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Tour News - Southern Stars India Tour 2004

Australia won the 7 match series 4-3. After Australia took a 4-1 lead, India won the remaining 2 matches.

Lisa Keightley was named Player of the Series.

Australia's leading batters:

• Karen Rolton 286 @ 57.20
• Lisa Keightley 192 @ 27.42
• Belinda Clark 179 @ 25.57
• Lisa Sthalekar 152 @ 58.91

Australia's leading bowlers:

• Cathryn Fitzpatrick 9 @ 19.88
• Lisa Keightley 8 @ 8.62
• Lisa Sthalekar 8 @ 23.62
• Clea Smith 5 @ 13.60

Surat - December 22nd - ODI 5  -Aussies take 5th One day game  (from http://www.cricketwoman.net/portal/Article1219.html)

Australia has defeated India by 32 runs in the fifth one-day international at Surat on Wednesday to take an unbeatable 4-1 lead in the seven-match series.

Vapi (Gujarat), Dec. 19 (PTI): Allrounder Lisa Keightley (80) and vice captain Karen Rolton (52) starred in Australia's eight-wicket win over Indian eves in the fourth One-Day International cricket match here today.

Put in to bat, the hosts managed just 170 for seven in their stipulated 50 overs with Jaya Sharma (43) and Anjum Chopra (26) being the main contributors with the bat.

Keightley had also shone with the ball taking three for 17 and she was well supported by Cathryn Fitzpatrick (2/23). Two useful partnerships, first a 61-run stand for the opening wicket with skipper Belinda Clarke (23) off 16.2 overs and then the match-winning 90-run partnership for the second wicket with Rolton off 23.4 overs, not only gave Keightley the Woman-Of-The-Match award but also helped her team take a comfortable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series.

Brief scores: India 170 for seven in 50 overs (J Sharma 43, A Chopra 26, L Keightley 3/17, C Fitzpatrick 2/23) lost to Australia 173 for two in 44.5 overs (L Keightley 80, K Rolton 52, B Clarke 23).

India have won the 3rd match of the 7 match ODI series after defeating Australia by 6 wickets with 35 balls to spare at Mumbai. Australia leads 2-1.

India won the toss and sent the Australians in, restricting them to 147 all out in the 48th over. Only Australia's top three made double figures - Lisa Keightley 56 off 113, Karen Rolton 40 off 65 and captain Belinda Clark 32 off 65. Australia's last 4 wickets fell for the addition of only 5 runs.

All of India's batters got a start with player of the match Mithali Raj the best with an unbeaten 62 off 71. She received good support from Jaya Sharma (47 off 95).

The wickets were shared - Keightley (taking her 1st wicket for Australia) 1/13 off 4, Lisa Sthalekar 1/19 off 6, Rolton 1/23 off 7 and Julie Hayes 1/24 off 9.

Mysore - December 13th - ODI 2  - Australia 7/172 Defeated India 7/ 171

After winning the toss and elected to field we captured our first wicket in the second over without any score on the board. Clea Smith had Sharma caught by Melanie Jones at mid on. 

Cathryn Fitzpatrick again took control and after finishing her first spell had the figures of 5 overs of 0/1.

That is where the good times finished for a while, with the Indians putting on a 101 run partnership. This was broken when Chopra was out for 43. Caught by Rolton, from the bowling of Shelley Nitschke. (first wicket for Australia).

Lisa Sthalekar picked up the next two wickets (Jain and Raj). Two run outs followed with good work from Julie Hayes and Leonie Coleman. The last wicket saw Fitzpatrick bowl Raphel. 

Sthalekar was the leading wicket taker with 2/36, Fitzpatrick finished with 1/20 Smith 1/21 and Nitschke 1/24.

We started well with a quick fire 42 opening partnership before Lisa Keightley (10) was the first of three run outs. Lisa was quickly followed by Belinda Clark (31) to leave us at 2/47.

Rolton was again partnered with Sthalekar (30) and compiled 61 run partnership to head the ship in the right direction.

Rolton (62 no) then had a succession of partners before fellow South Australian, Nitschke (1) and Rolton got us across the line with 4 balls remaining. Both Fitzpatrick and Hayes had small but important contributions with the bat.

We move to Mumbai for the next international on Thursday.

The warm up one-day international women's cricket match between the visiting Australian team and India 'A' ended in a tie at the Infosys grounds here today.

Winning the toss and electing to bat first, the Australian eves were bowled out for 134 in 47.5 overs. They made a poor start, losing three early wickets for just 27 runs.

Preethi Dimri and Rumeli Dhar were the most successful bowlers for the home team, claiming four wickets for 26 runs and three for 25 runs respectively.

Chasing an easy target, India 'A' began slowly, but soon found themselves in a tight spot at 56 for five. A fine 40-run partnership between Asha Rawat (29 n.o) and Devika Palshikar (19) steadied the innings, before Devika was bowled out by E Twining when the side still needed 18 runs to register a win.

Brief Scores: Australia 134 in 47.5 overs (Belinda Clark 39, A Blackwell 28 n.o, Preethi Dimri 4-26, Rumeli Dhar 3-25) India 'A' 134/8 in 50 overs (Asha Rawat 29 n.o, C Smith 2-23, J Hayes 2-16)

Tour Background - Southern Stars India Tour 2004

Australia leaves for India on Monday 6 December to contest a 7 match ODI series. The tour kicks off with a one day match v India A at Msyore on 9 December before the series itself starts on 11 December also at Mysore.

The 3rd match (13 December) is also played at Mysore before heading to Mumbai (16 December), Vapi (19 December), Ahmedabad (22 December), Aurangabad (24 December) and finishing in Chennai on 28 December.

The first match between the two countries was played on 8/1/78 at Patna during the 2nd World Cup, hosted by India. Australia 8/150 (50) def India 79 (47.2) by 71 runs. [Australia won their 1st WC undefeated with 4 wins from 4 matches]

The next time they met was in the 3rd World Cup in New Zealand in 1982 where they played 3 matches against each other - Australia won all three matches with margins of 153 runs, 4 wickets with 43 balls to spare and 39 runs. [Australia won their 2nd WC undefeated with 12 wins & 1 tie from 13 matches]

A 4 match series was played in India in 1984 (also played 4 tests as part of the same tour) with Australia again winning all matches. The margins were 3 wickets with 11 balls to spare, 27 runs, 5 wickets with 4 balls to spare and 6 wickets with 40 balls to spare.

India didn't participate in the 4th World Cup, hosted by Australia in 1988, and their next match was meant to be a one off in Canberra in January 1991 but it was abandoned without a ball being bowled. A three match test series followed.

The 5th World Cup in 1993, hosted by England, saw Australia defeat India in the round matches by 7 wickets with 129 balls to spare. [Australia finished 3rd with 5 wins & 2 losses from 7 matches]

Two years later, a tri-series involving New Zealand, Australia & India in New Zealand saw India secure their first and only win over Australia. The match was played at Levin: Aus won the toss & batted, scoring 166 (50) - India won by 3 wickets with 13 balls to spare. [India defeated New Zealand in the final of this series]

It took a further two years before Australia could avenge that loss when they defeated India by 19 runs in the semi final of the 6th World Cup (again hosted by India).

Australia defeated India by 51 runs in a round match of the 7th World Cup (New Zealand) in 2000. [Australia finished 2nd with 8 wins & 1 loss from 9 matches]

A quadrangular series between New Zealand, Australia, England & India in New Zealand in February 2003 was the last time these 2 sides met with Australia winning both encounters convincingly - 59 runs & 9 wickets with 132 balls to spare, respectively. [Australia won the series, defeating New Zealand in the final. They played 7 matches for 7 wins]

Australia's leading run getters v India: Jill Kennare (294), Belinda Clark (189), Patricia Dawson (182), Karen Rolton (175), Lindsay Reeler (145) Highest Score by an Australian v India: 98, Jill Kennare @Auckland, 10/1/82 Australia's leading wicket-takers v India: Denise Martin (8), Lyn Fullston (7), Marie Cornish & Cathryn Fitzpatrick (6) Best Bowling by an Australia v India: 3/9, Peta Verco @ Patna, 8/1/78

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