Thursday, November 5th

Australia defeat India by 3 runs

Hyderabad: Sachin Tendulkar produced a breathtaking 175 to very nearly take India to a sensational win in a nerve-wrecking fifth cricket one-dayer against Australia, but the hosts flaundered in the dying stages to succumb to a three-run defeat.

It was a remarkable exhibition of strokeplay by Tendulkar, who not only notched up his 45th ODI hundred but also became the first cricketer in the history of the game to cross the 17,000-run mark. | Read report