END OF OVER:
27 | 6 Runs | AUS-A: 168/1 (40 runs required from 23 overs, RR: 6.22, RRR: 1.73)

  • David Hussey8 (6b)
  • Luke Ronchi108 (79b)
  • Yusuf Pathan6-1-35-1
  • Piyush Chawla8-0-57-0

It's raining quite heavily. The players have gone off.

4.15pm: And we're back, but only to tell you that the umpires, using the 'D/L method', have declared Australia as the winners of this match by 86 runs

Like Australia did today, India will need to raise their game by many a notch to put it across New Zealand tomorrow. Join us at 8.45am for the toss and the match commentary. For now, it's adios from Sid R and myself. Thank you and have yourselves a good evening.

26.6
1
Pathan to Hussey, 1 run, just short of length ball, played back by the batsman to long on for a single
26.5
3
Pathan to Ronchi, 3 runs, good ball on the off stump, holds it line, batsman playing for the turn gets an outside edge that runs to short third man. Scamper through for runs. There's a loud appeal for a run out as the batsmen are completing the third run. Not given
26.4
0
Pathan to Ronchi, no run, good length ball, played back to the bowler who fields and starts hobbling
26.3
0
Pathan to Ronchi, no run, full ball on the off stump, played away to gully
26.2
2
Pathan to Ronchi, 2 runs, length ball, just outside off, hoicked towards midwicket, catch is the cry, three fielders get under it but Badrinath can't hang on to it
26.1
0
Pathan to Ronchi, no run, driven back to the bowler

END OF OVER:
26 | 13 Runs | AUS-A: 162/1 (46 runs required from 24 overs, RR: 6.23, RRR: 1.91)

  • David Hussey7 (5b)
  • Luke Ronchi103 (74b)
  • Piyush Chawla8-0-57-0
  • Yusuf Pathan5-1-29-1
25.6
4
Chawla to Hussey, FOUR, fullish, on off, takes the outside edge and runs away to the third man boundary
25.5
1
Chawla to Ronchi, 1 run, on leg stump this time, worked to square leg
25.4
2
Chawla to Ronchi, 2 runs, fullish, driven down to mid-on
25.3
0
Chawla to Ronchi, no run, very wide, Ronchi reaches for it and pushes it to point
25.2
6
Chawla to Ronchi, SIX, that's his hundred, spectacular one too. Smashed to long-on, Ravi Teja just about managed to get his hands on it just inside the boundary, but overbalanced and went out of the field of play. He tried to toss it back into the ground before stepping across the rope but couldn't quite manage to do what Phil Hughes did yesterday
25.1
0
Chawla to Ronchi, no run, a googly, Ronchi doesn't pick it, gets an inside-edge to the leg side

Ronchi has raced along into the nineties

END OF OVER:
25 | 12 Runs | AUS-A: 149/1 (59 runs required from 25 overs, RR: 5.96, RRR: 2.36)

  • David Hussey3 (4b)
  • Luke Ronchi94 (69b)
  • Yusuf Pathan5-1-29-1
  • Piyush Chawla7-0-44-0
24.6
0
Pathan to Hussey, no run, flighted, overpitched ball on middle and leg, played back to the bowler
24.5
1
Pathan to Ronchi, 1 run, played down to mid-on for a single
24.4
4
Pathan to Ronchi, FOUR, on middle and leg, length ball, turned away fine on the leg side, Robin Uthappa does some good work on the boundary, deemed to be a four though he looked to have saved it
24.3
2
Pathan to Ronchi, 2 runs, came onto the front foot and flicked it over the infield, batsmen come back for two, there is a run-out appeal, third umpire is called for but Ronchi is well in

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