Ball by Ball Commentary & Live Score - AUS vs CAN, 35th Match, Group A

That winds up our coverage for today. On behalf of Abhishek and the rest of the crew, this is Nitin Sundar signing off. Do join us for the Chennai cracker tomorrow, it is England v Windies. Cheers!

Well, it started well for Canada, but Australia gradually took control and cantered home. Here's George Binoy's bulletin telling you how it all happened.

Presentations:

Watson is Man of the Match: "It was nice to come out good in the end and hit a few right out of the middle. Canadians bowled pretty straight, they bowled well with the new ball and the wicket was two paced. It was nice to develop the partnership with Haddin. We have been having a week between some of our games, so nice to get some back to back games now."

Ponting: "Things went not too bad, their top four or five batted really well, but our batsmen were outstanding. We haven't fully been tested yet, we will be by Pakistan in Colombo and we look forward to it. You could say I am due, would have been nice to be not out, but may be I am saving it up for the big games."

Bagai: "The experience has been phenomenal, the young guys will take a lot from this. Our bowlers were fantastic through the tournament, but the batsmen were poor in the first half. Some young guys got self belief out of the World Cup - Hansra, Patel. We came here looking to win, and laid a good platform, but inexperience let us down."

Faisal: "What does it take to beat Australia in the World Cup? ....... "Pakistan". Well, lets hope it is a cracker!

Kamal: "Another one sided in Group A.. Is it a calm before storm considering England would be playing tmrw?"

What does it take to beat Australia in the World Cup? Sigh! They now top the table.

Satish: "Ponting's reflexes are not like before. He should cut back on that pull shot."

That's right Satish. You echoed George Binoy's opinions, he still recalls nightmares from 2003 when Ponting pulverised India with the pull shot.

Phil: "That's why Ponting do not want the Associates to play in the World Cup - he keeps getting out against them." Haha!

34.6

Osinde to White, 1 wide

Osinde denies White the pleasure of hitting the winning run by landing a bouncer in his own half. Bowden signals wide, and that's the end of Canada's World Cup campaign.

34.5

Osinde to White, FOUR runs

White levels the scores with a smooth backfoot cover drive. He waits on the back foot to a short of length ball and punches it cleanly through the cordon

34.4

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Osinde to White, no run

back of a length on off stump, played off the back foot into the off side

34.3

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Osinde to White, no run

White gingerly pokes out to the off side

Two slips in place.

34.2

Osinde to Ponting, OUT

a bad day for Ponting comes to a forgettable end. Hide the TVs, is the joke doing the rounds. His bowlers struggled to bowl out Canada. Steve Smith nearly muffed a catch that was his. And now he's not got the batting practice he wanted. And he's again perished to the short ball. Late on the pull, pops it up to square leg meekly. A catch for Davison now, this is not as bad way to retire.

Ricky Ponting c Davison b Osinde 7 (15b 0x4 0x6 30m) SR: 46.66

34.1

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Osinde to Ponting, no run

short of a length outside off, Ponting opens the face and defends to the off side

Over34

9 runs

AUS 207/2CRR: 6.08 RRR: 0.31

Ricky Ponting 7 (13b)Michael Clarke 16 (17b 3x4)

Balaji Rao0/46 (7)

Anand: "What are Punter and Pup waiting for to finish the game, Has the TEAM BUS not arrived yet?"

33.6

Balaji Rao to Ponting, 1 run

Ponting gets a single as well, cutting a short ball into the covers

33.5

Balaji Rao to Clarke, 1 run

too short and wide, Clarke cuts away with the spin through the covers for one more

33.4

Balaji Rao to Clarke, FOUR runs

top shot from Clarke, skips out like a beaver, gets to the pitch and drives it right back past Rao and all the way to the straight boundary.

33.3

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Balaji Rao to Clarke, no run

looped up on middle and leg, Clarke defends off the front foot

33.2

Balaji Rao to Clarke, 2 runs

over-pitched on off, Clarke drives into the covers for one more

33.1

Balaji Rao to Ponting, 1 run

loopy on the pads, Ponting deflects backward of square for one

Baidwan has bowled out, Rao comes on.

Over33

4 runs

AUS 198/2CRR: 6.00 RRR: 0.82

Michael Clarke 9 (13b 2x4)Ricky Ponting 5 (11b)

Henry Osinde0/48 (9)

32.6

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Osinde to Clarke, no run

back of a length on off stump, solidly defended into the covers as Ponting and Clarke get what little batting practice they can.

32.6

Osinde to Clarke, 1 wide

too wide down the leg side and called

32.5

Osinde to Ponting, 1 run

short again, Ponting quietly taps to the leg side for a single

32.4

Osinde to Clarke, 1 run

short ball ends on the hips, Clarke works it to square leg for one

Rahul: "I can't remember which commentator had trouble saying Ajay Jadeja. Not that he didn't pronounce it properly, but he just couldn't get through it. I think it was Tony Greig."

There were some who called him "Dudd-jeddah"

32.3

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Osinde to Clarke, no run

length ball on off stump, Clarke cuts straight into the ground and into point's hands

32.2

Osinde to Ponting, 1 run

short ball, comes on slowly at 128 kph and Ponting controls the pull to deep midwicket

32.1

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Osinde to Ponting, no run

back of a length outside off, Ponting hangs back and defends to the off side

Over32

1 run

AUS 194/2CRR: 6.06 RRR: 1.00

Michael Clarke 8 (10b 2x4)Ricky Ponting 3 (8b)

Harvir Baidwan1/41 (10)

Nish: "@Ahmed: Don't even go there!! He says "Jayasooriyar", "Ranatungarr" and so on for names ending with an A."

31.6

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Baidwan to Clarke, no run

short of a length on middle and off, defended down the track and that will be drinks. If Watto and Haddin hadn't got out, this game would have ended by now.

Canada vs Australia, 35th Match, Group A at Bengaluru, Mar 16 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary