WC 2011 Quarterfinal Scorecard and Match Facts: India vs Australia

India confirmed the semifinal date with Pakistan with an emphatic revenge against Australians.

Match Facts

Match 44
Captains: Dhoni (Ind) Ponting (Aus)
Toss: Aus
Result: Ind def Aus by 5 wickets
MOM: Yuvraj Singh
6s: 4 (Aus 3, Ind 1)
100: 104 by Ponting
50s: 4 (Aus1, Ind 3)
50 plus partnerships:
70 2nd wkt Haddin and Ponting (Aus)
55 6th wkt Ponting and David Hussey (Aus)
50 2nd wkt Tendulkar and Gambhir (Ind)
74* 6th wkt Yuvraj and Raina (Ind)

Records

India registered 3rd WC victory over AUstralia, after losing 7.
India registered first WC victory against Australia while chasing.
India finished their losing streak of 4 matches at Motera, Ahmedabad.
Ponting scored 6th WC century.
After 5 World Cup, since 1992, WC semifinal won’t feature Australia.
Tendulkar completed 18000 ODI runs.
Yuvraj completed 8000 ODI runs.
Tendulkar scored 20th WC half-century.
Yuvraj scored his 5th WC half-century.
Yuvraj’s 4 half-century in single WC is 2nd highest after Tendulkar’s 50s in 2003.

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)

Watson b Ashwin 25 runs 5 4s
Haddin c Raina b Yuvraj Singh 53 runs 6 4s 1 six
Ponting c Khan b Ashwin 104 runs 7 4s 1 six
Clarke c Khan b Yuvraj Singh 8
Hussey b Khan 3
White c & b Khan 12
David Hussey not out 38 runs 3 4s 1 six
Johnson not out 6
Extras (lb 2, w 9) 11
Total (50 overs) 260/6

Fall of wickets

1-40 (Watson, 9.6 ov), 2-110 (Haddin, 22.5 ov), 3-140 (Clarke, 30.4 ov), 4-150 (M Hussey, 33.3 ov), 5-190 (White, 41.2 ov), 6-245 (Ponting, 48.3 ov)

Bowling

Ashwin 10 ov 52/2
Zaheer Khan 10 ov 53/2
Harbhajan Singh 10 ov 50/0
Munaf Patel 7 ov 44/0
Yuvraj Singh 10 ov 44/2
Tendulkar 2 ov 9/0
Kohli 1 ov 6/0

India innings (target: 261 runs from 50 overs)

Sehwag c M Hussey b Watson 15 runs 2 4s
Tendulkar c Haddin b Tait 53 runs 7 4s
Gambhir run out 50 runs 2 4s
Kohli c Clarke b D Hussey 24 runs 1 four
Yuvraj Singh not out 57 runs 8 4s
Dhoni c Clarke b Lee 7 runs 1 four
Raina not out 34 runs 2 4s 1 six
Extras (lb 3, w 16, nb 2) 21
Total (47.4 overs) 261/5

Fall of wickets

1-44 (Sehwag, 8.1 ov), 2-94 (Tendulkar, 18.1 ov), 3-143 (Kohli, 28.3 ov), 4-168 (Gambhir, 33.2 ov), 5-187 (Dhoni, 37.3 ov)

Bowling

Brett Lee 8.4 ov 1 maiden 45/1
Tait 7 ov 52/1
Johnson 8 ov 41/0
Watson 7 ov 37/1
Krejza 9 ov 45/0
Clarke 3 ov 19/0
D Hussey 5 ov 19/1