While India’s
playing eleven was unchanged, Australia made one change to theirs – Paul Reiffel
made way for Dean Jones. Allan Border, the Aussie skipper, chose to bat on
winning the toss. Geoff Marsh, whose 46-ball (Sach)innings included a couple of
boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper. Tendulkar
broke the 54-run stand.
David Boon, whose 107-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 78. He was caught by Chandrakant Pandit. Manoj broke the 88-run P(rabhak)artnership. Tom Moody, who faced 18 balls, scored 13. He was caught by Pravin Amre. Ravi Shastri broke the 27-run stand.
Mark Wa(ugh)sn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. He was caught by Amre. Shastri broke the seven-run stand. Jones, whose 96-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 73. He was caught by the substitute. Kapil Dev broke the 40-run stand.
Border, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 28. He was unbeaten, as was Steve Waugh, who faced five balls, scoring as many. India conceded a dozen extras. The Aussies scored 233 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs.
Narendra Hirwani, who never represented India in the shorter format again, bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 34. Javagal bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded (Srina)thirty-two. Tendulkar, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 29. He picked up a wicket.
Prabhakar bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 53, picking up a wicket. Dev, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket. Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 38. He picked up a couple of scalps.
India’s openers put on 37. Shastri, whose 50-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was run out. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 49-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 41. He was caught by Peter Taylor. Steve broke the 35-run stand.
Tendulkar, who faced 10 balls, scored four. He was caught by Mike Whitney. Moody was in seventh heaven. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. He was caught by Healy. Steve broke the five-run stand.
Azharuddin, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was caught by Healy. Moody broke the 30-run stand. Amre, who faced 41 balls, scored 20. He was caught by Border. Taylor broke the 16-run stand. Dev, whose 40-ball innings included a boundary, scored 20. He was unbeaten.
The seventh-wicket pair put on five. Prabhakar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was run out. Pandit, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Steve. Taylor broke the one-run stand.
The ninth-wicket pair put on just a run. Srinath, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was run out. Hirwani, who faced seven balls, scored four. He was caught by Marsh. McDermott broke the nine-run stand.
The Aussies conceded eight extras. India, who were bundled out for 145 off 42 overs, lost by 88 runs. Whitney bowled eight wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 19. McDermott, who bowled eight overs, conceded 27. He picked up a wicket.
Steve, who bowled seven overs, conceded 32. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Taylor (who bowled nine overs, conceding 27), and Moody (who bowled 10 overs, conceding 34).
Australia led the best-of-three finals 1-0.
David Boon, whose 107-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 78. He was caught by Chandrakant Pandit. Manoj broke the 88-run P(rabhak)artnership. Tom Moody, who faced 18 balls, scored 13. He was caught by Pravin Amre. Ravi Shastri broke the 27-run stand.
Mark Wa(ugh)sn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. He was caught by Amre. Shastri broke the seven-run stand. Jones, whose 96-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 73. He was caught by the substitute. Kapil Dev broke the 40-run stand.
Border, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 28. He was unbeaten, as was Steve Waugh, who faced five balls, scoring as many. India conceded a dozen extras. The Aussies scored 233 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs.
Narendra Hirwani, who never represented India in the shorter format again, bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 34. Javagal bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded (Srina)thirty-two. Tendulkar, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 29. He picked up a wicket.
Prabhakar bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 53, picking up a wicket. Dev, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket. Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 38. He picked up a couple of scalps.
India’s openers put on 37. Shastri, whose 50-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was run out. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 49-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 41. He was caught by Peter Taylor. Steve broke the 35-run stand.
Tendulkar, who faced 10 balls, scored four. He was caught by Mike Whitney. Moody was in seventh heaven. Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. He was caught by Healy. Steve broke the five-run stand.
Azharuddin, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was caught by Healy. Moody broke the 30-run stand. Amre, who faced 41 balls, scored 20. He was caught by Border. Taylor broke the 16-run stand. Dev, whose 40-ball innings included a boundary, scored 20. He was unbeaten.
The seventh-wicket pair put on five. Prabhakar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was run out. Pandit, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Steve. Taylor broke the one-run stand.
The ninth-wicket pair put on just a run. Srinath, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was run out. Hirwani, who faced seven balls, scored four. He was caught by Marsh. McDermott broke the nine-run stand.
The Aussies conceded eight extras. India, who were bundled out for 145 off 42 overs, lost by 88 runs. Whitney bowled eight wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 19. McDermott, who bowled eight overs, conceded 27. He picked up a wicket.
Steve, who bowled seven overs, conceded 32. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Taylor (who bowled nine overs, conceding 27), and Moody (who bowled 10 overs, conceding 34).
Australia led the best-of-three finals 1-0.
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