4th Match: Australia v India at Adelaide, Feb 12, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard

Commonwealth Bank Series, 4th Match: Australia v India at Adelaide, Feb 12, 2012

Commonwealth Bank Series - 4th match

Australia v India

India won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

ODI no. 3237 | 2011/12 season

Played at Adelaide Oval

12 February 2012 - day/night match (50-over match)

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
DA Warner	run out (Sharma/Vinay Kumar)	18	46	24	2	0	75.00
9.3 from Vinay Kumar, Communication Breakdown! Warner punches it down to cover point, fails to bisect the packed off side field, Rohit is sharp, he gathers and throws to the bowler's end, Clarke was away for the run and was already near the striker's end, both were running to the same end but Warner was in no-man's land as he decided to sacrifice his wicket 53/2
RT Ponting	c Kohli b Vinay Kumar	6	14	14	1	0	42.85
3.1 the opening experiment fails for Ponting, Vinay does well to pitch it up on the off stump, moves it away slightly, Ponting drives inside out and spoons it Kohli at point, Ponting looked at bit awkward at the crease when he played that and the follow through too 14/1
MJ Clarke*	b Yadav	38	63	43	5	0	88.37
17.5 not sure what Clarke was trying to do but full credit to the bowler for this, he saw Clarke making room and taking a few paces down and cleverly slipped in a slower ball at 121 kph, Clarke had to change his shot and tap it away with soft hands, had to really stretch out and he ended up chopping it onto his stumps 81/3
PJ Forrest	c Vinay Kumar b Yadav	66	92	83	5	2	79.51
35.3 miscued! Forrest tries to push it in the Powerplay, pulls a short delivery and fails to control it, Vinay runs forward from deep square leg and takes it, that ends a very impressive debut innings by Forrest 179/4
DJ Hussey	c Sehwag b Khan	72	100	76	5	0	94.73
44.2 82.2 mph, good reflexes from Sehwag! Zaheer fires it full on the pads and Hussey tries to work that away past square leg with his wrists, he chips it and Sehwag at square leg has to time his dive well to his right, which he does, and takes it an inch from the ground 235/5
DT Christian	run out (Jadeja/†Dhoni)	39	57	36	2	0	108.33
47.4 from Vinay Kumar, good work by Jadeja, Christian works it down to long-on and tries to put pressure on Jadeja by pushing for the second run, the throw is accurate to Dhoni and the batsman is well short, the third umpire takes a look 254/6
MS Wade†	b Vinay Kumar	16	25	18	1	0	88.88
49.2 73.2 mph, Wade's scratchy knock ends, he backs away to cart that over the on side and misses a slower ball, hits the leg stump, Wade is very frustrated for not making the most of the conditions 265/7
RJ Harris	not out	2	11	4	0	0	50.00

CJ McKay	run out (†Dhoni/Vinay Kumar)	3	3	3	0	0	100.00
49.6 from Vinay Kumar, McKay moves right across and tries to slog him, he doesn't pick the slower ball and misses it, Harris was already off the blocks so McKay had to hurry, Dhoni correctly threw it to Vinay who flicked it at the stumps, the ball deflected off the stumps and the third umpire took a look, he was a yard short 269/8
Extras	(lb 4, w 4, nb 1)	9
Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 209 mins)	269	(5.38 runs per over)

Did not batMA Starc, XJ Doherty

Fall of wickets 1-14 (Ponting, 3.1 ov), 2-53 (Warner, 9.3 ov), 3-81 (Clarke, 17.5 ov), 4-179 (Forrest, 35.3 ov), 5-235 (Hussey, 44.2 ov), 6-254 (Christian, 47.4 ov), 7-265 (Wade, 49.2 ov), 8-269 (McKay, 49.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
Z Khan	10	0	46	1	4.60	32	3	0
44.2 to Hussey, 82.2 mph, good reflexes from Sehwag! Zaheer fires it full on the pads and Hussey tries to work that away past square leg with his wrists, he chips it and Sehwag at square leg has to time his dive well to his right, which he does, and takes it an inch from the ground 235/5
R Vinay Kumar	10	1	58	2	5.80	28	5	0	(1nb, 1w)
3.1 to Ponting, the opening experiment fails for Ponting, Vinay does well to pitch it up on the off stump, moves it away slightly, Ponting drives inside out and spoons it Kohli at point, Ponting looked at bit awkward at the crease when he played that and the follow through too 14/1 49.2 to Wade, 73.2 mph, Wade's scratchy knock ends, he backs away to cart that over the on side and misses a slower ball, hits the leg stump, Wade is very frustrated for not making the most of the conditions 265/7
RA Jadeja	10	0	50	0	5.00	27	2	1	(1w)

UT Yadav	10	1	49	2	4.90	35	6	0	(1w)
17.5 to Clarke, not sure what Clarke was trying to do but full credit to the bowler for this, he saw Clarke making room and taking a few paces down and cleverly slipped in a slower ball at 121 kph, Clarke had to change his shot and tap it away with soft hands, had to really stretch out and he ended up chopping it onto his stumps 81/3 35.3 to Forrest, miscued! Forrest tries to push it in the Powerplay, pulls a short delivery and fails to control it, Vinay runs forward from deep square leg and takes it, that ends a very impressive debut innings by Forrest 179/4
R Ashwin	8	0	47	0	5.87	19	5	0

RG Sharma	2	0	15	0	7.50	3	0	1

India innings (target: 270 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b McKay	92	140	111	7	0	82.88
34.1 84.6 mph, the bowling change works! Lands it on leg, Gambhir had already shuffled across the stumps a bit and had exposed the leg stump, the ball nipped in slightly and hit his pads, the umpire reckoned that was hitting leg, on seeing the pitch map, the ball looked like pitching on the border of the leg stump line 178/4
V Sehwag	c Hussey b McKay	20	38	21	3	0	95.23
9.1 81.4 mph, the opening stand is over, Sehwag is gone, an ordinary delivery from McKay, short of length ball that was slanting down the leg side, should have been easily helped away, instead Sehwag closes the face too early, leading edge results, and the ball pops up for a simple catch to point, a sign of the poor form he is in 52/1
V Kohli	c Forrest b McKay	18	41	28	1	0	64.28
18.1 82.8 mph, just when Kohli was looking set, he tries to go over the top of the off side, stays at the crease and doesn't get the elevation, Forrest takes it at sweeper cover 90/2
RG Sharma	c Starc b Harris	33	49	41	1	1	80.48
32.2 86.2 mph, Rohit's thrown it away! Very similar to Kohli's dismissal, he tries to loft through the line off a length ball, he skies it to Starc who runs forward from long-on. Rohit probably didn't realise it takes a lot more power to clear the straight boundaries 166/3
SK Raina	b Doherty	38	65	30	3	1	126.66
46.1 60.6 mph, well is that a twist? Credit to the bowler here, he tossed it up and invited Raina to give him the charge, Raina almost ended up yorking himself, the ball went straight through the gap between bat and pad and thudded the stumps 239/5
MS Dhoni*†	not out	44	76	58	0	1	75.86

RA Jadeja	c Ponting b Doherty	12	11	8	0	0	150.00
48.4 another twist! Doherty bowls this one a bit flatter, Jadeja gets on his knee and slogs and tries to clear deep midwicket, straight down Ponting's throat 257/6
R Ashwin	not out	1	8	2	0	0	50.00

Extras	(lb 2, w 9, nb 1)	12
Total	(6 wickets; 49.4 overs; 217 mins)	270	(5.43 runs per over)

Did not batR Vinay Kumar, Z Khan, UT Yadav

Fall of wickets 1-52 (Sehwag, 9.1 ov), 2-90 (Kohli, 18.1 ov), 3-166 (Sharma, 32.2 ov), 4-178 (Gambhir, 34.1 ov), 5-239 (Raina, 46.1 ov), 6-257 (Jadeja, 48.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
RJ Harris	10	0	57	1	5.70	29	6	0	(1w)
32.2 to Sharma, 86.2 mph, Rohit's thrown it away! Very similar to Kohli's dismissal, he tries to loft through the line off a length ball, he skies it to Starc who runs forward from long-on. Rohit probably didn't realise it takes a lot more power to clear the straight boundaries 166/3
MA Starc	8	0	49	0	6.12	21	4	1	(1w)

CJ McKay	9.4	1	53	3	5.48	31	3	1	(1nb, 2w)
9.1 to Sehwag, 81.4 mph, the opening stand is over, Sehwag is gone, an ordinary delivery from McKay, short of length ball that was slanting down the leg side, should have been easily helped away, instead Sehwag closes the face too early, leading edge results, and the ball pops up for a simple catch to point, a sign of the poor form he is in 52/1 18.1 to Kohli, 82.8 mph, just when Kohli was looking set, he tries to go over the top of the off side, stays at the crease and doesn't get the elevation, Forrest takes it at sweeper cover 90/2 34.1 to Gambhir, 84.6 mph, the bowling change works! Lands it on leg, Gambhir had already shuffled across the stumps a bit and had exposed the leg stump, the ball nipped in slightly and hit his pads, the umpire reckoned that was hitting leg, on seeing the pitch map, the ball looked like pitching on the border of the leg stump line 178/4
DT Christian	10	0	45	0	4.50	25	2	0

DJ Hussey	3	0	13	0	4.33	5	0	0

XJ Doherty	9	0	51	2	5.66	19	0	1	(2w)
46.1 to Raina, 60.6 mph, well is that a twist? Credit to the bowler here, he tossed it up and invited Raina to give him the charge, Raina almost ended up yorking himself, the ball went straight through the gap between bat and pad and thudded the stumps 239/5 48.4 to Jadeja, another twist! Doherty bowls this one a bit flatter, Jadeja gets on his knee and slogs and tries to clear deep midwicket, straight down Ponting's throat 257/6