Another dismal performance by Indian cricket team at the last and final test match between India and Australia was seen on the 5th day of the match, at Adelaide Oval, India lost by 298 runs. After a poor performance from the bowlers it was time for the batsman to show they could lead the bowlers by example, and hence they did by getting all out for 201 runs. With the bowlers like R Ashwin making more runs than Sachin and playing better than Laxman its sure that if we have 10 bowlers in the team our chances of winning would be doubled. India has lost the series with 4-0 earlier India lost to England where it faced the same fate of a whitewash.The oversees record says it all, they don’t practice on bouncing pitches and balls seems to be becoming grenades for them.
Here is the full scorecard of the final test match to say it all.
Australia 1st innings Runs Balls
E Cowan c Laxman b Ashwin 30 63
D Warner lbw b Khan 8 23
S Marsh b Ashwin 3 10
R Ponting c Tendulkar b Khan 221 404
M Clarke* b Yadav 210 275
M Hussey run out (Gambhir) 25 33
B Haddin not out 42 66
P Siddle c †Saha b Ashwin 2 15
R Harris not out 35 51
Extras (b 3, lb 17, w 8) 28
Total (7 wickets dec; 157 overs; 636 mins) 604 (3.84 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-26 (Warner, 6.5 ov), 2-31 (Marsh, 9.6 ov), 3-84 (Cowan, 25.5 ov), 4-470 (Clarke, 120.3 ov), 5-520 (Hussey, 133.6 ov), 6-530 (Ponting, 136.1 ov), 7-533 (Siddle, 139.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Z Khan 31 4 96 2 3.09 (2w)
U Yadav 26 1 136 1 5.23 (1w)
R Ashwin 53 6 194 3 3.66
I Sharma 30 6 100 0 3.33
V Sehwag 16 0 55 0 3.43
V Kohli 1 0 3 0 3.00
India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
G Gambhir c Hussey b Siddle 34 140 94 4 0 36.17
V Sehwag* c & b Siddle 18 21 18 3 0 100.00
R Dravid b Hilfenhaus 1 8 9 0 0 11.11
SR Tendulkar c Ponting b Siddle 25 94 69 3 0 36.23
VVS Laxman c †Haddin b Lyon 18 61 43 1 0 41.86
V Kohli lbw b Hilfenhaus 116 237 213 11 1 54.46
WP Saha† b Harris 35 137 94 1 1 37.23
R Ashwin lbw b Siddle 5 12 9 0 0 55.55
Z Khan c †Haddin b Siddle 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
I Sharma b Hilfenhaus 16 30 23 3 0 69.56
U Yadav not out 0 5 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 1, w 1, nb 2) 4
Total (all out; 95.1 overs; 378 mins) 272 (2.85 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-26 (Sehwag, 5.1 ov), 2-31 (Dravid, 6.6 ov), 3-78 (Tendulkar, 31.2 ov), 4-87 (Gambhir, 33.5 ov), 5-111 (Laxman, 46.1 ov), 6-225 (Saha, 84.4 ov), 7-230 (Ashwin, 87.1 ov), 8-230 (Khan, 87.2 ov), 9-263 (Sharma, 93.6 ov), 10-272 (Kohli, 95.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RJ Harris 25 7 71 1 2.84
BW Hilfenhaus 22.1 5 62 3 2.79 (2nb, 1w)
PM Siddle 15 2 49 5 3.26
NM Lyon 21 5 48 1 2.28
MJ Clarke 6 1 23 0 3.83
MEK Hussey 6 0 18 0 3.00
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
DA Warner c & b Ashwin 28 38 39 4 0 71.79
EJM Cowan lbw b Ashwin 10 47 27 1 0 37.03
SE Marsh lbw b Khan 0 5 4 0 0 0.00
RT Ponting not out 60 146 96 5 0 62.50
MJ Clarke* c †Saha b Yadav 37 71 43 4 0 86.04
MEK Hussey lbw b Sharma 15 42 40 1 0 37.50
BJ Haddin† not out 11 28 26 2 0 42.30
Extras (lb 6) 6
Total (5 wickets dec; 46 overs; 191 mins) 167 (3.63 runs per over)
Did not bat PM Siddle, RJ Harris, BW Hilfenhaus, NM Lyon
Fall of wickets 1-39 (Warner, 9.6 ov), 2-40 (Marsh, 10.6 ov), 3-40 (Cowan, 11.4 ov), 4-111 (Clarke, 28.2 ov), 5-147 (Hussey, 38.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Z Khan 13 1 38 1 2.92
R Ashwin 20 2 73 2 3.65
I Sharma 8 0 27 1 3.37
U Yadav 5 0 23 1 4.60
India 2nd innings (target: 500 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
G Gambhir c †Haddin b Harris 3 18 18 0 0 16.66
V Sehwag* c Ponting b Lyon 62 82 53 12 0 116.98
R Dravid c Hussey b Harris 25 95 71 2 0 35.21
S Tendulkar c Cowan b Lyon 13 46 34 2 0 38.23
VVS Laxman c Marsh b Lyon 35 101 88 4 0 39.77
V Kohli run out (Hilfenhaus) 22 96 62 2 0 35.48
I Sharma not out 2 4 0 0 50.00
WP Saha c †Haddin b Siddle 3 18 20 0 0 15.00
R Ashwin not out 15 49 31 1 0 48.38
Z Khan c Warner b Hilfenhaus 15 26 18 3 0 83.33
U Yadav c †Haddin b Lyon 1 13 11 0 0 9.09
Extras (lb 3, w 2) 5
Total (all out; 69.4 overs) 201 (2.88 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-14 (Gambhir, 4.3 ov), 2-80 (Sehwag, 19.1 ov), 3-100 (Dravid, 28.1 ov), 4-110 (Tendulkar, 31.4 ov), 5-162 (Laxman, 53.2 ov), 6-166 (Kohli, 54.6 ov), 7-166 (Sharma, 58.2 ov), 8-170 (Saha, 59.5 ov), 9-193 (Khan, 66.2 ov), 10-201 (Yadav, 69.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RJ Harris 19 5 41 3 2.15 (1w)
BW Hilfenhaus 11 2 35 1 3.18 (1w)
PM Siddle 14 5 47 1 3.35
NM Lyon 21.4 4 63 4 2.90
MEK Hussey 2 0 3 0 1.50
MJ Clarke 2 0 9 0 4.50
Match details
Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Series Australia won the 4-match series 4-0
Player of the match PM Siddle (Australia)
Player of the series M Clarke (Australia)