World Cup warm-up match: India vs Australia in Adelaide

A total of 14 warm-up matches will be played from 8 to 13th February in Adelaide, Christchurch, Melbourne and Sydney, giving opportunities to the teams to acclimatize to the conditions and also to get their combinations right. The warm-up match between Australia and India is attracting a huge response and is already a sold out. We're expecting a close match as Australia will look to build on their recent success in the tri-series and India would hope to bounce back.

Australia 268/5 with 10 overs left. Warner looked impressive scoring 104 off 83 balls. Maxwell is carrying on where he left off against England with another rapid-fire 50.

Australia continued their impressive build-up for the forthcoming Cricket World Cup with a crushing 106-run victory over India in Adelaide.

David Warner and Glenn Maxwell made centuries as the hosts made 371 in the day-night match at the Adelaide Oval.

Australia 371 (48.2 ov)
R B 4s 6s
DA Warner b Patel 104 83 14 2
AJ Finch c Kohli b Binny 20 20 4 0
SR Watson c Patel b MM Sharma 22 17 3 0
SPD Smith b Yadav 1 3 0 0
GJ Bailey* c Jadeja b Mohammed Shami 44 66 6 0
GJ Maxwell retired out 122 57 11 8
MR Marsh c Rahane b Yadav 21 26 1 0
MG Johnson c MM Sharma b Mohammed Shami 19 12 4 0
MA Starc c †Dhoni b MM Sharma 0 1 0 0
PJ Cummins b Mohammed Shami 5 8 0 0
XJ Doherty not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 3, nb 3) 13
Bowling O M M R
STR Binny 6 0 41 1
B Kumar 5 0 31 0
Mohammed Shami 9.2 0 83 3
UT Yadav 9 1 52 2
MM Sharma 6 0 62 2
R Ashwin 6 1 29 0
AR Patel 5 0 47 1
RA Jadeja 2 0 19 0
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The tourists could only make 265 in their reply as they were dismissed in 45.1 overs.

The match does not count as a full international as squads of 15 players were used, although only 11 were eligible to bat and field.


Australia, who won the toss and chose to bat, saw Warner blast 104 from 83 balls with the opener hitting 14 boundaries and two sixes.


He departed in the 27th over with the score on 185-4, but Maxwell picked up the mantle and blasted 122 from only 57 balls.

He smashed eight sixes and 11 boundaries before he retired with five overs of the innings remaining.


India, who failed to win a match in the recent Tri-Nations series, had contributions from Shikhar Dhawan (59) and Ajinkya Rahane (66) as they reached 157-2 in the 25th over.

However, they departed in quick succession as the visitors lost four wickets for 16 runs in 28 balls midway through their innings.

There was a late flurry from Ambati Rayudu, who hit four sixes in making 53 from 42 balls, but they were well short of the target.

India 265 (45.1 ov)
R B 4s 6s
RG Sharma c Finch b Hazlewood 8 14 1 0
S Dhawan c Starc b Johnson 59 71 5 0
V Kohli b Starc 18 19 3 0
AM Rahane c Marsh b Cummins 66 52 8 0
SK Raina run out (Warner) 9 13 1 0
AT Rayudu c †Haddin b Hazlewood 53 42 4 4
MS Dhoni*† c Starc b Cummins 0 1 0 0
STR Binny b Johnson 5 13 1 0
RA Jadeja c Warner b Cummins 20 26 2 0
AR Patel not out 5 13 0 0
R Ashwin c Cummins b Starc 1 7 0 0
Extras (lb 3, w 17, nb 1) 21
Bowling O M R W
MA Starc 4.1 0 16 2
MG Johnson 6 0 26 2
JR Hazlewood 6 1 25 2
MR Marsh 6 0 38 0
XJ Doherty 7 0 51 0
GJ Maxwell 4 0 29 0
SR Watson 3 0 21 0
PJ Cummins 6 1 30 3
SPD Smith 3 0 26 0
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The Indians have a final chance to boost confidence before the tournament when they face Afghanistan on Tuesday at the same ground.

The World Cup begins on Saturday with co-hosts Australia facing England on the opening day.

My goodness

Maxwell duly provided it with an innings of power and poise, even if his infatuation with the reverse-sweep saw him try it no fewer than three times in a single over from Axar - two fours followed by a top-edge, and then an orthodox version of the sweep for six over midwicket.

Upon passing 50, Maxwell moved into full destruction mode, clattering the bowlers with something like impunity and rendering MS Dhoni powerless to protect the boundaries. By the time he retired on 122 from 57 deliveries, Maxwell's last 29 balls had reaped 88 runs.

I gave up trying to find a 'clean' stream to watch this ......

Chairman and Cappo need to provide a link to these WC matches if one is to follow

I watched Aus innings on this site pretty good streaming

http://www.smartcric.com

already posted Ketchy

Oooopppss....saaarrry ... ;D

Folks in Toronto : ESPN is carrying the Warm ups on Channel 377 and 378 .


West Indies vs England at 2:30 just now .

Gooooo Wiiinnndddiieess !

Another impressive performance by Australia. India's bowling looked very average at best to me.

[size=2px]Close match? This was nowhere near close mate. Match was already gone when AUS scored more than 300 runs. Indians are not even reaching semi-finals this time around. [/size]