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Tailenders Win Last Match for India

2007-10-17T09:36:00.000-07:00

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

Aus beat India by 47 runs in 3rd ODI

2007-10-05T05:05:00.000-07:00

A valiant knock by Yuvraj Singh ( 121 off 115 balls) went in vain as Australia beat India again in the third one day International at Hyderabad.
Australians now lead by 2-0 up in the seven-match series.Andrew Symonds smashed 89 runs, including five fours and five sixes, in a 67-ball knock as Australia again dominated with the bat.
Australian Innings

Australia	290-7 (50)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
A Gilchrist	b Pathan	29	31	3	0	93.55
M Hayden	c Dhoni b Pathan	60	70	10	0	85.71
*R Ponting	c Sreesanth b Yuvraj	25	43	3	0	58.14
M Clarke	c Pathan b Zaheer	59	71	4	0	83.10
A Symonds	c Uthappa b Sreesanth	89	67	5	5	132.84
B Hodge	b Zaheer	3	7	0	0	42.86
J Hopes	c Dravid b Sreesanth	11	11	0	0	100.00
B Lee	not out	0	0	0	0
B Hogg
M Johnson
S Clark
Extras: 14 ( b:2 lb:3 nb:0 w:9)
Total: 290-7 (50) \| Curr. RR: 5.80

FOW: A Gilchrist (76-1, 13.2), M Hayden (112-2, 20.3), *R Ponting (135-3, 28.2), M Clarke (258-4, 45), B Hodge (263-5, 46.4), A Symonds (290-6, 49.5), J Hopes (290-7, 50)


India	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
Zaheer Khan	10	1	61	2	0	2	6.10
S Sreesanth	9	0	58	2	0	5	6.44
I Pathan	10	0	57	2	0	1	5.70
Harbhajan Singh	10	1	38	0	0	0	3.80
Yuvraj Singh	7	0	49	1	0	0	7.00
S Tendulkar	4	0	22	0	0	1	5.50

Indian Innings

India	243-10 (47.4)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b Lee	6	11	0	0	54.55
S Tendulkar	b Hogg	43	71	6	0	60.56
R Uthappa	lbw b Johnson	0	3	0	0	0.00
R Dravid	c Hayden b Lee	0	4	0	0	0.00
Yuvraj Singh	b Johnson	121	115	12	3	105.22
*MS Dhoni	c Gilchrist b Lee	33	37	4	0	89.19
RP Sharma	c Lee b Hopes	1	4	0	0	25.00
I Pathan	lbw b Hogg	3	4	0	0	75.00
Harbhajan Singh	not out	19	22	1	1	86.36
Zaheer Khan	c and b Hogg	3	4	0	0	75.00
S Sreesanth	b Clark	1	12	0	0	8.33
Extras: 13 ( b:1 lb:3 nb:1 w:8)
Total: 243-10 (47.4) \| Curr. RR: 5.10

FOW: G Gambhir (10-1, 2.5), R Uthappa (11-2, 3.5), R Dravid (13-3, 4.5), S Tendulkar (108-4, 25), *MS Dhoni (173-5, 36), RP Sharma (176-6, 37), I Pathan (183-7, 38.3), Yuvraj Singh (219-8, 43.1), Zaheer Khan (226-9, 44.3), S Sreesanth (243-10, 47.4)


Australia	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
B Lee	8	1	37	3	1	3	4.62
M Johnson	10	0	51	2	0	3	5.10
S Clark	8.4	1	44	1	0	0	5.08
J Hopes	10	0	43	1	0	0	4.30
B Hogg	9	0	46	3	0	2	5.11
B Hodge	2	0	18	0	0	0	9.00

India loses second ODI at Kochi

2007-10-02T07:39:00.000-07:00

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's effort - in vain
At the Nehru stadium, Kochi, Australia outplayed India in all departments of the game to win the second One-Day International by 84 runs.
Batting first, Australia scored an imposing 306 for 6 in their 50 overs and then bowled out India for 222 in 47.3.
Andrew Symonds and Brad Haddin scored scored 87 each to make Australia's huge total of 306 for 6.
Symonds hit nine boundaries and two sixes in his 83-ball knock, while Haddin hit eight boundaries and three sixes off 69 deliveries. Haddin was named man of the match
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the top scorer with 58, while Robin Uthappa scored a quick 41 as the rest of the batsmen folded without much resistance.
The third one-day international will be played in Hyderabad on Friday, October 5.

Australia	306-6 (50)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
*A Gilchrist	c Tendulkar b Zaheer	0	5	0	0	0.00
M Hayden	b Pathan	75	89	5	3	84.27
B Hodge	c Dhoni b Sreesanth	3	10	0	0	30.00
M Clarke	st Dhoni b Pathan	27	38	3	0	71.05
A Symonds	c and b Sreesanth	87	83	9	2	104.82
B Haddin	not out	87	69	8	3	126.09
J Hopes	c Dravid b Sreesanth	4	4	0	0	100.00
B Lee	not out	2	2	0	0	100.00
B Hogg
M Johnson
S Clark
Extras: 21 ( b:4 lb:2 nb:0 w:15)
Total: 306-6 (50) \| Curr. RR: 6.12

FOW: *A Gilchrist (3-1, 1), B Hodge (8-2, 3.1), M Clarke (66-3, 15.4), M Hayden (160-4, 31.1), A Symonds (268-5, 46.5), J Hopes (297-6, 49.2)


India	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
Zaheer Khan	10	1	55	1	0	2	5.50
S Sreesanth	9	0	67	3	0	2	7.44
I Pathan	10	0	47	2	0	2	4.70
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	57	0	0	1	5.70
R Powar	5	0	30	0	0	0	6.00
S Tendulkar	3	0	22	0	0	0	7.33
Yuvraj Singh	3	0	22	0	0	0	7.33

India	222-10 (47.3)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	b Johnson	7	13	1	0	53.85
S Tendulkar	c Symonds b Clark	16	25	1	1	64.00
R Uthappa	lbw b Clark	41	30	5	2	136.67
Yuvraj Singh	c Hayden b Hopes	10	10	0	1	100.00
R Dravid	c Johnson b Hogg	31	48	3	1	64.58
*MS Dhoni	c Hodge b Hogg	58	88	2	2	65.91
I Pathan	run out (Hogg)	1	7	0	0	14.29
Harbhajan Singh	st Gilchrist b Clarke	4	10	0	0	40.00
R Powar	b Clarke	17	18	1	1	94.44
Zaheer Khan	c Hodge b Hogg	3	14	0	0	21.43
S Sreesanth	not out	7	25	0	0	28.00
Extras: 27 ( b:4 lb:6 nb:7 w:10)
Total: 222-10 (47.3) \| Curr. RR: 4.67

FOW: G Gambhir (11-1, 3.1), S Tendulkar (58-2, 8.5), Yuvraj Singh (79-3, 11.4), R Uthappa (87-4, 14.2), R Dravid (136-5, 25.1), I Pathan (139-6, 27), Harbhajan Singh (154-7, 30.3), R Powar (179-8, 35), Zaheer Khan (190-9, 39.2), *MS Dhoni (222-10, 47.3)


Australia	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
B Lee	7	0	44	0	2	2	6.29
M Johnson	9	1	46	1	0	5	5.11
S Clark	6	0	14	2	0	0	2.33
J Hopes	7	0	33	1	1	1	4.71
M Clarke	9	1	35	2	0	0	3.89
B Hogg	9.3	0	40	3	0	1	4.21

Rain Likely to spoil second ODI in Kochi

2007-09-30T16:52:00.000-07:00

Rediff feels highly for Australlian team. "On a high after the Twenty20 World Cup victory, India were brought crashing to earth by Australia, courtesy a magnificent rearguard action from Michael Clarke, who smashed his way to a brilliant 130" - it writes. "As captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni himself admitted, the Indian bowlers found it hard in the middle overs when the ball stopped moving. India needs to work on this particular area to gain an advantage early on." - It writes. Meanwhile the weather at Kochi could play spoil. Just like the first ODI in Bangalore was washed out because of rain, you could witness something similar here; in fact there could be no action at all. The weather forecast though is not encouraging, as more rain and thunderstorms are predicted for the next few days. Meanwhile, some readers are not happy with writer's comment about Indian team which just won the 20twenty. As one reader writes - "Harish - it is harsh to know which team would have won. However, you are so certain that Aussies would have won - that you write the indian team is brought down to earth. Well. You can only say that the Aussies had the upper hand, 'cause the rain had slowed down the outfield. Otherwise, the idnians had the upper hand, 'cause about 156 runs were needed from first 20 overs. Now, you must remember you are talking to the world-twenty-twenty champions."