Twenty20 - Australia v India

1 February 2008

RESULT: Australia won by 9 wickets

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Australia

1/75

(11.2 overs)

India

Current Run Rate	6.62
Required Run Rate	0.00
Runs Required	0
Balls Remaining	232

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Clarke, M	37		53	36	102.78
	Hodge, B	10		17	10	100.00
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Sharma, I	1.2	0	8	0	6.00
	Singh, H	2	0	7	0	3.50

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Slow	Outfield: Slow
Umpires: Oxenford, B (AUS), Taufel, S (AUS), Parry, R (AUS), Crowe, J (NZ)
Toss Won By: India		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

IND Innings AUS Innings

India		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Sehwag, V	run out (Clarke, M)	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
Gambhir, G	c. Hopes, J b. Bracken, N	9	8	6	1	0	150.00
Karthik, D	b. Lee, B	8	8	8	1	0	100.00
Uthappa, R	c. Hussey, D b. Bracken, N	1	7	3	0	0	33.33
Sharma, R	b. Hopes, J	8	11	8	1	0	100.00
Dhoni, MS	c. Lee, B b. Hussey, D	9	32	27	0	0	33.33
Pathan, I	c. Gilchrist, A b. Bracken, N	26	41	30	0	0	86.67
Kumar, P	c. Voges, A b. Noffke, A	6	8	10	0	0	60.00
Singh, H	c. Clarke, M b. Voges, A	1	5	3	0	0	33.33
Sreesanth, S	c. Hodge, B b. Voges, A	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Sharma, I	not out	3	12	6	0	0	50.00
Extras	(w 3)	3
Total	(10 wickets; 17 overs)	74

F.O.W.

1/5 (Sehwag, V), 2/12 (Gambhir, G), 3/20 (Karthik, D), 4/20 (Uthappa, R), 5/32 (Sharma, R), 6/49 (Dhoni, MS), 7/60 (Kumar, P), 8/63 (Singh, H), 9/63 (Sreesanth, S), 10/74 (Pathan, I)

Australia - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Lee, B	3	13	1	4.33	(2w)
Bracken, N	2.3	11	3	5.50
Noffke, A	4	23	1	5.75
Hopes, J	3	10	1	3.33
Hussey, D	3	12	1	4.00	(1w)
Voges, A	2	5	2	2.50

11.3	I Sharma to Clarke, 1 wide. I Sharma bowls it on a good length, wide outside off stump. Through to Karthik.
11.2	I Sharma to Clarke, no run. I Sharma pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Clarke hits it towards mid-off inside the circle. Karthik fields the ball.
11.1	I Sharma to Clarke, no run. I Sharma pitches the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Fielded by the bowler.
10.6	Singh to Clarke, 1 run. Singh bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. Clarke strikes the delivery through mid-wicket most of the way to the boundary for a single. Kumar receives the ball in the field. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 7 from his 2 overs. The score is 1 for 74.
10.5	Singh to Clarke, no run. Singh delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Clarke hits the delivery towards mid-on inside the circle. Pathan fields the ball.
10.4	Singh to Clarke, no run. Singh pitches the ball towards leg stump and very full. Clarke hits the ball square on the legside inside the circle. Sehwag gathers the ball.
10.3	Singh to Clarke, 2 runs. Singh pitches the ball on a good line and on the half volley. Clarke plays it through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for two runs. Karthik fields the ball. The scoreboard shows 1/73.
10.2	Singh to Hodge, 1 run. Singh pitches the ball on a good line and on the half volley. Hodge plays it straight down the ground close to the boundary for one run. Fielded by Sreesanth. The score goes to 1/71.
10.1	Singh to Hodge, no run. Singh bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. Hodge strikes the delivery towards mid-on inside the circle. Pathan receives the ball in the field.
9.6	Pathan to Hodge, 1 run. Pathan pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Hodge plays it in front of square on the offside inside the circle for one run. Ball is fielded by R Sharma. Pathan completes the 10th over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 0 for 18 from his 3 overs. The score is 1 for 70.
9.5	Pathan to Clarke, 1 run. Pathan bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Clarke plays the delivery towards mid-wicket inside the circle for a single. Fielded by Sehwag. The scoreboard displays 1 for 69.
9.4	Pathan to Hodge, 1 run. Pathan pitches the ball towards leg stump and short of a good length. Hodge hits it square on the legside close to the boundary for one run. R Sharma gathers the ball in the field. The score goes to 1/68.
9.3	Pathan to Hodge, no run. Pathan pitches the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Ball is gathered by the bowler.
9.2	Pathan to Clarke, 1 run. Pathan bowls it short of a good length, towards leg stump. Clarke plays the delivery well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a single. Fielded by I Sharma. The score is 1 for 67.
9.1	Pathan to Clarke, no run. Pathan pitches the delivery in the corridor, yorker length. Collected by the bowler.
8.6	Singh to Hodge, no run. Singh pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Ball is gathered by the bowler. 9 overs completed. The bowler has figures of 0 for 3 from his 1 over.
8.5	Singh to Clarke, 1 run. Singh delivers the ball towards leg stump and fuller than a good length. Clarke plays the delivery behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a single. Fielded by Gambhir. The scoreboard tells us it's 1/66.
8.4	Singh to Hodge, 1 run. Singh delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Hodge plays the delivery in front of square on the offside halfway to the boundary for a single. Karthik fields the ball. The score moves along to 1/65.
8.3	Singh to Clarke, 1 run. Singh pitches the delivery in the corridor, on the half volley. Clarke strikes the ball through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for one. Australia progresses to 1 for 64.
8.2	Singh to Clarke, no run. Singh bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Clarke plays the delivery in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Fielded by Kumar.
8.1	Singh to Clarke, no run. Singh pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Gathered by the bowler in the field.
7.6	Kumar to Hodge, no run. Kumar pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Fielded by the bowler. Kumar finishes the 8th over. He has figures of 1/15 from his 2 overs.
7.5	Kumar to Hodge, 4 runs! Kumar pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Hodge plays the ball in front of square on the offside close to the boundary for 4 runs. The score advances to 1/63.
7.4	Kumar to Hodge, 2 runs. Kumar bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Hodge strikes it through the covers most of the way to the boundary for two runs. Hodge scores his first run. Pathan collects the ball. Australia moves to 1 for 59.
7.3	Kumar to Gilchrist, OUT! Kumar pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Gilchrist plays the ball through mid-on close to the boundary in the air. Kumar takes the wicket of Gilchrist caught Gambhir for 25 from 22 deliveries. The bowler has figures of 1 for 9. Australia are 1 for 57 after India take their first wicket.
7.2	Kumar to Gilchrist, 6 runs! Kumar pitches the delivery in the corridor, short of a good length. Gilchrist plays the delivery fine on the legside over the boundary for a six. Australia is 0 for 57.
7.1	Kumar to Gilchrist, no run. Kumar pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Fielded by the bowler.
6.6	I Sharma to Clarke, no run. I Sharma pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Clarke plays the delivery behind square on the offside inside the circle. Gathered by Kumar in the field. That is the end of the over. I Sharma has figures of 0/7 from his 1 over.
6.5	I Sharma to Clarke, 2 runs. I Sharma bowls it full toss, wide down legside. Clarke strikes the ball well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for 2 runs. The scoreboard displays 0 for 51.
6.4	I Sharma to Clarke, 2 runs. Dropped catch by Pathan! I Sharma pitches the delivery in the corridor, short of a good length. Pathan fields it. The score is 0 for 49.
6.3	I Sharma to Gilchrist, 1 run. I Sharma delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Gilchrist hits the delivery for a single. Fielded by Gambhir. The score is 0/47.
6.2	I Sharma to Gilchrist, 2 runs. I Sharma delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Gilchrist strikes the ball for 2 runs. Gathered by Sreesanth. The score advances to 0/46.
6.1	I Sharma to Gilchrist, no run. I Sharma pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Gilchrist strikes the delivery towards the covers inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Gambhir.
5.6	Sreesanth to Clarke, no run. Sreesanth bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Clarke hits the delivery in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Karthik fields the ball. 6 overs completed. The bowler has figures of 0 for 25 from his 3 overs.
5.5	Sreesanth to Clarke, 6 runs! Sreesanth pitches the delivery in the corridor, on the half volley. Clarke hits it straight down the ground over the boundary for six runs. The score is 0 for 44.
5.4	Sreesanth to Clarke, 4 runs! Sreesanth delivers the ball wide outside off and short of a good length. Clarke plays it square on the offside to the boundary for a four. The score goes to 0/38.

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Gilchrist, A	c. Gambhir b. Kumar	25	36	22	2	1	113.64
Clarke, M	Not Out	37	53	36	1	1	102.78
Hodge, B	Not Out	10	17	10	1	0	100.00
Hussey, M
Symonds, A
Hussey, D
Voges, A
Lee, B
Hopes, J
Bracken, N
Noffke, A
Extras	(b 1,lb 1,w 1)	3
Total	(1 wickets; 11 overs)	75

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Gilchrist, A	Clarke, M	1st	57	36	45	126.67	1/57
Clarke, M	Hodge, B	2nd	18	17	23	78.3