Wednesday, October 24, 2018

India triumph; Australia (Azh)are walloped

While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, Australia made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Mark Taylor, Merv Hughes, Greg Campbell and Terry Alderman made way for Dean Jones, Tom Moody, Craig McDermott and Bruce Reid. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Ravi, whose S(hastr)ixty-eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Jones. Steve Waugh broke the 49-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 15. Sanjay Manjrekar, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a couple. He was run out.

Krishnamachari, whose run-a-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 60. He was caught by Moody. Waugh broke the (Srikkan)thirty-one-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Ian Healy. Moody broke the 17-run stand.

Tendulkar, whose 65-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries, scored 36. He was caught by Peter Taylor. Moody broke the three-run stand. Amre, whose 53-ball (Prav)innings included a boundary, scored 33. He was caught by Jones. McDermott broke the 68-run stand.

Kapil Dev, whose 37-ball innings included a boundary, scored 25. He was unbeaten. Manoj, who faced 10 balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Waugh, who broke the 10-run P(rabhak)artnership. Subroto Banerjee, who faced five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

The Australians conceded 28 extras. India scored 208 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Taylor bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 18. Simon O’Donnell bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 39. Reid bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 16.

McDermott bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40, picking up a wicket. Moody, who bowled nine overs, conceded 38. He picked up a couple of wickets. Waugh, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 46, picking up three scalps.

David Boon, who faced 16 balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Dev. Prabhakar broke the three-run stand. Jones, who faced eight balls, scored just a run. Dev broke the three-run stand. Geoff Marsh, whose 60-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. He was caught by Kiran More. Banerjee broke the 46-run stand.

Allan Border, Australia’s skipper, scored 32. His 45-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by More. Javagal broke the (Srina)thirteen-run stand. Moody, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by More. Srinath broke the three-run stand.

Waugh, who faced 30 balls, scored five. He was caught by Shastri, who broke the seven-run stand. Healy, who faced nine balls, scored three. He was stumped by More. Shastri broke the nine-run stand. Taylor, who faced 21 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Amre. Shastri broke the nine-run stand.

O’Donnell, who faced 27 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Dev. Shastri broke the six-run stand. McDermott, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Tendulkar. Shastri broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Reid, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 15 extras. Australia, who were bundled out for 101 off 37.5 overs, lost by 207 runs. Tendulkar bowled four wicketless overs, conceding eight. Prabhakar and Dev bowled six overs, including a couple of maidens, each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 19, the latter conceded five.

Banerjee bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26, picking up a wicket. Srinath bowled seven overs, conceding 24. He picked up a couple of scalps. Shastri bowled 6.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15, picking up five scalps.



  




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