Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Tailenders Win Last Match for India

After the Big three departed, the tails enders took on the mighty Australians to defeat them in the final match.

Murli Karthik was the Man. He took 6 wickets to reduce the Australians at 193 all out. And then he showed the spirit with bat scoring 21 of 33 balls with 3 fours to win the match for India.

At one point of time India was reeling at 64-6. It was then that the Rohan Uthappa took on the Australians.

It is time to give a big thumps up to the younger guys who showed the determination and brought win what what a sure defeat.

The Score says it all.

India 195-8 (46) Runs Balls 4s 6s  SR  
S Ganguly c Gilchrist b Johnson 0   7  0 0  0.00  
S Tendulkar b Lee 21   36  4 0  58.33  
Dinesh Karthik c Gilchrist b Johnson 0   6  0 0  0.00  
Yuvraj Singh c Gilchrist b Bracken 15   26  2 0  57.69  
Robin Uthappa lbw b Clarke 47   59  4 2  79.66  
*MS Dhoni c Gilchrist b Bracken 5   10  1 0  50.00  
Irfan Pathan c Clarke b Hopes 0   5  0 0  0.00  
Harbhajan Singh c Ponting b Johnson 19   49  1 0  38.78  
Zaheer Khan not out 31   43  3 1  72.09  
Murali Kartik not out 21   34  3 0  61.76  
RP Singh         
Extras: 36 ( b:4 lb:12 nb:0 w:20)
Total: 195-8 (46) | Curr. RR: 4.24
FOW: S Ganguly (3-1, 1.4), Dinesh Karthik (8-2, 3.3), S Tendulkar (38-3, 10.2), Yuvraj Singh (49-4, 13.4), *MS Dhoni (63-5, 17.5), Irfan Pathan (64-6, 18.5), Robin Uthappa (129-7, 31.3), Harbhajan Singh (143-8, 35.4)
Australia O M R W Nb Wd RPO  
B Lee 10 1 37 1 0 3 3.70  
M Johnson 10 0 46 3 0 8 4.60  
N Bracken 10 3 30 2 0 0 3.00  
J Hopes 5 0 13 1 0 1 2.60  
B Hogg 8 0 40 0 0 3 5.00  
M Clarke 3 0 13 1 0 0 4.33  


Australia 193-10 (41.3) Runs Balls 4s 6s  SR  
M Clarke lbw b Zaheer 0   1  0 0  0.00  
A Gilchrist c Harbhajan b Pathan 19   26  4 0  73.08  
*R Ponting c Dhoni b RP Singh 57   78  9 0  73.08  
B Hodge c D Karthik b M Kartik 16   29  2 0  55.17  
A Symonds c Tendulkar b M Kartik 0   1  0 0  0.00  
B Haddin lbw b M Kartik 19   38  3 0  50.00  
J Hopes b M Kartik 22   23  3 0  95.65  
B Hogg lbw b M Kartik 0   3  0 0  0.00  
B Lee c RP Singh b M Kartik 0   1  0 0  0.00  
M Johnson not out 24   31  2 1  77.42  
N Bracken c Harbhajan b RP Singh 3   18  0 0  16.67  
Extras: 33 ( b:4 lb:3 nb:0 w:26)
Total: 193-10 (41.3) | Curr. RR: 4.65
FOW: M Clarke (0-1, 0.1), A Gilchrist (60-2, 9.2), B Hodge (117-3, 19.5), A Symonds (117-4, 20), *R Ponting (129-5, 26.1), B Haddin (162-6, 31.1), B Hogg (162-7, 31.3), B Lee (162-8, 31.4), J Hopes (177-9, 35.5), N Bracken (193-10, 41.3)
India O M R W Nb Wd RPO  
Zaheer Khan 9 1 22 1 0 5 2.44  
RP Singh 8.3 1 59 2 0 9 6.94  
I Pathan 5 0 23 1 0 0 4.60  
S Ganguly 2 0 24 0 0 3 12.00  
Harbhajan Singh 7 0 31 0 0 1 4.43  
Murali Kartik 10 3 27 6 0 0 2.70  

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