WC warm-up: Spinners shine as India beat Aus

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Bangalore, 13 February 2011: Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla triggered a dramatic batting collapse as India swept to an impressive 38-run victory over Australia in a World Cup warm-up game at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.

 

Chawla ripped through the Australian middle order with 4-31 after Ricky Ponting’s side had looked on course for a comfortable win. Experienced off-spinner Harbhajan Singh chipped in with 3-15 as Australia was bowled out for only 176 in 37.5 overs in reply to India’s 214.

 

Ponting compiled a neat 57 but the Australian captain’s effort was not enough on a pitch that provided plenty of turn for spin bowlers in the second innings.

 

Earlier, Brett Lee grabbed three wickets in a superb display of fast bowling to help Australia restrict hosts India to a modest 214.

 

 

Lee finished with 3-35 off 10 impressive overs as India were dismissed in the 45th over after electing to bat in a day-night match before a sizeable crowd at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

 

The paceman had Suresh Raina (12) caught behind for his first victim and then bowled Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla to prove he is bang in form for the World Cup, which starts from February 19.

 

Lee was backed by John Hastings (2-24). Australia’s only concern was 25 runs they conceded in wides, with off-song paceman Mitchell Johnson giving away 10.

 

Opener Virender Sehwag gave a good account of himself in India’s below-par batting performance, top-scoring with a 56-ball 54 with one six and eight fours.

Match Summary and Score Card

WC 2011 Warm-up Matches India vs Australia, Warm-up Match M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, February 13, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) & Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Third Umpire: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 38 runs

Australia Innings | India Innings

Batting: Australia Innings

Batsmen Australia (176/10 in 37.5 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Shane Watson c P Chawla b S Sreesanth 33 26 7 0 126.92 Tim Paine (wk) c M Patel b Y Singh 37 57 4 0 64.91 Ricky Ponting (c) st M Dhoni b H Singh 57 85 4 0 67.06 Michael Clarke b P Chawla 0 4 0 0 0.00 Cameron White c R Ashwin b P Chawla 4 13 0 0 30.77 David Hussey st M Dhoni b P Chawla 0 1 0 0 0.00 Callum Ferguson c V Kohli b P Chawla 8 9 1 0 88.89 Mitchell Johnson st M Dhoni b H Singh 15 19 0 1 78.95 John Hastings not out 1 3 0 0 33.33 Jason Krejza lbw b H Singh 0 3 0 0 0.00 Brett Lee b R Ashwin 1 7 0 0 14.29 Steven Smith             Doug Bollinger             Shaun Tait             Brad Haddin             Extras: b - 3, w - 11, nb - 0, lb - 6 20   Total:(176 for 10 in 37.5 overs) 176 Run Rate: 4.65

Fall Of Wickets

1/51 (Shane Watson, 7.5 ov.), 2/118 (Tim Paine, 21.5 ov.), 3/120 (Michael Clarke, 22.6 ov.), 4/138 (Cameron White, 28.1 ov.), 5/138 (David Hussey, 28.2 ov.), 6/148 (Callum Ferguson, 30.4 ov.), 7/166 (Ricky Ponting, 34.4 ov.), 8/175 (Mitchell Johnson, 36.1 ov.), 9/175 (Jason Krejza, 36.4 ov.), 10/176 (Brett Lee, 37.5 ov.)

Bowling: India

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Ashish Nehra 2 0 12 0 0 0 6.0 S Sreesanth 5 0 21 1 0 0 4.2 Munaf Patel 2 0 22 0 0 0 11.0 Ravichandran Ashwin 9.5 0 47 1 0 0 4.8 Piyush Chawla 9 0 31 4 0 2 3.4 Yuvraj Singh 5 0 19 1 0 0 3.8 Harbhajan Singh 5 0 15 3 0 1 3.0

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Batting: India Innings

Batsmen India (214/10 in 44.3 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Gautam Gambhir c C White b D Bollinger 6 15 1 0 40.00 Virender Sehwag b J Krejza 54 56 8 1 96.43 Virat Kohli c D Hussey b J Hastings 21 33 3 0 63.64 Yuvraj Singh c T Paine b M Johnson 1 7 0 0 14.29 MS Dhoni (c) (wk) b J Hastings 11 24 1 0 45.83 Suresh Raina c T Paine b B Lee 12 16 1 0 75.00 Yusuf Pathan c J Krejza b D Hussey 32 38 0 2 84.21 Harbhajan Singh b B Lee 4 2 1 0 200.00 Piyush Chawla b B Lee 0 6 0 0 0.00 Ravichandran Ashwin not out 25 47 2 0 53.19 Ashish Nehra c J Krejza b D Hussey 19 24 3 0 79.17 Munaf Patel             S Sreesanth             Extras: b - 0, w - 25, nb - 1, lb - 3 29   Total:(214 for 10 in 44.3 overs) 214 Run Rate: 4.81

Fall Of Wickets

1/12 (Gautam Gambhir, 3.1 ov.), 2/54 (Virat Kohli, 11.4 ov.), 3/63 (Yuvraj Singh, 14.3 ov.), 4/101 (MS Dhoni, 21.4 ov.), 5/113 (Virender Sehwag, 22.6 ov.), 6/132 (Suresh Raina, 27.3 ov.), 7/136 (Harbhajan Singh, 27.5 ov.), 8/138 (Piyush Chawla, 29.5 ov.), 9/187 (Yusuf Pathan, 38.5 ov.), 10/214 (Ashish Nehra, 44.3 ov.)

Bowling: Australia

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Brett Lee 10 1 35 3 1 4 3.5 Doug Bollinger 6 0 29 1 0 2 4.8 Mitchell Johnson 9 0 42 1 0 6 4.7 John Hastings 6 0 24 2 0 4 4.0 Jason Krejza 10 0 56 1 0 2 5.6 David Hussey 3.3 0 25 2 0 3 7.1