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Australia continued their dominating start to the 2010 World Twenty20 with a convincing 49 run win against India. The win was setup by the openers in both departments, the opening batsmen sending Australia to a competitive 184 and then the opening bowlers leaving India reeling at 4/23.
I have continually mentioned how important the opening pair is for Australia and once again this was shown today. Warner and Watson blasted 104 in their opening stand before Watson departed for a well made 54 (32). This included six consective sixes from the bowling of Jadeja split across two overs. David Hussey picked up where Watson left off, launching two of his own sixes. Warner was hitting sixes at will and it looked like he would become the first Australian to make a T20I 100 but he missed out when slashing at a wide one from Yuvraj, departing for an easy looking 72 (42).
Brad Haddin came in ahead of Cameron White which was a shock and Haddin only saved his innings by dispatching a full toss for 6. Otherwise he had a Clarke like effect on the brilliant start. David Hussey employed the hit out or get out tactic, in the end the latter prevailed with Hussey’s cameo coming to an end with a quickfire 35 from 22 balls.
The trend on relying on the openers again continued in this match with no one in the middle order getting to double figures. Cameron White is still yet to fire a shot in this tournament, Mike Hussey struggled to get the ball away in the final over, although he ensured there was no repeat of the five wicket maiden! The struggles in the middle order meant Australia missed out on 200 which looked certain while the top 3 were batting. Australia ended with 184 which included a whooping 16 sixes, one short of the most ever.
Dirk Nannes again made his non selection in the previous World cups to be a joke by ripping apart the star studded Indian batting lineup. The pace and bounce proved too much for the Indian batsmen as they were reduced to 4/23 by the opening pair of Nannes and Tait. The latter was unlucky not to have more wickets with two mistimed pull shots going for four. Steven Smith picked up the biggest wicket of his career, removing the captain for two runs. Before the dismissal, Smith had kept it tight with only two runs scored off his four deliveries.
Rohit Sharma looked as shaky if not more shaky than his compatriots, with a number of swings and misses. But unlike his teammates, Sharma somehow manage to survive his moments of madness and ensured India got a lot closer than they deserved, at one stage India were 7/50 with the 100 mark a long way away. However once Sharma got set, he looked more like the Australian batsmen, plunging sixes at will. Sharma top scored for the match with 79 off 46 balls including 6 sixes and 4 fours, giving Indian fans the smallest of sniff. This was snuff out when Shaun Tait made sure he got the figures he deserved, giving the Indian tailenders some sweet chin music, and like the batsmen that had fallen, they couldn’t handle the fast short pitched deliveries. Tait ending up with 3 for 21 and Nannes 3 for 25 whose figures were ruined in his last over where he conceded 15 runs. India were bowled all out for 135 where they can thank Sharma for saving their Net Run Rate from serious damage.
Key Matchup results
For those that read my preview, I stated two key matchups to look out for. The first was Gambhir, Vijay, Raina vs Tait, Nannes, Johnson where the Aussie trio easily won, with all three sent back early and India left on 4/23.
The other match up was India spinners vs Aussie batsmen. The openers struggled to get a hold of Harbhajan Singh but manage to keep him wicketless in his 4 overs. Jadeja got smashed out of the attack conceding 38 runs in just 2 overs. Yusuf Pathan proved very difficult to get away for two and half overs, but he took stick towards the end of his spell leaving him with 1-35, Yuvraj took 2-20 from his 2 overs. The Australian batsmen take out this matchup as they didn’t let the Indian spinners take control of the match.
So as Australia won both matchups and its no surprise they were convincing winners after dominating in both of the battles.
Key points to note from the match for Australia
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I have continually mentioned how important the opening pair is for Australia and once again this was shown today. Warner and Watson blasted 104 in their opening stand before Watson departed for a well made 54 (32). This included six consective sixes from the bowling of Jadeja split across two overs. David Hussey picked up where Watson left off, launching two of his own sixes. Warner was hitting sixes at will and it looked like he would become the first Australian to make a T20I 100 but he missed out when slashing at a wide one from Yuvraj, departing for an easy looking 72 (42).
Brad Haddin came in ahead of Cameron White which was a shock and Haddin only saved his innings by dispatching a full toss for 6. Otherwise he had a Clarke like effect on the brilliant start. David Hussey employed the hit out or get out tactic, in the end the latter prevailed with Hussey’s cameo coming to an end with a quickfire 35 from 22 balls.
The trend on relying on the openers again continued in this match with no one in the middle order getting to double figures. Cameron White is still yet to fire a shot in this tournament, Mike Hussey struggled to get the ball away in the final over, although he ensured there was no repeat of the five wicket maiden! The struggles in the middle order meant Australia missed out on 200 which looked certain while the top 3 were batting. Australia ended with 184 which included a whooping 16 sixes, one short of the most ever.
Dirk Nannes again made his non selection in the previous World cups to be a joke by ripping apart the star studded Indian batting lineup. The pace and bounce proved too much for the Indian batsmen as they were reduced to 4/23 by the opening pair of Nannes and Tait. The latter was unlucky not to have more wickets with two mistimed pull shots going for four. Steven Smith picked up the biggest wicket of his career, removing the captain for two runs. Before the dismissal, Smith had kept it tight with only two runs scored off his four deliveries.
Rohit Sharma looked as shaky if not more shaky than his compatriots, with a number of swings and misses. But unlike his teammates, Sharma somehow manage to survive his moments of madness and ensured India got a lot closer than they deserved, at one stage India were 7/50 with the 100 mark a long way away. However once Sharma got set, he looked more like the Australian batsmen, plunging sixes at will. Sharma top scored for the match with 79 off 46 balls including 6 sixes and 4 fours, giving Indian fans the smallest of sniff. This was snuff out when Shaun Tait made sure he got the figures he deserved, giving the Indian tailenders some sweet chin music, and like the batsmen that had fallen, they couldn’t handle the fast short pitched deliveries. Tait ending up with 3 for 21 and Nannes 3 for 25 whose figures were ruined in his last over where he conceded 15 runs. India were bowled all out for 135 where they can thank Sharma for saving their Net Run Rate from serious damage.
Key Matchup results
For those that read my preview, I stated two key matchups to look out for. The first was Gambhir, Vijay, Raina vs Tait, Nannes, Johnson where the Aussie trio easily won, with all three sent back early and India left on 4/23.
The other match up was India spinners vs Aussie batsmen. The openers struggled to get a hold of Harbhajan Singh but manage to keep him wicketless in his 4 overs. Jadeja got smashed out of the attack conceding 38 runs in just 2 overs. Yusuf Pathan proved very difficult to get away for two and half overs, but he took stick towards the end of his spell leaving him with 1-35, Yuvraj took 2-20 from his 2 overs. The Australian batsmen take out this matchup as they didn’t let the Indian spinners take control of the match.
So as Australia won both matchups and its no surprise they were convincing winners after dominating in both of the battles.
Key points to note from the match for Australia
- Nannes again rips through the batsmen early and continues his 3 or more wicket taking streak.
- Shaun Tait should consider moving to the Caribbean as he loves bowling here. Currently the second highest wicket taker for the tournament.
- Steven Smith has taken a wicket in each of his matches in this tournament.
- David Warner scored his 50 before Watson despite being 25 runs behind him.
- Steven Smith avoids being run out for the first time in the Caribbean!
- The middle order scored 22 of 24 balls.
- Pre match talk about India struggling against the short ball were spot on.
- Sharma top scored for the match despite India’s troubles.
- Harbhajan Singh is yet to take a wicket in 3 matches.
- Jadeja went for six consecutive sixes.
- No batsmen bar Sharma made double figures.
- Extras was the third highest scorer for India behind Sharma and Harbhajan.
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(except Sachin,Dravid and Sehwag).
