India made a
couple of changes to their playing eleven – Sourav Ganguly and Kiran More made
way for Ravi Shastri and Chandrakant Pandit. Australia made a couple of changes
to the eleven that last played the Indians – Dean Jones and Bruce Reid made way
for Mark Waugh and One-day International debutant Paul Reiffel.
Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. The Mumbaikar, whose S(hastr)ixty-seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. Reiffel broke the 52-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was caught by David Boon. Steve Waugh broke the five-run stand.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 56-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 42. Reiffel broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 51 balls, scored 16. He was caught by Geoff Marsh. Tom Moody broke the 42-run partnership.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 18. Tendulkar, whose 44-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 31. He was run out. The sixth-wicket pair put on 21. Kapil Dev, who faced 13 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was run out.
Azharuddin, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was caught by Allan Border, Australia’s skipper. Craig McDermott, the player of the match, broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen. Pandit, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Ian Healy. McDermott broke the five-run stand.
Manoj, who faced 11 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Mike Whitney, who broke the two-run P(rabhak)artnership. Venkatapathy Raju, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten. Javagal Srinath, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Steve broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth 12.
Australia conceded 13 extras. India were dismissed for 175 off 49.4 overs. Peter Taylor, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 40. Moody, who faced five balls, scored 18. He picked up a wicket. Whitney bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up a wicket.
Steve, who bowled 5.4 overs, conceded 29. He picked up a couple of wickets. Reiffel bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up a couple of wickets. McDermott bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 17, picking up a couple of scalps.
Marsh, who faced 16 balls, scored three. Prabhakar broke the 10-run stand. Boon, whose 101-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 79. He was unbeaten, as was Moody, who scored 87. His 121-ball innings included five boundaries.
India conceded eight extras. Australia scored 177 for the loss of one wicket off 39.2 overs, winning by nine wickets with 64 balls to spare. Manjrekar and Tendulkar bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece, While the former conceded four, the latter conceded 14. Dev, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 11.
Raju, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 46. Shastri and Srinath bowled eight wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 28. Prabhakar, who bowled eight overs, conceded 29. He picked up the only wicket to fall.
Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. The Mumbaikar, whose S(hastr)ixty-seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. Reiffel broke the 52-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was caught by David Boon. Steve Waugh broke the five-run stand.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 56-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 42. Reiffel broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced 51 balls, scored 16. He was caught by Geoff Marsh. Tom Moody broke the 42-run partnership.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 18. Tendulkar, whose 44-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 31. He was run out. The sixth-wicket pair put on 21. Kapil Dev, who faced 13 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was run out.
Azharuddin, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was caught by Allan Border, Australia’s skipper. Craig McDermott, the player of the match, broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen. Pandit, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Ian Healy. McDermott broke the five-run stand.
Manoj, who faced 11 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Mike Whitney, who broke the two-run P(rabhak)artnership. Venkatapathy Raju, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten. Javagal Srinath, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Steve broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth 12.
Australia conceded 13 extras. India were dismissed for 175 off 49.4 overs. Peter Taylor, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 40. Moody, who faced five balls, scored 18. He picked up a wicket. Whitney bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up a wicket.
Steve, who bowled 5.4 overs, conceded 29. He picked up a couple of wickets. Reiffel bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up a couple of wickets. McDermott bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 17, picking up a couple of scalps.
Marsh, who faced 16 balls, scored three. Prabhakar broke the 10-run stand. Boon, whose 101-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 79. He was unbeaten, as was Moody, who scored 87. His 121-ball innings included five boundaries.
India conceded eight extras. Australia scored 177 for the loss of one wicket off 39.2 overs, winning by nine wickets with 64 balls to spare. Manjrekar and Tendulkar bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece, While the former conceded four, the latter conceded 14. Dev, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 11.
Raju, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 46. Shastri and Srinath bowled eight wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 28. Prabhakar, who bowled eight overs, conceded 29. He picked up the only wicket to fall.
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