Symonds smash India
A fiery 122 run partnership between Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Symonds saw Australia crush India by five wickets with 18 overs to spare, in the eleventh match of the VB Series at the WACA ground in Perth.
The fourth wicket partnership between Gilchrist (75) and Symonds (73) pulled Australia out of jail, after the hosts had lost three early canada goose coats on sale wickets to be 37/3 inside six overs.
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He was lucky to be there Umpire Steve Bucknor, who has in this series erred on the side of the bowler, this time gave it to the batsman when he turned down a plumb LBW appeal off the bowler of Lee. The quick, who has been treated harshly by the Indians throughout thisour, finally made amends with figures of 3/22; he had reduced India to 114/6 at the end of 28 overs, when he finished his spell.
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Yuvraj was easily the batsman of the day for India, driving and cutting with an ease that made you wonder what his mates had been fussing about. 19 singles testified to the way Yuvraj kept things moving; five superbly struck fours testified to his class and confidence. Three short of what would have been a well deserved half century, however, the left hander suffered a lapse in concentration, flinging his bat at a harmless seamer from Symonds and nicking it to Gilchrist.
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