- BATSMENRB4s6sSR57.3 on the middle stump, Jaffer comes down the track and holes out to long on. Good innings this by Jaffer 210/320.1 outside off and fuller in length, Sehwag drives and all he gets is an outside edge to second slip, where Higgs pulls off a good catch. 66/131.4 short outside off stump, Karthik pulls it straight to mid on where Perera takes an easy catch. Karthik could not quite keep the pull down 117/264.3 good ball angled across, moves forward and pushes at it away from his body, the ball takes the outside edge and Crosthwaite takes an easy catch. Dravid goes for a well played knock. 233/562.2 outside the off stump, Yuvraj moves back and across and wafts it in the air to gully, where Cowan takes an easy catch 220/474.4 on the off stump, tries to read the delivery and lobs it back to the bowler who takes an easy catch 288/683.4 outside off, fuller in length. Pathan comes down the track and plays a lofted drive to cover where Bulger is waiting 321/975.2 outside off, Harbhajan tries to drive and gets an under edge as Crosthwaite fumbles and takes it on the second attempt 291/779 outside off stump and RP chases it, and pays the price as he is caught behind the stumps 304/8Extras28 (b 5, lb 9, nb 6, w 8)TOTAL325/9d (84 Overs, RR: 3.86)Did not bat: I SharmaFall of wickets: 1-66 (Virender Sehwag, 20.1 ov), 2-117 (Dinesh Karthik, 31.4 ov), 3-210 (Wasim Jaffer, 57.3 ov), 4-220 (Yuvraj Singh, 62.2 ov), 5-233 (Rahul Dravid, 64.3 ov), 6-288 (MS Dhoni, 74.4 ov), 7-291 (Harbhajan Singh, 75.2 ov), 8-304 (RP Singh, 78.6 ov), 9-321 (Irfan Pathan, 83.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RR Sherlock 17 4 72 0 4.23 3 1 AJW Perera 15 3 40 2 2.66 0 2 LC Swards 17 2 45 3 2.64 0 0 AM Ritchard 18 1 71 2 3.94 0 1 RW Bulger 12 0 70 1 5.83 0 2 MA Higgs 5 0 13 1 2.60 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR29.3 on the middle and off,spinning away and on a good length, struck on the pads. Umpire gives it and replays show that the ball might have spun further away 100/417.1 outside the off stump, fuller in length. Cowan reaches for the ball and inside edes and isees back to see his shattered 41/117.4 on the off stump, and coming in, struck in line and is given out, rightly so 45/223.2 short outside the off stump, Hggs tries to pull and is caught by the keeper 83/384.1 outside off, fuller in length. Rogers goes back and tries to lift over point. Deep point comes running in and takes the catch 269/753.4 on the middle stump, struck on the line of stumps, plumb it is 174/573.4 good ball goes straight through, Crosthwaite comes down the track and completely misses the ball, Karthik alert behind the wicket collects the ball and whips off the bails, Crosthwaite is stranded. 241/691.4 on the middle stump, off the pads and knocks the leg stump down 285/8Extras35 (b 10, lb 12, nb 11, w 2)TOTAL292/8d (93 Overs, RR: 3.13)Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Ed Cowan, 17.1 ov), 2-45 (Jono Dean, 17.4 ov), 3-83 (Mark Higgs, 23.2 ov), 4-100 (Chris Rogers, 29.3 ov), 5-174 (Randall Starr, 53.4 ov), 6-241 (James Crosthwaite, 73.4 ov), 7-269 (John Rogers, 84.1 ov), 8-285 (Adam Ritchard, 91.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB IK Pathan 18 3 56 1 3.11 1 0 I Sharma 11 4 26 3 2.36 1 0 Pankaj Singh 14 2 36 0 2.57 0 0 VRV Singh 11 0 39 0 3.54 0 11 Harbhajan Singh 13 1 32 1 2.46 0 0 V Sehwag 11 1 37 1 3.36 0 0 RP Singh 9 2 16 2 1.77 0 0 Yuvraj Singh 5 0 21 0 4.20 0 0 MS Dhoni 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR47 on the middle stump, fuller and straighter, struck on the pads and is out 241/325.4 outside off, sticked his bat out as the ball kisses the outside edge on the way to the keeper 158/146.1 draws him forward and gets an outside edge 238/249.4 outside off, low full toss. Drives to cover, where a diving Dean takes a good catch to send back Yuvraj 248/4Extras13 (b 3, lb 2, nb 8)TOTAL281/4d (58 Overs, RR: 4.84)Fall of wickets: 1-158 (Virender Sehwag, 25.4 ov), 2-238 (Wasim Jaffer, 46.1 ov), 3-241 (Dinesh Karthik, 46.6 ov), 4-248 (Yuvraj Singh, 49.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AJW Perera 12 3 46 1 3.83 0 1 LC Swards 13 3 35 0 2.69 0 0 RR Sherlock 2 0 23 0 11.50 0 0 RW Bulger 24 2 120 2 5.00 0 7 AM Ritchard 5 0 47 0 9.40 0 0 MA Higgs 2 0 5 1 2.50 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.3 outside off and short in length, Cowan goes for the cut and gets an edge to second slip, where Sehwag takes the catch 18/13.5 outside off and on a good length. Rogers goes back and gets a faint edge back to the keeper 35/24.2 on the off stump and coming in a touch, struck in line. Dean does not trouble the scorers 35/3Extras13 (lb 6, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL60/3 (17 Overs, RR: 3.52)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Ed Cowan, 2.3 ov), 2-35 (Chris Rogers, 3.5 ov), 3-35 (Jono Dean, 4.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Pankaj Singh 5 1 21 2 4.20 2 0 IK Pathan 4 1 16 1 4.00 0 0 VRV Singh 4 1 10 0 2.50 0 1 I Sharma 4 1 7 0 1.75 0 0
Match Details
Series
Players per side
12(11batting, 11 fielding)
Toss
Indians , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.30 - 12.30, 13.10 - 15.10, 15.30 - 17.30
Match days
10,11,12 January 2008 (3-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 10 Jan - day 1 - ACT Invitational XI 1st innings 10/0 (CJL Rogers 2*, EJM Cowan 8*, 4 ov)
- Fri, 11 Jan - day 2 - ACT Invitational XI 1st innings 292/8 (RR Sherlock 11*, LC Swards 4*, 93 ov)
- Sat, 12 Jan - day 3 - ACT Invitational XI 2nd innings 60/3 (17 ov) - end of match
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