Saturday, July 28, 2018

India trounce Australia; Devin's convincing

It was a 47-overs-a-side match. Australia made a change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Dirk Wellham made way for Greg Ritchie. The hosts made a change to their playing eleven as well – Raman Lamba, who was making his One-day International debut, reP(ati)laced Sandeep.

On winning the toss, Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, inserted the tourists. Their openers put on 212. Geoff Marsh scored 104. His 139-ball innings included nine boundaries and a six. He was run out.

David Boon scored 111. His 118-ball innings included 10 boundaries and two sixes. He was caught by Ravi Shastri. Mohammad Azharuddin broke the 13-run stand. Dean Jones, who faced 12 balls, scored 17. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten.

The third-wicket pair put on just three. Allan Border, Australia’s captain, scored three off as many balls. He was run out. Ritchie, who scored seven off as many balls, was unbeaten. India conceded eight extras. Australia scored 250 for the loss of three wickets off 47 overs.

Chetan Sharma bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 31. Roger Binny bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41. Dev bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 48.

Maninder Singh and Shastri bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 31. Azharuddin bowled seven overs, conceding 53. He picked up a wicket.

India’s openers put on 86. Sunil Gavaskar, whose 56-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 26. He was run out. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 102. His 104-ball innings included 10 boundaries and a six. He was caught by Jones. Bruce Reid broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 102.

Lamba scored 64. His 53-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six. He was caught by Border. Greg Matthews broke the 22-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 24 balls, scored 18. He was unbeaten, as was Dev, who faced 26. His 13-ball innings included three boundaries and two sixes.

The Aussies conceded 15 extras. India scored 251 for the loss of three wickets off 41 overs, winning by seven wickets with six overs to spare. Simon Davis and Steve Waugh bowled seven wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 48, the latter conceded 42.

Craig McDermott bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 75. Reid bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27. He picked up a scalp, as did Matthews, who bowled nine overs. He conceded 47.

India led the six-match series 1-0.

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