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India vs Australia at Melbourne

IND vs AUS, match 4, Melbourne: India beats Australia by five wickets

Fast bowler Ishant Sharma took four wickets and Australia was bowled out for 159 runs Sunday as India scored a five-wicket win in a tri-series limited-overs match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
India overcame a mid-innings slump at 102-5 to reach the winning target with 25 balls to spare, beating Australia for only the fifth time in one-day games since the 2003 World Cup final. The win moved India to the top of the tri-series standings. India now has nine points and Australia eight from three games, with Sri Lanka on two points from two matches. Sri Lanka will play India on Tuesday in Canberra.
India looked strong when Sachin Tendulkar was at the crease, but the veteran was out for 44, caught by a diving Brett Lee at mid-off in the 26th over. And when Yuvraj Singh was out in the 29th over, India's seemingly easy run chase began to look challenging. But Rohit Sharma, 39 not out, and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, unbeaten on 17, steered India home.
Earlier Sharma took 4-38 after removing Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting in successive overs to peg down the home side, which had scored quickly at 37-1 after five overs. Shantha Sreesanth took 3-31, benefiting from umpire Rudi Koertzen's dubious decision to give Adam Gilchrist (0) out lbw to a delivery that appeared to get an inside edge in the first over.
Mike Hussey was the leading Australian batsman with 65 not out from 88 balls until he ran out of partners. He gained support from Lee, who made 10 in a stand of 53 which rescued the side from 92-6.

IND vs AUS, match 4, Melbourne: India 160-5 beat Australia 159 by five wickets

India vs Australia at Melbourne

Scores

Australia Innings 159 all out (43.1 overs)

India Innings 160 for 5 (45.5 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gilchrist	lbw	b Sreesanth	0	3	0	0
Hayden	c Dhoni	b Sharma	25	21	5	0
Ponting	c Tendulkar	b Sharma	9	15	0	0
Clarke	c R Sharma	b Pathan	11	27	1	0
Symonds	c Dhoni	b Sharma	14	24	1	0
M Hussey	not out		65	88	4	0
Haddin	st Dhoni	b Harbhajan	5	31	0	0
Lee	c Dhoni	b Pathan	10	35	0	0
Johnson	c Uthappa	b Sreesanth	3	8	0	0
Bracken	c Tendulkar	b Sreesanth	1	9	0	0
Clark	c Dhoni	b Sharma	0	1	0	0
Extras		3nb 9w 1b 3lb	16
Total		all out	159	(43.1 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Sreesanth 9.0 0 31 3 Sharma 9.1 1 38 4 Pathan 8.0 0 26 2 Harbhajan 8.0 2 19 1 Sehwag 5.0 0 24 0 Yuvraj 2.0 0 11 0 Tendulkar 2.0 0 6 0

Fall of wicket   1 Gilchrist 37 Hayden 47 Ponting 64 Clarke 75 Symonds 92 Haddin 145 Lee 151 Johnson 155 Bracken 159 Clark

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Sehwag	lbw	b Bracken	11	19	2	0
Tendulkar	c Lee	b Johnson	44	54	3	0
Pathan	lbw	b Johnson	18	30	2	0
Gambhir	c Clarke	b Lee	21	43	3	0
Yuvraj	c M Hussey	b Clark	3	14	0	0
R Sharma	not out		39	61	2	0
Dhoni	not out		17	54	0	0
Extras		5w 2lb	7
Total		for 5	160	(45.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Lee 9.0 0 42 1 Bracken 10.0 0 35 1 Clark 10.0 1 26 1 Johnson 10.0 1 24 2 Clarke 4.0 0 12 0 Symonds 2.5 0 19 0

Fall of wicket   18 Sehwag 54 Pathan 89 Gambhir 96 Tendulkar 102 Yuvraj

Umpires: R E Koertzen, S J A Taufel
Australia: Gilchrist, Hayden, Ponting, Clarke, Symonds, M Hussey, Haddin, Lee, Bracken, Clark, Johnson
India: Sehwag, Tendulkar, Gambhir, R Sharma, Yuvraj, Uthappa, Dhoni, Pathan, Harbhajan, Sreesanth, Sharma

India vs Australia at Melbourne

Venue

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in inner Melbourne, home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG is within walking distance of the city centre, and is serviced by Richmond and Jolimont train stations.
Internationally, the MCG is remembered as the centrepiece stadium of the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The open-air stadium is also one of the world's most famous cricket venues, with the well-attended Boxing Day test match commencing on Boxing Day every year. Throughout the winter, it serves as the home of Australian rules football, with at least one game held there each round. In late September, the AFL Grand Final fills the stadium to capacity.