- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR22.6 inside-edged on to the stumps, Wade was getting beaten on the cut by the quick deliveries, he looked to open up and pull this time, the ball was not short enough, and he plays on, fantastic innings on ODI debut though 122/45.1 he's bowled Warner! they have not allowed him an inch of room, apart from one wide delivery, this one was pitched up from around the wicket, coming in on the stumps, Warner lunged at it and had a big heave, missed, and the ball rattled the middle stump, Vinay is pumped up, some relief for him after he was taken apart by Warner in Perth 15/17.5 he's got Ponting now, Vinay has bowled much better deliveries than this one today, Ponting saw some rare width and went to punch it, it seemed to sit up a tad from short of a length and he ended up hitting it straight to short extra cover 19/214.4 Clarke takes on the flighted ball from around the stumps and lofts it straight to deep midwicket, part-timer picks up a crucial wicket 49/326.1 not the best delivery he has bowled today, way too short outside off, but Michael Hussey has shovelled the pull straight to deep square leg, he's given the run-rate a serious boost though 154/5Extras8 (lb 2, nb 2, w 4)TOTAL216/5 (32 Overs, RR: 6.75)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (David Warner, 5.1 ov), 2-19 (Ricky Ponting, 7.5 ov), 3-49 (Michael Clarke, 14.4 ov), 4-122 (Matthew Wade, 22.6 ov), 5-154 (Michael Hussey, 26.1 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 outside edge and gone! super stuff from Starc, Gautam falls to a nick outside off again, Starc gets it to rear up at him from back of a length, and Gautam pokes it on its way to the keeper 13/21.5 he's gone! Ponting takes out Tendulkar, Starc pitches it up wide, not full enough, Tendulkar reaches out and goes for the drive, it flies low to Ponting's right, and the veteran goes down to take it safely, he is mobbed by his team-mates 9/111.2 Ponting at shortish backward point holds on to the screamer, Virat was batting superbly but he is gone now, cuts a wide delivery hard but straight to Ponting 64/311.4 McKay strikes again, India deep in trouble now, short of a length and getting big on Rohit, who has looked like getting out any moment, moves away just a bit after pitching and Rohit can only fend it to the keeper 65/414.2 oh dear, Raina has fallen to the short ball, to Dan Christian, not the most threatening bowler going around, goes for an awkward pull, off the front foot, and only ends up lobbing the ball for midwicket to take a dolly running to his right 77/525.2 Dhoni has holed out to long off, he has been swinging full deliveries hard from the crease, he got hold of this one alright, it flew off the middle high towards Warner, who timed his leap superbly to hold on to it 128/922.3 another one goes! this would have been a six at most grounds in India, McKay banging it in short, Jadeja looks to pull it into the stands beyond deep midwicket but only gets it as far as the man in the deep who holds on as he tumbles to the ground 114/623.1 superb work in the deep from Christian, Ashwin hung his bat out to a wide and low full toss and got it through point, Christian chased and stopped it with a slide, looked back to see them attempting a third, and steadied himself before aiming at Ashwin's end, knowing that the slower man would struggle to make it, he is caught short by a mile, and more 120/723.5 they keep falling, Rahul departs to a full toss, he makes room, and has a big swing at it, only to miss, and the ball crashes into middle 123/829.4 Harris redeems himself for dropping a simple catch by taking a brilliant low take, running a long way in from long on, and tumbling forward to hold on to PK's slog 151/10Extras7 (lb 2, w 5)TOTAL151 all out (29.4 Overs, RR: 5.08)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Sachin Tendulkar, 1.5 ov), 2-13 (Gautam Gambhir, 3.3 ov), 3-64 (Virat Kohli, 11.2 ov), 4-65 (Rohit Sharma, 11.4 ov), 5-77 (Suresh Raina, 14.2 ov), 6-114 (Ravindra Jadeja, 22.3 ov), 7-120 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 23.1 ov), 8-123 (Rahul Sharma, 23.5 ov), 9-128 (MS Dhoni, 25.2 ov), 10-151 (Praveen Kumar, 29.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB RJ Harris 5 0 28 0 5.6 17 3 0 2 0 MA Starc 6 0 33 2 5.5 18 2 0 2 0 DT Christian 5 0 21 1 4.2 13 1 0 0 0 CJ McKay 4.4 0 20 4 4.28 14 1 0 0 0 XJ Doherty 7 0 36 2 5.14 16 1 0 1 0 MJ Clarke 2 0 11 0 5.5 5 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.20 start, First Session 14.20-17.50, Interval 17.50-18.25, Second Session 18.25-21.55
Match days
5 February 2012 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia 5, India 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 25 runs, 2 wickets)
- Rain: Australia - 35/2 in 11.0 overs (MS Wade 21, MJ Clarke 5)
- 18 overs lost
- Australia: 50 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 2
- MS Wade: 50 off 55 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Australia: 100 runs in 19.6 overs (120 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (MS Wade 21, MEK Hussey 30, Ex 0)
- Australia: 150 runs in 25.2 overs (153 balls), Extras 3
- Powerplay 2: Overs 26.1 - 29.0 (Batting side - 22 runs, 1 wicket)
- Australia: 200 runs in 31.3 overs (190 balls), Extras 6
- DJ Hussey: 50 off 28 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (DJ Hussey 33, DT Christian 16, Ex 3)
- Innings Break: Australia - 216/5 in 32.0 overs (DJ Hussey 61, DT Christian 17)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 7.0 (Mandatory - 32 runs, 2 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 7.1 - 10.0 (Bowling side - 22 runs, 0 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 5
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (V Kohli 30, RG Sharma 21, Ex 0)
- Drinks: India - 84/5 in 16.0 overs (MS Dhoni 12, RA Jadeja 3)
- India: 100 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 6
- India: 150 runs in 28.5 overs (173 balls), Extras 7
- Official Attendance: 29,959
Match Coverage
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