Player of the Match
Player of the Match

So congratulations Australia for winning the series, despite - as Ponting said - sometimes struggling to find 11 fit men to play. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Ravi Shastri "What we have witnessed here is a first-class performance from Australia." Er, Ravi shouldn't it be List A performance, considering it's an ODI? But we'll move on from making bad jokes.

Losing captain, MS Dhoni Like I said, the first half an hour was important, and the first 15 minutes did all the damage today. They did bowl well. There was swing there, but they exploited it well... The way we lost in Mohali and Nagpur, as a team you don't want to lose like that. But full credit to Australia, they took the games away."

Ricky Ponting "Perhaps the most satisfying series win I have been involved in. To get 11 players on the field has been a challenge in some of the games... Our fielding has been outstanding, in a couple of close games it has been the difference... "

Man of the Match, Doug Bollinger "I am real happy today. It all came together in what has been a fantastic tournament. I just went there and kept things simple... This tour has been a good learning experience, all different kinds of wickets, conditions..."

Hugs all around in the dressing room. Hussey is quite chuffed out in the middle, he has been the most confident batsman in the series, and sees the team through here. They have done really well to win this series. Stay with us for the post-match presentation

41.5
4
Tendulkar to Voges, FOUR, the googly will do, long hop again, pulled away to square-leg boundary, and Australia win 4-2
41.4
4
Tendulkar to Voges, FOUR, another long hop, another legbreak, and this time he has pulled it for four, ever closer to a series win

Australia tour of India 2009-10 News

  • 'Two mistakes and India would have lost the Test'

    VVS Laxman revisits his match-winning innings in the first Test against Australia in Mohali in an interview in Sportstar .

  • Cricket and consolation

    Walking towards the government headquarters in Bangalore, to catch a glimpse of the unfolding political drama, Ramachandra Guha instead chose to go to the Chinnaswamy stadium to watch, as he writes in the Telegraph another, and indubitably more

  • Bradman first, Sachin second

    Ron Reed writes in the Herald Sun that there is now no doubt that Sachin Tendulkar is the game’s second-best cricketer of all-time.

  • Bittersweet October for young Pujara

    October 9, 2005 was a tragic day for Cheteshwar Pujara, a day his mother lost her battle with cancer

  • Australia on the slide

    David Lloyd, writing in the Independent , says Australia's 0-2 defeat at the hands of India lends strength to the theory that Ricky Ponting's team is one on the decline than one in transition

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st24SR WatsonSE Marsh
2nd61RT PontingSR Watson
3rd5RT PontingCL White
4th53MEK HusseyCL White
5th29MEK HusseyAC Voges