Commonwealth Bank Series, 2008 (Australia)

Australia vs India, ODI

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And now the winning captain, Dhoni: "It was the building stage of my team. There were a few doubts if this team can do well in Austalia. The bowlers did well but the way we improved our batting was great. The way Sachin gave us a start was great. It can't get better than this, beating them(Australia) in two finals. With their batting line there were a few concerns with all of them not scoring."

On Praveen Kumar: He looks quite deceptive, he's a bit skiddy, he moves the ball both ways, he's one of the bowlers to look out for in the coming seasons.

Here's Ponting:" All credit to the Indians. Our level of cricket over the last week has dropped off. Thats disappointing. We've stumbled at the last turn again, can't take anything from India again. We've probably played our worst cricket over the last week. There are no excuses for that."

Adam Gilchrist is next, he also played his last international match today. "Thank You very much for this acknowledgement. Its probably going on too long(the farewell). Well done india..they outplayed us. Thanks to my family, and friends, and fans all over the world. And finally, to Ricky and the team and the support staff, it's been a magic ride, its not been a fairytale ending but it's been a fairytale career. Thank you so much."

Brad Hogg says that it was always a great feeling to play for Australia. He had spent a few matches warming the benches in this series but donning the baggy green in itself is a great feeling. He treasures all the moments he has spent with the team both on and off the field.

Bracken: "Unfortunately things didn't turn out the way we wanted them to. Congratulations to India, they played really well."

Nathan Bracken is the Player of the Series. He picked up 21 wickets in 10 games.

Praveen Kumar is the Man of the Match for his superb figures of 4/46.

India win the second final by 9 runs and with it, the CB series.

Pathan to Hopes, out Caught by Chawla!! That's it! Hopes comes down the track and takes it on the full, doesn't middle the swing and it goes to straight to Chawla at widish mid wicket! Hopes c Chawla b Pathan 63(79) [4s-4 6s-1]

49.3 Pathan to Hopes, 2 runs, slightly pitched up on the off, Hopes drives it to long off, pushes for the second and takes it

12 runs needed in 4 balls

Stuart Clark, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Pathan to Bracken, out Caught by Chawla!! touch short of yorker length delivery, Bracken goes back and scoops it out, over mid wicket, Chawla runs back and takes a good catch! Bracken c Chawla b Pathan 1(2)

49.1 Pathan to Hopes, 1 run, yorker length outside off, Hopes reaches for it and digs it down to third man, just a singler

Hopes withdraws at the last moment, some problem with the sight screen

Irfan Pathan to bowl the last over

Who'll be bowling the last over, Pathan or Chawla?

48.6 Sreesanth to Hopes, 1 run, full toss outside off, Hopes drives it to long off, keeps the strike!

14 from 7 balls

48.5 Sreesanth to Hopes, SIX!!, touch short, directed on his chest, Hopes flat pulls it over mid wicket, meaty blow!

48.4 Sreesanth to Hopes, no run, slower delivery, well disguised, Hopes looks to swipe across the line, misses it completely

Sreesanth misses his run up, dead ball called

48.3 Sreesanth to Bracken, 1 run, pitched up and angling in, Bracken goes back and works it to widish mid on

Nathan Bracken, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Sreesanth to Johnson, out Caught by Dhoni!! touch short outside off, Johnson looks to pull it, no foot movement at all, ball takes the edge, Dhoni hold on to it nicely! Johnson c Dhoni b Sreesanth 8(6) [4s-1]

48.1 Sreesanth to Hopes, 1 run, pitched up on the off, Hopes drives it to deep mid off

S Sreesanth is back into the attack

47.6 Harbhajan to Hopes, 1 run, full toss on the pads, Hopes swings his bat, to deep square leg for a single

47.5 Harbhajan to Hopes, no run, makes room to drive, completely misses it, off Dhoni's gloves to short fine leg

47.4 Harbhajan to Johnson, 1 run, flicks it to short fine leg, Tiwary dives to stop

47.3 Harbhajan to Johnson, 2 runs, fuller length on the legs, Johnson clips it to deep mid wicket

47.2 Harbhajan to Johnson, no run, plays it back to the bowler

47.1 Harbhajan to Johnson, FOUR!!, full and wide outside off, Johnson looks to drive, thick edge runs down to third man boundary

46.6 Praveen Kumar to Hopes, no run, yorker length just outside off, Hopes looks to drive, toes it into the ground to Dho

46.5 Praveen Kumar to Johnson, 1 run, yorker length, tries to dig it out, gets an inside edge to midwicket

46.3 Praveen Kumar to Lee, no run, chops it to point

46.2 Praveen Kumar to Hopes, 1 run, turns it to square leg

46.1 Praveen Kumar to Lee, 1 run, drives it straight down the ground

45.6 Harbhajan to Lee, leg byes, 1 run

45.5 Harbhajan to Lee, no run, drives it to cover

45.4 Harbhajan to Hopes, 1 run, swept it to deep mid wicket