Australia in India ODI Series - 1st ODI

Australia in India ODI Series - 1st ODI

India v Australia

Australia won by 4 runs

• ODI no. 2913 | 2009/10 season
• Played at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
• 25 October 2009 (50-over match)

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	lbw b Nehra	5	6	6	1	0	83.33
	1.2 dead plumb in front. Nehra strikes early. The in ward movement did Watto in. It landed on a length around middle and off and moved back in to evade the defensive poke and strike right in front of the stumps. Gone! The ball is moving around as was expected. 5/1
TD Paine†	c †Dhoni b Sharma	50	84	62	9	0	80.64
	18.6 Short and wide, bouncing away, Paine went for the cut but got the top-edge through to Dhoni. The shot was there to be played but perhaps done in by the extra bounce. 102/2
RT Ponting*	lbw b Jadeja	74	113	85	8	2	87.05
	29.3 Plumb in front. Ponting doesn't look happy. It landed on a length on the middle and leg, turned in past the defensive push and hit him on the back pad right in front of middle stump. Dead plumb. Fine innings comes to an end. 151/3
CL White	c Raina b Nehra	51	91	68	3	1	75.00
	42.2 White falls after taking the batting powerplay. It was the full delivery outside off, White tried to fetch it from there with a big slog but ended up slicing it high to extra cover where Raina waits patiently for the ball to dip into his palms 227/4
MEK Hussey	c Kohli b Sharma	73	91	54	8	1	135.18
	49.1 Hussey falls after a wonderful knock. Hilditch must be watching closely. He dragged the ball from outside off and heaved it to deep midwicket 291/7
AC Voges	c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh	3	7	7	0	0	42.85
	43.5 tossed up on the off stump line, spins in, Vogues goes for the slog sweep but gets more elevation than distance and is caught in the deep 233/5
JR Hopes	run out (Sehwag/Nehra)	14	17	9	1	1	155.55
	46.3 Nehra to Hussey, Hopes is run out . pulls it to midwicket. Hopes has charged down the track too much but Hussey changed his mind after taking couple of steps. Sehwag throws it to Nehra who calmly breaks the stumps. 256/6
MG Johnson	not out	14	18	8	2	0	175.00
B Lee	b Sharma	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
	49.6 full delivery, lee tries to squeeze it out to the on side, misses it and it deflects off the back pad on to the stumps 292/8
Extras	(lb 2, w 4, nb 2)	8
Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 217 mins)	292	(5.84 runs per over)

Did not bat NM Hauritz, PM Siddle

Fall of wickets1-5 (Watson, 1.2 ov), 2-102 (Paine, 18.6 ov), 3-151 (Ponting, 29.3 ov), 4-227 (White, 42.2 ov), 5-233 (Voges, 43.5 ov), 6-256 (Hopes, 46.3 ov), 7-291 (Hussey, 49.1 ov), 8-292 (Lee, 49.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Kumar	10	0	77	0	7.70	(2w)
A Nehra	10	0	58	2	5.80	(1nb)
	1.2 to Watson, dead plumb in front. Nehra strikes early. The in ward movement did Watto in. It landed on a length around middle and off and moved back in to evade the defensive poke and strike right in front of the stumps. Gone! The ball is moving around as was expected. 5/1 42.2 to White, White falls after taking the batting powerplay. It was the full delivery outside off, White tried to fetch it from there with a big slog but ended up slicing it high to extra cover where Raina waits patiently for the ball to dip into his palms 227/4
I Sharma	10	1	50	3	5.00	(1nb)
	18.6 to Paine, Short and wide, bouncing away, Paine went for the cut but got the top-edge through to Dhoni. The shot was there to be played but perhaps done in by the extra bounce. 102/2 49.1 to Hussey, Hussey falls after a wonderful knock. Hilditch must be watching closely. He dragged the ball from outside off and heaved it to deep midwicket 291/7 49.6 to Lee, full delivery, lee tries to squeeze it out to the on side, misses it and it deflects off the back pad on to the stumps 292/8
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	57	1	5.70	(2w)
	43.5 to Voges, tossed up on the off stump line, spins in, Vogues goes for the slog sweep but gets more elevation than distance and is caught in the deep 233/5
RA Jadeja	9	0	39	1	4.33
	29.3 to Ponting, Plumb in front. Ponting doesn't look happy. It landed on a length on the middle and leg, turned in past the defensive push and hit him on the back pad right in front of middle stump. Dead plumb. Fine innings comes to an end. 151/3
SK Raina	1	0	9	0	9.00

India innings (target: 293 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	c †Paine b Lee	13	20	11	3	0	118.18
	4.2 full delivery, hint of away swing, Sehwag tries to flick it across the line from just around off stump but the ball moves away slightly to catch the outside edge. Gone! 25/1
SR Tendulkar	c Ponting b Watson	14	40	29	2	0	48.27
	8.1 Ricky Ponting takes a neat catch at short extra cover. Tendulkar drove on the up to left of Ponting who flung himself to take a sharp catch. Two down and wobbling. Australia move into the driver's seat. 45/2
G Gambhir	lbw b Johnson	68	132	85	6	1	80.00
	34.1 caught right in front by the low dipping full toss. It was dipping in front of leg and middle stump and Gambhir stumbled a bit while trying to get forward and flick it. He missed and was struck dead plumb. 167/4
V Kohli	c Watson b Voges	30	53	41	3	0	73.17
	20.4 Virat is once again caught at long-off. We have seen that quite often in the IPL and Champions League games as well. He charged down the track but was beaten in flight, tried to go though with the shot and skied it up. Watson ran in from long-off to take a good catch 103/3
MS Dhoni*†	c Lee b Watson	34	75	46	4	0	73.91
	37.2 And Australia on the ascendancy here. Dhoni charged out for the big shot but mistimed it straight to mid-on. Lee throws the ball up in the air and Dhoni crashes his bat onto the ground. Joy and sorrow collide. 186/6
SK Raina	c & b Johnson	9	11	10	0	1	90.00
	36.3 Done in by the slower one. Raina was completely fooled; he lunged out and checked his drive and the ball popped back to the delighted Mitch. And this chase continues to be topsy turvy. Silence in the crowd. 183/5
RA Jadeja	lbw b Hauritz	5	16	13	0	0	38.46
	39.5 he survived a close shout couple of balls earlier but not now. It landed on a length on the middle and off line, Jadeja went for the sweep, missed and was struck in front. It would have hit the off stump. And then they were three. 201/7
Harbhajan Singh	b Siddle	49	48	31	4	3	158.06
	49.2 Clatter! The off stump has been pegged back. Siddle roars and the crowd applaud the departing Harbhajan. He opened up his stance and tried to swing the length delivery across the line but missed. Timber! Enter Ashish Nehra. what a fine knock this has been from Harbhajan. 285/8
P Kumar	not out	40	41	32	5	1	125.00
A Nehra	not out	2	4	2	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 10, w 14)	24
Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 224 mins)	288	(5.76 runs per over)

Did not bat I Sharma

Fall of wickets1-25 (Sehwag, 4.2 ov), 2-45 (Tendulkar, 8.1 ov), 3-103 (Kohli, 20.4 ov), 4-167 (Gambhir, 34.1 ov), 5-183 (Raina, 36.3 ov), 6-186 (Dhoni, 37.2 ov), 7-201 (Jadeja, 39.5 ov), 8-285 (Harbhajan Singh, 49.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	6	0	28	1	4.66
	4.2 to Sehwag, full delivery, hint of away swing, Sehwag tries to flick it across the line from just around off stump but the ball moves away slightly to catch the outside edge. Gone! 25/1
PM Siddle	9	0	55	1	6.11	(3w)
	49.2 to Harbhajan Singh, Clatter! The off stump has been pegged back. Siddle roars and the crowd applaud the departing Harbhajan. He opened up his stance and tried to swing the length delivery across the line but missed. Timber! Enter Ashish Nehra. what a fine knock this has been from Harbhajan. 285/8
SR Watson	10	0	70	2	7.00
	8.1 to Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting takes a neat catch at short extra cover. Tendulkar drove on the up to left of Ponting who flung himself to take a sharp catch. Two down and wobbling. Australia move into the driver's seat. 45/2 37.2 to Dhoni, And Australia on the ascendancy here. Dhoni charged out for the big shot but mistimed it straight to mid-on. Lee throws the ball up in the air and Dhoni crashes his bat onto the ground. Joy and sorrow collide. 186/6
MG Johnson	10	0	59	2	5.90	(5w)
	34.1 to Gambhir, caught right in front by the low dipping full toss. It was dipping in front of leg and middle stump and Gambhir stumbled a bit while trying to get forward and flick it. He missed and was struck dead plumb. 167/4 36.3 to Raina, Done in by the slower one. Raina was completely fooled; he lunged out and checked his drive and the ball popped back to the delighted Mitch. And this chase continues to be topsy turvy. Silence in the crowd. 183/5
JR Hopes	2	0	10	0	5.00
AC Voges	4	0	22	1	5.50
	20.4 to Kohli, Virat is once again caught at long-off. We have seen that quite often in the IPL and Champions League games as well. He charged down the track but was beaten in flight, tried to go though with the shot and skied it up. Watson ran in from long-off to take a good catch 103/3
NM Hauritz	9	1	34	1	3.77
	39.5 to Jadeja, he survived a close shout couple of balls earlier but not now. It landed on a length on the middle and off line, Jadeja went for the sweep, missed and was struck in front. It would have hit the off stump. And then they were three. 201/7

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 7-match series 1-0

Player of the match MEK Hussey (Australia)

Umpires AM Saheba and SK Tarapore TV umpire S Asnani Match referee BC Broad (England) Reserve umpire SS Hazare

Match notes

Australia: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (56 balls), Extras 5 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (TD Paine 21, RT Ponting 25, Ex 5) Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 Drinks: Australia - 91/1 in 17.0 overs (TD Paine 42, RT Ponting 37) Australia: 100 runs in 18.2 overs (115 balls), Extras 7 TD Paine: 50 off 61 balls (9 x 4) RT Ponting: 50 off 56 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6) Australia: 150 runs in 28.6 overs (180 balls), Extras 8 Drinks: Australia - 183/3 in 36.0 overs (CL White 28, MEK Hussey 18) Australia: 200 runs in 37.5 overs (233 balls), Extras 8 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (CL White 27, MEK Hussey 23, Ex 0) CL White: 50 off 66 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6) Power Play 3: Overs 42.1 - 47.0 Australia: 250 runs in 45.5 overs (281 balls), Extras 8 MEK Hussey: 50 off 43 balls (5 x 4)