March 16th, 2011 : Today was a match between Australia vs Canada in the ICC World Cup 2011. This was the 35 match of the league. The match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore,. Team Canada won he toss and elected to bat. Hiral Patel scored a fine 54. John Davison davidson made 14 runs. Zubain Surkari bowled out at 34 by Shaun Tait. At 150 for three in the 29th over, Canada would have harboured outside hopes of a big score, if not an upset but Shaun Tait and Brett Lee pulled the Canadians back with a combination fine full-length and short-pitch bowling in the middle overs. Team captain Ashish Bagai departed at 39 runs. With new man Jimmy Hansra at the crease, Aussie spinner Jason Krejza got an opportunity to open his account and he got what he wanted. He removed Hansra in the very next over post Bagai’s dismissal. And Canada were reduced to 157/4 in 30 overs. Other players of canadian team falled like cards. The disciplined Australian bowling display restricted Canada to a paltry score of 211 in their World Cup Group A match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday.
Match Notes
Toss – Canada won the toss and elected to Bat.
Innings Break – 211/10 in 45.4 overs.
Result – Australia beat Canada by 7 wickets.
Shane Watson and Brad Haddin of the Australian Innings started very slowly keeping in mind that the target was not a heavy hitting. The inning progressed and both of them scored 183 runs for the first wicket where Haddin departed at 88 runs in 84 balls. Shane Watson scored 94 runs in 90 balls and returned to pavilion in the 30th over of the match. Chasing 212, Australia reached home in the 35th over with Michael Clarke and Cameron White at the crease as Australia beat Canada by 7 wickets in their World Cup Group A mach at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday.
