- BATSMENRB4s6sSR14.6 lbw! Back of a length delivery, pitches on the leg stump and coming in, Chopra is struck on the pad as he is beaten by pace. Loud appeal and umpire Tarapore nods in favour of the bowler. 49/211.6 caught! Sets him up with the short delivery, goes for the hook and gets it down to fine leg and Johnson had to run few paces to take the catch. 41/119.3 lbw! Siddle strikes, a good length delivery coming in from outside the off stump, Badrinath is caught in the crease as he looks to play to the onside, misses it and the ball strikes the pad in line, a loud appeal and umpire Saheba lifts his finger. 59/334.2 caught! A soft and strange dismissal. Johnson digs in a short delivery at a slower pace and Yuvraj initially looking to pull, withdraws to leave the delivery but is too late as the ball has taken the outside edge and balloons up behind the wicket and Hussey at gully takes the catch. 120/464.6 caught! A soft dismissal, short delivery and Rohit pulls in the air straight into the hands of Krejza in front of square leg. A good innings from Rohit Sharma comes to an end. 266/580.1 a bad decision. reverse swinging right in the block-hole and Kohli looking to work through the onside is struck on the pad, loud appeal and given by umpire Tarapore. The ball was surely sliding down the leg side. 328/695.5 finally the breakthrough for the Australians, the ball keeps low outside the off stump and coming in, Parthiv rooted to the crease pushes at the delivery and his off stump is rattled. 403/7107.1 Clark strikes and the new ball does the trick, Pathan goes for the big shot and mishits it high in the air to the right of mid-off, where Siddle takes the catch. Pathan goes after a good knock. 447/8108.4 fuller delivery from Johnson and Chawla looking to work it through the onside, gets a leading edge high in the air for Lee to take the catch at mid-off. 455/10107.6 short rising delivery and Ojha goes as he fends at the delivery and it balloons to Hussey at gully. 451/9Extras29 (b 5, lb 15, nb 9)TOTAL455 all out (108.4 Overs, RR: 4.18)Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Wasim Jaffer, 11.6 ov), 2-49 (Aakash Chopra, 14.6 ov), 3-59 (S Badrinath, 19.3 ov), 4-120 (Yuvraj Singh, 34.2 ov), 5-266 (Rohit Sharma, 64.6 ov), 6-328 (Virat Kohli, 80.1 ov), 7-403 (Parthiv Patel, 95.5 ov), 8-447 (Irfan Pathan, 107.1 ov), 9-451 (Pragyan Ojha, 107.6 ov), 10-455 (Piyush Chawla, 108.4 ov)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.4 caught! Pathan gets him and he is excited, good length delivery pitched outside the off stump and moving away, takes the outside edge as Hayden drives on the front foot and Parthiv behind the wicket takes the catch. 26/117.3 caught! Tosses it up on the stumps and Katich looking to work it through the onside gets an inside edge onto the pads and the ball goes to Kohli at short leg, who takes the catch. Ojha is excited. 54/230.2 Chawla strikes, a peach of a delivery tossed up outside the off stump and spins in (googly), Ponting plays forward and does not read the delivery, leaves the gap between bat and pad, the middle stump is rattled. 94/344.1 lbw! Chawla strikes, good ball tossed up on the leg stump and spins across as Clarke comes forward and defends down the wrong line, the ball strikes the pad in line with middle stump. Loud appeal and given by umpire Saheba. 128/469.4 seeing Haddin's intentions Ojha pitches one short, it turns sharply and beats the outside edge of advancing Haddin. Patel, comfortably pouches the delivery and flicks the bails off in one go. Good start to the day by Board Presidents XI 199/571.1 on a good length outside the off stump, Krejza has an almighty go at it and gets an outside edge. Yuvraj, at first slip anticipates well and takes a good catch to make it a disappointing match for Krejza till now 203/672.4 this time he does not as Lee chooses a fuller delivery on the middle stump and pays the penalty as he is plumb in front. The drive should have been played but then it is a faulty stroke selection 204/778.4 googly outside the off stump, Johnson hangs his bat out to dry as the ball takes the outside edge and is snaffled up by Chopra at second slip. fourth wicket for Piyush 214/880.2 googly yet again, Piyush gets his five for. Replays show that the impact was outside off so Siddle can consider himself unlucky 218/9120.3 at last Clark falls to Yuvraj, tossed it up outside the off stump and Clark looking to drive over mid-on, mistimes it in the air straight to Ojha at midwicket. 314/10Extras9 (b 4, lb 5)TOTAL314 all out (120.3 Overs, RR: 2.6)Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Matthew Hayden, 8.4 ov), 2-54 (Simon Katich, 17.3 ov), 3-94 (Ricky Ponting, 30.2 ov), 4-128 (Michael Clarke, 44.1 ov), 5-199 (Brad Haddin, 69.4 ov), 6-203 (Jason Krejza, 71.1 ov), 7-204 (Brett Lee, 72.4 ov), 8-214 (Mitchell Johnson, 78.4 ov), 9-218 (Peter Siddle, 80.2 ov), 10-314 (Stuart Clark, 120.3 ov)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.2 gone! done in by the shuffle again as his back and across movement leads to his downfall. Chopra was done in by the lack of bounce on the delivery. He was expecting it to rise a little further than it did and when it didn't he was done in and is caught plumb in front 7/158.3 disappointment for Jaffer as he looks to work it away on the leg side but is struck right in front of the middle stump and is horrified at his own shot selection as he has to measure the distance back to the pavilion 240/412.3 short and rising delivery wide outside the off stump and Badrinath looking to upper-cut it over the slips, can only get the edge to Haddin behind the stumps, who takes the catch at a comfortable height. 35/256.6 on a good length outside the off stump. Yuvraj, visibly tired has an ugly swipe at it and gets an outside edge back to the keeper, who pouches it 235/3Extras21 (b 14, lb 4, nb 3)TOTAL292/4d (70 Overs, RR: 4.17)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Aakash Chopra, 5.2 ov), 2-35 (S Badrinath, 12.3 ov), 3-235 (Yuvraj Singh, 56.6 ov), 4-240 (Wasim Jaffer, 58.3 ov)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.4 short rising delivery wide outside the off stump and Katich could have left it alone but he choose to go for the cut and he hits it straight into the hands of Kohli at backward-point. That ball was travelling. 14/115.6 lbw! Pitches in line and strikes the pad in line with the stumps as Hayden played forward and a loud appeal, given by umpire Saheba. 52/2Extras14 (b 4, lb 5, pen 5)TOTAL127/2 (38 Overs, RR: 3.34)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Simon Katich, 3.4 ov), 2-52 (Matthew Hayden, 15.6 ov)
Match Details
Series
Toss
Indian Board President's XI , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days
2,3,4,5 October 2008 (4-day match)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 2 Oct - day 1 - Indian Board President's XI 1st innings 371/6 (PA Patel 49*, IK Pathan 17*, 89 ov)
- Fri, 3 Oct - day 2 - Australians 1st innings 191/4 (MEK Hussey 54*, BJ Haddin 34*, 68 ov)
- Sat, 4 Oct - day 3 - Indian Board President's XI 2nd innings 110/2 (W Jaffer 46*, Yuvraj Singh 37*, 35 ov)
- Sun, 5 Oct - day 4 - Australians 2nd innings 127/2 (38 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- W Jaffer: 50 off 96 balls (6 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 181 balls (W Jaffer 50, Yuvraj Singh 46, Ex 5)
- Indian Board President's XI: 150 runs in 43.3 overs (264 balls), Extras 8
- Yuvraj Singh: 50 off 92 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Drinks: Indian Board President's XI - 168/2 in 47.0 overs (W Jaffer 73, Yuvraj Singh 66)
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 225 balls (W Jaffer 70, Yuvraj Singh 73, Ex 7)
- Indian Board President's XI: 200 runs in 53.2 overs (323 balls), Extras 10
- Yuvraj Singh: 100 off 136 balls (6 x 4, 7 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 267 balls (W Jaffer 80, Yuvraj Singh 113, Ex 7)
- Lunch: Indian Board President's XI - 240/4 in 60.0 overs (RG Sharma 4, V Kohli 0)
- Indian Board President's XI: 250 runs in 61.5 overs (374 balls), Extras 14
- Innings Break: Indian Board President's XI - 292/4 in 70.0 overs (RG Sharma 29, V Kohli 16)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (RG Sharma 25, V Kohli 16, Ex 11)
- Australians 2nd innings
- Australians 2nd Innings: 1x5 ball over (8th over, MS Gony, called by Umpire AM Saheba)
- Penalty: 10.4 - Ball striking Fielding Team helmet
- Tea: Australians - 48/1 in 15.0 overs (ML Hayden 10, RT Ponting 27)
- Australians: 50 runs in 15.5 overs (94 balls), Extras 6
- Australians: 100 runs in 26.3 overs (158 balls), Extras 6
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (RT Ponting 22, MJ Clarke 26, Ex 4)
- RT Ponting: 50 off 64 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Australians: 200 runs in 70.4 overs (424 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Australians - 222/9 in 83.0 overs (MEK Hussey 76, SR Clark 2)
- Australians: 250 runs in 92.5 overs (557 balls), Extras 9
- New Ball Taken: Australians 260/9 after 94.5 overs (MEK Hussey 90, SR Clark 26)
- 10th Wicket: 50 runs in 100 balls (MEK Hussey 22, SR Clark 28, Ex 0)
- Lunch: Australians - 268/9 in 98.0 overs (MEK Hussey 96, SR Clark 28)
- MEK Hussey: 100 off 235 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Australians: 300 runs in 112.3 overs (675 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Australians - 301/9 in 114.0 overs (MEK Hussey 116, SR Clark 41)
- Innings Break: Australians - 314/10 in 120.3 overs (MEK Hussey 126)
- Indian Board President's XI 2nd innings
- Tea: Indian Board President's XI - 7/0 in 5.0 overs (A Chopra 6, W Jaffer 1)
- Indian Board President's XI: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (101 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Indian Board President's XI - 51/2 in 17.0 overs (W Jaffer 14, Yuvraj Singh 10)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 113 balls (W Jaffer 23, Yuvraj Singh 23, Ex 4)
- Indian Board President's XI: 100 runs in 34.1 overs (208 balls), Extras 7
- End Of Day: Indian Board President's XI - 110/2 in 35.0 overs (W Jaffer 46, Yuvraj Singh 37)
- PA Patel: 50 off 73 balls (7 x 4)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (PA Patel 28, IK Pathan 18, Ex 4)
- Indian Board President's XI: 400 runs in 95.3 overs (580 balls), Extras 23
- Drinks: Indian Board President's XI - 428/7 in 102.0 overs (IK Pathan 48, PP Chawla 9)
- IK Pathan: 50 off 66 balls (7 x 4)
- New Ball Taken: Indian Board President's XI 442/7 after 106.1 overs (IK Pathan 55, PP Chawla 15)
- Indian Board President's XI: 450 runs in 107.3 overs (653 balls), Extras 29
- Australians 1st innings
- Lunch: Australians - 15/0 in 2.0 overs (ML Hayden 9, SM Katich 2)
- Drinks: Australians - 49/1 in 15.0 overs (SM Katich 15, RT Ponting 10)
- Australians: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 4
- Tea: Australians - 94/3 in 30.2 overs (MEK Hussey 12)
- Australians: 100 runs in 33.6 overs (204 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Australians - 145/4 in 48.0 overs (MEK Hussey 33, BJ Haddin 11)
- Australians: 150 runs in 49.5 overs (299 balls), Extras 7
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (MEK Hussey 17, BJ Haddin 31, Ex 2)
- MEK Hussey: 50 off 126 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- End Of Day: Australians - 191/4 in 68.0 overs (MEK Hussey 54, BJ Haddin 34)
- Innings Break: Australians - 0/0
- Indian Board President's XI 1st innings
- Drinks: Indian Board President's XI - 41/1 in 12.0 overs (A Chopra 19)
- Indian Board President's XI: 50 runs in 15.3 overs (96 balls), Extras 7
- Lunch: Indian Board President's XI - 80/3 in 25.0 overs (Yuvraj Singh 15, RG Sharma 10)
- Indian Board President's XI: 100 runs in 28.2 overs (174 balls), Extras 9
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (Yuvraj Singh 22, RG Sharma 26, Ex 2)
- Drinks: Indian Board President's XI - 140/4 in 38.0 overs (RG Sharma 55, V Kohli 1)
- RG Sharma: 50 off 68 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Indian Board President's XI: 150 runs in 42.1 overs (257 balls), Extras 13
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (RG Sharma 31, V Kohli 18, Ex 4)
- Tea: Indian Board President's XI - 196/4 in 51.0 overs (RG Sharma 75, V Kohli 33)
- Indian Board President's XI: 200 runs in 53.5 overs (327 balls), Extras 13
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 141 balls (RG Sharma 50, V Kohli 46, Ex 5)
- V Kohli: 50 off 75 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- RG Sharma: 100 off 137 balls (12 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Indian Board President's XI: 250 runs in 61.2 overs (373 balls), Extras 14
- Drinks: Indian Board President's XI - 284/5 in 69.0 overs (V Kohli 80, PA Patel 10)
- Indian Board President's XI: 300 runs in 73.6 overs (449 balls), Extras 15
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (V Kohli 27, PA Patel 22, Ex 3)
- V Kohli: 100 off 141 balls (14 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Indian Board President's XI: 350 runs in 85.1 overs (518 balls), Extras 20
- End Of Day: Indian Board President's XI - 371/6 in 89.0 overs (PA Patel 49, IK Pathan 17)
Australia tour of India 2008-09 News
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As for fielding, our servants can do that for us
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Foster's Passage to India
Problems aplenty for India
The specialist batsmen failing to get going and the bowlers inability to change pace, are two key areas that cost India the match, according to Sourav Ganguly
Hard cricket, not hard talk
The tempered approach of the Australians to the seven-match ODI series against India might just be tactical