Commonwealth Bank Series, 2008 (Australia)

Australia vs India, ODI

Ricky Ponting is the Man of the Match for his brilliant century, scoring 124 off 133 balls.

Australia win by 18 runs. At one stage the margin of defeat looked like it was going to be a lot bigger than that. India were reduced to 51/4 and only a wonderful century from Gambhir, helped by cameos from Uthappa and Pathan saw them come close to Australia'a huge total. The top order faltered again, and on a good batting track this time which ultimately was responsible for the defeat. That's all we have for you today, do join us for the next match on Tuesday, until then it's goodbye.

Lee to Ishant, out Bowled!! Super yorker to finish the innings, Ishant is too late and it knocks back off stump! Fifer for Lee! Ishant b Lee 2(4)

Lee will bowl the last over. 19 required, 18 to tie

48.6 Bracken to Sreesanth, no run, full and wide, Sreesanth gives himself too much room on that occasion trying to thrash that through the off side, doesn't connect

48.5 Bracken to Ishant, 1 run, sees him moving across and fires it wider, turns it towards mid wicket

48.4 Bracken to Sreesanth, 1 run, in the blockhole, dug out towards short fine leg

48.3 Bracken to Sreesanth, 2 runs, good running, drives a full ball past the diving Ponting at extra cover for a well run two

48.2 Bracken to Ishant, 1 run, drives it to extra cover, Ponting misses the stumps again!

48.1 Bracken to Ishant, byes, FOUR!!, low full toss, Ishant swings and misses, so does Gilchrist!

47.6 Lee to Sreesanth, no run, speared in full on the leg stump, thuds into the pads as he tries to clip it to leg

Lee on a hattrick now..

Ishant Sharma, right handed bat, comes to the crease

This is the 7th time that Gilchrist has picked up 6 dismissals in an innings. Only 4 people other than him have achieved this feat.

Lee to Uthappa, out Caught by Hussey at deep mid wicket!! Two in two balls, walks forward and takes it on the half volley but his struck can't clear Hussey at mid wicket! It's all over for India now!Uthappa c Hussey b Lee 51(46) [4s-4 6s-1]

S Sreesanth, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Six dismissals for Gilchrist today!

Lee to Harbhajan, out Caught by Gilchrist!! slower shorter delivery, Harbhajan who's backed away checks his flat batted shot, takes the top edge and Gilchrist completes the simplest of catches! Harbhajan c Gilchrist b Lee 20(11) [4s-3]

47.3 Lee to Harbhajan, FOUR!!, backs away trying to whip it away, gets an inside edge and past the fielder at short fine leg, he'll take 'em anyway

47.2 Lee to Uthappa, leg byes, 1 run, short delivery, angling in sharply into the batsman, Uthappa backs away and tries hoick it over the leg side, cops a blow in the rib cage and the ball deflects to short third man

Lee's last over went for 18 and he had bowled three no balls in it. This was the first instance when a team got three back to back FREE HITS!!!

47.1 Lee to Harbhajan, 1 run, banged in short, moves outside leg and heaves it to deep mid wicket, all along the turf

Brett Lee is back for a final burst

46.6 Bracken to Harbhajan, 1 run, full toss outside off, flat batted to sweeper cover

46.5 Bracken to Uthappa, 1 run, walks down again and swings hard to mid wicket, the throw is accurate but Bracken fails to collect cleanly

46.4 Bracken to Harbhajan, 1 run, full and wide, Harbhajan angles it down to third man

46.3 Bracken to Uthappa, 1 run, drives it to mid off to bring up his 5th ODI FIFTY!!

46.2 Bracken to Uthappa, FOUR!!, Improvisation! Walks down and across and takes it on the full, paddles it down to fine leg, fine shot!

46.1 Bracken to Uthappa, no run, backs away and tries to club it through the off side, misses!

Nathan Bracken is back into the attack

Stats Buzz:

Australia had scored 40 runs off the last four overs and India here need 41 to tie the game and 42 to win.

Australia were 277/3 at this stage, India are 276/7. The lack of wickets might just make all the difference

45.6 Clark to Harbhajan, 2 runs, walks down too far to get under it, squeezed out to wide mid wicket, they scram through for two, good stuff!

45.5 Clark to Harbhajan, FOUR!!, walks down in a Hayden-esque manner and blasts that down the ground, beats the sprinting Clarke from long on

45.4 Clark to Harbhajan, 5 wides, full down the leg side, difficult chance for Gilly..

45.4 Clark to Harbhajan, 1 run, drives it to long on, Uthappa scampers back for two but a short run's been called! Harbhajan has to dive full length on the other end to get home!

45.3 Clark to Harbhajan, FOUR!!, Shot! short and wide, slapped with awesome power through extra cover, that was smashed!

Incidentally, Harbhajan walked out to a crowd booing him.

45.2 Clark to Uthappa, 1 run, walks down and takes it on the full, swinging this to wide long on, all along the ground

45.1 Clark to Harbhajan, 1 run, clips a fullish delivery and sets off for a non-existent single, a direct hit would have caught him short by a mile!

Asking rate's shot up to 12 now, things looking to difficult. On the bright side, Australia wont get a bonus point