Finn and Anderson bowl hapless India out for 153
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England's bowler Finn celebrates bowling out India's Patel with team wicket-keeper Buttler during their ODI tri-series cricket match in Brisbane. Photo: Reuters
India produced a spineless batting display as they crumbled against a disciplined England bowling attack led by Steven Finn (5/33) and James Anderson (4/18) to be bundled out for a paltry 153 in their cricket tri-series match here today.
Electing to bat on a bouncy Gabba pitch, India's top five batsmen were back in the dressing room by the 19th over with just 67 on board and they never recovered from there to be all out in just 39.3 overs.
Binny, (44; 55 balls, 3x4, 2x6) was the lone Indian batsman to show some resilience amid some poor shot selection by the rest of the line-up.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (34) and Binny made a valiant effort to revive the innings with a sixth wicket stand of 70 runs but once they were out, the tailenders could do little. Opener Ajinkya Rahana was the only top-order batsman who made a substantial contribution of 33.
For England whose bowlers bowled a stifling line and length with good use of bouncers, Finn took five wickets for 3 runs and he got ample support from Anderson who grabbed four Indian batsmen for 18 runs. Moeen Ali got the remaining one wicket.
Due to India's early dismissal, England started their chase and were placed at 41 for one after six overs at the scheduled break of play, with Ian Bell and James Taylor were the unbeaten batsmen at 28 and 3 respectively.
Binny was the wicket-taker so far having opened the bowling, with Moeen Ali (8) caught at mid-off in the third over.
This was after India had won the toss and elected to bat first once again. They made two changes with Rohit Sharma missing out due to a sore hamstring and Ambati Rayudu coming into the side as his replacement. R Ashwin was also left out for Stuart Binny. England made one change from their opening match against
Australia, with James Anderson coming in for Chris Jordan.
Rahane opened the innings with Shikhar Dhawan (1) who once again did not last long at the crease. At least he was not guilty of a poor shot-making as James Anderson had him caught behind, in the third over, off one that neatly moved away. The fast bowler bowled a stifling opening spell even as Rahane and Ambati Rayudu (23) stayed together long enough to get a start.
Only 36 runs came in the first 10 overs but that did not matter as long as the Indian batsmen made the latter half of the innings count. Instead they decided to throw their wickets away, starting with Rahane who advanced against Finn in the 15th over of the innings, only to lob a simple catch to mid-on.
It opened the floodgates with Virat Kohli (4) trying to run the ball past slips two overs later, but no width from Finn meant that he was caught behind. In the very next over, Suresh Raina (1) foolishly charged Moeen Ali (1/31) and was stumped, comprehensively beaten by his turn and bounce. It got worse with Rayudu getting in the same manner as Kohli, off Finn in the 19th over, as India collapsed to 67/5.
Binny then arrived at the crease and together with skipper Dhoni (34, 61 balls, 1x4) put on the only fruitful partnership of the innings for his team. Together, they batted for 17.1 overs and put on 70 runs for the sixth wicket taking the score past the 100-mark in the 29th over.
It came in good time for India had crossed the 50-mark in only the 13th over after which the batting order had completely collapsed.
England feared that the settled partnership might take the batting powerplay early. That did not happen and when the powerplay was taken as scheduled, Dhoni was dropped by Anderson off his own bowling in the 36th over.
The captain was on 33 then but could not capitalize as Finn struck immediately to remove him in the next over, the batsman caught behind going for a hook shot. He then bowled Akshar Patel (0) first ball, for his first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket, but the hat-trick was avoided by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (5).
Anderson then removed Binny, Kumar and Mohammad Shami (1) in the space of 13 balls to end the miserable Indian innings in the 40th over itself. Stuart Broad (0/33) and Chris Woakes (0/35) were the other bowlers deployed.
Electing to bat on a bouncy Gabba pitch, India's top five batsmen were back in the dressing room by the 19th over with just 67 on board and they never recovered from there to be all out in just 39.3 overs.
Binny, (44; 55 balls, 3x4, 2x6) was the lone Indian batsman to show some resilience amid some poor shot selection by the rest of the line-up.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (34) and Binny made a valiant effort to revive the innings with a sixth wicket stand of 70 runs but once they were out, the tailenders could do little. Opener Ajinkya Rahana was the only top-order batsman who made a substantial contribution of 33.
For England whose bowlers bowled a stifling line and length with good use of bouncers, Finn took five wickets for 3 runs and he got ample support from Anderson who grabbed four Indian batsmen for 18 runs. Moeen Ali got the remaining one wicket.
Due to India's early dismissal, England started their chase and were placed at 41 for one after six overs at the scheduled break of play, with Ian Bell and James Taylor were the unbeaten batsmen at 28 and 3 respectively.
Binny was the wicket-taker so far having opened the bowling, with Moeen Ali (8) caught at mid-off in the third over.
This was after India had won the toss and elected to bat first once again. They made two changes with Rohit Sharma missing out due to a sore hamstring and Ambati Rayudu coming into the side as his replacement. R Ashwin was also left out for Stuart Binny. England made one change from their opening match against
Australia, with James Anderson coming in for Chris Jordan.
Rahane opened the innings with Shikhar Dhawan (1) who once again did not last long at the crease. At least he was not guilty of a poor shot-making as James Anderson had him caught behind, in the third over, off one that neatly moved away. The fast bowler bowled a stifling opening spell even as Rahane and Ambati Rayudu (23) stayed together long enough to get a start.
Only 36 runs came in the first 10 overs but that did not matter as long as the Indian batsmen made the latter half of the innings count. Instead they decided to throw their wickets away, starting with Rahane who advanced against Finn in the 15th over of the innings, only to lob a simple catch to mid-on.
It opened the floodgates with Virat Kohli (4) trying to run the ball past slips two overs later, but no width from Finn meant that he was caught behind. In the very next over, Suresh Raina (1) foolishly charged Moeen Ali (1/31) and was stumped, comprehensively beaten by his turn and bounce. It got worse with Rayudu getting in the same manner as Kohli, off Finn in the 19th over, as India collapsed to 67/5.
Binny then arrived at the crease and together with skipper Dhoni (34, 61 balls, 1x4) put on the only fruitful partnership of the innings for his team. Together, they batted for 17.1 overs and put on 70 runs for the sixth wicket taking the score past the 100-mark in the 29th over.
It came in good time for India had crossed the 50-mark in only the 13th over after which the batting order had completely collapsed.
England feared that the settled partnership might take the batting powerplay early. That did not happen and when the powerplay was taken as scheduled, Dhoni was dropped by Anderson off his own bowling in the 36th over.
The captain was on 33 then but could not capitalize as Finn struck immediately to remove him in the next over, the batsman caught behind going for a hook shot. He then bowled Akshar Patel (0) first ball, for his first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket, but the hat-trick was avoided by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (5).
Anderson then removed Binny, Kumar and Mohammad Shami (1) in the space of 13 balls to end the miserable Indian innings in the 40th over itself. Stuart Broad (0/33) and Chris Woakes (0/35) were the other bowlers deployed.