Highlights: Australia seal series in second ODI against India
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Australia 0-54 (Marsh 24, Head 23) Overs bowled: 8
Rana concedes a four early in the eighth over as Marsh evades a diving fielder. Australia continue to build their innings with two singles. Marsh then chips one over the head of Rana for four after predicting the Indian bowler’s ball.
Australia 0-42 (Marsh 15, Head 22) Overs bowled: 7
Prasidh Krishna enters the bowling attack for India and is hit for six by Marsh from his opening ball of the match.
A leg bye from the next ball, before Head steers the ball high and despite dropping short of the boundary it goes for four.
Head scurries for a single to mark his 3,000th run in international ODI cricket and gives a little fist pump. Marsh concludes an expensive over with a single.
Australia 0-31 (Marsh 7, Head 17) Overs bowled: 6
Head is starting to build some momentum as he swipes another four from Rana, after a leg bye the previous ball. Rana claims LBW from the fifth ball, but it was always swinging away from the wicket.
Australia 0-26 (Marsh 6, Head 13) Overs bowled: 5
Head starts the fifth over with another boundary from Siraj. After a brilliant start to the game India are starting to concede runs.
Siraj tempts Head into a second drive but the ball just evades the Australian. Head salvages a disappointing over by finding a gap in the field to hit a four.
Australia 0-18 (Marsh 6, Head 5) Overs bowled: 4
Rana is back in the Indian bowling attack and starts with a wide and then dot ball. Marsh takes a heavy ball to his finger after the ball kicks up high off the dry surface.
The following ball also skims off the surface, just past Marsh and over the wicket before going out for four leg byes.
A nice cover drive from Marsh concludes the fourth over.
Australia 0-9 (Marsh 2, Head 5) Overs bowled: 3
Another leg-by early in the third over from the bowling of Siraj. Head gets off the mark with a quick run as India continue their tight bowling.
Eventually, Marsh tries to swipe for the boundary but is only rewarded with a single. Head follows his lead and does guide the ball out for four in the final ball of the over.
Australia 0-2 (Marsh 1, Head 0) Overs bowled: 2
Harshit Rana enters the game in the Indian bowling attack at Head. More tight bowling from India who are trying to make Australia force the early pace.
The fifth ball hits Head’s leg and they change strike Australia with a quick leg-by. Head takes advantage on the final ball of the over to take a quick run.
Australia 0-0 (Marsh 0, Head 0) Overs bowled: 1
Siraj gets the game underway at the SCG in the opening over. The Indian bowler fails to release his first ball after aborting his run-up. Jeers on the third ball as Marsh takes a swipe at the ball but misses on the dry pitch.
Indian have made two changes from the second ODI with Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna coming in for Nitish Kumar Reddy and Arshdeep Singh.
The first over is a maiden by Siraj as Australia are in no hurry to get going.
04:28 – Australia win toss
Play is just about to get underway in Sydney. Australia have won the toss and elected to bat with Mitch Marsh and Travis Head.
04:26 – Zampa four-wicket haul secures Australia series
Adam Zampa’s four-wicket haul and Cooper Connolly’s unbeaten 61 helped guide Australia to a two-wicket win over India, giving them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the One Day International series.
Zampa was supported well by Xavier Bartlett as they halted India’s middle over momentum after Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer both scored fifties.
India set a total of 264-9 which was reached with over three overs by the hosts.
Highlights: Australia seal series in second ODI against India
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