It was reduced to
a 32-overs-a-side match. India made just one change to their playing eleven –
Ajit Agarkar made way for Ashish Nehra.
Australia made five changes to the (Micha)eleven that last playing the Indians – Adam Gilchrist, Simon Katich, Ian Harvey, Jason Gillespie and Brad Williams made way for Brad Haddin, Darren Lehmann, Brad Hogg, Kasprowicz and Glenn McGrath.
On winning the toss, Ricky Ponting, Australia’s skipper, chose to bat. Haddin, who faced 13 balls, scored five. Four overs into the match, he was caught by Lakshmipathy Balaji. Ashish Nehra broke the 23-run stand.
Australia scored 50 off 8.4 overs. While Matthew Hayden was batting on 20 at that point, Ponting was batting on 16. India had conceded nine extras at that point. Hayden, whose 49-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 29. Sixty-three balls later, he was caught by Sourav Ganguly, India’s skipper. Balaji broke the 46-run stand.
Ponting, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 26. Three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Balaji, who broke the one-run stand.
Andrew Symonds, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Rahul Dravid. Anil Kumble broke the 13-run stand. Damien Martyn, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Twenty-seven balls later, Virender Sehwag broke the 18-run stand.
Lehmann, who faced 29 balls, scored 19. Thirty-two balls later, he was caught by Rohan Gavaskar. Kumble broke the 37-run stand. Michael Clarke, whose 28-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 42. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. Balaji broke the 31-run stand.
Hogg, who faced 14 balls, scored 17. He was unbeaten, as was Brett Lee, who faced a ball, scoring a run. India eventually conceded a dozen extras. Australia scored 175 for the loss of seven wickets off 31.4 overs. Irfan Pathan bowled 6.4 wicketless overs, conceding 34.
Nehra and Sehwag bowled half-a-dozen overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 44, the latter conceded 35. Kumble, who bowled seven overs, conceded 37. He picked up two wickets. Balaji, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 20. He picked up three scalps.
Owing to the rain interruption, India couldn’t bat, and the match was abandoned.
The Indians were knocked out.
Australia made five changes to the (Micha)eleven that last playing the Indians – Adam Gilchrist, Simon Katich, Ian Harvey, Jason Gillespie and Brad Williams made way for Brad Haddin, Darren Lehmann, Brad Hogg, Kasprowicz and Glenn McGrath.
On winning the toss, Ricky Ponting, Australia’s skipper, chose to bat. Haddin, who faced 13 balls, scored five. Four overs into the match, he was caught by Lakshmipathy Balaji. Ashish Nehra broke the 23-run stand.
Australia scored 50 off 8.4 overs. While Matthew Hayden was batting on 20 at that point, Ponting was batting on 16. India had conceded nine extras at that point. Hayden, whose 49-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 29. Sixty-three balls later, he was caught by Sourav Ganguly, India’s skipper. Balaji broke the 46-run stand.
Ponting, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 26. Three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Balaji, who broke the one-run stand.
Andrew Symonds, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Rahul Dravid. Anil Kumble broke the 13-run stand. Damien Martyn, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Twenty-seven balls later, Virender Sehwag broke the 18-run stand.
Lehmann, who faced 29 balls, scored 19. Thirty-two balls later, he was caught by Rohan Gavaskar. Kumble broke the 37-run stand. Michael Clarke, whose 28-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 42. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. Balaji broke the 31-run stand.
Hogg, who faced 14 balls, scored 17. He was unbeaten, as was Brett Lee, who faced a ball, scoring a run. India eventually conceded a dozen extras. Australia scored 175 for the loss of seven wickets off 31.4 overs. Irfan Pathan bowled 6.4 wicketless overs, conceding 34.
Nehra and Sehwag bowled half-a-dozen overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 44, the latter conceded 35. Kumble, who bowled seven overs, conceded 37. He picked up two wickets. Balaji, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 20. He picked up three scalps.
Owing to the rain interruption, India couldn’t bat, and the match was abandoned.
The Indians were knocked out.
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