Sunday, July 29, 2018

India aren’t Devinners; (Aus)S(er)ies level

This 47-overs-a-side match was India’s 100th One-day International. Neither team made a change to its playing eleven. Allan Border, Australia’s skipper, put the hosts in. Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored 24. His 35-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Tim Zoehrer. Greg Matthews broke the 50-run partnership.

Raman Lamba wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just one. He was caught by Zoehrer. Davis broke the (Sim)one-run stand. The third-wicket pair had put on 30 when Dilip Vengsarkar, who scored 12, retired hurt. His 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries.

The third-wicket pair put on 27. Sunil Gavaskar scored 52. His 56-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was run out. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 44 balls, scored 16. He was caught by Geoff Marsh. Steve Waugh broke the 15-run stand.

Chandrakant Pandit scored 24. His 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Bruce Reid broke the 28-run partnership. Ravi faced 52 balls, scoring 37. His innings included three boundaries. Reid broke the S(hastr)ixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 31.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Dev, India’s skipper, scored 16. His 11-ball innings included a Kapil of boundaries and a six. He was caught by Marsh off the bowling of Davis. Chetan Sharma scored 17. His 14-ball innings included a boundary. Waugh broke the 24-run stand.

Roger Binny, who faced 17 balls, scored 11. He was unbeaten, as was Maninder Singh, who faced four balls, scoring a couple. Australia conceded 10 extras. India scored 222 for the loss of eight wickets off 47 overs. Craig McDermott bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37.

Matthews, who bowled nine overs, conceded 52. He picked up a wicket. Waugh, who bowled nine overs, conceded 40. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Davis and Reid, who bowled 10 overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 51, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 37.

The Aussie openers failed to get off the mark. Boon, who faced five balls, D(av)id not open his account. He was caught by Lamba off the bowling of Dev. Dean Jones scored a dozen. His 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Pandit. Binny broke the 19-run stand.

Marsh faced 34 balls, scoring 17. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Pandit. Binny broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth 20. Border, the player of the match, scored 90. His 106-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten.

Greg Ritchie scored 28. His 41-ball innings included a boundary and a six. He was stumped by Pandit. Shastri broke the 63-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair put on 70. Matthews scored 31. His 43-ball innings included a boundary. He was run out.

Waugh, who faced 20 balls, scored 19. His innings included four boundaries. He was stumped by Pandit. Shastri broke the 41-run stand. Zoehrer faced five balls, scoring a run. He was caught by Dev, who broke the three-run stand. McDermott, whose five-year innings included a boundary, was in seventh heaven, because he was unbeaten.

India conceded 20 extras. Australia, who scored 226 for the loss of seven wickets off 46 overs, won by three wickets with an over to spare. Sharma bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 41.

Maninder, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 50. Binny, who bowled eight overs, conceded 25. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Dev, who conceded 37 off nine overs, which included two maidens, and Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 60.

The Aussies levelled the six-match series 1-1.


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