Friday, January 5, 2018

It’S(unn)yet another l‘Aus’ for India

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Tirumalai Srinivasan made way for Yograj Singh. Australia made one change to theirs as well – Rodney Hogg made way for Shaun Graf.

Greg Chappell, Australia’s skipper, won the toss, putting India, led by Sunil Gavaskar, in. Roger Binny's contribution to the opening stand, which was worth 57, was a 66-ball 21, which included three boundaries. He was caught by Greg off the bowling of Trevor Chappell.

Dilip Vengsarkar faced 60 balls, scoring 46. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Kim Hughes. Dennis Lillee broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 101. Kapil Dev, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Trevor. Greg was in seventh heaven.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Gavaskar, who faced 142 balls, scored 80. His innings included five boundaries. He was dismissed by Trevor. Sandeep Patil, who faced three balls, scored as many. Greg broke the four-run stand.

Yashpal Sharma faced 15 balls, scoring 21. His innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten, as was Syed Kirmani, who faced 11 balls, scoring three. Australia conceded 14 extras. India scored 192 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs.

Graf and Allan Border bowled six wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 21. Len Pascoe bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33.

Lillee bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29 and picked up a wicket. Trevor bowled nine overs, conceding 41. He picked up two scalps, as did Greg, who bowled 10 overs, including four maidens. He conceded 23.

Australia’s openers put on 69. Border, who faced 52 balls, scored 39. His innings included four boundaries. He was dismissed by Patil. Graeme Wood, the player of the match, faced 155 balls. He scored 98. His innings included eight boundaries. He was unbeaten.

The second-wicket (Gundap)partnership was worth 27. Although his innings included a boundary, Greg, who faced 12 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Viswanath off the bowling of Dilip Doshi.

The third-wicket stand was worth one. Hughes, who didn’t face a ball, was run out. Doug Walters scored 43. His 67-ball innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten. India conceded six extras. Australia scored 193 for the loss of three wickets off 47.2 overs, winning by seven wickets with 16 balls to spare.

Karsan Ghavri and Kapil bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden, apiece. While the former conceded 37, the latter conceded 27. Binny bowled 9.2 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 42. Patil and Doshi bowled 10 overs apiece, picking up a scalp each. While the former conceded 43, the latter conceded 38.









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