- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.1 Unbelievable! That's the sort of catch that you'll walk miles and miles to cheer. Full and wide of off stump from Zaheer and Gilchrist stands and delivers an airy swish that's flying away to the square fence. But Yuvraj Singh, in an Olympic gymnastic motion, throws himself full length to his right (his wrong side) and lunges with both arms to latch on to a sensational catch at point. Now that's the catch of the series. So far, at least 14/114.2 Twenty20 act repeated. Sreesanth cleans up Hayden. Again. A very bad slog, though. It was a length delivery, coming in from just outside the off stump, Hayden swung across the line and the ball beat the ugly heave to crash into the stumps. 78/33.1 Gone! Now that's Sreesanth's speciality. Two wides and then a peach. Close to the umpire, full ball, seam upright, pitching outside off and swinging in. Deadly swing, past Hodge's bat and onto his pad. Big appeal and Suresh Shastri does a Rudi Koertzen (slowly lifting his finger). Now that's what's called a set-up: wide, wide and castled. 18/249.6 hurls a yorker, Clarke stabbed it down the track and Lee was off the blocks. Zaheer picked the ball calmly and took out the bails at the non-striker's end 307/716.3 Done in by the slower one. Clever. It was a lovely loopy slower one, delivered from the back of the hand, full and on the middle and leg, Symonds is foxed, tries to turn it to the on side, misses and is struck in front. Franklyn Stephenson, the father of the slower one, would have been impressed. Sreesanth banged his hands on the pitch - like he did after removing Hayden in Twenty20, after taking out Symonds. 90/441.5 Stumped! Haddin comes down the track, Yuvraj drags back the length and Haddin tries to adjust by swinging across the line but is beaten by the turn. Dhoni does the rest. That was a fine innings under pressure from Haddin. 234/549.5 Caught by Sachin at long-on. Full and straight again, lofted straight to long-on. Tendulkar takes it and looks back - the ropes are still a meter away. 307/6Extras18 (b 4, lb 1, nb 2, w 11)TOTAL307/7 (50 Overs, RR: 6.14)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Adam Gilchrist, 2.1 ov), 2-18 (Brad Hodge, 3.1 ov), 3-78 (Matthew Hayden, 14.2 ov), 4-90 (Andrew Symonds, 16.3 ov), 5-234 (Brad Haddin, 41.5 ov), 6-307 (James Hopes, 49.5 ov), 7-307 (Michael Clarke, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Z Khan 10 0 64 2 6.4 29 8 0 2 1 S Sreesanth 10 0 55 3 5.5 35 7 0 6 1 RP Singh 10 0 67 0 6.7 28 8 1 2 0 IK Pathan 8 0 38 0 4.75 22 3 0 1 0 RR Powar 6 1 50 0 8.33 12 1 4 0 0 Yuvraj Singh 6 0 28 1 4.66 18 2 0 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 nailed 'em! Johnson gets Tendulkar with a peach of a swinger. Full ball on middle and swerves in delectably. Tendulkar pushes straight but is beaten comprehensively. Struck on the pads and that was going to strike leg. Suresh Shastri upholds the appeal. Big wicket for Australia. This was the man in fine form in England. 1/1Extras5 (b 4, w 1)TOTAL9/1 (2.4 Overs, RR: 3.37)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Sachin Tendulkar, 1.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Lee 1.4 1 4 0 2.4 9 1 0 0 0 MG Johnson 1 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Series result
7-match series level 0-0
Match number
Season
Match days
29 September 2007 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Australia: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (63 balls), Extras 8
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (ML Hayden 30, MJ Clarke 21, Ex 3)
- Drinks: Australia - 78/2 in 14.0 overs (ML Hayden 34, MJ Clarke 22)
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Australia: 100 runs in 19.5 overs (129 balls), Extras 11
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (MJ Clarke 18, BJ Haddin 27, Ex 5)
- Australia: 150 runs in 28.5 overs (183 balls), Extras 15
- MJ Clarke: 50 off 68 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: Australia - 155/4 in 30.0 overs (MJ Clarke 50, BJ Haddin 36)
- BJ Haddin: 50 off 66 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 118 balls (MJ Clarke 44, BJ Haddin 50, Ex 6)
- Australia: 200 runs in 37.3 overs (237 balls), Extras 17
- 34.1 Old ball replaced
- MJ Clarke: 100 off 108 balls (9 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Australia: 250 runs in 42.6 overs (270 balls), Extras 17
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (MJ Clarke 30, JR Hopes 20, Ex 1)
- Australia: 300 runs in 49.1 overs (308 balls), Extras 18
- Innings Break: Australia - 307/7 in 50.0 overs (B Lee 0)
- Rain: India - 9/1 in 2.4 overs (G Gambhir 4, IK Pathan 0)
- Wet Ground: India - 9/1 in 2.4 overs (G Gambhir 4, IK Pathan 0)
- One Day International Scorers: S Raju and Binoy George
Australia tour of India 2007-08 News
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Beating India is most satisfying, says Hayden
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Vengsarkar pleased with Twenty20 performance
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Ponting calls for calm from Australian fans
Ricky Ponting has asked Australian fans to forget about the racism row that simmered during the recent ODI series when India visit Australia later this year
Gavaskar criticises match referee's role in players' face-off
Sunil Gavaskar said while the blame rested on the management of the teams for letting the situation deteriorate the umpires and match referee were no less culpable


