Tiwary bowls India ‘A’ to win

August 01, 2014 01:24 am | Updated 01:24 am IST - Darwin:

Manoj Tiwary picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in List ‘A’ cricket with his part-time leg-breaks as India ‘A’ thrashed Australia ‘A’ by five wickets in a Quadrangular tournament match, here on Thursday.

Australia’s middle-order crumbled as Tiwary took a career-best five for 34 to bundle out the host for 228 runs.

Rayudu, Jadhav shine Ambati Rayudu (77), Kedar Jadhav (52) and Sanju Samson (49 not out) then made significant contributions with the bat as India ‘A’ overhauled the target with 13 balls to spare.

The two teams will clash again in the final on Saturday by virtue of finishing on top in the round-robin league system.

Host Australia made a solid start after the openers — Marcus Stoinis (58) and Phillip Hughes (58) — put on a 78-run stand.

Spinner Akshar Patel broke the partnership by scalping Stoinis but Peter Nevill (23) provided good support to Hughes.

Things changed dramatically when Tiwary dismissed Nevill in the first ball of the 29th over. Hughes and Nevill had added 48 runs for the second wicket when Tiwary had the latter stumped.

In a fiery spell, Tiwary went on to take took five wickets and in the process reduced Australia ‘A’ from 126 for one to 180 for six.

Tiwary saw the back of rival captain Cameron White (7), Hughes, Tom Cooper (5) and Alex Doolan (16).

Patel was also impressive, taking three wickets for 30 runs in 9.4 overs.

Shaky start India ‘A’s start was shaky as it lost Manan Vohra (9), Robin Uthappa (13) and Tiwary (8) with the scorecard reading 38 for three inside 13 overs.

Rayudu and Jadhav then resurrected the Indian innings with a 101-run stand for the fourth wicket.

Jadhav smashed his way to 52 off 50 balls while Rayudu scored 77 off 112 balls.

When Rayudu departed in the 43rd over, India was just 37 runs away from victory.

Sanju Samson remained unbeaten on 49 and completed the victory in the company of Parveez Rasool who remained not out on 20.

The scores:

Australia ‘A’ 228 in 49.4 overs (Marcus Stoinis 58, Phillip Hughes 58, Manoj Tiwary five for 34) lost to India ‘A’ 231 for five in 47.5 overs (Ambati Rayudu 77, Kedar Jadhav 52, Sanju Samson 49 n.o.).

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