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| Australia destroy India in Kochi |
| Australia handed India a crushing 84-run defeat to earn a 1-0 lead in the seven-match one-day series.
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| INDIA
, 2-October-2007
23:49:47 PM |
| Asked to bat first in Kochi, they amassed a mighty 306-6 and then needed 47.3 overs to bowl out the hosts.
Andrew Symonds hit 87 off 83 balls, but the most impressive innings came from unsung reserve 'keeper Brad Haddin.
Pressed into service after injuries to key batsmen, he hit 87 not out off 69 balls. India lost too many early wickets, Australia catching everything.
But a brilliant Mitchell Johnson delivery sent back Gautam Gambhir cheaply, before Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh played lazy shots, chipping catches to fielders in the inner ring.
When Uthappa stepped across his stumps to be lbw to the immaculate Stuart Clark, the score was 87-4.
Suddenly India had to play risk-free cricket, and the required run rate started going up.
Rahul Dravid (31) looked to push on, but hit a catch off Brad Hogg which Johnson took over his head at deep mid-wicket, standing no more than a few inches off the rope.
Many fans packed into the Nehru Stadium took that as their cue to head for the exits, though 25 overs remained.
They had the right idea, the remainder of the match descending into the sort of sterile contest that has given 50-over cricket a bad name.
Hogg continued to twirl away to earn figures of 3-40, while Clark and Michael Clarke each took two wickets.
Mahendra Dhoni was last man out for 58 in an innings which soaked up 88 deliveries.
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