- Updates from the match at JSCA Stadium in Ranchi
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Australia notch a solid score to pass 300, but they were on track for more like 350 at one stage. It’s always hard to know what to make of situations like this one. The opening partnership built more than a foundation, it built half the house as well: 193 by the time it was broken. Finch made 93, Khawaja 104 with his first ODI ton.
Maxwell then came in at first drop and was flying, 47 from 31 balls, but was extremely unlucky to be run out by a moment of magic from Jadeja and Dhoni.
50th over: Australia 313-5 (Stoinis 31, Carey 21) A slower ball to start from Bumrah, and was there a tiny top edge from Carey? It bounced through to Dhoni, after the batsman either missed or clipped it. Dot ball, any rate. Carey backs away again and middles the next one for four, cutting. But a single follows, and Stoinis misses a wide yorker, just within the wide line. How many dot balls for him today? He gets a length ball to follow and gets a lot of bat on that one, dragging rather than driving away through cover for four! Finds a way. But can only find the field from the last ball, and takes one more run to close.
Written by Rob Smyth (now) and Geoff Lemon (earlier)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/mar/08/india-v-australia-third-one-day-international-live under the title “Australia set India 314 to win the third one-day international – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
