Friday, July 27, 2018

India (Kapi)lose the (Aus)tr(al)iangular series

While Australia played an unchanged eleven, the Indians made a change to theirs – Ashok Malhotra was replaced by Shivlal Yadav. The former, incidentally, never played One-day Internationals again. On winning the toss, Allan Border, the Aussie skipper, inserted the Indians.

Sunil Gavaskar, who faced 26 balls, scored 11. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Border. Simon Davis broke the 34-run stand. 

Krishnamachari scored (Srikkan)thirty-seven. His 71-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Greg Matthews, who broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 32. The latter didn’t just win the player of the match award, but was also the player of the finals.

The third-wicket pair put on just four. Mohinder Amarnath, who scored 15, became the first player to be dismissed handling the ball in One-day Internationals. His 26-ball innings included a boundary.

Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, faced five balls, scoring just a run. He was caught by Tim Zoehrer. Bruce Reid broke the one-run stand. The fifth-wicket partnership was worth 37. Mohammad Azharuddin, who scored 14, was run out. His 26-ball innings included a boundary.

Dilip Vengsarkar scored 41. His 66-ball innings included four boundaries. Matthews broke the 43-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. In fact, Chetan Sharma, who was run out, didn’t face a ball.

Roger Binny, who faced 10 balls, scored four. He was caught by Reid, who broke the eighth-wicket partnership, which was worth a dozen. The ninth-wicket pair put on five. Kiran More, who faced six balls, scored a run. He was run out.

The tenth-wicket stand was worth 19. Ravi Shastri, who scored 49 off 52 balls, was run out. Yadav, who faced 14 balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten. Australia conceded 13 extras. India were dismissed for 187 off 50 overs.

Steve Waugh, who bowled three overs, conceded 15. He was wicketless, as were Border (who bowled seven overs, conceding 33) and Craig McDermott (who bowled 10 overs, conceding 35).

Davis bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 23, picking up a wicket. Reid and Matthews bowled 10 overs apiece, conceding 37 and picking up a couple of scalps each. The latter's spell included a maiden.

Geoff Marsh, who faced 33 balls, scored nine. Dev, who was adjudged the man of the preliminary series, trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the opening stand, which was worth 31.

The second-wicket pair put on 46. David Boon, who scored 44, was run out. His 78-ball innings included four boundaries.

Dirk Wellham scored 43. His 97-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Azharuddin. Dev broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 67.

Border, whose 67-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 65. He was unbeaten, as was Dean Jones, who faced 23 balls, scoring 19.

The Indians conceded eight extras. Australia scored 188 for the loss of three wickets off 47.2 overs, winning by seven wickets with 16 balls to spare. The hosts won the best-of-three finals 2-0.

Binny bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 13. Azharuddin bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 37. Sharma bowled 8.2 wicketless overs, conceding 42.

Shastri and Yadav bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 40, the latter conceded 27. Dev bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26, picking up a couple of scalps.



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