49.4 -
Mohit Sharma to Johnson, FOUR, full toss and Johnson has smashed that. Johnson sends this over mid-off. This is a great little cameo from Johnson
48.5 -
Shami to Johnson, FOUR, hat-trick of fours for Johnson. Short ball from Shami, Johnson goes for the pull, gets a top edge and it flies over Dhawan at short third man
48.4 -
Shami to Johnson, FOUR, four more! These are handy runs for Australia. Short of a length delivery on the stumps, Johnson backs away, with no one in the deep on the off-side, Johnson slices the cut over extra-cover as the bat turns in his hands, Umesh gives chase, puts in the dive, tries to flick the ball back but it escapes to the boundary
48.3 -
Shami to Johnson, FOUR, first ball and he's swung that away nicely. Full and in the slot, Johnson slogs it wide of mid-on and it runs away for four
47.3 -
Mohit Sharma to Watson, FOUR, short ball, Watson pulls and times it well, gets it in the gap between deep mid-wicket and long-on as well. That really sat up to be hit and Watson didn't miss out
47.1 -
Mohit Sharma to Watson, FOUR, driven nicely and there is no one at deep extra-cover. Full and outside off stump, Watson goes leg-side, concentrates more on timing the ball than swinging hard at it, beats extra-cover and gets four
47.0 -
U Yadav to Haddin, FOUR, Umesh misses the length and Haddin drives it down the ground. Again Haddin exposes the sticks, Umesh goes for the yorker, but misses it by a yard or so, Haddin drives it through mid-on, who was a little square
46.2 -
U Yadav to Faulkner, FOUR, no Umesh, poor ball. Can't bowl full and in the slot to this man at this stage. Faulkner cleared his front leg out of the way and slogged it over wide mid-on. In fact, Umesh is lucky that it didn't go all the way
44.4 -
Shami to Faulkner, FOUR, short ball and Faulkner has smashed that. He pulls off the back foot, in fact the ball hit him high on the bat, but he swung so hard that it had enough legs to beat deep square leg and fine leg
44.3 -
Shami to Faulkner, FOUR, edged and over the keeper. Short and outside off stump, Faulkner goes for the pull, gets a top edge that goes straight back over Dhoni's head
41.1 -
Ravindra Jadeja to Clarke, FOUR, flighted delivery on the off stump, Clarke walks across a bit and flicks it uppishly through mid-wicket
36.5 -
U Yadav to Maxwell, FOUR, backs away, Umesh offers a length ball, looked like the slower ball, Maxwell waits and smashes it back over the bowler's head. The ball came off the base of the bat, but it had enough power to run away
36.2 -
U Yadav to Maxwell, FOUR, good length delivery down the leg-side, Maxwell helps it away nicely and it races to the backward square leg boundary
35.3 -
Shami to Finch, FOUR, friendly short of length delivery down the leg-side, can't bowl there, Finch tickles it fine to fine leg. The ball wins the race despite Umesh putting in a full length dive
34.3 -
U Yadav to Maxwell, FOUR, that's a gift first ball. Fourth time that Umesh has strayed onto the pads in this over. Nothing ball! Length and down the leg-side, Maxwell flicks it behind square on the on-side and Ashwin is not going to stop those running to his left from fine leg
34.0 -
Mohit Sharma to Finch, FOUR, cheeky but highly effective. Mohit Sharma bowls a full toss and Finch has gotten across and paddled it over the short fine fielder, nearly all the way, one bounce over the ropes
33.4 -
Mohit Sharma to S Smith, FOUR, picks the slower delivery and goes over the bowler's head. Sort of flat-batted but got enough elevation to get a boundary. India and Mohit Sharma under pressure. What will they come up with now
33.0 -
Shami to S Smith, FOUR, 100 for Smith! The Indians will be waking up with cold sweat in the middle of the night at the sight of Smith walking out to bat. He has done it all summer to them. Mountain of runs in the Tests. And now in a World Cup semi, he has churned out a 100. What.A.Playaaaa! Magnificent. Gets a shortish ball outside off and pulls behind square, no-one there and it races away. At No. 3 he has got a hundred. Controlled the innings and made it count on the big day. Celebrates by removing the helmet and soaks in all the applause
32.3 -
Shami to S Smith, FOUR, low full toss on the stumps, Smith gets inside the line and clips it past the fielder inside the ring at short fine, needed to hit the gap and did so with ease
30.1 -
Mohit Sharma to S Smith, FOUR, magnificent shot. It was a back of a length on off, Smith unfurled a solid back foot punch that beat mid-on diving to his left. Mohit Sharma closes his eyes as the ball beats the fielder and wears a resigned look on his face
27.0 -
Ravindra Jadeja to S Smith, FOUR, Smith is too good with those wrists. Down the track and in a jiffy he plays an aerial, yet controlled flick over mid-wicket. Knew what he was doing and gives long-on no chance
21.3 -
Ashwin to Finch, FOUR, he missed out last over against Ashwin, but won't this time. Short and outside off, Finch rocks back and cuts hard, beats backward point and cover-point. No-one sweeping on the off-side and it's an easy boundary
16.5 -
Mohit Sharma to Finch, FOUR, short and wide outside off, sat up to be hit, Finch rocked back and cut the slower delivery hard square of the wicket, once he hit it in the gap, it was always four. Poor bowling from Mohit Sharma, too many cutters
15.2 -
Ravindra Jadeja to Finch, FOUR, Finch nods at what Smith has to say after smoking it through cover. Width was there and he smashed it past the diving short cover. Sweeper didn't even move
12.1 -
Mohit Sharma to Finch, FOUR, India aren't learning. Another attempted short delivery, Finch swivels and pulls hard, down too, there was a dive from the deep mid-wicket fielder, but the ball had too much gas and beat him easily
11.4 -
Kohli to S Smith, FOUR, Smith is being gifted with easy short balls and he is encashing them. Waist high short delivery, Smith needed to hit the gap and does that with a pull wide of deep mid-wicket
9.5 -
U Yadav to S Smith, FOUR, a carbon copy of the previous shot. Similar delivery, around the same height, similar shot and similar result. Yadav needs to dig it in much shorter and get it rise near the chest/face area of Smith. Or else Smith will cash in all day. That's 16 off the over - all in boundaries
9.4 -
U Yadav to S Smith, FOUR, the new one works well alright. Cracking pull from Smith. It was short and on the stumps, Smith swivel-pulled to the right of square leg. The ball didn't rise and that made Smith's job easier. Third boundary of the over
9.2 -
U Yadav to S Smith, FOUR, that is well played. Short outside off, Smith controlled the pull and got it wide of mid-on, no chance for the chasing fielder as the ball races away. Smith swivelled on the shot and got into position very quickly to play that
9.1 -
U Yadav to S Smith, FOUR, was in the air, but wide of the man at point. Jadeja running from point could've done some serious damage to himself as he dived head-first into the ad-boards. Ashwin from third man didn't get there and wore a shocked expression on seeing Jadeja go in so hard at full pelt. Luckily no damage done to Jadeja as he gets up quickly. Smith cutting hard in the air and getting lucky
4.1 -
Shami to Finch, FOUR, very full from Shami and Finch just relied on timing that time. Got forward and showed the full face of the bat, gets it past the stumps at the other end and the ball races away
3.4 -
U Yadav to S Smith, FOUR, that's a magnificent shot. The feet didn't move that well, but look at the timing on that. The full face of the bat shown and he has timed the drive past a very short mid-off, beating the fielder to his right. Fantastic off-drive from Smith
1.1 -
U Yadav to Warner, FOUR, lovely shot. Just a forward punch from Warner and it beat mid-off to his left. Got forward and offered the full face of the bat, the rich timing did the rest. Yadav a tad guilty of overpitching and being made to pay for it
49.5 -
Mohit Sharma to Johnson, SIX, take a bow Mitchell Johnson! He comes and scores 26 runs off just 8 balls and we have one more ball to go. The back of the hand slower ball sits up nicely to be hit, Johnson waits on the back foot and pulls it powerfully for a flat six over mid-wicket
45.1 -
Ravindra Jadeja to Faulkner, SIX, oh that's a powerful blow from Faulkner. Round-armish flatter ball, Faulkner gets down on one knee and slog-sweeps it very hard, it goes flat and just clears the deep mid-wicket boundary
44.0 -
Ashwin to Watson, SIX, he's connected this very well, much needed strike for Australia! Again Watson takes a step forward, Ashwin bowls a flighted delivery on the stumps, Watson slogs it across the line, times it well and clears deep mid-wicket
36.3 -
U Yadav to Maxwell, SIX, he's muscled that! That was right in the slot for Maxwell and he didn't miss out. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Maxwell slogs it high over deep mid-wicket
33.1 -
Mohit Sharma to Finch, SIX, that is an amazing shot. It was short and bouncing, Finch had made room and was on the hop, but he reached out and slapped a cut over sweeper cover. That is tremendous bat-speed generated and brilliant timing. The ball has all the legs to go all the way
32.5 -
Shami to S Smith, SIX, first ugly shot that Smith has attempted today - if I may call it that - on a good length and outside off, Smith cleared his front leg and smoked it over wide long-on. The third umpire has a look and the ball has crossed the ad-cushions on the full. Agricultural but effective
24.4 -
Ravindra Jadeja to S Smith, SIX, that is an exceptional stroke. It wasn't short. It was on a back of a length, but Smith went back in a flash and pulled it over deep mid-wicket. Flat hit and went all the way. Terrific batting from Smith
2.0 -
U Yadav to Warner, SIX, Warner wants to make a statement early on and he does so here. It was slightly short and outside off, Warner lifted one leg up in the air and pulled it hard over deep square leg, just about carried over the ad-cushions. The extra pace of Yadav proving to be productive for Warner
47.5 -
Mohit Sharma to Watson, out Caught by Rahane!! The back of the hand slower ball from Mohit Sharma, Watson picks it, backs away, waits and slogs, but hits it straight to deep backward square leg. Watson is disappointed as he walks back. Australia would have wanted him to bat through. Watson c Rahane b Mohit Sharma 28(30) [4s-2 6s-1]
46.3 -
U Yadav to Faulkner, out Bowled!! Knocked him over. Oh he's bowled him with a length ball. Faulkner would have normally sent that out of the park, but maybe the ball swung back in very late and foxed the batsman. Faulkner was aiming mid-wicket, but missed and the ball rattled into middle and leg. Fourth wicket for Umesh Yadav. Faulkner b U Yadav 21(12) [4s-3 6s-1]
42.1 -
Mohit Sharma to Clarke, out Caught by Rohit!! Pulls and straight down the throat of the fielder at mid-wicket. Careful, Australia! Short ball from Mohit, was there to be hit, Clarke goes on the back foot to pull, but doesn't get the timing right. Rohit hardly had to move an inch and he throws the ball up in the air in joy after completing the catch. In fact, he just jumped a bit before taking the catch. Clarke c Rohit b Mohit Sharma 10(12) [4s-1]
38.2 -
U Yadav to Finch, out Caught by Dhawan!! This is a good phase of play for India. Umesh bowls a short ball, it gets big on Finch, who was on the back foot to pull. The ball hits him high on the bat and balloons up in the air, short mid-wicket moves to his left and jumps and grabs it with both hands. Dhawan timed his jump to perfection. Australia wanted a set batsman to carry on, but Finch has thrown it away. Anyway, a fine knock from him. He struggled at the start, but did well to fight it out. By the way, that is wicket number three for Umesh. Finch c Dhawan b U Yadav 81(116) [4s-7 6s-1]
37.3 -
Ashwin to Maxwell, out Caught by Rahane!! Oh he's hit that straight to the fielder. Minus some 20-30 runs from the final total Australia. Actually, not a wicket taking ball, but Ashwin and India will take it. Flatter ball on the leg stump, Maxwell slog-sweeps, doesn't bother to keep it down and picks out Jinks to perfection at deep backward square leg. No celebrations from Ashwin, just walks to Rohit Sharma and joins the huddle. Maxwell c Rahane b Ashwin 23(14) [4s-3 6s-1]
34.1 -
U Yadav to S Smith, out Caught by Rohit!! Umesh strikes and a much needed wicket for India. Dug in short on the stumps, Smith made room for the big pull, but spliced it, Rohit at deep mid-wicket settled under the skier and took it easily. Smith walks off waving his bat to all corners of the ground. This has been a special innings, will be even more special at the end of the match if his side emerge victorious. S Smith c Rohit b U Yadav 105(93) [4s-11 6s-2]
3.1 -
U Yadav to Warner, out Caught by Kohli!! Big, big moment. Warner is gone. Warner too early into the flick and the leading edge goes straight up in the air. A dolly to mid-off and Yadav roars away in delight. Not as ferociously as Steyn against Sri Lanka, but a good attempt nevertheless. India's army at the SCG go wild too. Warner c Kohli b U Yadav 12(7) [4s-1 6s-1]