Monday, December 3, 2018

IndiA(zh)are victorious; Australia rue weather

India made one change to their playing eleven – Javagal Srinath made way for Venkatapathy Raju. Australia made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Paul Reiffel and Damien Fleming made way for Michael Slater, Craig McDermott, Ian Healy and Tim May.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Manoj, whose 41-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. He was caught by Slater. Shane Warne broke the 87-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 24. He was caught by David Boon. May broke the 42-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 31. He was caught by Healy. McDermott broke the 44-run stand.

Tendulkar, the player of the match, scored 110 – his maiden One-day International ton. His 130-ball (Sach)innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes. McDermott broke the 38-run stand. Vinod Kambli, whose 47-ball innings included a six, scored 43. He was unbeaten.

The fifth-wicket pair put on five. Kapil Dev faced four balls, scoring as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was run out by Slater, Steve Waugh and Healy. The sixth-wicket pair put on a couple. Atul Bedade, who faced five balls, scored just a run. Langer, the substitute, and Healy ran him out.

Nayan Mongia, who faced five balls, scored three. He was caught by Healy. Warne broke the eight-run stand. Anil Kumble, who faced three balls, scored a run. Steve broke the 11-run stand. Rajesh Chauhan, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

Australia conceded seven extras. India scored 246 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Michael Bevan, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 17. Mark Waugh, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19. Glenn McGrath bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 41.

Steve bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 33, picking up a wicket. May bowled 10 overs, conceding 35. He picked up a wicket. Warne and McDermott bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 53, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 46.

Mark Taylor, Australia’s skipper, faced 11 balls, scoring four. He was caught by Prabhakar, who broke the 22-run stand. Slater, whose 36-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 26. He was caught by Prabhakar. Dev broke the 34-run stand.

Boon, whose 55-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 40. Chauhan broke the 67-run stand. Mark, whose 81-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 61. Chauhan broke the 20-run stand. Steve, who faced 42 balls, scored 22. Prabhakar broke the 38-run stand.

McDermott, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Kumble. Prabhakar broke the two-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on 26. Healy, who faced 14 balls, scored 15. Prabhakar and Raju ran him out. Bevan, who faced 40 balls, scored 26. He was caught by Sidhu. Kumble broke the three-run stand.

Warne, who faced five balls, scored a run. Raju broke the one-run stand. May, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten. The last-wicket pair put on a couple. McGrath, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Prabhakar and Mongia ran him out.

India conceded 16 extras. Australia, who were dismissed for 215 off 47.4 overs, lost by 31 runs. Tendulkar bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 15. Dev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44, picking up a wicket.

Kumble bowled nine overs, conceding 31. He picked up a wicket, as did Raju, who bowled 9.4 overs. He conceded 38. Chauhan bowled 10 overs, conceding 41. He picked up a couple of scalps. Prabhakar bowled eight overs, conceding 34. He picked up three scalps. 






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