the current score stands at Australia 604 for 7 in first innings and 167 for 5 in second innings after which they declared their innings and India with a poor performance of 272 all out and 166/6 in second innings. It seemed that Indian batsman were scared of the bowlers. It was as if the cricket ball were hand granade and touching it would explode. Sachin played as if he had used the cricket bat for the first time. He was caught by a player at silly point, on the bowling of a spinner. I think its time Sachin should not play in games where he thinks he wont be able to give his best. Laxman seemed suseptable with against fast balls, he kept leaving the ball and only scored against the spinners. When you are playing at country level and you cant play fast balls what are practice sessions for. Millions of rupees are spent on training and oganizing these games but players bring nothing but shame to the country’s name. Indian cricket team has a poor foreign series record. It was washed out and lost against England in England, and now they will be wiped out loosing all games, against Australia in Australia.
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† not out 0 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 3, w 1) 4
Total (6 wickets; 56 overs) 166 (2.96 runs per over)
To bat R Ashwin, Z Khan, U Yadav
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)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RJ Harris 14 4 25 2 1.78 (1w)
BW Hilfenhaus 9 2 33 0 3.66
PM Siddle 10 3 36 0 3.60
NM Lyon 19 3 57 3 3.00
MEK Hussey 2 0 3 0 1.50
MJ Clarke 2 0 9 0 4.50