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Australia A vs SA A, 5th Match at Chennai, Aug 12 2015 - Match Result

RESULT
5th Match, Chennai, August 12, 2015, India A Team Triangular Series
(37.1/50 ov, T:273) 164

Australia A won by 108 runs

matthew-wade
Player Of The Match
130 (106)
Match centre Comms :  Karthik Krishnaswamy
Scorecard summary
Australia A1 Inn
272/10(47.2 overs)
130 (106)
2/45 (8)
South Africa A2 Inn
164/10(37.1 overs)
64 (85)
3/41 (8)
47 (50)
3/48 (9.1)
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4.20pm That's it from all of us. Hope you've enjoyed the game. Do join us for tomorrow's match between India A and South Africa A, and keep sending in your comments. Until then, ta ta!

Matthew Wade: "Good to win four out of four but it all comes down to the final on Friday and we'll be up for that, ready to go. In any one-day game you want to be batting 50 overs, so myself, should probably have batted a little deeper there, Peter Handscomb through to 50 overs."

Dean Elgar: "It's been tough, off the field. Cricketing-wise, lot of things you can't control. It's been interrupted, with regards to preparation, with the illnesses and so forth." Says they might have to "bowl India out for 10" to qualify for the final.

Nathan Coulter-Nile: "Getting used to the conditions, it's important to reverse the ball here. I just try to hit the top of off - that changes with each pitch, sometimes it can be fuller, sometimes a little shorter."

4.07pm Australia A finish the group stage with a perfect record. Top win for them, set up by an excellent century from Matthew Wade, who looked a class above anyone else in conditions that weren't all that easy for batting. South Africa A fought back with the ball, and looked to be in with a chance of chasing down 273 when Dean Elgar was batting, but the lower order has collapsed quite dramatically. They've been bowled out inside 38 overs. The spinners took three wickets each, but the pick of the bowlers was Nathan Coulter-Nile, who bowled a fabulous spell with the new ball.

37.1
W
Boyce to Zondo, OUT

all over. Goes for a reverse-sweep off a full ball on leg stump, and he ends up getting bowled around his legs

Khaya Zondo b Boyce 47 (50b 3x4 2x6 78m) SR: 94
Over37
1 run, 1 wicket
SA-A 164/9CRR: 4.43  RRR: 8.38
LL Tsotsobe 0 (1b)K Zondo 47 (49b 3x4 2x6)
AC Agar3/41 (8)
36.6
Agar to Tsotsobe, no run

flighted ball outside off, driven to long-off

Tsotsobe is South Africa A's number eleven.

36.5
W
Agar to Hendricks, OUT

tossed up, goes for the sweep from wide outside off, ends up top-edging it high in the air, easy pouch for the backward square leg fielder

Beuran Hendricks c Coulter-Nile b Agar 0 (11b 0x4 0x6 12m) SR: 0
36.4
Agar to Hendricks, no run

a bit more air and he gets forward to drive to mid-off

36.3
Agar to Hendricks, no run

plays back to a fullish ball on off stump, which turns in, rolls into the leg side off the inside edge as he jabs down on it

36.2
Agar to Hendricks, no run

tossed up on off stump, clipped to backward square leg

36.1
1
Agar to Zondo, 1 run

flat, angling into the pads, clipped towards square leg

Over36
9 runs
SA-A 163/8CRR: 4.52  RRR: 7.85
K Zondo 46 (48b 3x4 2x6)BE Hendricks 0 (7b)
CJ Boyce2/48 (9)
35.6
1
Boyce to Zondo, 1 run

straighter on middle, Zondo gets down and plays the conventional sweep to fine leg

35.5
Boyce to Zondo, no run

very quick, 109 kph, fired in outside off. Zondo tries to play late down to third man but misses

35.4
Boyce to Zondo, no run

looks to go over the top again but misses. Lots of flight and bounce. There is an appeal for a stumping but Zondo keeps his footing in the crease.

35.3
4
Boyce to Zondo, FOUR runs

great stroke once more. Gets down very early and finds the gap between short third man and point off the reverse sweep.

35.2
4b
Boyce to Zondo, 4 byes

Zondo comes forward and misses the expansive stroke down the pitch. Gets extra bounce which flies past the keeper's nose.

35.1
Boyce to Zondo, no run

81 kph, fuller and outside off, flat-batted to cover off the front foot

Over35
5 runs
SA-A 154/8CRR: 4.40  RRR: 7.93
BE Hendricks 0 (7b)K Zondo 41 (42b 2x4 2x6)
AC Agar2/40 (7)
34.6
Agar to Hendricks, no run

a bit of flight outside off, Beuran comes forward and pushes to mid-off

34.5
Agar to Hendricks, no run

harmlessly patted off the back foot to short fine leg

34.4
1
Agar to Zondo, 1 run

good sweep once more, Zondo gets down and sweeps the flighted delivery towards square leg

34.3
Agar to Zondo, no run

strays down the leg side, clips Zondo's pads on the way to the keeper

34.2
Agar to Zondo, no run

gets down to play the reverse sweep this time too. Zondo connects but straight to short third man

34.1
4
Agar to Zondo, FOUR runs

81 kph, great execution of the reverse sweep. Zondo gets down early and plays the flighted delivery late, gets it down to the third man boundary

Over34
1 run
SA-A 149/8CRR: 4.38  RRR: 7.75
BE Hendricks 0 (5b)K Zondo 36 (38b 1x4 2x6)
CJ Boyce2/43 (8)
33.6
Boyce to Hendricks, no run

pushed through flatter and quicker, Beuran goes on the back foot to try to cut but fails to connect

Match details
TossAustralia A, elected to bat first
Season2015
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)09.00 start, First Session 09.00-12.30 Interval 12.30-13.15, Second Session 13.15-16.45
Match days12 August 2015 - day (50-over match)
TV Umpire
Match Referee
PointsAustralia A 5, South Africa A 0