Australia v India, CB Series, Sydney
Australia in final after 87-run
win
Australia
are in the final, but they will know there's plenty of work to do before those
games. Their batting in the last ten overs was disastrous today, and a better
team would have made them pay for it.
Australia
252/9 (50 ov)
India 165 (39.3 ov)
Duration:
"5 minutes"
Belong
to Cricket: "CB Series Match 10 India vs Australia "
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Watson: "Very nice
start as a captain, it all worked out very well. It helped that wickets fell at
appropriate times. I kept trying to get the bowlers and their ends right. I felt
good and had a lot of fun today. [On the David Hussey issue] In the end it
looked like David Hussey was looking to protect himself. I have full faith in
Taufel and Bowden.. [I like the captaincy], but will like to see Clarke
back."
Warner is Man of the
Match: "I needed some runs under the belt and put my head down today. A bit
of a lazy shot towards the end, a brain explosion ... The key for me is that if
I get my defence right, the big shots come off."
Dhoni: "Definitely
not a good night. We got off to a decent start, after that we used the
part-timers when Pathan got injured. We were a bit confused, but overall we were
happy with the first half. But the second innings, we left too many overs for
Nos. 7,8 and 9. We have not performed to potential in these ODIs, it was an
ideal opportunity for the youngsters. I am sure they have learned a lot. We need
to bat well. Unfortunately we lost all the tosses and kept batting in tougher
conditions."
Points Table:
Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | Net RR | For | Against |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | +0.553 | 1687/323.0 | 1425/305.1 |
Sri Lanka | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | +0.426 | 1419/273.3 | 1370/287.4 |
India | 7 | 2 |
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