India A vs Australia A in India 2008-09 (SuperSelector added)

[Sachinism]

Hussey-inspired Australia claim series Australia A 303 for 7 (Hussey 75, Voges 55*, White 50, Ronchi 52) beat India A (Rohit 46, Geeves 3-41, Hussey 2-14)) by 156 runs The 15000-odd spectators who showed up at the MA Chidambaram witnessed a massive drubbing as Australia A batted India A out of the game to claim the tri-series and round off their tour on a high. The puzzling decision to put Australia in to bat on a sun-baked pitch would eventually cost India as the Australians - led by David Hussey - seized the advantage, piled up a challenging 303 before their express seam attack sunk India in to a position from which they could salvage very little. The Australians sensed India's weakness against genuine pace and dropped their spinner, Xavier Doherty, for Shaun Tait, and the move paid dividends right from the start. The trio of Tait, Mark Cameron and Brett Geeves generated enough pace to rattle the top order on a pitch which still looked like a batting belter. India had lost seven wickets within 18 overs and it was clear from the onset that they had lost the match at the toss. Play was held up for 15 minutes after the first ball of the innings after one of the Australian fielders at the third man boundary was hit by a missile. Tait immediately fired a missile of his own when he sent back the out of form Dinesh Karthik with an express yorker which sent his legstump for an afternoon run. Robin Uthappa eased in to some kind of rhythm with two boundaries towards third man but be too succumbed to a quick yorker, this time off Geeves. Ravi Teja fell to the extra pace and bounce from Cameron and the chase told a sorry story at 33 for 4. Yet again, it was left to the middle-order pair of Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma to script a match-winning stand, and the signs were encouraging when Raina caressed Geeves past the covers. The partnership, however, lasted just five overs as Raina fell tamely, and India's biggest hope, Yusuf Pathan, paid the price four balls later to give Ashley Noffke a double-strike. What hurt India more than the early strikes was the lack of partnerships in the middle order. While Rohit and Raina consolidated in the middle overs on Wednesday, they failed to repeat that today. Rohit continued to remain positive against the quicker bowlers - pulling Cameron over fine leg - but when he tried the same against Geeves, he perished. Hussey rounded off a rewarding day with two wickets to wrap up the innings. It was a handful of half-centuries which gave the Australians the edge in the morning session. The manner in which Luke Ronchi and Hussey drove effortlessly through the line proved just how easy it was to bat out there. Hussey lofted Praveen Kumar with a straight bat and the sound of the ball crashing onto the sight screen was a worrying sign of things to come for India, as he proceeded to dominate for the majority of the innings. White joined Hussey to grind the bowling in a stand of 94. The fielders were pushed back once the spinners operated in tandem and dot balls were rare. The fuller deliveries were pushed down the ground while the shorter ones were grafted away square of the pitch on the off side in particular. Neat footwork and clean hitting rendered the spinners ineffective and even after White fell, Hussey remained the mainstay in the middle overs Voges led Australia's charge in the slog overs, capitalizing on some very ordinary death bowling by the seamers. Low full tosses were slammed over wide long-on, while the slower balls were either heaved over midwicket or slammed past extra cover. Voges rounded off a disappointing tour with a brisk unbeaten 55 and guide his team to an unassailable target. ----------------- 156 runs, lol pathetic

[SachDan]

wtf..such a meek surrender in a final.

[Donny]

Not the way to start when chasing 300. Wicket in the first over. Wicket in the second over. 6/65 in the 12th. over.

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Australia A wallop India A in the tri-series final Australia A beat India A by 156 runs. More... India A v Australia A, tri-series final, Chennai Hussey-inspired Australia claim series The Bulletin by Kanishkaa Balachandran in Chennai September 26, 2008 Australia A 303 for 7 (Hussey 75, Voges 55*, White 50, Ronchi 52) beat India A 147 (Rohit 46, Geeves 3-41, Hussey 2-14)) by 156 runs Scorecard Luke Ronchi and David Hussey starred in Australia A's title triumph © Cricinfo Ltd. The 15000-odd spectators who showed up at the Chepauk witnessed a massive drubbing as Australia A batted India A out of the game to claim the tri-series and round off their tour on a high. The puzzling decision to put Australia in to bat on a sun-baked pitch eventually cost India as the Australians - led by David Hussey - seized the advantage, piled up a challenging 303 before their express seam attack sunk India in to a position from which they could salvage very little. The Australians sensed India's weakness against genuine pace and dropped their spinner, Xavier Doherty, for Shaun Tait, and the move paid dividends right from the start. The trio of Tait, Mark Cameron and Brett Geeves generated enough pace to rattle the top order on a pitch which still looked like a batting belter. India had lost seven wickets within 18 overs and it was clear from the onset that they had lost the match at the toss. Play was held up for 15 minutes after the first ball of the innings after one of the Australian fielders at the third man boundary was hit by a missile. Tait immediately fired a missile of his own when he sent back the out-of-form Dinesh Karthik with an express yorker. Robin Uthappa eased in to some kind of rhythm with two boundaries towards third man but he too succumbed to a quick yorker, this time off Geeves. Ravi Teja fell to the extra pace and bounce from Cameron and the chase told a sorry story at 33 for 4. Yet again, it was left to the middle-order pair of Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma to script a match-winning stand, and the signs were encouraging when Raina caressed Geeves past the covers. The partnership, however, lasted just five overs for Raina fell tamely, and India's biggest hope, Yusuf Pathan, paid the price four balls later to give Ashley Noffke a double-strike. What hurt India more than the early strikes was the lack of partnerships in the middle order. While Rohit and Raina consolidated in the middle overs on Wednesday, they failed to repeat that today. Rohit continued to remain positive against the quicker bowlers - pulling Cameron over fine leg - but he fell when he tried the same against Geeves. Hussey rounded off a rewarding day with two wickets to wrap up the innings. It was a handful of half-centuries which gave the Australians the edge in the morning session. The manner in which Luke Ronchi and Hussey drove effortlessly through the line proved just how easy it was to bat out there. Hussey lofted Praveen Kumar with a straight bat and the sound of the ball crashing onto the sight screen was a worrying sign of things to come for India, as he proceeded to dominate for the majority of the innings. White joined Hussey to grind the bowling in a stand of 94. The fielders were pushed back once the spinners operated in tandem and dot balls were rare. The fuller deliveries were pushed down the ground while the shorter ones were grafted away square of the pitch, on the off side in particular. Neat footwork and clean hitting rendered the spinners ineffective and even after White fell, Hussey remained the mainstay in the middle overs. Voges led Australia's charge in the slog overs, capitalising on some very ordinary death bowling by the seamers. Low full tosses were slammed over wide long-on, while the slower balls were either heaved over midwicket or slammed past extra cover. Voges made up for a disappointing tour with a brisk unbeaten 55 to guide his team to an unassailable target. How they were out Australia A Phillip Hughes b Irfan 11 (24 for 1) Ball cuts back in and clips the top of middle stump, beaten for pace Luke Ronchi c Saha b Nayar 52 (77 for 2) Tried to cut close to the body, Saha was standing up to the stumps Cameron White c Saha b Chawla 50 (171 for 3) Attempts a sweep but fails to pick the googly, Saha takes the edge Marcus North b Irfan 6 (192 for 4) Plays all around a straight delivery, the off and middle stumps are flattened David Hussey b Yusuf 75 (213 for 5) Tries to play with the turn to the on side, gets a bottom edge onto the off stump George Bailey st Saha b Chawla 14 (238 for 6) Beaten in flight after waltzing down the track Ashley Noffke c Saha b Nayar 18 (269 for 7) Tries to drive through the offside, Saha takes the outside edge India A Dinesh Karthik b Tait 0 (2 for 1) Squared up by a menacing yorker which sent his leg stump for a spin Abhishek Nayar c Hughes b Geeves 1 (6 for 2) Drives on the up towards mid-off, Hughes dives to his left Robin Uthappa b Geeves 14 (33 for 3) Failed to dig out a yorker on off stump Ravi Teja c Ronchi b Cameron 11 (33 for 4) Ball bounces up off a good length and Teja fails to fend it away Suresh Raina c Hughes b Noffke 9 (62 for 5) Makes room and tries to carve him over mid-off but tamely scoops it down to Hughes Yusuf Pathan c White b Noffke 1 (65 for 6) Tries to pull a short delivery, gets a top edge towards square leg Rohit Sharma c Tait b Geeves 42 (105 for 7) Tries to hook a short delivery, Tait runs to his left from fine leg and takes a well-judged catch Irfan Pathan c Noffke b Hussey 11 (128 for 8) Gives him the charge but miscues it to short third man Piyush Chawla lbw b Hussey 8 (142 for 9) Comes round the wicket, traps him in front on the forward defensive Praveen Kumar st Ronchi b White 2 (147 for 10) Beaten in flight and turn

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Play was held up for 15 minutes after the first ball of the innings after one of the Australian fielders at the third man boundary was hit by a missile. Tait immediately fired a missile of his own when he sent back the out of form Dinesh Karthik with an express yorker which sent his legstump for an afternoon run.

what the ... :omg:

[Dravid]

nayar got his opp. up the order.. and now u know y he bats where he does... uthappa/karthik havent done jack either..

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Raina to lead the team vs New zealand A More... Dinesh Karthik has fallen off the national radar by neither making it to the Board President's squad nor the India A squad for the two Tests against New Zealand. Wriddhiman Saha, the Bengal wicketkeeper, has made the cut instead. Suresh Raina will lead the India A side now that S Badrinath has been called up to the Rest of India squad as a replacement for Sachin Tendulkar. Jaydev Shah, the Saurashtra captain, has been picked as Raina's deputy after a successful series in Israel. India A Suresh Raina (capt) Jaydev Shah, M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Sahil Kukreja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashok Dinda, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sudeep Tyagi, Amit Mishra, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohnish Parmar.