Commonwealth Bank Series, 2011/12 / Points table


Teams
Mat
Won
Lost
Tied
N/R
Pts
Net RR
Australia
7 4 3 0 0 19 +0.553
Sri Lanka
6 3 2 1 0 15 +0.426
India
7 2 4 1 0 10 -0.887

Mahendra Singh Dhoni: Cricket's Mr Finisher

India 6 for 270 (Gambhir 92, Dhoni 44*) hit Australia 8 for 269 (Hussey 72, Forrest 66) by four wickets


India weren’t perfect today. But they beat Australia the hard way. And nothing satisfies a team more than a hard-fought win when it is going through a rut.



A pale-looking MS Dhoni got off to an agonizingly slow start of three runs in 17 balls. But he caught up with the pace at the end, capping off a tight chase for 270 by getting India the 13 wanted in the final over from Clint McKay.


It helped India burst past some glass ceiling – they had never compressed Australia in an ODI in Adelaide, and had never chased more than 242 against the hosts in their country. More highly, the win would take the concentration away from the howls of protest after Sachin Tendulkar was rested today.




Australia Won by five-run victory


Australia 231 (Clarke 57, Mathews 2-37) beat Sri Lanka 226 (Mathews 64, Doherty 2-24) by 5 runs

Innings
Dot balls
4s
6s
Last 10 overs
NB/Wides






Australia
183
22
3
44/4
0/5
Sri Lanka
166
18
1
55/3
0/6






Afridi sets up victory against spirited Afghanistan

Pakistan 198 for 3 (Younis 70, Farhat 52) beat Afghanistan 195 (Sadiq 40, Nabi 37, Afridi 5-36) by seven wickets