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AUSTRALIA 350/4 (50 OVERS)
- Shaun Marsh112 (112)
- Shane Watson93 (89)
- Harbhajan Singh1/44 (10)
- Praveen Kumar2/68 (9)
INDIA 347 (49.4 OVERS)
- Suresh Raina59 (59)
- Sachin Tendulkar175 (141)
- Clint McKay3/59 (10)
- Shane Watson3/47 (8.4)
Congrats Australia, a team battered with injuries has hung on for a memorable win.. Sixty one years ago, at the end of a tour of England by Don Bradman's famous pack, John Arlott put it thus: "Australianism," wrote Arlott, "means single-minded determination to win - to win within the laws but, if necessary, to the last limit within them. It means where the 'impossible' is within the realm of what the human body can do, there are Australians who believe that they can do it - and who have succeeded often enough to make us wonder if anything is impossible to them. It means they have never lost a match - particularly a Test match - until the last run is scored or their last wicket down."
Spare a thought for Sachin Tendulkar. He seemed to have done everything possible but didn't last the final lap. That will really hurt him no doubt but that's that. Australia go ahead in the series.
Milan Beeka: "ODI no. 2923 will always be remembered for Sachin- 17 000 runs and a knock for the ages, Marsh's maiden century and the Australian spirit for winning against all odds! What a true spectacle.:
Hang on for the quotes from the post-match ceremony
Dhoni: "They got off to a good start and we never got into a postion to contain them. It was up to us to chase it. We got a good start and we came in the end due to Tendulkar and Raina. We lost it in our mental calculation, not because of our talent. It was one of the good ODI tracks we have seen in India, you have to be smart. Hopefully we will be up for the next two games."
Ponting " It was one of the amazing games and certainly one of the best innings ever from Sachin. You just have to keep hanging in there, you just have tell your bowlers to keep bowling to the plan. just one bad shot and we could come in but Sachin didn't play many bad shots today! Its really unbelievable how we have played, considering al the injuries. Marsh played realy well.:"
Man of the Match is Sachin Tendulkar: "I thought we started off really well then lost wickets. Suresh and I had a good partnership but in the end, it was disappointing. yeah It was one of my best knocks, the pressure to keep scoring runs was there and we took it very close. I thought Suresh has a terrific talent; he can play the big shots, so if we can get the partnership going, and with powerplay left, the game can go anyway. I care about playing for India, it's a passion and I have been absoloutely honoured to play for India so long."
That's it from us. See you next game.
P Kumar run out 9 (16m 9b 0x4 1x6) SR: 100.00
And so after a dramatic evening, it has come down to this. The last over.
END OF OVER:49 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 343/9 (8 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.00, RRR: 8.00)
- Munaf Patel1 (1b)
- Praveen Kumar7 (7b)
- Doug Bollinger10-0-75-1
- Clint McKay10-0-59-3
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