Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

SJ Konstas
67(88) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 18 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
6 4 3 9 18 18 1 8
RM Patidar
67(82) 3x4 - 1x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 18 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
9 4 11 4 15 6 7 11

Best performances - Bowlers

SH Johnson
O8
M0
R35
W3
Eco4.37
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Arshad Khan
O9
M0
R56
W3
Eco6.22
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

5:05pm That will be all from us for today. Plenty of other cricket lined up, though, and you can stay updated with those matches on Cricinfo. Oh, and there are a few fun games to tuck into while you are at it. Until next time, from Deiva, Harshith and myself (Shashwat), it is goodbye!

When did Bhuvneshwar Kumar last play for India? Answer that and five more questions in today's KNOW YOUR CRICKET.

Ghosh + Gilchrist + Gayle + Gardner - there is the 'G' connection but is that good enough? Play today's MATCHUP.

Seven letters, one word - what do you think your options are? Give today's WORD PLAY your best go.

Player of the Match: What we saw the other night, with Mahli's aggression, we wanted to continue that. (On what pleased him more - his bowling or the catch to dismiss Gaikwad) The catch. Probably the best catch I have taken (smiles). He (Gaikwad) was putting pressure on us. Happy to take that catch. Everyone bowled well and chipped in. Not easy conditions. Skipper rotated the bowlers well, and that is probably why we won.

Nathan McSweeney, Australia A captain: Lucky the toss went my way and we batted first. If you can get a total in the 270-300 range, it becomes tough with the ball going soft. Our pace bowlers have been excellent. The first game, we did not start well, so it was important to set the tone early. (Positives) In any sort of cricket, if you hold on to catches, it goes a long way (in winning), especially of their captain. Hopefully we can finish off (the series) well.

Ruturaj Gaikwad, India A captain: (Batting start) Not the start we would like to have. When you lose three in the powerplay, you are on the back foot, and after that, we were playing catch-up. Lot of credit to them (Australia A) - they have adjusted to the conditions very well. They have hit their lengths really well and have been consistent. We were unlucky a couple of times, but I feel it is slightly easier to face spinners here. With the medium pacers, it is a little two-paced.

4:49pm Another fairly commanding Australia A display, and not too dissimilar to a few days ago. Johnson, Meredith and Dwarshuis did damage in the powerplay and it was a long road back for India from that point. Patidar offered some resistance, registering his second successive fifty in the series, but support was not very forthcoming.

Australia A will be chuffed about their bowling performance. They adapted to the conditions and always seemed a step ahead of the batters. One more game remains in this series, but there can be no denying which side has bossed proceedings.

45.2
W
Owen to Yash Thakur, OUT, oh, what has happened here?! Looks like Thakur has been given out caught-behind! A bit of an anti-climactic end. The umpire raised his finger belatedly too, and that added to the uncertainty. Anyway, it was a full ball outside off. Thakur went fishing at it without much footwork and nicked it through to the keeper, meaning that Australia A have won this ODI series!

Yash Thakur c †Shaw b Owen 6 (12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 50

45.1
1
Owen to Roy, 1 run, Slower ball on a back of a length outside off. Roy throws his hands at it and powers it towards sweeper cover

71 off 30. India A's lack of urgency has been a little perplexing. Owen to bowl

END OF OVER:
45 | 3 Runs | IND-A: 205/9 (71 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 4.55, RRR: 14.20)

  • Anukul Roy33 (39b)
  • Yash Thakur6 (11b)
  • Liam Scott4-0-9-0
  • Nathan McSweeney2-0-15-0
44.6
1
Scott to Roy, 1 run, Back of a length just outside off. Roy nudges it towards long on and keeps strike
44.5
0
Scott to Roy, no run, Length outside off. Roy gives it all he has but only swats away a few flies in the process
44.4
0
Scott to Roy, no run, Another bumper outside off and this gets up quite high. Roy jumps to reach it and clinks it into the on side. Might have been a wide had he left it
44.3
0
Scott to Roy, no run, Short outside off. Roy watches it go through to the keeper

India A 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13D PadikkalB Sai Sudharsan
2nd13RD GaikwadB Sai Sudharsan
3rd4RM PatidarB Sai Sudharsan
4th29RM PatidarK Kushagra
5th51RM PatidarN Sindhu
6th24RM PatidarSuryansh Shedge
7th15Suryansh ShedgeV Nigam
8th18AS RoyV Nigam
9th1AS RoyArshad Khan
10th38Yash ThakurAS Roy