Hero Honda Cup 2009: India vs Australia: Australia win by 3 runs

November 05, 2009 By: admin1 Category: Cricket News, Player News

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)

SR Watson c Jadeja b Harbhajan Singh 93(89 balls, 4*9,6*3)

SE Marsh c Gambhir b Nehra 112(112 balls, 4*8,6*2)

RT Ponting* b Kumar 45(45 balls, 4*3,6*1)

CL White c Tendulkar b Kumar 57(33 balls, 4*2,6*5)

MEK Hussey not out 31(22 balls, 4*1,6*2)

Extras (lb 6, w 5, nb 1) 12

Total (4 wickets; 50 overs) 350

Fall of wickets:1-145 (Watson, 25.2 ov), 2-236 (Ponting, 38.5 ov), 3-270 (Marsh, 42.5 ov), 4-350 (White, 49.6 ov)

Bowling:P Kumar:9-0-68-2-7.55(1w), A Nehra:10-0-79-1-7.90(2w), MM Patel:9-0-73-0-8.11(1nb, 1w), RA Jadeja:5-0-44-0-8.80, Harbhajan Singh:10-0-44-1-4.40, Yuvraj Singh:7-0-36-0-5.14

India innings (target: 351 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR

V Sehwag c Bollinger b Hilfenhaus 38(30 balls,4*5,6*1)

SR Tendulkar c Hauritz b McKay 175(141 balls, 4*19,6*4)

G Gambhir c Hilfenhaus b McKay 8(13 balls,4*1)

Yuvraj Singh c & b Watson 9(10 balls, 4*1)

MS Dhoni*† c Voges b McKay 6(15 balls)

SK Raina c Manou b Watson 59(59 balls, 4*3,6*3)

Harbhajan Singh c Manou b Watson 0(2 balls)

RA Jadeja run out (White/McKay) 23(17 balls, 4*3)

P Kumar run out (Hauritz/†Manou) 9(9 balls, 6*1)

A Nehra c Hussey b Bollinger 1(2 balls)

MM Patel not out 2(3 balls)

Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 8, nb 3) 17

Total (all out; 49.4 overs) 347

Fall of wickets:1-66 (Sehwag, 8.5 ov), 2-92 (Gambhir, 13.3 ov), 3-126 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.3 ov), 4-162 (Dhoni, 23.3 ov), 5-299 (Raina, 42.3 ov), 6-300 (Harbhajan Singh, 42.6 ov), 7-332 (Tendulkar, 47.1 ov), 8-333 (Jadeja, 47.4 ov), 9-335 (Nehra, 48.1 ov), 10-347 (Kumar, 49.4 ov)

Bowling:BW Hilfenhaus:10-0-72-1-7.20(1nb, 3w), DE Bollinger:10-0-75-1-7.50(2nb, 3w), CJ McKay:10-0-59-3-5.90(2w), SR Watson:8.4-0-47-3-5.42, NM Hauritz:5-0-43-0-8.60, AC Voges:3-0-19-0-6.33, MEK Hussey:3-0-26-0-8.66

Man of the match: Sachin Tendulkar

India lost the excellent chasing game against Australia by just 3 runs at Hyderabad in the Hero Honda cup. With this, it becomes a pressure for India to win the next two matches to take the trophy.

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar reached his 17000 runs mark when he was at 7 runs and went on to a greater height in his cricketing history reaching 175 runs from just 141 balls. He is the major contributor in this todays match where Australia had set a target of 351 runs.

India would have won the game easily if they had not lost Sachin or Jadeja. As the key players were out without making runs at the scoreboard, it became a tragic end for the Indian team.

Australia put an excellent show with both batting and bowling. The ODI debutant CJ Mckay slammed 3 wickets.Watson was excellent today at the Uppal with both bat and ball. He made 93 runs with bat and also obtained 3 wickets.

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