Aussies v. Indians. T20 Series

[Donny]

Stoinis opens the bowling.

Jaiswal started with 4, dot, 6, dot, single and a run out, then a single to Kishan.

1/12.

[Donny]

Good opening over from Behrendorff. A maiden.

[Donny]

Short on to bowl. 4,6, out. Caught by Smithy.

[Donny]

6 overs gone. 2/63.

Suryakumar 26* (12).

[Donny]

Wicket for Sangha. Kishan for 58.

3/134. Suryakumar 48*.

[Donny]

They need 75 from 42 balls.

[Donny]

Sangha gets another. Stoins holds on to a skier.

4/155. 5 overs left.

[Donny]

38 to win from 24 balls.

[Donny]

Hardie catches Suryakumar (80).

5/195.

[Donny]

14 to win from the last 2 overs.

[Donny]

7 from the last.

Abbott to bowl.

1. Four.

2. 1 Bye.

3. Skied. Caught.

4. Run out.

5. Still 2 needed. Possible run out, going for a second. Run out.

6. 1 for a win. Dot or wicket for a super over. Six.

India wins.

[Pies4shaw]

Not quite sure how they award POTM to a guy who hits 80 from 42 over a guy who hit 110 from 50. Curious.

Both teams could do with some improved bowling in the next match, or a more helpful pitch, or both.

I guess both teams are using these games to experiment. In a game that mattered, there is no way you would leave Matty Wade in the shed and send Stoinis in with only a few balls to go. Stoinis is a typically slow starter and he came in too close to the end of the innings to make an impression, given his batting style (hence, 7 from 6 balls). Some of the other new players in the squad (Short and David) showed that they hadn't got into the swing of Indian pitch conditions - they would both normally either make more runs than that more quickly, or get out of the way sooner. Of the bowlers, Behrendorff did a good job.

[Donny]

Second match. Monday. Nov. 27.

[Donny]

Wade elected to bowl first.

Maxwell and Zampa in, for Hardie and Behrendorff.

[Donny]

10 from the first over, bowled by Marcus Stoinis.