So congratulations Australia for winning the series, despite - as Ponting said - sometimes struggling to find 11 fit men to play. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Ravi Shastri "What we have witnessed here is a first-class performance from Australia." Er, Ravi shouldn't it be List A performance, considering it's an ODI? But we'll move on from making bad jokes.

Losing captain, MS Dhoni Like I said, the first half an hour was important, and the first 15 minutes did all the damage today. They did bowl well. There was swing there, but they exploited it well... The way we lost in Mohali and Nagpur, as a team you don't want to lose like that. But full credit to Australia, they took the games away."

Ricky Ponting "Perhaps the most satisfying series win I have been involved in. To get 11 players on the field has been a challenge in some of the games... Our fielding has been outstanding, in a couple of close games it has been the difference... "

Man of the Match, Doug Bollinger "I am real happy today. It all came together in what has been a fantastic tournament. I just went there and kept things simple... This tour has been a good learning experience, all different kinds of wickets, conditions..."

Hugs all around in the dressing room. Hussey is quite chuffed out in the middle, he has been the most confident batsman in the series, and sees the team through here. They have done really well to win this series. Stay with us for the post-match presentation

41.5

Tendulkar to Voges, FOUR runs

the googly will do, long hop again, pulled away to square-leg boundary, and Australia win 4-2

41.4

Tendulkar to Voges, FOUR runs

another long hop, another legbreak, and this time he has pulled it for four, ever closer to a series win

41.3

Tendulkar to Voges, 2 runs

legbreak, long hop, put away between long-on and midwicket

41.2

Tendulkar to Hussey, 1 run

stays back and turns it around the corner, gets a single

41.1

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Tendulkar to Hussey, no run

offbreak, pitched outside leg, so no chance of lbw

Now Sachin Tendulkar will bowl. Except for Dhoni and Gambhir, everybody has bowled

end of over 413 runs

AUS: 161/4CRR: 3.92 • RRR: 1.11

Michael Hussey34 (60b 2x4)

Adam Voges13 (18b 2x4)

Harbhajan Singh 10-1-23-2

Yuvraj Singh 7-1-29-0

40.6

Harbhajan to Hussey, 1 run

shorter, goes into the crease and gets a single to midwicket

40.5

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Harbhajan to Hussey, no run

full ball, around the off-stump line, and defended into the covers

40.4

Harbhajan to Voges, 1 run

short, turning in, and cut away to wide of point for one

40.3

Harbhajan to Hussey, 1 run

angled into the pads, and turned around the corner for one

40.2

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Harbhajan to Hussey, no run

flighted, around off stump, and defended off the front foot

switches to round the wicket

40.1

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Harbhajan to Hussey, no run

topspinner, Hussey goes deep inside the crease and defends

So just 13 needed now. Except for the period when Jadeja and Harbhajan were bowling, India never really looked like defending this. Then too Watson played a little beauty, attacking every loose deliveries, not letting the spinners dominate. There wasn't much left for the pace bowlers anyway. Harbhajan comes back

end of over 407 runs

AUS: 158/4CRR: 3.95 • RRR: 1.30

Adam Voges12 (17b 2x4)

Michael Hussey32 (55b 2x4)

Yuvraj Singh 7-1-29-0

Suresh Raina 3-0-13-1

39.6

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Yuvraj to Voges, no run

slower now, he gets on the front foot and plays it back to the bowler

39.5

Yuvraj to Voges, FOUR runs

smeared into the pads, he just helps it along its way to square leg boundary

39.4

Yuvraj to Hussey, 1 run

overpitched, on the pads, and driven down to long-on

39.3

Yuvraj to Voges, 1 run

short and flat ball, played back past the bowler

39.2

Yuvraj to Hussey, 1 run

shorter, Hussey stays back and pushes it down to long-off

39.1

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Yuvraj to Hussey, no run

flat and full, defended off the front foot

Yuvraj to bowl now, round the stumps to left-hand batsman

end of over 395 runs

AUS: 151/4CRR: 3.87 • RRR: 1.81

Adam Voges7 (14b 1x4)

Michael Hussey30 (52b 2x4)

Suresh Raina 3-0-13-1

Harbhajan Singh 9-1-20-2

38.6

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Raina to Voges, no run

quicker delivery, just outdie off, stays in the crease and plays it back to Raina

38.5

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Raina to Voges, no run

driven back to Raina at the half-volley

38.4

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Raina to Voges, no run

presses all the way forward and defends

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
SR Watson	caught	49	49
SE Marsh	lbw	6	14
RT Ponting	caught	25	57
CL White	lbw	25	48
MEK Hussey	not out	35	62
AC Voges	not out	23	21
Extras	(b 6, lb 2, w 1)
Total	172(4 wkts; 41.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Kumar	2	0	10	0	5
A Nehra	3	0	21	0	7
MM Patel	4	1	13	1	3.25
RA Jadeja	10	1	36	0	3.6
Harbhajan Singh	10	1	23	2	2.3
Yuvraj Singh	7	1	29	0	4.14
SK Raina	3	0	13	1	4.33
V Sehwag	2	0	8	0	4
SR Tendulkar	0.5	0	11	0	13.2

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	24	Shane Watson	Shaun Marsh
2nd	61	Ricky Ponting	Shane Watson
3rd	5	Ricky Ponting	Cameron White
4th	53	Michael Hussey	Cameron White
5th	29	Michael Hussey	Adam Voges

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