Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

AJ Finch
AJ Finch
114(124) 9x4 - 2x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 35 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
7 10 9 14 17 7 27 23
SPD Smith
SPD Smith
105(66) 11x4 - 4x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 29 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
4 2 15 10 32 1 10 31

Best performances - Bowlers

A Zampa
A Zampa
O10
M0
R54
W4
Eco5.40
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W1W
JR Hazlewood
JR Hazlewood
O10
M0
R55
W3
Eco5.50
RHB
OFFLEG
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Australia led the 3-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14:40 start, First Session 14.40-18.10, Interval 18.10-18.55, Second Session 18.55-22.25

Match days

27 November 2020 - day/night match (50-over match)

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Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Australia 10, India -1

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: @saurabh_42

END OF OVER:
50 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | IND: 308/8 (67 runs required, RR: 6.16)

  • Jasprit Bumrah0 (3b)
  • Navdeep Saini29 (35b)
  • Mitchell Starc9-0-65-1
  • Josh Hazlewood10-0-55-3

11.24 pm: Right, that brings us to the end of this first ODI. Australia have taken a 1-0 lead. Can India come back - don't forget to join us for the second ODI in two days' time.

Aaron Finch: I found it reasonably hard to get my timing in the middle overs. Took a couple of chances and luckily they came off. We've barely been together as a team, half in quarantine and half training at SCG. There was no conscious effort to say we're going to go and target X,Y,Z. As partnerships grow you work it out. Each guy has different strengths and weaknesses. Davey is moving beautifully, something he's been working on. Smudge was different class altogether. And Maxi, that rare ability he's got to almost just click his fingers and put pressure back on the opposition. Super skill, some of those reverses were extraordinary.

Virat Kohli: We got enough time to prepare, I don't think there's any excuses on the field when you don't pull up as a side. Probably the first long game we've played in a while, we've been playing T20 cricket. But having said that, we've all played a lot of ODI cricket. The body language after 25-26 overs was disappointing. A quality side will hurt you (if you have fielding lapses). We'll have to find out ways of getting a few overs from a few part-timers in the side. Unfortunately Hardik is not ready to bowl yet so we have to accept that and work around it. That is an area we have looked at, which is a very big part of any team balance. Stoinis and Glenn (Maxwell) do it for Australia. The key to keeping the batsmen in check is picking up wickets and we couldn't do that. From the batting point of view, we had a chat briefly after the game - all of us committed to playing positively and that's why you saw everyone go out there and play with intent. We just need to have a big innings from the top three, 130 or 140, which didn't happen unfortunately. Hardik's innings was an example of that (intent). At no stage did we think we might not get there. We committed to playing positive cricket and we are going to do that going forward as well. When teams put up large totals, you have to have a plan. (On him bowling a few overs) [laughs] Maybe I'll bowl a few when Finchy is batting because I know he doesn't want to get out to me.

Steven Smith is the Man of the Match: I've been searching for something for a couple of months now, unfortunately haven't been able to find it. But a couple of days ago I started to hit the ball where I wanted it, and everything came back, the rhythm came back. Finchy and Davey set an excellent platform, we could come and just take off. I wasn't thinking too much out there, just seeing the ball and hitting it. That's probably when I bat my best. I took a few more risks than I would normally, targeted some bowlers and fortunately it came off today. I thought it was a bit high (on the lbw referral) and fortunately it was. You need a bit of luck sometimes, nice to ride it today and score a few for the team.

11.12 pm: How good was Australia's batting though? Aaron Finch shrugged off periods of unfluency to raise another century. David Warner was quietly efficient, Glenn Maxwell put behind a poor IPL to unleash a typically Maxwell innings. And Steven Smith, with newly rediscovered hands, was amazing.

11.09 pm: A 66-run win for Australia, which speaks about the gulf between the sides today. Australia's batsmen, led by Steven Smith, were a cut above what India could muster. The Indians did challenge the total for parts of the innings, but the enormity of the target meant everytime a wicket fell, the pressure ratcheted up. Especially with India's long tail. Hardik Pandya played a fine hand, and Shikhar Dhawan did his bit at the top of the order too. Starc had a very rusty day but Hazlewood and Zampa ensured there would be no miracle win for India.

49.6
0
Starc to Bumrah, no run, yorker goes through him, misses off stump though, and it's a big win for Australia
49.5
0
Starc to Bumrah, no run, back of a length outside off, Bumrah was probably expecting a yorker, and he's late on that, goes past his bat
49.4
0
Starc to Bumrah, no run, yorker outside off, Bumrah keeps it out, getting right behind it and patting to cover
49.3
W
Starc to Mohammed Shami, OUT, the Starc yorker on show finally. Too good for Shami, blockhole and off stump knocked back. Not been a happy day for Starc, but he at least has one trademark wicket now

Mohammed Shami b Starc 13 (10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 130.00

49.2
1
Starc to Saini, 1 run, steps away to carve this length ball through point. There's a man in the deep to field
49.1
0
Starc to Saini, no run, fuller on the stumps, patted to mid-off

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st53S DhawanMA Agarwal
2nd25S DhawanV Kohli
3rd2S DhawanSS Iyer
4th21S DhawanKL Rahul
5th128S DhawanHH Pandya
6th18RA JadejaHH Pandya
7th34RA JadejaNA Saini
8th27Mohammed ShamiNA Saini
9th0JJ BumrahNA Saini