10.5.2010

India

Australia

10.5.2010

India - Australia

2010-05-10 08:53:47

Commentary

70`

Others

With three wins and a draw India now tops the pool after all teams have played 4 matches each

70`

Others

Tushar Khandkar Man of the match

70`

Others

India manages to ward off the remaining tense seconds, and post a win. Its India's victory over Australia in seven years, though it must be said they don't meet often.

69`

Goal

when just 33 second left Mark Paterson scores

69`

Others

Again indirect, after stopping, Mahadik gives to Ravi pal in front at the right side of the circle, he hits blindly, ball rises high and a chance wasted

68`

Penalty Corner

Indian attacks, even as Ravi Pal unable to connect a high ball, India getss another PC

67`

Others

Brent Dancer gets a crack at goal, Sreejesh deflects

65`

Others

Vikas replaced with Arjun Halappa, even as enters breaks a dual attack of Australia

63`

Green Card

Australian Gran Schubert loses cool hard tackle and gets two minutes suspension

63`

Others

India regains the speed now, a couple of attack results, one muffed by Rupinder hitting too high towards the circle

61`

Goal

Tushar and Shivender combine, Shivender sends in from close range, much celebration from Indian side, its obvious

60`

Others

indrect attemts, Mahadik serves in front him, a shot taken, ball very close to goaline, Sardar slow to react, good chance wasted.

59`

Penalty Corner

Tushar shows clean pair of heels, his forehand shot on the goalie, ball bounces, an Australian tackles like tennis ball, concedes India its second PC

58`

Others

Indian attack, whole Australians on the defence, a cross not utilized by the Indian forwards, Aussie overhead pass across the field, but ian Burcher could not receive it

57`

Others

paterson and Mitton mess up a good attack, both fell flat on the circle, unable to hold on to their own speed, shortly Rupinder makes a goaline save

56`

Others

sardar plays a masterly tackle and front pass game, first time in the second half the ball reached the aussie circle, Tushar however could not ran fast enough to intercept the cross

54`

Others

Indian try to reduce the pace, lot of back passes between Vikas, Gurbaj and Mahadik

52`

Penalty Corner

Three shots at goal, first and third Sreejesh blocks, Australians unhappy and indulges in quarrel again, both umpire comes in and makes calm. Uncharacteristic Australian team indulging in cricket type wordy abuses

51`

Green Card

Austra gets a PC, Indian team argues, ravi pal gets a green

50`

Others

Prabodh and Mahadik manages the defence with lot of difficulty, as Australia mounts waves of attack

48`

Others

Sreejesh manages to control the shot of Grant Schubert, still danger not averted, Australia backpasses, and on attack

47`

Others

Australians on the rampages, gets a couple of corners, Indian defence fends off everything, holds on to the slender lead

45`

Others

Umpire gives another PC, even as Sreejesh uses stick and clears, Australians argue it is on his body, demand stroke, both umpires consult, umpire first gives another PC but disallows, meanwhile golie and Australian players almost quarrel. No PC now

44`

Penalty Corner

Grant Schbert takes a cracker of a shot from the centre of the circle, manages to extract a PC

43`

Others

Indian attack, a pass from Gurbaj rolls across the Aussie circle, no Indian to deflect

41`

Others

Indirect, mahadik gives backpass, from acute angle Sardar hits on the goalkeeper, opportunity wasted

40`

Penalty Corner

India gets its first Penalty Corner

37`

Goal

Australia gets its first PC off Chikara and Criello converts, two goals in two minutes

36`

Goal

Trent milton makes amends, takes the ball from right flank to circle, outwits chasing sardar, goal keeper stops the shot, rebound connected

36`

Others

Australian set play, diagonal passes, final pass towards goal, Trent Mitton just misses to deflect a close shave for India

36`

Others

Match about to start, teams back on the field after lemon break

35`

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HALF TIME

34`

Others

Not in the recent memory India goes to the lunch break with three goal advantage against Australia.

34`

Others

India almost and at will holds the ball, dictate the pace, occasional counter attacks that Australia wages are not sharp enough

32`

Goal

Mandeep shows his class, surges with the ball, steers towards right, gives a great cross, which is intercepted by goalie, Tushar from the left bounces on to give India the third goal

30`

Others

sarwanjit Singh replaced, Mandeep occupies at the crucial centre-forward position

30`

Others

Sardar, Gurbaj and Mahadik indulge in back passing themselves, and then left wing picks up, ball inside the circle, Sarwanjit again misses a golden opportunity to put it across, but his blind shot too high to make any dent

29`

Others

Rajpal supplies the ball to Shivender, For Russel intercepts

28`

Others

Indian attack, Ravi Pal's hard hit from right outside of the cicle goes into the cage without touch, India keeps up the momentum of attack.

27`

Others

Gurbaj tackles a ball very high in the sky, Aussie's unhappy it was not considered dangerous by the Ghana umpire

26`

Others

Mandeep Antil taken out Sarwanjit Singh comes in

25`

Others

Vikas surges from the left flank, feeds Rajpal, he fails to trap near the right backline

23`

Others

Indian team does an excellent job of retrieving from a tight situation inside their own circle, Australia could not take shot despite keeping the ball inside the circle for considerable time

21`

Goal

Arjun Halappa, substitute danish help Rajpal to score from the centre of the circle

19`

Others

India was faster and cohesive in the last five minutes, though sloppy inside the circle. Tushar now got a rebound in the left side of the circle and pushed it to the cage to the right of goalie

19`

Goal

Tushar scores

18`

Others

Tushar again inside the circle from right flank, from close range ball supplied to Sarvanjj who fumbles, he misses another sitter as well

17`

Others

Good set play from India, shivender could not control inside the Circle, shortly Tushar surges inside the circle, an Aussie forward dives and clears his goal-bound shot, two attacks in two minutes

15`

Others

another circle penetration from Aussies from left wing, shy of striking, Rupinder clears

14`

Others

Rupinder Pal comes in in place of Amit Prabhakar

13`

Others

India had a couple of hit-ins, ball rolls across the circle, Indian forwards out of position to do anything with these

12`

Others

Vikas Pillay fast, Indian attack, his pass inside the circle rising

11`

Others

Goalie Sreejesh anticipates and stops a mild push

11`

Others

Trent Milton solo, inside the circle, his minus pass from the backline too faster for other forward to trap, a good move goes waste, India survives

Others

Full back Dancer Brent with the ball near the Indian circle, ball inside the circle, Chikara tackles out of danger

Others

Vikas supplies ball to Tushar on the left, whose one-sided fast move intercepted, ball back in the aussies's possession

Others

Rajpal back in the bench, as Shivender Singh comes in

Others

Arjun back passes to Mahadik, who comes upt to 25-yard give to forwards, ball inside circle, trapped by a defender, again Arjun gets near midfield, takes to circle, tackled, forwards inside the circle not alert enough

Others

India lined up three players for substitutions, game held up in midfield play

Others

Australia makes one substitution

Others

Australia almost scored a goal, shot hits the post and bounces out of play

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Aussie attack, Mahadik and Amit clears in their circle

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Match starts

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Both the teams are on the turf, warming up and practicing. India wears the same blue colour Jersey, dazzling one, names written in black

Others

Umpires for the match: Richmond Attipoe from Ghana and Warren McCully of Ireland

Others

Australia rested Timorthy Bates and goalie Ross Meadows

Others

India rested Bharat Chetri and Amit Prabhakar.

Others

INDIAN TEAM

Amit Prabhakar
Rupinder Pal Singh
Arjun Halappa
Prabodh Tirkey
Dhananjay Mahadik
Sardar Singh
Mandeep Antil
Ravi Pal Singh
Sarvanjit Singh
Bharat Chetri (GK)
Gurbaj Singh
Tushar Khandkar
Rajpal Singh(C)
PR Sreejesh (GK)
Vikas Pillay
Shivendra Singh
Danish Mujtaba
Bharat Chikara

Others

AUSTRALIAN TEAM

CIRIELLO CHRISTOPHER
WILSON JASON
FORD RUSSELL
SCHUBERT GRANT
KEMP MALCOLM
GOHDES MATT
BURCHER IAN
DEAVIN TIMOTHY
SWANN MATTHEW
SIMPSON GLENN
BATES TIMOTHY
DANCER BRENT
PATERSON MARK
MITTON TRENT
BAZELEY (GK) GEORGE
GOVERS KIERAN
BROWN KIEL
MEADOWS (GK) ROSS

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