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India 'A' beat Aussies by five wickets

Splendid bowling by Sridaran Sriram and Mohammad Kaif's brave knock on a dicey wicket enabled the India 'A' team beat Australia 'A' by five wickets in the second Moov AXN America Challenge in Los Angeles yesterday.

The Australians had won the first match of the five-match series by 77 runs.

For the second successive day heavy fog delayed the scheduled 8 am start. Australia 'A' failed to come to terms with a difficult, wet wicket and some intelligent spin bowling by left arm spinner Sriram, who bagged four wickets for 23 runs from six overs, and were dismissed for 129 in 35 overs, in a match reduced to 42 overs per side.

India achieved its target with 11.5 overs to spare, thanks to a fighting knock by 19-year-old right hand bat Kaif, who top-scored with 38 runs.

The result levelled the series at 1-1, with the remaining matches to be played on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday.

Scoreboard

Australia 'A'
R Campbell c and b Ganesh 0
A Gilchrist c Laxman b Ganesh 6
M Di Vento c Ganesh b Harbhajan Singh 20
C J Richards c Dighe b Sriram 22
B Hodge st Dighe b Sriram 2
D Martyn lbw Nehra 21
S Lee c Dighe b Nehra 12
B Young b Sriram 6
B Creevey b Harbhajan Singh 6
B Lee b Sriram 5
G Denton not out 1
Extras (6b, 4lb, 17w, 1nb): 28
Total: 129
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-13, 3-52, 4-57, 5-74, 6-97, 7-111, 8-118, 9-126, 10-129.
Bowling: D Ganesh 5-0-12-2 (3w), A Nehra 9-0-30-2 (7w), D Bundela 2-0-13-0 (2w 1nb), Harbhajan Singh 8-0-14-2, V Bhardwaj 2-0-14-0 (4w), S Sriram 6-0-23-4 (1w), V Shewag 3-0-13-0.

India A:
D Gandhi c Gilchrist b Denton 5
S Sriram run out 0
V Laxman c Martyn b Denton 3
M Kaif lbw B Lee 38
S Dighe c Young b Creevey 10
V Bhardwaj not out 28
V Shewag not out 12
Extras: (11lb, 18w, 8nb) 37
Total (for five wickets: 133
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-19, 3-38, 4-63, 5-115.
Bowling: B Lee 9-2-26-1 (3w 3nb), G Denton 7-0-30-2 (7w 2nb), B Creevey 6-1-15-1 (2w 3nb), S Lee 4.1-0-17-0 (2w), B Young 4-0-34-0 (4w). Overs: 30.1.
India A won by 5 wickets.