2nd Quarter-Final India vs Australia (Ahmedabad) 24th March

ICC World Cup 2011 – 24^th March

44^th Match – 2^nd Quarter-Final     (day/night    50-over match)

Played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad,

India won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining);

Australia won the toss and decided on batting first;

Scoreboard:

Australia            260/6    (50 over)

Australia Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
SR Watson	b Ashwin	25	38	5	0	65.78
BJ Haddin†	c Raina b Yuvraj Singh	53	62	6	1	85.48
RT Ponting*	c Khan b Ashwin	104	118	7	1	88.13
MJ Clarke	c Khan b Yuvraj Singh	8	19	0	0	42.10
MEK Hussey	b Khan	3	9	0	0	33.33
CL White	c & b Khan	12	22	0	0	54.54
DJ Hussey	not out	38	26	3	1	146.15
MG Johnson	not out	6	6	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 2, w 9)	11

Total (6 wickets; 50 over) 260 (5.20 runs per over)

Did not bat:

B Lee, JJ Krejza, SW Tait

Fall of wickets:

1-40 (Watson, 9.6 over), 2-110 (Haddin, 22.5 over), 3-140 (Clarke, 30.4 over), 4-150 (MEK Hussey, 33.3 over), 5-190 (White, 41.2 over), 6-245 (Ponting, 48.3 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
R Ashwin	10	0	52	2	5.20	(1w)
Z Khan	10	0	53	2	5.30
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	50	0	5.00	(4w)
MM Patel	7	0	44	0	6.28
Yuvraj Singh	10	0	44	2	4.40
SR Tendulkar	2	0	9	0	4.50
V Kohli	1	0	6	0	6.00

India                261/5    (47.4 over)    (won by 5 wickets)

India Innings	(target: 261 runs from 50 over)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
V Sehwag	c MEK Hussey b Watson	15	22	2	0	68.18
SR Tendulkar	c †Haddin b Tait	53	68	7	0	77.94
G Gambhir	run out (White/DJ Hussey)	50	64	2	0	78.12
V Kohli	c Clarke b DJ Hussey	24	33	1	0	72.72
Yuvraj Singh	not out	57	65	8	0	87.69
MS Dhoni*†	c Clarke b Lee	7	8	1	0	87.50
SK Raina	not out	34	28	2	1	121.42
Extras	(lb 3, w 16, nb 2)	21

Total (5 wickets; 47.4 over) 261 (5.47 runs per over)

Did not bat:

R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel

Fall of wickets:

1-44 (Sehwag, 8.1 over), 2-94 (Tendulkar, 18.1 over), 3-143 (Kohli, 28.3 over), 4-168 (Gambhir, 33.2 over), 5-187 (Dhoni, 37.3 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
B Lee	8.4	1	45	1	5.19	(3w)
SW Tait	7	0	52	1	7.42	(2nb, 6w)
MG Johnson	8	0	41	0	5.12	(2w)
SR Watson	7	0	37	1	5.28	(1w)
JJ Krejza	9	0	45	0	5.00
MJ Clarke	3	0	19	0	6.33
DJ Hussey	5	0	19	1	3.80

Player of the match:    Yuvraj Singh (India)

Umpires:        M Erasmus (South Africa) and IJ Gould (England)

TV umpire:        RA Kettleborough (England)

Sub-continent team, this time is India, crushed Australia and booked a place at Mohali for nerve thrilling Semi-Final with their archery rival Pakistan on 30^th March. A stand-out hundred of Ricky Ponting astonished whereas Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir notched up enchanting fifties but Yuvraj Singh propelled India to another great encounter at Mohali. Spare contemplation for the Australian skipper, possibly playing his last World Cup match and to Australia, who were last eliminated before the finals of a World Cup way back in 1992.

The pitch was dry in Ahmedabad, India hinged on their spinning tactics, and Australia were driven by Brad Haddin, who oscillated between vital nudges and intended risks, and the contest hung in balance at the half-way mark. Australia had the advantage but Haddin's dismissal in the 23rd over, brought India back into the game. Australian Captain, Ponting, who was under critics regarding his form, probably clinched his last century of World Cup tournaments but his blistering hundred went into hollow when Yuvraj spanked Shaun Tait for a stunning four over backward point in the final ball of the 39^th over, the next over expensive-one proved to be the game-breaker as Brett Lee was conceded 14 runs and no Aussies bowler could succeed in the breaking of an unbeaten partnership between Yuvraj and Raina, Yuvraj snatched a famous win from defending champions Australia.