Scoreboard: India vs. Australia, 4th ODI

November 5th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Powerbrokers of Cricket Australia (CA) have denied wanting the volume of fixtures against India to be reduced, though they are intent on shaving matches off a cramped international schedule. Cricket Australia chairman Jack Clarke, who has been in the subcontinent to watch part of the seven-match series, said the International Cricket Council was attempting to reduce the amount of cricket played.

November 2nd, 2009 more images more imagesMOHALI - Scoreboard of the fourth One-day international (ODI) cricket match between India and Australia here Monday. Australia: Shane Watson c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 49 Shaun Marsh lbw b Nehra 5 Ricky Ponting run out (Jadeja) 52 Cameron White run out (Nehra) 62 Mike Hussey c Sharma b Yuvraj Singh 40 Moises Henriques st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 6 Mitchell Johnson b Nehra 8 Graham Manou run out (Kumar) 7 Nathan Hauritz not out 9 Peter Siddle c Jadeja b Nehra 1 Doug Bollinger run out (Yuvraj Singh/Kumar) 0 Extras: (lb 1, w 9, nb 1) 11 Total: (all out in 49.2 overs) 250 Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Marsh, 7.4 overs), 2-88 (Watson, 18.1), 3-123 (Ponting, 26.5), 4-196 (Hussey, 38.1), 5-217 (Henriques, 42.4), 6-226 (White, 44.5), 7-236 (Johnson, 46.1), 8-241 (Manou, 47.1), 9-247 (Siddle, 48.4), 10-250 (Bollinger, 49.2) Bowling: Praveen Kumar 9.2 0 41 0 Ashish Nehra 8 0 37 3 Ishant Sharma 5 0 42 0 Ravindra Jadeja 7 0 27 0 Harbhajan Singh 10 0 48 2 Yuvraj Singh 10 0 54 1 India: Virender Sehwag c Watson b Bollinger 30 Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Hauritz 40 Virat Kohli c Manou b Bollinger 10 Yuvraj Singh run out (Ponting) 12 Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Manou b Bollinger 26 Suresh Raina b Hauritz 17 Ravindra Jadeja run out (Ponting/Manou) 7 Harbhajan Singh c & b Watson 31 Praveen Kumar c Manou b Watson 16 Ashish Nehra c Hauritz b Watson 7 Ishant Sharma not out 3 Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 20, nb 1) 27 Total (all out in 46.4 overs) 226 Fall of wickets 1-40 (Sehwag, 6.5 overs), 2-78 (Kohli, 14.3), 3-94 (Tendulkar, 18.5), 4-113 (Yuvraj Singh, 23.2), 5-145 (Dhoni, 31.2), 6-156 (Raina, 34.2), 7-177 (Jadeja, 38.4), 8-204 (Harbhajan Singh, 42.1), 9-217 (Kumar, 44.4), 10-226 (Nehra, 46.4) Bowling Mitchell Johnson 9 0 74 0 Peter Siddle 5 2 15 0 Doug Bollinger 9 2 38 3 Moises Henriques 7 0 33 0 Nathan Hauritz 9 1 31 2 Shane Watson 7.4 1 29 3 Toss: India, who choose to field Man of the match: Shane Watson (Australia) Umpires: Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Amiesh Saheba TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

November 2nd, 2009 more images more imagesMOHALI - The following is the scoreboard of Australia's innings in the fourth One-Day International against India at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here Monday: Australia: Shane Watson c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 49 Shaun Marsh lbw b Nehra 5 Ricky Ponting run out (Jadeja) 52 Cameron White run out (Nehra) 62 Mike Hussey c Sharma b Yuvraj Singh 40 Moises Henriques st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 6 Mitchell Johnson b Nehra 8 Graham Manou run out (Kumar) 7 Nathan Hauritz not out 9 Peter Siddle c Jadeja b Nehra 1 Doug Bollinger run out (Yuvraj Singh/Kumar) 0 Extras: (lb 1, w 9, nb 1) 11 Total: (all out in 49.2 overs) 250 Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Marsh, 7.4 overs), 2-88 (Watson, 18.1), 3-123 (Ponting, 26.5), 4-196 (Hussey, 38.1), 5-217 (Henriques, 42.4), 6-226 (White, 44.5), 7-236 (Johnson, 46.1), 8-241 (Manou, 47.1), 9-247 (Siddle, 48.4), 10-250 (Bollinger, 49.2) Bowling: Praveen Kumar 9.2 0 41 0 (4w) Ashish Nehra 8 0 37 3 (1nb, 1w) Ishant Sharma 5 0 42 0 (1w) Ravindra Jadeja 7 0 27 0 Harbhajan Singh 10 0 48 2 (2w) Yuvraj Singh 10 0 54 1 (1w) Toss: India, who choose to field Umpires: Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Amiesh Saheba TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

November 1st, 2009 By Ritika Bhuwalka Delhi- 31st October had India and Australia pitted against each other once again in their 3rd ODI, where Indian managed to defeat the Aussies one more time, to gain a lead of 2-1. The game between India and Australia saw the Aussies going on with batting first and making a total of 229 runs at a loss of 5 wickets.

October 31st, 2009 more images more imagesNEW DELHI - The following is the scoreboard of the third One-day international between India and Australia at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Saturday. Australia: Shane Watson st Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 41 Ricky Ponting lbw b Jadeja 59 Mike Hussey not out 81 Cameron White c Dhoni b Raina 0 Adam Voges c Kumar b Harbhajan Singh 17 Moises Henriques b Jadeja 12 Mitchell Johnson not out 9 Extras: (b 4, lb 3, w 3) 10 Total:( For five wickets in 50 overs) 229 Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Watson, 16.2 overs), 2-128 (Ponting, 31.1), 3-129 (White, 32.4), 4-172 (Voges, 41.5), 5-200 (Henriques, 46.3) Bowling: Praveen Kumar 5-1-16-0 Ashish Nehra 9-0-51-0 Ishant Sharma 5-0-24-0 Ravindra Jadeja 9-1-41-2 Harbhajan Singh 10-0-37-1 Yuvraj Singh 8-0-30-1 Suresh Raina 4-0-23-1 India: Virender Sehwag b Johnson 11 Sachin Tendulkar run out (Johnson) 32 Gautam Gambhir b Hauritz 6 Yuvraj Singh lbw b Henriques 78 Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 71 Suresh Raina not out 9 Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 14, nb 1) 23 Total (for four wickets in 48.2 overs) 230 Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Sehwag, 8.5 overs), 2-51 (Tendulkar, 13.3), 3-53 (Gambhir, 15.2), 4-201 (Yuvraj, 43.6), 4-201 (Yuvraj Singh, 43.6) Bowling: Mitchell Johnson 9.2-2-43-1 Peter Siddle 10-0-41-0 Doug Bollinger 10-0-26-0 Moises Henriques 8-0-51-1 Nathan Hauritz 10-0-48-1 Adam Voges 1-0-13-0 Result: India win by six wickets, take 2-1 lead Toss: Australia, who chose to bat Umpires: Sanjay Hazare and Amiesh Saheba TV umpire: Shavir Tarapore Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

October 31st, 2009 more images more imagesHYDERABAD - The following is the scoreboard of Australia's innings against India in the fifth One-day international at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at the Uppal here Thursday. Australia: Shane Watson c Jadeja b Harbhajan 93 Shaun Marsh c Gambhir b Nehra 112 Ricky Ponting b Kumar 45 Cameron White c Tendulkar b Kumar 57 Mike Hussey not out 31 Extras (lb 6, w 5, nb 1) 12 Total (for four wickets in 50 overs) 350 Fall of wickets: 1-145 (Watson, 25.2), 2-236 (Ponting, 38.5), 3-270 (Marsh, 42.5), 4-350 (White, 49.6) Bowling: Praveen Kumar 9-0-68-2 Ashish Nehra 10-0-79-1 Munaf Patel 9-0-73-0 Ravindra Jadeja 5-0-44-0 Harbhajan Singh 10-0-44-1 Yuvraj Singh 7-0-36-0 Toss: Australia, who chose to bat Umpires: Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Shavir Tarapore (India) TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare (India) Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

October 28th, 2009 more images more imagesNAGPUR - The following is the scoreboard of the second One-Day International between India and Australia here Wednesday: India Virender Sehwag c Hilfenhaus b Johnson 40 Sachin Tendulkar c White b Siddle 4 Gautam Gambhir run out (Hauritz) 76 Yuvraj Singh c&b Hilfenhaus 23 Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Paine b Johnson 124 Suresh Raina c Paine b Johnson 62 Harbhajan Singh not out 1 Praveen Kumar run out (Paine) 1 Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 14, nb 2) 23 Total (for seven wickets in 50 overs) 354 Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Tendulkar, 3.3 overs), 2-67 (Sehwag, 10.1), 3-97 (Yuvraj, 15.1), 4-216 (Gambhir, 33.6), 5-352 (Dhoni, 49.3), 6-353 (Raina, 49.5), 7-354 (Kumar, 49.6) Bowling: Ben Hilfenhaus 10-0-83-1 Peter Siddle 10-0-55-1 Mitchell Johnson 10-0-75-3 Nathan Hauritz 10-0-54-0 Adam Voges 5-0-33-0 Shane Watson 5-0-47-0 Australia Shane Watson c Tendulkar b Sharma 19 Tim Paine b Kumar 8 Ricky Ponting lbw b Kumar 12 Cameron White c Raina b Harbhajan Singh 23 Michael Hussey b Jadeja 53 Adam Voges b Jadeja 36 Shaun Marsh st Dhoni b Jadeja 21 Mitchell Johnson b Nehra 21 Nathan Hauritz not out 30 Peter Siddle c Dhoni b Sharma 3 Ben Hilfenhaus run out (Yuvraj/Dhoni) 16 Extras (lb 5, w 8) 13 Total (all out in 48.3 overs) 255 Fall of wickets 1-20 (Paine, 4.6 overs), 2-41 (Watson, 9.1), 3-45 (Ponting, 10.1), 4-93 (White, 20.6), 5-140 (Hussey, 30.3), 6-180 (Marsh, 36.5), 7-194 (Voges, 38.3), 8-223 (Johnson, 43.3), 9-230 (Siddle, 44.4), 10-255 (Hilfenhaus, 48.3) Bowling Praveen Kumar 8 1 37 2 Ashish Nehra 7 0 40 1 Ishant Sharma 8 0 34 2 Harbhajan Singh 10 0 62 1 Yuvraj Singh 8 0 39 0 Ravindra Jadeja 6.3 0 35 3 Suresh Raina 1 0 3 0 Toss: Australia, who chose to field Man of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India) Umpires: Ameish Saheba and Shavir Tarapore TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

October 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - Former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist has said that the seven-match one-day series between India and Australia would be "hard fought". The first game of the series is being played in Vadodra today.

September 30th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Pakistan captain Younis Khan has said that he would be trying his level best to defeat the Aussies in their Champions Trophy clash on Wednesday (today) so that India and Pakistan can once again meet in the final of the elite tournament. Interacting with media persons here, Khan said Pakistan wants to maintain the momentum and would try hard to win the match against Australia.

September 30th, 2009 CENTURION - Team India ran out of luck, as Pakistan lost to Australia by two wickets in the crucial match on Wednesday at the Centurion despite a spectacular endeavour till last ball of the final over of the match. With Pakistan's loss, India moved out of the ongoing Champions' Trophy as to qualify for the semi-final India needed to beat West Indies with a huge margin on Wednesday in Johannesburg and the Pakistan should beat Australia on the same day in a separate match here.

September 30th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The following is the scoreboard of the Group A match between West Indies and India in the Champions Trophy at the Wanderers here Wednesday. West Indies: Andre Fletcher c Dravid b Kumar 0 Keiran Powell c Dhoni b Nehra 5 Devon Smith c Dhoni b Nehra 21 Travis Dowlin b Dhoni 14 Floyd Reifer c Karthik b Kumar 1 David Bernard c Dravid b Mishra 22 Darren Sammy c Mishra b Nehra 23 Royston Crandon b Harbhajan 5 Nikita Miller not out 17 Kemar Roach c Gambhir b Harbhajan 4 Gavin Tonge c & b Kumar 5 Extras (lb 4, w 7, nb 1) 12 Total (all out in 36 overs) 129 Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Fletcher, 0.6 overs), 2-26 (Powell, 7.4), 3-27 (Smith, 7.6), 4-31 (Reifer, 10.2), 5-57 (Dowlin, 16.4), 6-89 (Bernard, 26.6), 7-99 (Sammy, 29.1), 8-102 (Crandon, 30.6), 9-122 (Roach, 34.3), 10-129 (Tonge, 35.6) Bowling: Praveen Kumar 9-3-22-3 Ashish Nehra 8-1-31-3 Abhishek Nayar 3-0-17-0 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2-0-14-1 Harbhajan Singh 8-2-14-2 Amit Mishra 6-0-27-1 India: Dinesh Karthik c Dowlin b Tonge 34 Gautam Gambhir b Roach 6 Rahul Dravid run out (Bernard) 4 Virat Kohli not out 79 Abhishek Nayar not out 0 Extras (w 3, nb 4) 7 Total (for three wickets in 32.1 overs) 130 Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Gambhir, 2.5 overs), 2-12 (Dravid, 3.2), 3-104 (Karthik, 27.4) Bowling: Kemar Roach 6-1-27-1 Gavin Tonge 10-0-36-1 Darren Sammy 10-1-25-0 David Bernard 3-0-22-0 Nikita Miller 3.1-0-20-0 Toss: India chose to field Result: India won by seven wickets Man of the Match: Virat Kohli (India) Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Simon Taufel (Australia) TV umpire: Daryl Harper (Australia) Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

September 28th, 2009 CENTURION - Faced with a 'do-or-die' scenario, India will take on Australia in their second Group A match of the ICC Champions Trophy here today. India lost their opening Group A match to Pakistan on Saturday night by 54 runs Pakistan is in a strong position to qualify for the semi-finals from the four-team Group A, having won their matches against India and the West Indies.

September 17th, 2009 DUBAI - Australia has regained top spot in the ICC ODI Championship after going 6-0 up with one match to play in the ODI series in England. Ricky Ponting's side beat the home team by 111 runs at Trent Bridge on Thursday and in the process has moved ahead of South Africa by a fraction of a ratings point.

August 24th, 2009 LONDON - Australia has officially lost its No.1 Test ranking, plunging to fourth place in the world, behind South Africa, Sri Lanka and India. Australia has officially or unofficially been the No.1 Test side in the world since Mark Taylor's team beat the West Indies in the Caribbean in 1995.

July 16th, 2009 Australia escapes Davis Cup ban over India disputeLONDON — Australia won't be suspended from the Davis Cup for refusing to play in India because of security concerns. The International Tennis Federation board Thursday declined to impose tougher sanctions on Australia after India appealed a previous ruling by the governing body's Davis Cup committee.