Australian Institute of Sport v India Emerging Players - Emerging Players Tournament - Match Recap
In the 6th match of the Emerging player tournament, India Emerging Players beat Australian Institute of Sports by 6 runs, the bout was staged at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Edward-James-McKenzie-Cowan-c55398 Kratzman Oval, Brisbane, on July 27, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, batting first, posted 151 on the board, after good 30-odd innings by three of their batters.
In reply, the Aussies were lackluster in their approach, with only their middle-order batsman, Glen Maxwell, making a half-century as Indian bowlers held their nerves to clinch a thrilling victory.
Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Srikkanth-Anirudha-c90816 took guard for the Men in Blue and looked positive from the outset.
Though, after hitting a cracking boundary, Anirudha went for another, holding out to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Cutting-c1132 for 6.
The captain took over, scoring a sublime looking 30 to stabilize the innings. He was the third wicket to go down at the score of 70, as Glen Maxwell shattered his stumps.
The middle-order clicked, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manoj-Tiwary-c1890 (36), helped the team pass the 150 run-mark.
The batters were impressive, hitting the bowlers for biggies, much to the delight of the watching Indian support.
However, as Tiwari’s wicket fell, the late order failed to take advantage of the last few overs and in trying to up the rate, fell cheaply.
In the end the Indian Youth could not finish their full quota of overs, pershing in 19.3, having made 151 on the board.
Most of the damage for the Kangaroos was done by Cutting, who grabbed a five-wicket haul. He was mostly responsible for the late order collapse, which helped his side to restrict their opponents.
When Australian Institute came out to bat, they were simply dreadful. 5 of the 6 top batters failed to reach the double figure mark, as Indian opening pace attack of Iqbal http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Vinay-Kumar-c2237, doing most of the damage.
It was again left to the heroics of Glen Maxwell to help his side to get out of trouble. He remained the mainstay of the batting line-up, scoring a stupendous 59 off just 23 balls.
His innings was a cherish to watch as his brisk stay at the crease was compiled of 3 boundaries and 7 mammoth sixes.
The hopes of a win faded away when he was caught by skipper Dhawan, off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625.
Seeing the back of Maxwell, Indian bowlers again asserted their authority on the proceedings as they continued to take wickets.
Though there were late cameos from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 Peirson (18), the bowlers held it tight late on to bundle out their opponents on 145 in 19.5 overs.
Indian Emerging Players bowled well with the pick being, Abdullah and Kumar, grabbing 3 scalps each, closely followed by Yadav who took 2 crucial wickets.
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