Bowled.
7/265 in 49.2
5:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:46pm | Report comment
Yadav ends with 2/49 in 10 overs.
Vinay Kumar to bowl the last over. Wade’s not been as effective as he was at the top of the order. So far anyway.
5:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:45pm | Report comment
Misfield by Rohit Sharma gets Australia three runs. Seven runs in that over takes Australia to 6/263.
Australia have not been able to get going in the last five overs or so.
In fact, when Hussey got out Australia were 5/235 in 44.2 overs. In the next 4.4 overs they have made 28.
5:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:39pm | Report comment
OUT!
Run-out, the second of the innings.
That should have been two runs, but an excellent throw from Jadeja from long-on finds Christian short. He made 39 off 36 but did not get the final push for his side.
India may have floundered with their batting throughout the series and the bowling may not have been too good either. But the fielding has been at par with Australia.
5:36pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:36pm | Report comment
Zaheer Khan concedes three runs off his last over and its 5/248 in 47.
Zaheer’s 10 overs have ended for 46 and he has a wicket.
5:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:29pm | Report comment
Four!
And this time Christian plays it through point. It was quick as Yadav has been bowling through the innings but over-pitched and wide.
Follows it up with a good delivery that beats the batsman. 146 km/hr.
5/245 in 46 overs.
5:27pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:27pm | Report comment
Four!
Short ball from Yadav, well bowled but the top-edge gets it to go to the fence.
5/241 in 45.3. They can still get to 300.
5:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:26pm | Report comment
Matthew Wade is the new man. Can he smack them around from the middle of the order.
He has batted in the middle of the innings in Big Bash League for the Stars.
5:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:23pm | Report comment
OUT!
Finally Hussey plays a false stroke, flicking it away to the square-leg fielder. Sehwag pulls it off just inches off the ground and takes a good catch.
The in-form batsman is gone for 72.
5:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:21pm | Report comment
Yep, it was the bringing back of Vinay Kumar and he conceded four from it.
4/234 in 44 overs.
5:14pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:14pm | Report comment
Four!
Shot! Four over the extra-cover fence and that goes all the way to bring Hussey up to 70.
Nine runs from that over takes Australia to 4/229 in 43. We should see some pace now.
5:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:12pm | Report comment
Only four runs off that 41st over from Jadeja. That is one of the three overs from the spinners needed by India.
Ashwin then sends down another one where the Aussies take four off.
4/221 in 42.
Jadeja continues.
5:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:09pm | Report comment
Eight off the last over of the Batting Powerplay takes Australia to the last 10 overs on 4/213.
Ravindra Jadeja is immediately called upon to send down the 41st – only seven of the 10 remaining overs can be bowled by quick bowlers.
5:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:02pm | Report comment
Six runs off the first three balls from the Zaheer Khan over before three dot balls to end the over.
4/205 in 39.
4:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:55pm | Report comment
Four!
Cut away to the point fence and despite a fine diving effort by Kohli, the ball speeds away into the boundary.
12 runs off that Yadav over.
4/199 in 38 overs.
4:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:53pm | Report comment
Four!
Inside edge to the fence for Dan Christian and he moves on to 8.
4:50pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:50pm | Report comment
Fifty for Hussey, at the expense of being repetitive, he has been in the form of his life. And he was probably not exaggerating when he said he hadn’t given up on his hope to play Test cricket.
4/187 in 37.
4:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:46pm | Report comment
Six runs off that Yadav over which is good after the first ball four.
4/181 in 36 overs. Australia had muscled the Indians away in the last 20 overs of the innings in the first ODIs. What can they do here?
4:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:43pm | Report comment
OUT!
Forrest is finally dismissed and he misses a good chance to go all the way to his century.
Short ball from Yadav and it hurries on to the batsman. He tried to pull it but the top-edge it and caught by deep square-leg. Yadav gets his second wicket.
The 98-run stand came in 106 balls.
4:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:39pm | Report comment
Four!
Cut away to the fence! Forrest moves on to 66 with that shot and the partnership is worth 98.
4:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:39pm | Report comment
Six runs off the over from Zaheer Khan and that takes Australia to 3/175 in 35.
The run-rate’s exactly five and the Batting Powerplay is on. Umesh Yadav with the ball.
4:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:33pm | Report comment
Zaheer Khan is back on now.
0/23 off his five overs.
4:33pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:33pm | Report comment
Five runs from the Ashwin over takes Australia to 3/169 in 34.
300 is on cards for Australia. Dan Christian and Matthew Wade can both hit the ball long. So can David Hussey.
4:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:32pm | Report comment
And after just one over from Vinay Kumar, it is R Ashwin who is brought into the attack.
The only reason I can think of is the impending Batting Powerplay, where he may want to bowl him. But this is far too much spin on a track that has nothing in it for the slow bowlers.
4:30pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:30pm | Report comment
SIX!
Six more to the new-comer! Goes down the pitch and lofts Rohit Sharma over the long-off fence this time and moves to 57.
This experiment with slow bowling is not working for India.
3/164 in 33.
4:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:28pm | Report comment
Half-century!
Fifty on debut for Forrest with a single.
He has batted beautifully on his debut. Started off quickly, got a few fours going, even hit a six before maturely moving the ball around in the field in the middle overs. Good start to his career.
3/154 in 32.
4:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:24pm | Report comment
Finally some pace from India. Vinay Kumar, who got the ball to wobble a bit in his first spell now comes on.
3/150 in 31.
4:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:23pm | Report comment
And there was a bowling change alright but another spinner replaces Ashwin – it is Rohit Sharma who concedes five singles off that over.
Forrest has crept up to within a couple of runs for his fifty.
3/150 in 31.
4:20pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:20pm | Report comment
Four from the Jadeja over as he runs through his over in the same manner as David Hussey would do with his bowling.
3/145 in 30.
4:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:18pm | Report comment
Appeal for a run-out but the batsman was well in there.
Tried for a quick singles and Dhoni was quick to react but Forrest was well in.
3/141 in 29.
Spinners continuing.
4:17pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:17pm | Report comment
At the other end, Jadeja is trying hard to hold the batsmen. Three runs from it.
Both bowlers, Jadeja and Ashwin have conceded 32 runs – the left-armer from seven overs while Ashwin has taken only five overs to give away those many.
3/135 in 28.
4:13pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:13pm | Report comment
Looking at the way the pitch has behaved, the only way that the Indians can reduce the scoring is by trying to pick wickets.
Easier said than done obviously, but the spinners don’t look like they are in line for a bagful of wickets for now.
4:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:12pm | Report comment
Four!
Four!
Four!
Three fours in three balls for Hussey and that means the pressure is totally off the Aussies. Hussey continues to prosper in the series as Ashwin bears the brunt.
13 had come off the four overs before this but 12 off those three balls.
3/132 in 27.
4:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:09pm | Report comment
Only one from that Jadeja over – a better one from the left-arm spinner, who has been tonked for a few by Forrest.
3/119 in 26.
4:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:07pm | Report comment
That phase of the innings when the batsmen are content to take the singles with pushes and nurdles around and the proceedings are a tad slow.
Three more runs off the Ashwin over and Australia get to 3/118 at the halfway stage.
Ashwin’s conceded 19 in his four.
4:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:04pm | Report comment
Three runs off Ashwin’s over followed by six in the Jadeja over.
Australia 3/115 in 24.
Forrest has moved on to 39 off 50. David Hussey, who has been in good form all this summer has got another start; 10 from 14.
3:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:58pm | Report comment
Just three runs off that Yadav over. His pace is making it difficult for the batsmen to score too many runs.
He has bowled six overs for 18 and got a wicket.
3/106 in 22.
3:54pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:54pm | Report comment
Four!
Off the back-foot and Forrest cuts it hard. There was a sweeper on the boundary but he fails to get to the ball and Australia move along to 3/103 in 21.
David Hussey at the other end.
3:58pm
Rhys said | 3:58pm | Report comment
Lots of fours in Peter Forrest’s innings. Could it be a strange case of not seeing the threes for the Forrest?
3:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:52pm | Report comment
Yadav is in the middle of a good spell here. Only two runs off that 20th over.
Forrest’s looking like he belongs to the big league.
3/95 in 20 overs.
Jadeja comes on now.
3:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:46pm | Report comment
Four!
And now he cuts it off the back-foot! He can do it off both the feet!
3:45pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:45pm | Report comment
Four!
Peter Forrest drives through the extra-cover off Ashwin and it goes all the way to the fence.
Excellent batting.
3:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:44pm | Report comment
Clarke had looked rather well in the first half of the innings but since the run-out of Warner in which he had a hand to play, the captain looked to have lost a bit of his touch.
He was on 26 off 20 when Warner was dismissed, and ended on 38 off 43.
3:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:41pm | Report comment
OUT!
Bowled! Clarke’s bowled by Umesh Yadav and after bowling at 145 km/hr plus throughout, that was a rather slow, slow ball.
Clarke advanced down the pitch and could not get to the pitch of the ball. Inside-edged it to the stumps.
3:37pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:37pm | Report comment
And it is R Ashwin who comes on after the drinks break. He is replacing Jadeja, who was getting no purchase from the pitch.
Three runs from the first over gets Australia to 2/79 in 17.
3:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:32pm | Report comment
Another good over from Yadav, the last over before the first drinks break.
One off the first ball to Clarke but Forrest get hurried into his strokes off most of the next five.
2/76 in 16.
3:27pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:27pm | Report comment
SIX!
Test player or not, but Forrest is definitely an ODI player by the looks of things! He goes down the track and smacks Jadeja over long-on.
The straight boundaries are long and yet it clears it.
Eight runs off the over.
3:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:25pm | Report comment
A delivery at 151 km/hr and it hits the bat hard rather than the other way around!
And then a shot ball that makes Forrest hop a little.
Two off mid-wicket to end the over.
2/67 in 14 overs.
3:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:23pm | Report comment
Four!
Cut away by Forrest, who gets his first four in international cricket.
His partner at the other end, captain Clarke had talked up his chances in Test match cricket earlier in the week.
3:21pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:21pm | Report comment
The last ball from Yadav was clocked at 149.9 km/hr. Indian fans have been talking up his inclusion in the ODIs for some time now.
Four runs off the Jadeja over. Clarke charged at one and Jadeja cleverly pushed it down the leg-side. Lucky to get some bat on it.
2/59 in 13.
3:18pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:18pm | Report comment
Another maiden over, that’s the second in three overs. More vitally it was a maiden to Clarke.
Only two runs in the last three overs as well and India have pulled this back a little.
2/55 in 12 overs.
3:15pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:15pm | Report comment
Double bowling change now, Umesh Yadav from the other end.
Almost immediately, the pace is up in the region of 145 km/hr. And the ball’s tailing in a little as well.
3:15pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:15pm | Report comment
Two from that over from Jadeja.
2/55 in 11.
3:13pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:13pm | Report comment
Powerplay overs have ended for now and India gets in a spinner.
Ravindra Jadeja to bowl at Clarke and the new-comer Peter Forrest. All eyes on him now.
3:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:12pm | Report comment
Maiden over by Vinay Kumar apart from that run-out.
2/53 in 10.
3:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:12pm | Report comment
Warner tried to get back to his own crease to begin with but then realised that it was his captain and no other mere mortal.
Was left with no option but to give it away.
To be fair, the captain looks like he is in great touch and he could do with that ‘life’
3:10pm
Johnno said | 3:10pm | Report comment
Dave Warner should get dropped his ODI form is not up to it, he doesn’t hit the ball hard enough or attack enough for mine.
3:09pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:09pm | Report comment
OUT!
We saw this in the second T20I and we are seeing this again. Run-outs!
Warner cut the ball and that was well fielded by Rohit Sharma in the covers. Clarke, at the non-striker’s end, went haring down the pitch but Warner did not want the run.
In the end, both were stranded at the same end and Warner had to sacrifice himself for the captain.
3:07pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:07pm | Report comment
After a much better over from Zaheer Khan in which he conceded only 2, Vinay Kumar continues.
1/53 in 9.
3:02pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:02pm | Report comment
Zaheer Khan continues now. Surprised to see no change in the bowling.
3:01pm
Brendon said | 3:01pm | Report comment
We know your opinion red kev… U don’t like ponting! Get over it, your not a selector…
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3:21pm
Red Kev said | 3:21pm | Report comment
Get over Ponting’s scores? No worries, give me a bat and 2 overs, he’s totalled 9 in 3 innings. The selectors should just recall Shaun Marsh if they want scorea that bad.
3:00pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:00pm | Report comment
Four!
Two boundaries for Warner in three balls. He punched that through the covers to give no chance to the fielders.
1/51 in 7.5
2:59pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:59pm | Report comment
Four!
And now Warner, short, wide and Warner crashes it through the off-side.
For now, this is a flat pitch. The trend of the tour has been that most times the Indians have bowled, pitches have seemed flatter than usual!
2:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:58pm | Report comment
Four!
Ominous signs for India there, Clarke gets himself another boundary.
Very slightly short and the batsman does not even give it the full extension of his arms for the pull. Short jab gets him a four to the short square boundary.
1/43 in 7.
3:01pm
Rhys said | 3:01pm | Report comment
Clarke is looking in sublime touch today.
3:03pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:03pm | Report comment
Sublime is the word.
But he has looked like he wants to take the bull by the horns, rather than allowing things to drift after the fall of Ponting.
2:56pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:56pm | Report comment
Dhoni has sent the slips packing for Zaheer Khan. This is a very good pitch for the batsmen and Zaheer’s getting no swing whatsoever.
1/39 in 6.4.
2:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:53pm | Report comment
Four!
Compensates by bowling on Clarke’s pads and it’s flicked away this time to the fence.
Clarke has quickly moved on to 21 off 14 balls, with four boundaries!
2:52pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:52pm | Report comment
Four!
Width from Vinay Kumar and Clarke drives it on the up.
The man is looking in the kind of form that I have not seen him before.
2:49pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:49pm | Report comment
Zaheer goes around the wicket and Clarke pats it back to the bowler.
Still, 10 runs from the over and that means Australia is 1/27 in 5.
2:47pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:47pm | Report comment
Four!
Shot! Clarke’s form continues as he drives a good length ball to the left of the mid-off fielder.
Two in two for Clarke!
2:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:46pm | Report comment
Four!
There was no swing for Zaheer Khan and it was a matter of time before one of the batsmen went after him.
It’s Clarke who almost shimmies down the pitch and lofts it over mid-wicket for four.
2:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:41pm | Report comment
No-ball!
Free hit coming up!
But an excellent follow-up delivery, pitched up and swinging into the batsman cramps the batsman for room.
1/17 in 4.
2:40pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:40pm | Report comment
It is Michael Clarke at three. Vinay Kumar has been the standout for India in the limited overs version of the game.
Thankfully for him that bashing in the Perth Test has not left too many mental scars on him.
2:38pm
Johnno said | 2:38pm | Report comment
Sunerr peter Forest is a bit young for me, do you agree.
2:44pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:44pm | Report comment
I guess age does not come into this…26 is a decent time to start playing international cricket.
It is a combination of good, consistent form for the player and the selectors’ instinct.
2:36pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:36pm | Report comment
OUT!
Ponting departs, caught at point!
It was pitched up and Ponting tried to play it on the leg-side. It took the outer edge of his bat and looped up to be a dolly for the point fielder, Virat Kohli and India have drawn first blood.
2:44pm
Red Kev said | 2:44pm | Report comment
If the selectors won’t drop Ponting and Hussey for tests then they need to ditch them from the limited overs formats. The likes of Marsh, Khawaja, Cooper, Quiney, Forrest, and Bailey should be in international limited overs cricket instead of Ponting amd the Hussey brothers.
Ponting opening, what a joke.
2:52pm
Rhys said | 2:52pm | Report comment
Neither will be around come the 2015 World Cup, so yes this current series should be their last. Time to build a solid top six for the future. There’s plenty of limitied overs talent waiting in the wings.
2:56pm
Red Kev said | 2:56pm | Report comment
Why wait until after this series? What do we get out of this series other than the chance to watch Ponting fail over and over again?
2:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:35pm | Report comment
A good over from Zaheer Khan allows both, Warner and Ponting a single apiece.
0/14 in 3 overs.
Ponting is falling just that little bit over but there isn’t enough movement to test that so far.
2:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:32pm | Report comment
Four!
Shot! Again pitched up because of the swing and the on-drive gets Ponting a crisp boundary.
0/12 in 2.
2:31pm
Stu said | 2:31pm | Report comment
Cheers.
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2:30pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:30pm | Report comment
Warner unleashes that stop-cut or the punch off the front-foot. Could have gone all the way but good fielding in chasing that down.
It is Vinay Kumar at the other end and he is getting the ball to nip around a little. Ponting was hit on his pads in a manner not so different from the last game – he fell over. But it was too high to be lbw.
2:26pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:26pm | Report comment
Australia move on to 0/4 at the end of the first over.
Warner cut it through the in-field off the very first delivery for a brace before a single each for the two batsmen.
Cannot see too much swing so far.
2:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:23pm | Report comment
Here we go with the first over; Zaheer Khan will take the ball and Dave Warner will be on strike. Ricky Ponting at the other end – that is a surprising move!
Warner is due for a big score after having missed out since the Perth Test this summer.
2:18pm
Stu said | 2:18pm | Report comment
What’s the story with the new ball at each end? Are they bowling with two balls for the 50 overs, one from each end? So each ball is 25 overs old at the end of the innings. If so, I guess that takes the debate of when to replace the ball out of the picture.
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2:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:25pm | Report comment
Yes Stu, two balls, one from each end, which means that the ball cannot get older than 25 overs.
This not only means that they don’t change the ball too often but this has also taken the reverse swing out of the window.
2:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:12pm | Report comment
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the fourth CB series ODI between Australia and India.
The news is that Australia have won the toss and decided to bat first.
One change for Australia as expected – 26-year-old Peter Forrest makes his debut for them in place of the rested Michael Hussey. His List A average is 26.5.
India have two changes; the musical chairs at the top continues and Tendulkar gets a break this time to accommodate Gautam Gambhir. There is one other change that was predicted above as well – Umesh Yadav comes into the side in place of Praveen Kumar.
2:01pm
jamesb said | 2:01pm | Report comment
I think you”ll find that Sachin is not playing.