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Indians vs WA XI, Tour Match at Perth, , Jan 09 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
Tour Match (D/N), Perth, January 09, 2016, India tour of Australia
(49.2/50 ov, T:250) 185

Indians won by 64 runs

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That's all we've got for you today from Perth. Do join us for the series opener from the same venue on January 12. Until then, it's goodbye from all of us here at the commentary desk. Cheers

Another walk in the park for the Indians. They may have felt a little short-changed with their batting effort, but with the ball and on the field, they have been quite efficient. A couple of catches went down and they bowled a few extras, but largely achieved what they set out to do before the game. Barinder Sran, Rishi Dhawan got a good work out with the new ball, Ashwin-Axar-Jadeja were brilliant in the middle, while Umesh was pacy and generated good bounce. With the bat, Rohit Sharma was the top scorer while Manish Pandey made a vital contribution in the middle. Wonder if that means he pips Gurkeerat for a middle order slot come Tuesday. Only time will tell.

WA XI would feel disappointed with their batting effort, but the experience of facing an international attack should help them going forward. Carder looked solid while he was there, while Morgan chipped in nicely towards the end, but couldn't go for the big hits as wickets kept tumbling at the other end. In terms of a result, this has been one-way traffic all the way, but there were a few moments of cheer for the hosts. James Murihead, who was part of the Australia squad for the World T20 in 2014, gave a good account of himself, as did the other bowlers, who managed to tie down some accomplished Indian batsmen.

49.2
W
Gurkeerat to O'Connor, OUT

nicely tossed up, he looks to fetch the slog from outside off, only manages to get the toe end that lobs high in the air towards long on where Umesh Yadav makes no mistake.

Liam O'Connor c Yadav b Gurkeerat Singh 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
49.1
1
Gurkeerat to Turner, 1 run

short ball on middle and leg, pulled into the vacant spaces at deep midwicket

Gurkeerat to bowl the final over

end of over 492 runs • 1 wicket
WA-XI: 184/9CRR: 3.75 RRR: 66.00
Liam O'Connor0 (1b)
Mark Turner1 (2b)
Axar Patel 8-0-29-2
Rishi Dhawan 7-1-28-2
48.6
Axar Patel to O'Connor, no run

play and a miss, the quicker one outside off again

48.6
1w
Axar Patel to O'Connor, 1 wide

fires it full and wide outside off, perhaps thought the batsman would give him the charge

48.5
W
Axar Patel to Moody, OUT

thumped back down the ground, Axar threw himself himself to his left and pulls off the stunner. Went with one hand and caught it cleanly. Made it look so easy

David Moody c & b Patel 8 (27b 0x4 0x6) SR: 29.62
48.4
Axar Patel to Moody, no run

looks to turn it away, pops to the on side

48.3
Axar Patel to Moody, no run

tries to swing over midwicket, misses, beaten in the air

48.2
1
Axar Patel to Turner, 1 run

worked away down towards fine leg

48.1
Axar Patel to Turner, no run

fired into middle from round the stumps, hit back to the bowler

end of over 483 runs • 1 wicket
WA-XI: 182/8CRR: 3.79 RRR: 34.00
David Moody8 (24b)
Rishi Dhawan 7-1-28-2
Ravindra Jadeja 10-0-38-2
47.6
W
R Dhawan to Morgan, OUT

looked to to over cover, only manage to get the toe-end as Rohit takes the simplest of catches at cover. Generated no power whatsoever behind the stroke. Second wicket for Rishi Dhawan

Jaron Morgan c Sharma b Dhawan 50 (66b 4x4 1x6) SR: 75.75
47.6
1w
R Dhawan to Morgan, 1 wide

another play and a miss, well wide of the batsman though

Ishant Sharma hasn't bowled today because he has had a cut on his index finger. No serious injury

47.5
R Dhawan to Morgan, no run

swing and a miss. Threw the kitchen sink at it, made no connection whatsoever, flew through to Dhoni

47.4
1
R Dhawan to Moody, 1 run

stops on him, this one was in the air briefly, lobs short of point

47.3
R Dhawan to Moody, no run

slower delivery this time, this one keeps low, he plays and misses, bounces through to Dhoni

47.2
R Dhawan to Moody, no run

excellent short ball, he wanted to duck but the ball didn't bounce as high as he expected, took his eye off it and was hit on the side of the helmet. Physio is out to attend to him.

47.1
1
R Dhawan to Morgan, 1 run

flat-batted pull towards deep midwicket, a well-deserved fifty, measured knock this, should give him plenty of confidence

end of over 471 run
WA-XI: 179/7CRR: 3.80 RRR: 23.66
David Moody7 (21b)
Jaron Morgan49 (63b 4x4 1x6)
Ravindra Jadeja 10-0-38-2
Barinder Sran 7-1-22-0
46.6
Jadeja to Moody, no run

worked with the angle to mid-on

46.5
Jadeja to Moody, no run

played back to the bowler

46.4
Jadeja to Moody, no run

plays across the line, hit high on the pad

46.3
Jadeja to Moody, no run

driven with the spin to Rohit at cover

46.2
1
Jadeja to Morgan, 1 run

flicked behind square on the leg side for an easy single

46.1
Jadeja to Morgan, no run

walks across and turns it off his hip to short fine leg

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