Watch the highlights of Australia vs India 12th Match Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992 - Benson & Hedges World Cup tournament of the 12th ODI match played between India and Australia at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on 01st March 1992.
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Dean Jones' brilliant 90 before Tom Moody holds nerve as Australia pulled off a thrilling 1-run victory over India, despite a Mohammad Azharuddin's 93 in a last-ball thriller of the 12th match of a Benson and Hedges World Cup.
Australia scored 237-9 in 50 overs with top scorer by Dean Jones cracked a 90 off 108-balls - who fell ten-run short of his century.
David Boon struck 43 off 60-balls including 4-fours, Steve Waugh scored 29 off 48-balls included a boundary and Tom Moody hit 25 off 23-balls contained 3-fours.
India best bowler by Kapil Dev picked up 3-wickets for 41-runs in 10-overs including two maidens, Manoj Prabhakar captured three-wickets for 41-runs in 10-overs, Venkatapathy Raju and Javagal Srinath both took one-wickets.
India scored 234 for all-out in the allotted 47 overs - due to rain revised target of 236 from 47-overs with top scorer by Mohammad Azharuddin cracked a 93 off 102-balls - who fell seven-run short of his century - including 10-fours.
Sanjay Manjrekar blasted a 47 off 42-balls including 3-fours & a six with strike rate of 111.90, Ravi Shastri scored 25 off consuming 67-balls included a boundary.
Kapil Dev hit a run-a-ball 21-runs including 3-fours including 3-fours and Kiran More blasted a 14 off 8-balls contained 2-fours with strike rate of 175.
Australia best bowler by Tom Moody picked up 3-wickets, Craig McDermott, Merv Hughes and Steve Waugh each took one-wickets.
Dean Jones named Player of the match for his brilliant batting performance to scored a 90 off facing 108-balls including 6-fours & 2-sixes.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
Australia sneaked out of its World Cup recession with a heart-stopping one-run win over
India in a rain-interrupted match at the Brisbane Cricket Ground.
Set 236 to win, after three overs of the Indian innings was lost through rain, the visitors fought it out to the last ball when four runs were needed for Victory.
Javagal Srinath lofted the final delivery of the match from Tom Moody towards the deep mid-on fence where Steve Waugh failed to take a catch that would have won the match.
Srinath and his final partner Venkat Raju raced through for two but Waugh recovered and threw in from the deep to beat Raju home while he tried to complete a third run, which would have tied the match.
Australian captain Allan Border said later, "What I thought when Steve dropped that catch is unrepeatable.
"At first. I thought it was going over the fence and India had won. But in the end it was Australia who stole it."
Dean Jones led the way in the Australian innings with a blazing 90 after the tournament co-hosts had gone into the match equal last on the points table after early-round losses to New Zealand and South Africa.
Jones pounded the Indian attack for six fours and two sixes after Border won the toss and opted to bat. The Australians were in trouble early, slipping to 2-31 from 11 overs.
Mark Taylor, playing his first match of the series, was out for 13 and the out-of form Geoff Marsh for eight, both early victims of swing bowler Kapil Dev.
But Jones refused to be shackled and shared partnerships of 71 from 88 balls with David Boon and 54 from 85 balls with Steve Waugh.
Boon, who replaced injured keeper lan Healy, had dropped down to number three but the change made no difference to his outstanding batting form. His 43 came from 61 deliveries and included four crisp boundaries.
Waugh's 29 and a 25 from Tom Moody were the only other worthwhile scores as the persistent Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar cut off the latter part of the Australian innings, which had reached 5-230.
Instead of the promising fi- nal glut of runs, the last five overs produced four wickets for seven and the Indians were in with a chance.
But their hopes seemed to be gone after a 20-minute rain interruption which led the um- pires to cut the number of overs by three.
Under World Cup rules, the target was then reduced by the total of Australia's three lowest- scoring overs.
Two maidens and an over which yielded just two runs meant India's target was reduced by only two.
Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin said the umpires' decision had exposed some loop holes in the competition rules, but he had no complaints.
Azharuddin had made a strong statement of his own with a sizzling 93 that ended only through a brilliant and desperate throw at the wicket by his opposition leader, Border.
"It just grazed the stumps but the bails fell off," Border said. "Mohammad was on fire and India were in with a big show."
An aggressive 47 by Sanjay Manjrekar, batting at number six, set up the final heart-stopping overs that had the 20,000 spectators on the edge of their seats.
Nineteen runs were needed off the two overs left for India and by the time the final six balls were due this had been cut to 13.
Kiran More hit two fours from the first two delivers from Tom Moody, then More clean bowled in the third delivery, fourth ball Manoj Prabhakar missed run-out from Moody, fifth ball Prabhakar was run out by another Border throw, leaving India with four runs to win from the last ball.
This set the stage for Waugh's throw from the deep after he dropped the catch. Raju was just short of his ground and India was all out, just one run short.
"I'm just glad Australia is on the board," a relieved Border said.
"This is a tough competition and we are certainly doing it the tough way."
He felt Australia was still in with a chance but needed to "string together three or four wins in a row" to keep his team's semi-final chances alive in the nine-nation round-robin competition.
Moody finished with 3-56 to head the Australian bowling figures, with Craig McDermott, Mike Whitney and Steve Waugh taking one each.
Jones was named man of the match in what the judges said was a very close decision.
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