{"id":921892,"date":"2026-10-09T13:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/921892\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:48:17","slug":"cricket-2026-australia-a-vs-india-a-odi-series-sam-konstas-spencer-johnson-nathan-mcsweeney-scores-highlights-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/921892\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket 2026: Australia A vs India A, ODI series, Sam Konstas, Spencer Johnson, Nathan McSweeney, scores, highlights, news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia A has secured the ODI series against India A, cruising to a 69-run victory in the second match of the three-game series.<\/p>\n<p>With plenty of eyes on the next wave of Australian talent, it was Sam Konstas, Nathan McSweeney and Spencer Johnson who impressed for the Aussies.<\/p>\n<p>Australia won the toss and elected to bat first, finishing with 275 after being bowled out.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791553697_63_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Watch Australia\u2019s Tour of South Africa Live &amp; Exclusive on Fox Cricket, <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/cricket?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">available on Kayo Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Konstas led the way with 67 runs from 88 balls, with his knock including seven fours and one six.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Philippe was also strong with 58 from 58 balls, while captain McSweeney added 32 from 39 deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>With Australia already holding a 1-0 lead in the series, India needed 276 to keep the series alive.<\/p>\n<p>But the Aussie attack was too strong.<\/p>\n<p>Australia A has secured the ODI series against India A with a dominant 69-run victory.Source: AFP<\/p>\n<p>Three wickets fell inside the opening nine overs before Rajat Patidar entered the crease and gave India some hope with 67 runs from 82 balls.<\/p>\n<p>His knock wouldn\u2019t be enough though, with Australia ripping through the Indian tail in the closing stages of the innings.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson led the way with the ball, finishing with figures of 3\/35, while Riley Meredith and Tanveer Sangha collected two wickets each.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:<\/p>\n<p>AUS V SA LIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/cricket\/well-and-truly-on-top-cummins-message-for-confident-aussies-as-lastgasp-call-looms-live\/news-story\/7cfab146f0149f9707363f74997fec64\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Aussies reeling after fiery, comeback quick\u2019s three-ball burst ends resistance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018GET THE SANDPAPER OUT\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/cricket\/australia-vs-south-africa-2026-steve-smith-bats-in-a-test-in-south-africa-for-the-first-time-since-sandpapergate-crowd-reaction-in-durban-to-steve-smith-batting-live-scores-news-feature\/news-story\/7f8489895bcc0b0d3efa33b7b6843de6\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Smith\u2019s unexpected reception in moment everyone was waiting for<\/a><\/p>\n<p>India was eventually bowled out for 206 in 45.2 overs as Australia cruised to a 69-run win.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was named player of the match for his three-wicket haul and unbeaten 14 with the bat.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the match, McSweeney said winning the toss and batting first helped set Australia up for the victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLucky the toss went my way and we batted first,\u201d McSweeney said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who is going to open the 2nd innings!&#8221; | 00:27<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can get a total in the 270-300 range, it becomes tough with the ball going soft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McSweeney also praised the Aussie quicks after another strong performance with the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur pace bowlers have been excellent. The first game, we did not start well, so it was important to set the tone early,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully we can finish off (the series) well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australia will now look to complete the series sweep when the third and final ODI is played on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Aussies won the opening match by 125 runs, led by McSweeney\u2019s 123-run knock and Mahli Beardman\u2019s four-wicket haul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia A has secured the ODI series against India A, cruising to a 69-run victory in the second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-921892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}