Summary

  • Australia win by 95 runs to reach final

  • Faulkner 3-59, Starc 2-28, Johnson 2-50

  • Dhoni top-scored for India with 65

  • Smith 105 & Finch 81 for Australia

  • Australia face NZ in Melbourne on Sunday

  1. Postpublished at 10:09 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Against this Australia attack, with the pace element, I just can't see how India can consistently strike a cricket ball for 179 runs off 108 balls. But India will have a go."

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  2. Ind 156-4published at 10:07 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Australia preserve Hazlewood's last over and call on big, bad Mitchell Johnson for another spell. And it's like 2010-11 all over again as Johnson bowls to the left (or the right, depending on your perspective), slinging a wide out of Rahane's reach before another full delivery is swiped wide of slip for four.

  3. Postpublished at 10:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "The most runs scored between overs 31 and 50 batting second in an ODI is 184 by Pakistan v Bangladesh at Mirpur in 2014 (Pakistan won by 3 wickets). India need 191 off the last 20 overs today."

  4. Ind 150-4 (target 329)published at 10:04 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Australia will know every Watson over here, is an over that needn't be bowled by Faulkner or Maxwell. Rahane, who's been a bit quiet lately, brings out the pull shot and it reaches deep mid-wicket on the first bounce as they run one. Dhoni nicks the strike as he moves to 25, one behind his partner.

  5. Postpublished at 10:04 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "The batting powerplay will have to go for 50- or 60-odd for India. Ajinkya Rahane is going to have to try and plant the bowler back over his head."

  6. Scorecard updatepublished at 10:01 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    India 148-4 from 31 overs (target 329)

    Batsmen: Rahane 27 from 49 (no fours/sixes), Dhoni 24 from 25 (2x4)

    Fall of wickets: 76-1 (Dhawan 45), 78-2 (Kohli 1), 91-3 (Rohit 34), 108-4 (Raina 7)

    Bowling figures: Starc 5-0-15-0, Hazlewood 9-1-33-1, Johnson 6-0-29-2, Faulkner 5-0-44-1, Maxwell 5-0-18-0, Watson 1-0-4-0

    Australia 328-7: Smith 105, Finch 81, Yadav 4-72, Mohit 2-75

    Australia won toss

    Scorecard

  7. Ind 148-4 (Hazlewood 9-1-33-1)published at 10:01 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Dhoni is riding his luck a little here, another edge - this time a top edge - brings him four over the wicketkeeper's head. Hazlewood, fairly impressive today, has one over left. I suspect England fans might see him on the Ashes tour this summer.

  8. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 10:01 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Vickram Grewal: As always, India have left it to Dhoni to save the game and keep us in the World Cup.

    Rakesh Pradhan: This is the point where someone says nine an over is gettable in the IPL especially with MS Dhoni at the crease.

  9. Ind 142-4published at 09:56 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Dhoni sends umpire Dhamarsena toppling to the floor to preserve his own safety as he lashes Hazlewood over his head for four. I'm sure there are a few titters around the ground - just as there are at football whenever the referee takes a tumble.

    Umpire Kumar Dharmasena looks up from the groundImage source, Getty Images
  10. Postpublished at 09:56 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Harsha Bhogle
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Watson is not quite the sleekest automobile, so he takes a while to get going."

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  11. Ind 138-4 (target 329)published at 09:55 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Even the Indian fans in the crowd seem mostly becalmed as right-arm seamer Shane Watson comes on as Australia's sixth bowler - still walking back to his mark as though he's a hamstring injury waiting to happen. More medium-fast than fast-medium these days, Watson is playing at his fourth World Cup but keeps it tight, five from the over and the required rate will soon be in double figures.

  12. Postpublished at 09:55 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "I think Ajinkya Rahane has the best technique of all the Indian batsmen, including Kohli. His foot movement and alignment at the point of release are perfect."

  13. Ind 133-4 (Rahane 23*, Dhoni 14*)published at 09:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    What did I just say about risk-free cricket? Australia look to turn the screw by recalling Josh Hazlewood - Dhoni swings at the young right-arm paceman, the ball flies off an edge and safely down to third man for two. But the India skipper can only collect a single off the rest of the over. he has 14 from 18 balls, Rahane has a more ponderous 23 from 44.

    Mahendra DhoniImage source, AFP
  14. Postpublished at 09:50 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "This is a big ask, but you can never say never with MS Dhoni."

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  15. Ind 130-4 (target 329)published at 09:47 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Vic Marks mentioned on TMS earlier how this World Cup had rather eliminated the usual middle-overs tedium because of the need to take wickets - but India are in risk-free rebuilding mode here, sticking to ones and twos against Maxwell. At this stage, the Aussies were 147-1, and must be in the box seat here.

  16. Text 81111published at 09:47 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Sukh Singh from Birmingham: Equation is simple. IF Dhoni is there until the 50th over THEN India win.

  17. Ind 125-4 (Rahane 22*, Dhoni 7*)published at 09:45 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Four singles from the over - Faulkner has 1-44 from five, and India still need 204 more from 23 overs.

  18. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 09:45 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Jim Cooper: Australia need to push on from here and get a resounding win. That would give them the mental edge on New Zealand.

  19. Close!published at 09:43 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    While Harsha Bhogle and Allan Border on TMS compare their official ICC ties, Faulkner begins his fifth over under the SCG floodlights, and Indian hearts are in mouths when Dhoni pulls towards deep square leg... but it bounces just in front of David Warner, sporting a pantomime villain's moustache, who comes hurtling in from the boundary.

  20. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 09:43 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2015

    Jack Butcher: B McCullum (capt), M Guptill, R Sharma, K Sangakarra (wk), S Smith, AB, G Maxwell, W Riaz, R Ashwin, T Boult, M Starc.

    Dan Stewart: K Sangakkara, AB de Villiers, M Guptill, S Smith, B McCullum, G Maxwell, F du Plessis, T Boult, M Starc, U Yadav, I Tahir.

    Rob Cobban (possibly with his tongue in his cheek?): De Kock, Jamshed, Ballance, Jayawardene, Morgan, Ramdin, Faulkner, Broad, Kalusekara, Panyangara, Anderson.