outside off and Hopes drives it up to Chawla at mid-on who takes the catch calmly and India win!
Australia vs India, 2nd Final at Brisbane, Mar 04 2008 - Match Result
Hopes is disconsolate, India love it, Ishant Sharma, injured for this match, runs on to join in the celebrations. So, India take the CB Series after winning the finals 2-0. Yet again Australia head into the finals on top of the table and lose 2-0, England - who had a woeful tournament - did that to them last year.
So, Gilchrist's last match couldn't end in success and Hogg, not picked for this game, has also ended his international career it has been confirmed, with Australia not progressing to Adelaide and a third final. Gilchrist is all smiles as he takes some hugs from his colleagues.
Harbhajan loves it, watch out for the pics on this website and in the papers tomorrow, grabbing a stump and celebrating hard and harder with pure joy in his eyes.
Praveen Kumar is the Man of the Match for his four wickets and he looks a bit embarrassed, all beams he has to be taken on to the stage by his captain, Dhoni, a touching moment. He takes the cheque and runs back off the stage, grinning, still embarrassed.
Nathan Bracken is a deserved Man of the Series, he's bowled really well throughout. "India played well, congratulations to them, they outplayed us."
Brad Hogg now comes up on to the stage. He gets a trophy for his contributions to cricket. On whether he wished he'd played today: "I've spent a few games as 12th man. It's a privilege to be here and represent Australia. I'd have loved to have been going to Adelaide, I might have got a game, that's the way it goes. I've loved every minute of it, it's been a childhood dream. I'm still pinching myself."
And now it's Adam Gilchrist to the stage. He gets a mysterious box instead of a trophy. "It's been going on a bit too long, all these thankyous, so I'll keep it short. Thanks to India, thanks to my family friends and the many, many fans around the world. To Ricky and the team, it's just been magic."
Ricky Ponting comes up to accept the replica stump for coming second. There are cheers and boos and it's all a little odd. "It is two years in a row now. All credit has to go to the Indian team, the way they've played over the last week and deserve to go home with the trophy.
"No excuses, we've lost three games in a row. Our level of cricket over the last week has dropped off. That's disappointing and we did the same thing last year, so we may have to have a look at the way we go about these things."
Here's Mahendra Singh Dhoni now and he too takes a stump for winning. "It's the toughest conditions out here. The way we improved our batting and backing each other was an important point. The way Sachin started the last few matches was at the right time. It's really good to have a team that's performing.
"It doesn't get better than this, beating the top side in the world."
The India team have now come on stage and are holding up a huge trophy above their heads, and blue and yellow confetti rains down.
Well, thanks very much for joining us throughout this series, it looks like India will be celebrating long into the night. Good night.
Ten from three balls needed, then
swinging yorker dug out to long-off and some good running there has them home
Good stuff from the young fielder who held his nerve. Australia will be relieved that Hopes will be on strike as they crossed
full delivery comes in slow on off, Bracken swipes it up to midwicket where a pedalling Chawla runs over and takes it over his head at the second grasp
Bracken to face, then
a big drive, and an outside edge loops over wide to a very wide third man, around very deep backward point
Irfan to have the privilege. Australia need this, remember, to stay alive. Hopes pulls out as Irfan runs in, so he will have to charge up again
Last over now, here's a huge task for the bowler. "It could be a field day for journalists tomorrow with this name Hopes, couldn't it," says Ebony Rainford-Brent
full toss, driven out hard to mid-off to take the strike
Don't write Australia off just yet
short ball outside off and Hopes scythes a full-blooded pull up and over long-on, wide of it, that travelled flat and hard for a maximum
outside off, very well bowled slower ball, the batsman looking to hockey-style sweep it standing up from outside off, a good legbreak there
Sreesanth comes charging in and then pulls out of his run-up
on middle, driven out to mid-on for a quick single
Bracken to face the music now
No replays required this time
got him! A big edge through to Dhoni off the back foot, Sreesanth gets another wicket in similar fashion, a short ball way outside off, Johnson goes for the huge pull to midwicket and the under edge slicks through to the keeper
full ball on off, driven out straight to long-off and it was hit so hard they can only take the single
Sreesanth back on now
full toss on the legs, swept round out to deep backward square leg
outside off, Hopes goes to drive to the covers and gets the inside edge which goes past Dhoni
dipping full toss on leg, tucked out in front of square to bring Hopes back on strike
pushes it on off, and turned out square for a quick two
well bowled up there on off, Johnson gets right behind the ball and defends forward
round the wicket and Johnson flashes away from the body, a huge edge goes wide of the keeper and the ball runs on
Harbhajan now, Hopes would like to be back on strike but it's Johnson first up
Big three ocvers coming up now, then
comes outside off and booms hard towards the covers, but misses the ball and that rounds off another impressive spell from the composed Praveen
outside off, curled in an attempted yorker, Johnson inside edges back out square
So tense still, three wickets left. Here's Johnson, and Praveen coming round the wicket
cleans him up this time with the slower one, Lee going for the huge pull across the line and the ball crashes on to the sticks
rolls it in at 132.3kph, the batsman tries to cut out off the back foot to point
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | |
Toss | India, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2007/08 |
Player Of The Match | |
Player Of The Series | |
Series result | India won the best-of-3-finals 2-0 |
Match number | ODI no. 2689 |
Hours of play (local time) | 13.15 start, First Session 13.15-16.45 Interval 16.45-17.30, Second Session 17.30-21.00 |
Match days | 4 March 2008 - daynight (50-over match) |
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