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.
Canada vs Australia, 35th Match, Group A at Bengaluru, Mar 16 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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!
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
back of a length on off stump, played off the back foot into the off side
White gingerly pokes out to the off side
Two slips in place.
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.
short of a length outside off, Ponting opens the face and defends to the off side
Anand: "What are Punter and Pup waiting for to finish the game, Has the TEAM BUS not arrived yet?"
Ponting gets a single as well, cutting a short ball into the covers
too short and wide, Clarke cuts away with the spin through the covers for one more
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.
looped up on middle and leg, Clarke defends off the front foot
over-pitched on off, Clarke drives into the covers for one more
loopy on the pads, Ponting deflects backward of square for one
Baidwan has bowled out, Rao comes on.
back of a length on off stump, solidly defended into the covers as Ponting and Clarke get what little batting practice they can.
too wide down the leg side and called
short again, Ponting quietly taps to the leg side for a single
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"
length ball on off stump, Clarke cuts straight into the ground and into point's hands
short ball, comes on slowly at 128 kph and Ponting controls the pull to deep midwicket
back of a length outside off, Ponting hangs back and defends to the off side
Nish: "@Ahmed: Don't even go there!! He says "Jayasooriyar", "Ranatungarr" and so on for names ending with an A."
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.