Ind(ia)eed, the (Au)st(rali)art wasn’t (Kap)i(dea)l

Defending champions India were the co-hosts (with Pakistan) of the first edition of the tournament to be played outside England. The number of overs a team could play was reduced from 60 to 50.

Bharat made three changes to their playing eleven – Sadanand Viswanath, Arun and Gopal (Shar)made way for One-day International debutant Navjot Singh Sidhu, Kiran More and Roger Binny.

The Aussies made six changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Mike Veletta, the Gregs (Ritchie and Matthews), Dirk Wellham, Tim Zoehrer and Simon Davis made way for Dean Jones, skipper Allan Border, One-day International debutant Tom Moody, Greg Dyer, Peter Taylor and Craig McDermott.

Dev, India’s Kap(il)tain, won the toss and chose to field. Australia’s openers, David Boon and Geoff Marsh, put on 110. The former faced S(hastr)ixty-eight balls, scoring 49. His innings included five boundaries. Ravi trapped him leg before wicket.

Jones, who faced 35 balls, scored 39. His innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes. He was caught by Sidhu. Maninder Singh broke the 64-run stand. Border faced 22 balls, scoring 16. Roger Binny broke the 54-run stand.

Marsh, the player of the match, scored 110 (Ge)off 141 balls. His innings included seven fours and a six. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Manoj broke the fourth-wicket P(rabhak)artnership, which was worth nine.

Moody, who faced 13 balls, scored eight. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Dev. Manoj broke the fifth-wicket P(rabhak)artnership, which was worth 14.

Steve Waugh, who faced 19 balls, scored 17. He was unbeaten. Simon O’Donnell, who faced ten balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven – he was run out.

India conceded 22 extras. The Australians scored 270 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Azharuddin bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 20. Dev, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 41.

Binny, who bowled seven overs, conceded 46 and picked up a scalp. Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 50 and picked up a wicket. Singh, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 48 and picked up a wicket. Prabhakar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47, picking up a couple of scalps.

Sunil Gavaskar faced 32 balls, scoring 37. His innings included six boundaries and a six. He was caught by Reid. Taylor broke the 69-run stand. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced 83, scored 70. His innings included seven boundaries. Waugh trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 62-run stand.

Sidhu, who faced 79 balls, scored 73. His innings included five boundaries and five sixes. McDermott broke the 76-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced 14 balls, scored 10. His innings included a boundary. McDermott broke the 22-run stand.

Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 45 balls, scored 29. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Jones. McDermott broke the three-run partnership.

The sixth-wicket partnership was worth 14. Shastri, who faced 11 balls, scored a dozen. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by McDermott off his own bowling.

Dev, who scored 10 balls, scored six. He was caught by Boon. O’Donnell broke the 10-run stand. More, who faced 14 balls, scored a dozen. His innings included two boundaries. He was unbeaten.

The eighth-wicket pair did not open its account. Binny, who faced three balls, did not get off the mark. He was run out. The ninth-wicket pair put on nine. Prabhakar wasn’t in seventh heaven – he scored five and was run out.

Singh, who faced five balls, scored four. The four-run stand was broken by Waugh. Australia conceded 11 extras. India, who were dismissed for 269 off 49.5 overs, lost the match by a run.

Border, who bowled six wicketless overs, conceded 39. Reid bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 35. Taylor, who bowled five overs, conceded 46 and picked up a wicket.

O’Donnell bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32 and picked up a wicket. Waugh bowled 9.5 overs, conceded 52 and picked up two wickets. McDermott, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 56 and picked up four wickets.