Bollinger, Watson bowl Australia to victory

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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

MOHALI, India (AFP) - Doug Bollinger and Shane Watson shared six wickets as Australia beat India by 24 runs in the fourth One-Day International here yesterday to square the seven-match series 2-2.

Left-arm paceman Bollinger took 3-38, while Watson finished with figures of 3-29 to bowl out India for 226 in 46.4 overs after Cameron White top-scored with 62 in Australia's total of 250 all out in 49.2 overs.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting (right), reacts with teammates after the dismissal of India's Harbhajan Singh, who was caught out by Shane Watson (second left), during their One-Day International cricket match in Mohali, India, yesterday. (Photo: AP)

The Indians failed to exploit helpful batting conditions in the day-night encounter at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium, with none of their batsmen scoring even a half-century.

Sachin Tendulkar (40) and Virender Sehwag (30) got good starts, while Harbhajan Singh (31) slammed five fours and a six in a late assault, but the Australians held their nerve in the end to carve out an impressive win.

The world champions, sent in to bat on a placid track, were also indebted to captain Ricky Ponting who struck his third half-century of the series and shared a 64-run stand for the second wicket with Watson (49).

India began their chase in rollicking fashion with Sehwag smacking seven fours off left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson, who turned 28 yesterday.

Sehwag's belligerence was snapped when he turned the face of the bat and ended up splicing Bollinger to Watson at mid-off.

Tendulkar fell seven runs short of completing an unprecedented 17,000 runs in One-Dayers when he was adjudged leg before off off-spinner Nathan Hauritz. TV replays, however, suggested the ball would have missed leg-stump.

Yuvraj Singh (12) was out to a direct throw from Ponting at short cover, while Dhoni (26) was caught behind off Bollinger.

Earlier, a disciplined effort in the field by the generally sluggish Indians resulted in four run-outs and contained Australia to what looked like a below-par total.

Left-arm paceman Ashish Nehra took 3-37 and also ran out White, while Harbhajan was back among the wickets after an indifferent show in the previous games, picking up 2-48 off his 10 overs.

Ponting hit five fours and a six in his 59-ball knock for his 73rd half-century in One-Day Internationals, while Michael Hussey chipped in with a fine 40 off 41 balls.

The next match will be played in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Scoreboard

Australia

S Watson c Dhoni b Harbhajan 49
S Marsh lbw b Nehra 5
R Ponting run out 52
M Hussey c Sharma b Yuvraj 40
C White run out 62
M Henriques b Harbhajan 6
M Johnson b Nehra 8
G Manou run out 7
N Hauritz not out 9
P Siddle c Jadeja b Nehr 1
D Bollinger run out 0
Extras: (lb1, nb1, w9) 11
Total (for all out in 49.2 overs) 250
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Marsh), 2-88 (Watson), 3-123 (Ponting), 4-196 (Hussey), 5-217 (Henriques), 6-226 (White), 7-236 (Johnson), 8-241 (Manou), 9-247 (Siddle), 10-250 (Bollinger).
Bowling: Kumar 9.2-0-41-0 (w4), Nehra 8-0-37-3 (nb1, w1), Sharma 5-0-42-0 (w1), Jadeja 7-0-27-0, Harbhajan 10-0-48-2 (w2), Yuvraj 10-0-54-1 (w1).

India

V Sehwag c Watson b Bollinger 30
S Tendulkar lbw b Hauritz 40
V Kohli c Manou b Bollinger 10
Y Singh run out 12
M Dhoni c Manou b Bollinger 26
S Raina b Hauritz 17
R Jadeja run out 7
H Singh c and b Watson 31
P Kumar c Manou b Watson 16
A Nehra c Hauritz b Watson 7
I Sharma not out 3
Extras: (b1, lb5, w20, nb1) 27

Total (for all out in 46.4 overs) 226

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Sehwag), 2-78 (Kohli), 3-94 (Tendulkar), 4-113 (Yuvraj), 5-145 (Dhoni), 6-156 (Raina), 7-177 (Jadeja), 8-204 (Harbhajan), 9-217 (Kumar), 10-226 (Nehra).

Bowling: Johnson 9-0-74-0 (w6), Siddle 5-2-15-0, Bollinger 9-2-38-3 (nb1, w1), Henriques 7-0-33-0 (w1), Hauritz 9-1-31-2 (w4), Watson 7.4-1-29-3.

Toss: India

Umpires: Amish Saheba (IND) and Asoka De Silva (SRI)
TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare (IND)
Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)

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