World T20 2012: Australia vs India live score updates, blog
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Australia v India R.PREMADASA STADIUM, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 Super Eight 4 - AUS v IND |
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| India 1st Inn | 7/140 |
| Australia 1st Inn | 1/141 |
| India won the toss and elected to bat | |
| Australia won by 9 wickets | |
| Australia | Over:14.5 RR:9.51 | ||||
| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DA Warner | 63 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 153.66 |
| GJ Maxwell* | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| India | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| R Ashwin* | 3.5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8.35 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2.0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Recent Overs: | ||
| . . 2 . 6 2 | | . . . . 1 1 | | 2 1 3 1 1 4 | |
| Last Wicket: | Watson, 72 (c:Tiwary b:Singh) |
| Current Partnership: | 8 runs, 8 balls, RR:100.00 |
Australia’s Super Eights campaign in the World T20 2012 begins with a game against India in Colombo on Friday. The match starts 12 midnight AEST.
Australia enter the second stage of the tournament with two wins in as many games.
India have the same number of wins but will be wary of their poor Super Eights record in the previous two tournaments. They have now lost six successive games at this stage.
Shane Watson’s couple of man-of-the-match performances make him a dangerous opponent for India.
Unfortunately for them, none of the other Australian have really got going, partly because of the lack of chances.
Against Ireland they strolled to a comfortable win while the West Indies game was ended by rain only nine overs into their batting.
This leaves the Australian middle-order a bit undercooked for an important stage of the tournament like this.
When asked about this potential issue, George Bailey admitted that the middle-order hasn’t had too much time facing the bowlers but added that he hoped that Watson continued his good form.
Against the West Indies, the Australian pace bowlers also leaked a few runs on a Colombo track that could test them again. India’s batting exploded against an English attack not too dissimilar from Australia at the same ground, a fact that may not be lost on them.
India exhibited a changed line-up against England after being stretched by Afghanistan. Captain MS Dhoni was candid in his pre-match chat when he called that game as a practice game and hence admitted to be trying out a different combination.
The question everyone seemed to be asking Dhoni in his pre-match press conference was around his team’s selection. Known to keep his cards close to the chest, Dhoni surprised the media by revealing that India could go into the game with a five-bowler strategy.
It could mean that Virender Sehwag may have to sit out yet again. Zaheer Khan could make his way back into the side replacing Ashok Dinda while Piyush Chawla could be one of the three spinners in the playing 11.
Some of the special features to look out will be if Dave Warner can get going at the top, Harbhajan Singh’s battle against his old and familiar foes and how Chennai Super Kings bench-warmer Bailey goes against his captain Dhoni.
Expect a tough game.
Action begins midnight and we will bring you the live coverage of the match.
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2:50am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:50am | Report comment
It is all over for Australia, they have won by nine wickets and with innumerable deliveries to spare.
It is that man, Shane Watson, who has done it again for the Aussies. India are left with many more questions than answers in this rout, they have had the worst start of all the eight teams in the Super Eights.
Watson should be the man of the match yet again – his third one this in a row!
2:46am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:46am | Report comment
Four!
Up and over the same fielder who had held the previous catch, Tiwary. For four.
1/138 in the 14th.
2:45am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:45am | Report comment
OUT!
Aah, a wicket, it is a part of cricket too, are wickets.
Watson’s gone for 72, bashing it to short cover. Can India win it from here? Can pigs also fly?
1/133 in 13.4.
2:42am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:42am | Report comment
Cantering to an easy win here, Rohit Sharma called up to bowl because no-one else is probably interested.
12 runs off it including a David Warner fifty.
0/124 in 13
2:37am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:37am | Report comment
A better over from Yuvraj. Crumbs for India.
0/112 in 12.
2:33am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:33am | Report comment
SIX!
Kohli comes in for some treatment now. Are there any more players who want to bowl? At this rate someone from the stands might be alled up.
0/110 in 11.
2:30am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:30am | Report comment
Four!
Fifty for Watson on this perfectly batting pitch. or so it seems now anyway!
He flicks it away through the short fine-leg for a four, taking him to his half-century off 28 balls!
0/100 in 10.
2:28am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:28am | Report comment
SIX!
Didn’t want to use cliches but there is no better to describe this than “they are dealing in sixes!”
Watson has spanked Pathan over deep square-leg for a six!
SIX!
And even as I type that, he follows it up with another one, same area, same result
0/93 in the 10th.
2:25am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:25am | Report comment
SIX!
SIX!
Going, going and this is gone, gone all the way And again! Two slog swept over the mid-wicket region for sixes to take Australia closer to a one-sided win. This has been their easiest chase so far if I were to hazard a guess.
0/81 in the ninth.
2:23am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:23am | Report comment
SIX!
Six over the bowler’s head, this is going all wrong for the Indians!
On the other hand, Australia continues to impress, Watson more so! He has hit his 10th six of the tournament, making him joint leader with McCullum.
0/67 in 8.
2:20am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:20am | Report comment
SIX!
And is greeted with a six by Watson, quickly running away to his third successive man-of-the-match award here.
0/59 in 7.1.
2:19am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:19am | Report comment
Piyush Chawla comes on now.
2:18am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:18am | Report comment
Four!
Going nowhere for India. In fact, going only one way for now as Warner pulls it through mid-wicket for another four.
Warner was due and he is showing what’s he capable of.
0/53 in 7.
2:15am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:15am | Report comment
Harbhajan Singh is on now. Against his favourite Australia, minus Ricky Ponting.
2:14am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:14am | Report comment
Four!
Another one through the covers, way over it through! Warner’s on fire and Zaheer Khan, despite being unlucky not to have Warner out lbw previous ball, continues to leak.
0/47 in 6.
2:11am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:11am | Report comment
Four!
Getting worse for India, Short, width and Warner gets into the act now, cutting it through the covers for a four.
0/42 in 4.1
2:10am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:10am | Report comment
SIX!
Blah! This is very poor stuff from India’s premier off-spinner.
Short yet again and Watson hits him squarer this time for six, pulled hard too.
0/38 in 5.
2:08am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:08am | Report comment
SIX!
There are bad balls, and there are bad balls and then there are these. Short, slow on his legs and Watson swivels around for a six.
Towels are out. Not being easy for the spinners.
0/30 in 4.4
2:06am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:06am | Report comment
Loud appeal for lbw against Watson, who hasn’t looked as comfortable as he usually does. Given not-out.
Remember he had a poor first over too, before coming back to take three.
0/22 in 4.
2:05am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:05am | Report comment
Not easy. Not by any stretch here for the openers. Some are bouncing more than expected as one did to Warner now and some others are not coming on.
Batting for a new batsman won’t be easy.
0/22 in 3.5
2:02am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:02am | Report comment
Four!
Speak of pulling it back! Zaheer gives him a touch of width and Warner converts it into many times more to cut it through point for a four!
0/21 in 3.1
2:01am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 2:01am | Report comment
A decent second over from Ashwin pulls it back a tad for India.
0/17 in 3.
1:58am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:58am | Report comment
A decent first up over from Zaheer, concedes only four. That is a good start for “The Tendulkar of Indian bowling”, as described by Dhoni.
0/13 in 2.
1:54am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:54am | Report comment
Poor stuff from India, the ball is tapped to the covers and Rohit lets it go through. Just like he had let the ball go through to the stumps!
0/11 in 1.1
1:53am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:53am | Report comment
Four!
Four!
Two fours off the Warner bat in the very first over from R Ashwin, sandwiching a break of a couple of minutes due to rain!
It came and it went, did the drizzle but Ashwin struggled to get any kind of purchase there.
0/9 in 1.
1:33am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:33am | Report comment
India have ended their innings on 7/140, a par score it seems on this difficult track.
Still, with the drizzle around, could make things slightly easier for the Aussies.
Back in 10 after the break.
1:29am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:29am | Report comment
OUT!
That it all folks, Watson has gotten rid of Raina, who was going for his third one. This time he hits it in the air and the ball travels to to long-off for an easy catch.
Watson has three and India are 7/137 with three balls to go.
1:28am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:28am | Report comment
Four!
Full-toss and hoicked away by Raina to wide long-on for a four! The fielder went full-length for a dive but missed it!
Four!
And now flicked away to fine-leg where they have no-one! Two in a row and 140 looks achievable!
1:27am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:27am | Report comment
Watson bowling the last. And they have taken as much time setting field, as it would have taken him to bowl this entire over.
And now a false start!
1:25am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:25am | Report comment
Poor fielding from Australia. Raina swings the bat, misses and goes to the keeper but they run a bye.
Wade sends a wild throw to bowler’s end where there is no-one and the backing fielder misses it, to allow them to come back for the second.
6/129 with one to go.
1:21am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:21am | Report comment
Starc ends his spell with a dot as India get to 6/124 in 18.
The ground-staff is ready to rush in as soon as they are called in.
1:20am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:20am | Report comment
SIX!
Ashwin’s come out with intent and this six shows a lot of it!
Short from Starc and Ashwin has room to swing it over deep mid-wicket for maximum!
Rain in the air it seems!
1:15am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:15am | Report comment
Four!
That had the timing of Rohit Sharma written all over it! On the off stump and Ashwin just times it through the point region!
There were two of them there and it perfectly bisects them.
6/114 in the 17th.
1:13am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:13am | Report comment
Four!
And what does Raina do? Spanks Dan Christian straight over his head for a four!
Ashwin has been been sent ahead of all the other bowling ‘all-rounders’.
6/109 in the 17th.
1:12am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:12am | Report comment
OUT!
And just as I typed that, here we go! Cummins has got the breakthrough for Australia as Dhoni pushes a length ball to short cover!
Big wicket that given how Dhoni can turn things around in the death overs.
6/104 in 16. Only three in that over. Can they get to 140 from here?
1:11am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:11am | Report comment
Not easy to play the quicks on this track where the ball seems to be sticking before getting on to the ball.
5/104 in the 16th
1:05am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:05am | Report comment
Now that is a poor, poor ball from Hogg. On the middle, short and spinning down the leg side.
Dhoni lets it go and not only is it a wide but Wade’s getting nowhere near. Runs to the boundary.
5/101 in the 15th
1:04am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:04am | Report comment
Four!
Driven through the bowler’s hand by Raina for a four! Hogg, for a change, isn’t athletic enough to get down to it.
5/96 in the 15th.
1:01am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 1:01am | Report comment
Four!
Oh Watto does concede a boundary then! As did Hogg the previous over.
Some momentum instilled into the innings but India will be mindful that there isn’t much batting behind these two, Raina and Dhoni.
Twitter’s full of buzz about the five-bowler strategy and the decision to leave out Sehwafg
5/90 in the 14th.
12:54am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:54am | Report comment
Bottom edges, outside edges and that’s how they are getting their runs now. Things have changed in a hurry here.
5/78 in 12.
12:51am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:51am | Report comment
OUT!
They are tumbling here and how! That was Mitchell Starc coming from round the stumps, angling in and Sharma failed to get bat on it.
That was not keeping low, it was a straight-forward delivery to which Sharma did nothing. Except go down after it had sneaked through and sent the stumps cartwheeling.
5/74 in 11.1. Three wickets in seven balls for the Aussies
12:48am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:48am | Report comment
OUT!
Another one bites the dust and Watson suddenly has two! He comes on and does his job. Again. And again!
It was on his pads but he has only flicked it away to short mid-wicket for another simple catch!
4/74 in 11.
Good innings from Pathan, 31 off 30.
12:43am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:43am | Report comment
OUT!
How does Watson do it we won’t know, but he does it and does it well! First ball of a new spell and Yuvraj goes for a pull to a short one. Goes nowhere except high and straight to deep square-leg who catches him without any hassle.
Three down and in trouble.
3/70 in the 11th.
12:42am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:42am | Report comment
Only four singles off that Maxwell over pulls the run-rate further down now. It is the half-way mark and India are 2/70.
Watson’s back after a poor first over.
12:40am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:40am | Report comment
Maxwell has been brought back after his only over at the start of the innings.
12:38am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:38am | Report comment
Four!
Second poor ball of his spell, Hogg sends down a full-toss on leg-stump. Yuvraj drives it to wide long-on where Christian makes a hash of it.
2/66 in 9.
12:35am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:35am | Report comment
Perfume ball to Pathan, who does not go after it like Kohli did. Fends off the next one to square-leg for a single.
They are digging it short now, and the sense I get is that it’s a part of a plan. Not looked comfortable so far have the Indians.
2/60 in 8.
12:32am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:32am | Report comment
OUT!
Would you believe it! It is Kohli and he has been sent back by Cummins!
The man who could do absolutely no wrong, was sent back by a short ball previously from Cummins, which he fended away.
Off the next one, he went for a big one, but can only hole it out to the fielder running back from mid-off – it is a well-taken catch!
2/56 in the eighth.
12:29am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:29am | Report comment
Two big…make it huge, appeals for lbw from the ever-excitable Hogg. One of them looked close too but the umpire was having none of it.
Three dots to end an over which cost six off the first three balls.
1/56 in 7.
12:26am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:26am | Report comment
Four!
And what a welcome. What a poor ball. I think he was attempting the googly to spin from outside the leg stump, but it was pitched far down and Pathan paddle sweeps it for a four. It went rather fine!
1/54 in the seventh.
12:25am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:25am | Report comment
Hogg was warming up and Hogg will bowl now.
12:25am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:25am | Report comment
Four!
Shimmy down the wicket and four through the covers for Kohli. Probably the mandate’s for both batsmen!
It was in the air for a while the diving fielder, I think Cameron White, almost got a hand to it. Probably a bit of a finger.
1/50 in six. A very good start considering what went past us last game. Signs of the track having quickened up.
12:22am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:22am | Report comment
Pathan’s got a mandate it seems and he is going after them. Only this time it goes as far as the mid-on for a really rapidly run single.
12:21am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:21am | Report comment
Daniel Christian is on now. Brad Hogg warming up in the background at mid-off.
12:21am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:21am | Report comment
Four!
And now it has been lofted over the covers for a four! Pathan rushed down the track like to a spinner and takes it almost on the full, and over the covers!
1/42 in 5.
12:18am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:18am | Report comment
SIX!
Pathan had played eight balls for his four before this and finally explodes at the top of the innings. Pitched fuller and swings his arms at Watson, goes over the bowler’s head for a six!
1/36 in the fifth.
12:17am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:17am | Report comment
So after bowling the first over in two successive games, Watson comes on to bowl his first in the fifth.
12:16am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:16am | Report comment
Kohi continues to bat at three and continues to do that with grace and silken touch. Mark Waugh would have been proud!
It was a length ball and Kohli caresses it through the covers for a four!
1/29 in 4.
12:14am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:14am | Report comment
OUT!
Gone! Out! Run-out! That is some excellent football from Cummins, I must say!
It was pitched right up to the bat and Pathan gets an inside edge. Gambhir wants to go for the run and he should have made it had he run straight. Instead, to avoid Cummins, he went away from the bowler and Cummins kicks it on to the stumps. Gambhir is only half a yard out. Probably even less!
Big breakthrough for the Aussies.
1/21 in 3.
12:09am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:09am | Report comment
Four!
Raw pace it is alright…drifted down the leg-side and neatly tucked away by Gambhir to fine-leg for four.
There is a deep square-leg in place for GG which means that the fine-leg is up inside the circle.
12:08am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:08am | Report comment
Maxwell is immediately out of the attack. Patrick Cummins comes in to test the Indians with some pace. Raw pace.
12:07am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:07am | Report comment
Four!
Mitchell Starc from the other end bowls some good ones at Irfan Pathan but is guided through backward point for a four.
0/15 in 2.
Decently paced start from India unlike what we saw in the South Africa-Pakistan game before this.
12:03am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:03am | Report comment
Oh and did I tell you, it is Irfan Pathan opening the innings with Gambhir. Sehwag’s second successive game on the bench.
12:02am
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 12:02am | Report comment
Right so a cover drive gets Gambhir a couple, when it should have been three. They thought it was going to the fence but it stopped way before.
Four!
But it is a similar shot that gets Gambhir a boundary! Fuller from Maxwell and drilled through the covers for a four.
0/7 in 1.
Surprised to see a spinner bowl first up.
11:59pm
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 11:59pm | Report comment
So here we are, starting with Glenn Maxwell to Gautam Gambhir.
11:42pm
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 11:42pm | Report comment
India has won the toss and they will bat first. Big news coming from their camp is that Virender Sehwag has been left out of the Indian team for this game.
What do Australian fans feel about this?
And three frontline spinners too.
Australia are unchanged which means David Hussey is still out.
11:37pm
IWishIWasMarkWaugh said | 11:37pm | Report comment
Hello and welcome to the Super Eights game between Australia and India at the World T20 2012. First game for both and it is being played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, where Pakistan just defeated South Africa in a remarkable turnaround.