| 0.0 : NO RAIN FORECAST! So that's the good news, folks! We should and would most likely get a full game this evening. Welcome for the final T20I as Australia battle it out for a series win, while India fight to level things up. The first game saw the Aussies get the better of the Indians, but the Men in Blue came back roaring in the 2nd encounter, only to have it ruined by the rain and have the entire thing washed out. They say third time's a charm, so it's a good a bet as any for both to produce a st |
| Pitch Report - Mark Howard out in the middle says that the surface is reasonably dry with not much grass on it. Adds that 151 is the average first innings score here. Mentions that the team batting second has won 7 out of the last 10 T20 games here at the SCG. |
| TOSS - Australia win the toss and elect to bat first! |
| Australia's skipper, Aaron Finch says it's a pretty good wicket and if they can get a decent score on the board, they back themselves to defend it. Informs that there's just one change as Mitchell Starc comes in for Jason Behrendorff. |
| India's skipper, Virat Kohli says they wanted to bowl first anyway as even the last time they were here, they chased down the target. Mentions that they did well against Australia in the 2nd T20I bowling first and want to continue with that. States that the support in Sydney is always fantastic and is looking forward to playing here. |
| We are ready to begin. Aaron Finch and D'Arcy Short stride out to the middle. The Indians spread across the ground to take their respective positions. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the first one to take the ball. Here we go... |
| 0.1 : B Kumar to D Short, Good length delivery on middle and off, some slight shape away, Short clips it in front of square leg for a single. |
| 0.2 : B Kumar to A Finch, Coming back in on middle and leg, going further down, Finch looks to flick but gets rapped on the front pad. A half shout, but it was always missing leg. |
| 0.3 : B Kumar to A Finch, The Aussie skipper too is off the mark. He drives this on the up towards mid off and gets to the other end. |
| 0.4 : B Kumar to D Short, FOUR! Poor ball. Too much width outside off, on a length, Short frees his arms and cracks it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 0.5 : B Kumar to D Short, Fraction straight in line, worked away into the leg side for another run. |
| 0.6 : B Kumar to A Finch, A big appeal for lbw, but the umpire shakes his head. Will India take the review? They won't. Good call,impact outside off. Length ball seaming in slightly, catches Finch on the pads as he looks to play at it. It falls behind on the off side and the batsmen take a leg bye. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : K Ahmed to A Finch, Angling across on a good length, just outside off, Finch plays and misses. |
| 1.2 : K Ahmed to A Finch, FOUR! That's put away! Back of a length and quite close to off, Aaron Finch stays on the back foot and muscles the pull through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 1.3 : K Ahmed to A Finch, Wide! Needs to get his radar right. Spills this down the leg side and a wide is called. |
| K Ahmed to A Finch, Short of a good length moving away, outside off, Finch offers a firm punch through the covers and comes back for the second. |
| 1.4 : K Ahmed to A Finch, Wide! Down the leg side once more, a flick shot is missed by the batsman. Wide signalled though. |
| K Ahmed to A Finch, Tad short, close to off, punched from the back foot but straight to covers. |
| A direct hit! Is Finch out? Possibly not, the body language of the Indians isn't too great. |
| 1.5 : K Ahmed to A Finch, Safe. Finch survives comfortably. He hangs on the back foot and punches it straight to Kohli at covers. Steps out of the crease and seeing this, Virat scores a direct hit at the striker's end. Finch has planted his bat back in, but the square leg umpire wants to be sure. It's taken upstairs and replays show he's fine. |
| 1.6 : K Ahmed to A Finch, Comes from around the wicket for the last ball, a back of a length ball angling in from outside off, Finch looks to pull but gets a bottom edge behind to the keeper on the bounce. |
| 2.1 : B Kumar to D Short, FOUR! Take that, Bhuvi! That's a powerful hit from Short. Full in length and just outside off, the southpaw stands his ground and bangs it straight over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 2.2 : B Kumar to D Short, Extremely full and outside off, drilled straight to wide mid off. |
| 2.3 : B Kumar to D Short, Short of a good length around off, pushed away from the body on the off side. |
| 2.4 : B Kumar to D Short, Good effort from Kohli. Short punches it to covers where the Indian captain makes a diving stop to his left. Gets up quickly and throws it back at the striker's end, preventing the single. |
| 2.5 : B Kumar to D Short, Good fielding placement. Bhuvi angles it away from around off, on a good length, D'Arcy Short plays away from the body and gets a thick edge to short third man. |
| 2.6 : B Kumar to D Short, Back of a length on the hips, it's pulled through backward square leg. There's protection out there so only a run results. |
| Jasprit Bumrah is introduced into the attack. |
| 3.1 : J Bumrah to D Short, FOUR! Welcomes him with a boundary. That's a good shot. Angling away from a back of a length, Short arches back a bit and cuts it past short third man for a boundary. |
| 3.2 : J Bumrah to D Short, Beaten! A bit more pace on this occasion from Bumrah, similar kind of delivery around off, D'Arcy looks to cut again but misses. |
| 3.3 : J Bumrah to D Short, Good running. Short taps this down in front of point and both batsmen take off. Complete the run with ease too. |
| 3.4 : J Bumrah to A Finch, Touch fuller and just outside off, driven with hard hands but straight to the cover fielder. |
| 3.5 : J Bumrah to A Finch, Finch does well here. Leans across, uses the angle into him and flicks it just wide of mid-wicket at the edge of the ring. Crosses over without any trouble. |
| 3.6 : J Bumrah to D Short, Full in length, outside the line of off stump, pushed back down the ground towards mid off for another quick single. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to have a change of ends. |
| 4.1 : K Ahmed to D Short, Coming back in on middle and leg, the left-hander tries to flick but misses and is caught on the pads. The ball falls on the off side and the batsmen take a leg bye. |
| 4.2 : K Ahmed to A Finch, FOUR! That's a shot with superb control. Quite short, not a lot of pace but Finch does well to keep this along the carpet. Pulls it through mid-wicket and beats the man in the deep. Good placement too. Nicely done. |
| 4.3 : K Ahmed to A Finch, Fullish and outside off, Aaron picks up the slower one and lifts it over mid-wicket. Two runs this time as the fielder in the deep moves to his left and cuts it off. |
| 4.4 : K Ahmed to A Finch, Almost dragged it back on! Finch attempts to go big downtown as it's pitched full around off, gets an inside edge which thuds onto his pads. A brisk single is stolen. |
| 4.5 : K Ahmed to D Short, Back of a length into the body, pulled to deep square leg for another one. |
| 4.6 : K Ahmed to A Finch, FOUR! In the air and right in the gap too. Full and outside off, Finch picks his spot and executes it to perfection. Clears mid off and finds the fence. 13 runs off the over, a good one for the home side. |
| 5.1 : J Bumrah to D Short, Slower one, full in length on the stumps, it's pushed back past Bumrah towards mid on. One run to the total. |
| 5.2 : J Bumrah to A Finch, Too straight in line, angling in on leg, Finch picks it off his pads and clips it down to fine leg. Just the one on this occasion. |
| 5.3 : J Bumrah to D Short, On the hips, helped down to short fine leg where Khaleel misfields. Concedes a single as a result. |
| 5.4 : J Bumrah to A Finch, These two are running quite well. Finch dabs this just wide of cover and scampers to the other end. |
| 5.5 : J Bumrah to D Short, Full toss on off, smacked but straight to covers. |
| 5.6 : J Bumrah to D Short, FOUR! Fine end to the Powerplay. Full and outside off, Short crashes this past the diving point fielder to send it across the boundary line. After the first six, Australia are 49/0. A good Powerplay for them. |
| Kuldeep Yadav to roll his arm over. |
| 6.1 : K Yadav to A Finch, Loud shout for a leg before first up, but impact is outside off. Looped up outside off, Finch gets low to sweep but is caught on the front pad. |
| 6.2 : K Yadav to A Finch, Steps out of the crease to this tossed up ball and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. The 50 is up for Australia. |
| 6.3 : K Yadav to D Short, Spinning away from around off, slower through the air, forced to the cover fielder. |
| 6.4 : K Yadav to D Short, Quicker, flatter and around off, probably knew Short would give the charge, forces him to push it to short cover. |
| 6.5 : K Yadav to D Short, Short, flat and outside off, cut square to point where there's another misfield, this time from KL Rahul. A run is conceded. Every run matters in this format, can't be doing that. |
| 6.6 : K Yadav to D Short, Beaten! Kuldeep drops it short and gets it to go away, D'Arcy Short misses his cut shot. |
| Krunal Pandya is into the attack. |
| 7.1 : K Pandya to A Finch, Dropped! India's sloppy display in this series continues. Tossed up on the stumps, Finch looks to go big over long on. Can't get enough distance on it and skies it in the same area. Rohit Sharma from the deep comes running in, settles under it well and then lets it through his palms. That's poor. Single taken. |
| 7.2 : K Pandya to D Short, Attacking the stumps, quicker in pace, worked through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 7.3 : K Pandya to A Finch, Works it off his pads square on the leg side. One more collected. |
| 7.4 : K Pandya to D Short, FOUR! Another misfield. The Men in Blue really need to buck up. Short and wide, Short cuts it to backward point where Bumrah is the culprit this time. He moves to his right, gets low but lets it through. |
| 7.5 : K Pandya to D Short, Short ball, pulled away on the leg side for a run. |
| 7.6 : K Pandya to A Finch, FOUR! A touch short again, D'Arcy Short stays back and pulls it through square leg to find the fence. 12 off the over. What should have been a good over to begin with ends up becoming an expensive one for India. |
| 8.1 : K Yadav to D Short, Loopy and full, well outside off, driven through to sweeper cover for a run. |
| 8.2 : K Yadav to A Finch, Two wides! Flighted delivery which spins down leg, Finch looks to sweep but misses. It goes past the keeper and a bye is taken. |
| K Yadav to D Short, A bit slower, just around off, Short goes back to cut but misses and so does Pant as he can't collect cleanly. Another bye. |
| 8.3 : K Yadav to A Finch, OUT! GONE! This time an Indian player holds on to it. Tossed up on middle and leg, spins in, Finch kneels down to sweep but gets a top edge which pops to short fine leg. Krunal there takes a simple catch. Australia lose their first, but they've been provided a good start here. |
| Glenn Maxwell is the next batsman in. |
| 8.4 : K Yadav to G Maxwell, Wide! Quite slow through the air, going down, Pant moves to his left to try and affect a stumping but the ball spills out of his hand. Wouldn't have mattered anyway, as Maxwell never left his crease. |
| K Yadav to G Maxwell, The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball. |
| 8.5 : K Yadav to G Maxwell, FOUR! Good timing on that. Floated around off, turning in, Maxwell drives it sweetly through the covers for a boundary. |
| Review taken. Glenn Maxwell is caught leg before and given out. He's decided to challenge the decision. |
| 8.6 : K Yadav to G Maxwell, Not out! Maxwell survives! Good decision to take the review. Kuldeep tosses it up on middle and leg and it turns in, Maxwell looks to flick but misses and is caught on the pads. Loud shout and the finger goes up. Glenn, after speaking with his partner, takes it upstairs. Replays show the ball is missing leg. |
| Another review. This time Short is the man in question. Is he out lbw? Looks closer than Maxwell's call. Let's see now... |
| 9.1 : K Pandya to D Short, OUT! This time D'Arcy Short is gone. Australia lose a review too. Krunal bowls it fuller and straighter on the stumps, the southpaw gets low to sweep and misses. Is caught flush in front of the stumps on the pads and the finger goes up quickly after the appeal. Now another review is taken but much to his dismay, Ball Tracker shows all three reds. Now, both the openers are back in the hut. |
| 0.0 : Ben McDermott to bat next. |
| 9.2 : K Pandya to Ben McDermott, OUT! Two in two for Krunal and he's on a hat-trick. Quicker one on off stump and McDermott gets low to sweep it away. Misses it completely and is struck on the pads. Another shout and once more the finger goes up. McDermott has no choice but to walk back, no review left to take. Was plumb anyway. |
| Alex Carey is the new man in. |
| 9.3 : K Pandya to A Carey, No hat-trick for Krunal. Straighter one on the pads, Carey flicks it in front of square leg for a single. |
| 9.4 : K Pandya to G Maxwell, Maxwell pushes this through the covers and gets to the other end. |
| 9.5 : K Pandya to A Carey, Short, flat and around off, punched off the back foot to long off for one. |
| 9.6 : K Pandya to G Maxwell, Good delivery. Krunal beats Maxwell as he lands it around off and makes it turn away. Maxwell loosely pushes inside the line and misses. 3 runs and 2 wickets form it, superb from the left-arm spinner. |
| 10.1 : K Yadav to A Carey, Spinning away from outside off, a lot of air on this, Carey drives through the covers and crosses over. |
| 10.2 : K Yadav to G Maxwell, Quite full, outside off, driven but straight to short cover. |
| 10.3 : K Yadav to G Maxwell, Quicker one, darted short and in line of the stumps, punched back to the bowler. |
| 10.4 : K Yadav to G Maxwell, Loopy and fuller on leg, turning in, Maxwell looks to flick but is hit on the pads. |
| 10.5 : K Yadav to G Maxwell, Full and outside off, the googly, pushed down the ground to long off for a comfortable single. |
| 10.6 : K Yadav to A Carey, Nicely done. Carey gets low and brings the broom out. Sweeps it to deep mid-wicket and keeps strike with a single. |
| Khaleel Ahmed back into the attack. |
| 11.1 : K Ahmed to A Carey, Shaping into the batsman, Carey plays it down in front of mid-wicket. |
| 11.2 : K Ahmed to A Carey, Cutting back in off the seam, on a back of a length, Carey looks to work it across the line but the ball pops out off the thigh pad. |
| 11.3 : K Ahmed to A Carey, On the shorter side of things from Khaleel, pulled to deep backward square leg for a run. |
| 11.4 : K Ahmed to G Maxwell, FOUR! Edged and over! Short ball on off, Maxwell stands tall and pulls. Gets a big top edge and the ball flies over Rishabh Pant's head. Boundary results. |
| 11.5 : K Ahmed to G Maxwell, Swing and a miss! Back of a length and it's the cutter, Maxwell looks to heave it away but it goes under his bat. |
| 11.6 : K Ahmed to G Maxwell, Back of a length well outside off, Glenn looks to cut but chops it off from the inner half towards cover. Single to the total. |
| 12.1 : K Yadav to G Maxwell, Quick, flat and around off, it's worked easily to long on for a single. |
| 12.2 : K Yadav to A Carey, That's a really nice shot. Kuldeep bowls it well too as he tosses it up outside off, Carey lofts it with the spin over covers and gets two for it. |
| 12.3 : K Yadav to A Carey, A bit risky. Kuldeep darts it on off, Carey cuts to backward point but could have easily been bowled. |
| 12.4 : K Yadav to A Carey, Floats it up just outside off, Carey with good control sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 12.5 : K Yadav to G Maxwell, Another dot. 34 in this innings so far. Maxwell looks to smack it away but finds cover. |
| 12.6 : K Yadav to G Maxwell, Pushes this past Kuldeep towards long off and takes a single. The chinaman is done for the evening, he finished with figures of 4-0-19-1. Another good outing for him. |
| Krunal Pandya is back on. |
| 13.1 : K Pandya to G Maxwell, OUT! Straight to the man in the deep. Krunal gets his third of the innings. Bowls it on the stumps, Maxwell backs away and pulls it straight to Rohit at wide long on, who is standing right at the rope. Another timely breakthrough for the visitors. |
| 0.0 : Chris Lynn is next in. |
| 13.2 : K Pandya to A Carey, Works it through mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 13.3 : K Pandya to C Lynn, Lynn is off the mark. Works it off his pads through mid-wicket and takes a single. |
| 13.4 : K Pandya to A Carey, FOUR! Beautiful shot from Alex Carey. Some width is offered outside off, Carey just lofts it over covers and sends it across the rope for a boundary. |
| 13.5 : K Pandya to A Carey, Shorter in length, a back foot punch is offered to long on for a run. |
| 13.6 : K Pandya to C Lynn, Lynn pushes it off the front foot into the covers and keeps strike. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to bowl out. |
| 14.1 : K Ahmed to C Lynn, Wide! False start from the left-arm pacer. Angles it too far across, it goes across the tramline and a wide is called. |
| K Ahmed to C Lynn, From around the wicket this time, keeps it full and well outside off, Lynn drives it through the covers for a single. |
| 14.2 : K Ahmed to A Carey, Back to over the wicket, full delivery on off, driven back down the track to the bowler. |
| 14.3 : K Ahmed to A Carey, FOUR! Khaleel dishes out a low full toss outside off, Alex Carey smacks this through the gap in the covers to find the fence. Good balance as he hit that, nicely timed too. |
| 14.4 : K Ahmed to A Carey, Back of a length on off, helps the pull through to deep mid-wicket. The batsmen cross over. |
| 14.5 : K Ahmed to C Lynn, From around the wicket to Lynn again, takes the pace off the ball as he pitches it on a length outside off. Punched to the cover fielder. |
| 14.6 : K Ahmed to C Lynn, Wide! Khaleel will have to reload. Throws it across the other side of the tramline and concedes another wide. |
| K Ahmed to C Lynn, Bangs it in short, Lynn looks to pull but gets an inside edge back onto his pads. It rolls towards cover and the batsmen take a run. 9 off the over and Khaleel is done for the evening. He's given 35 runs for no wickets in his four overs. |
| 15.1 : K Pandya to C Lynn, Quick and flat outside off, forced away towards wide long off for a couple. |
| 15.2 : K Pandya to C Lynn, Wide! Down the leg side, Lynn tries to sweep and misses. |
| K Pandya to C Lynn, Knocks this full ball down to long on and jogs across to the other end. |
| 15.3 : K Pandya to A Carey, FOUR! Fuller and well outside off, Carey once again gets the placement right. Lifts it over covers and beats Bhuvneshwar in the deep, who can't cut it off by moving to his left. |
| 15.4 : K Pandya to A Carey, FOUR! Another boundary, another good shot from Carey. Darted across, so he brings out the reverse paddle and beats Bumrah's dive at short third man. |
| 15.5 : K Pandya to A Carey, OUT! This time Carey holes out! Krunal gets the last laugh. Tossed up on off, Carey gets low and plays the big slog sweep. Can only get it as far as Virat Kohli at deep mid-wicket and the Indian skipper makes no mistake in taking that. Pandya with his 4th of the innings. |
| Marcus Stoinis walks into the middle next. |
| 15.6 : K Pandya to M Stoinis, Slower and shorter on middle and leg, Stoinis works it in front of square leg and gets off the mark with a single. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar is back on. |
| 16.1 : B Kumar to M Stoinis, Length ball angling in on the stumps, it goes off the inside edge and then the pads and falls on the off side. A run is taken. |
| 16.2 : B Kumar to C Lynn, Good length ball in the channel outside off, punched to sweeper cover for one more. |
| 16.3 : B Kumar to M Stoinis, Takes the pace off this one. A length ball on off, Stoinis plays it off the outer half square towards point for a single. |
| 16.4 : B Kumar to C Lynn, FOUR! A bit short and Lynn pounces it on quickly. Slaps the punch over covers to earn a boundary. |
| 16.5 : B Kumar to C Lynn, Along the ground this time, finds the gap through the covers. One run to the scoreboard. |
| 16.6 : B Kumar to M Stoinis, Slower length ball on off, pushed back down the ground towards mid on. Single collected as Bhuvi chases it down himself. 9 off this over. |
| Jasprit Bumrah is called back on to bowl. |
| 17.1 : J Bumrah to M Stoinis, Back of a length outside off, Stoinis punches it past the diving cover fielder in the ring and gets a double. |
| 17.2 : J Bumrah to M Stoinis, OUT! A mix-up and Chris Lynn departs. Wicket gone at the wrong time for Australia. Stoinis taps it down on the off side and Lynn is off. Stoinis sends him back late as Bumrah rushes to the ball. He turns and fires it at the stumps at his end, and scores a direct hit. Lynn is well out of his crease. Big blow to the Kangaroos. |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile comes out to bat next. |
| 17.3 : J Bumrah to M Stoinis, Hit right around the box. A bit slower around off, on a length, Stoinis hangs his bat and gets an inside edge which hits him on the inside of the thigh pad. Coulter-Nile wants the run, but is sent back. |
| 17.4 : J Bumrah to M Stoinis, Punches this square through point to get off strike. |
| 17.5 : J Bumrah to N Coulter-Nile, A pin-point yorker on middle, angling in, Coulter-Nile jams it out towards mid on and gets off strike with a single. |
| 17.6 : J Bumrah to M Stoinis, FOUR! Full toss and that's in the gap. Wide outside off, Stoinis carves it square through point. No protection out there in the deep, so the ball races away to the boundary line. |
| 18.1 : B Kumar to N Coulter-Nile, Right in the blockhole, on middle and leg, Coulter-Nile manages to work it away through mid-wicket. Runs the first one hard and come back for the second. |
| 18.2 : B Kumar to N Coulter-Nile, Goes for the yorker again but ends up dishing out a very full ball, it's drilled back down the ground towards long on. Just the single on this occasion. |
| 18.3 : B Kumar to M Stoinis, The cutter from Kumar, on a length on off, Stoinis taps it down in front of point and hares to the other end. |
| 18.4 : B Kumar to N Coulter-Nile, FOUR! Over the infield and that's away! Length ball with room on offer outside off, Coulter-Nile slices it over point and finds the fence. |
| 18.5 : B Kumar to N Coulter-Nile, Beautiful. Spot on from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Spears in the yorker on off, it's dug out back down the track. |
| 18.6 : B Kumar to N Coulter-Nile, FOUR! Finishes the over with a boundary. 12 from the over. Full ball on off, Coulter-Nile makes room and smashes it through wide mid off. Dhawan out in the deep covers decent ground to his left, but can't stop the ball even with a dive. |
| 19.1 : J Bumrah to M Stoinis, FOUR! Bumper on off, Stoinis is ready for it as he rocks back. Connects the pull well and finds the mid-wicket fence. Not the ideal start to the last over from Bumrah. |
| 19.2 : J Bumrah to M Stoinis, Shorter on off, Stoinis this time mistimes the pull as he ends up slapping it to long on. A single this time. |
| 19.3 : J Bumrah to N Coulter-Nile, Slower length delivery outside off, Nathan lifts it in the air towards long on. Another run collected. |
| 19.4 : J Bumrah to M Stoinis, Slower and shorter outside off, Stoinis slaps it past the bowler to long on. Both batsmen run hard and as a result, manage to come back for the second. |
| A run out appeal against Nathan Coulter-Nile is referred upstairs. |
| 19.5 : J Bumrah to M Stoinis, Not out! Back of a length delivery angling in on middle and leg, Stoinis backs away and hits it towards long on. The two batsmen once again run really hard and come back for the second. The throw comes in to Bumrah who collects the ball and knocks the bails over, as Coulter-Nile dives in. It's taken upstairs and replays show he's made it. Amazing stuff. Love the desire and commitment from NCN. He has got the legs and lungs. |
| 19.6 : J Bumrah to M Stoinis, Wide! Too far outside off, wide signalled. |
| J Bumrah to M Stoinis, FOUR! 15 runs off the over, fine way to end the innings for Australia. Length ball on the stumps, Stoinis looks to hit it through the off side but gets an inside edge which races past short fine leg. A boundary to end the innings. AUSTRALIA FINISH ON 164/6! |
| Australia have a competitive total on the board. A very good finish from Stoinis and Coulter-Nile. 57 came in the final 5 overs, out of which 27 were scored in the last 2. After opting to bat, Australia got off to a good start with Finch and Short motoring along quite well as they scored 49 in the Powerplay. Some wickets fell in quick succession when the spinners were introduced but Carey pulled things back somewhat. However, that late flurry from Stoinis and NCN, where they scored 33 runs in 16 |
| The Indians will rue the fact that they leaked so many runs in the death overs. Barring the two spinners, nobody else picked up a single wicket and went for quite a few as well. Krunal was the star with his 4-fer, while Kuldeep took 1. Their sloppiness in the field has cost them too, as they dropped a couple of easy chances yet again. |
| The match is set up extremely well. The hosts have a par score on the board, and the Indians like chasing. The second innings has all the elements to excite and entertain. Join us on the other side of the break for all the action. |
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