low full toss outside the off stump and he scoops it to wide long-off
Australia vs India, 1st T20I at Sydney, Feb 01 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Time for the presentation. Wade if the Man of the Match: "Mickey Arthur told me yesterday that I would be opening. No point competing with Warner, he's the best hitter in the game. The spinners really took the game away from India."
Dhoni: "There is a tomorrow. Wade batted really well. We could not capitalise. We thought it would rain in the second innings in Melbourne."
Bailey: "I didn't know you get a trophy after every game. Our fielding and bowling was outstanding. There's a great feeling around Australian cricket at the moment."
The teams head to Melbourne for the second and final T20, on Friday. We'll see you then. Thanks for your company. Cheers!
End of match: So Australia, under their new captain, can celebrate this win with that bottle of Irish cream. Same old story for India. Positives? They didn't get bowled out for a change. This was their lowest margin of defeat.
Jokes aside, Australia were relentless in the field. They took their catches and barely let anything slip between them. Dhoni looked dangerous with some of those shots he played down the ground but he needed to dent Australia's psyche with successive boundaries, just to make things interesting.
The presentation should happen any time soon. Matthew Wade's Australia's biggest positive from this game.
on the blockhole and he squirts it out to mid-on
tries to paddle it to fine leg and misses
squeezes out a yorker back to the bowler
low full toss and he forces it to long-off
makes room and he pushes it to long-on
carbon copy of Dhoni's six to seal the World Cup, different scenario now, over long-on
it's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a bat! It was always going to happen, Dhoni swings like there's no tomorrow and the bat lands somewhere near square leg, Lee was appealing for a caught behind but everybody was only gazing at the wooden flying machine
swings him to midwicket with one arm, sends Ashwin back and Lee breaks the stumps but he failed to gather the ball
Lee bowls to first slip again, funny old game for Lee
on the blockhole outside off and Dhoni swings again, it flies off the toe of the bat down to long-off and he swivels at the crease with the momentum
on the blockhole outside the off stump and Dhoni swings and misses, it's a wonder how the bat didn't fly away
full delivery on the off stump and he squeezes it out to mid-on
Anyone betting on a miracle?
full and straight and he takes a single to long-on, end of a very good over
full and wide outside the off stump and he chases it and places it to sweeper cover
low full toss and he pushes it down the track to long-on
sprays it full and wide and he reaches out and squirts it out to the off side
comes down the track and forces a single to long-on
comes down the track and he checks his shot and plays it softly