Watch the highlights of Australia vs India WSC 1st Final 1991-92 - Benson & Hedges World Series Cup one-day international tournament of the first final played between India and Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne in 18th January 1992.
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| Dean Jones and David Boon each hit Half-centuries © Cricket Australia |
David Boon's fourth consecutive half-century with 78 and Dean Jones responded with a effort of 73 before Bowlers attack helped to Australia resounding 88-run victory over India and take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three finals of a Benson and Hedges World Series Cup.
Australia scored 233-5 in 50 overs with top scorer by David Boon struck 78 off 107-balls including 7-fours.
Dean Jones cracked a 73 off 96-balls including 3-fours, Allan Border hit a unbeaten 28 off 24-balls included a boundary and Geoff Marsh scored 21 off 46-balls contained two-fours.
India best bowler by Ravi Shastri captured 2-wickets, Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar each took one-wickets.
India bundled out for 145 in 42 overs with top scorer by Kris Srikkanth hit 41 off 49-balls including 4-fours.
Kapil Dev hit a unbeaten 20 off 40-balls including a four, Pravin Amre scored 20 off 41-balls without a boundary.
Sanjay Manjrekar struck 18 off 28-balls included a boundary and Ravi Shastri scored 17 off 50-balls contained a four.
Australia best bowler by Peter Taylor, Steve Waugh, Tom Moody each took 2-wickets and one for Craig McDermott.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
Australia's best-performed one-day batsman stated in the most emphatic fashion that his place in next month's World Cup was definitely not available to any young pretender.
In so doing, Dean Jones led Australia to a 88-run victory in the first World Series final against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Jones, who was dropped from the side for last Tuesday's game against India, responded with a 95-ball effort of 73 as Australia notched 5-233 from its 50 overs.
India fell to 4-84 in its reply and eventually was dismissed for 145 with eight overs to spare.
The second final will be played in Sydney on Monday as a day-nighter.
The tourists lost their last five wickets for just 15 runs in a comedy of errors and sacrificed three wickets with run outs.
Kris Srikkanth quickly scored 41 but the remainder of the innings folded like a house of cards.
The 30-year-old Jones had good support from the in-form David Boon who notched his fourth consecutive half-century with 78, sharing an 88-run stand for the second wicket.
The Australian captain, Allan Border, said on Friday that Jones. was likely to carry the drinks but the selectors opted to include the Victorian and left out paceman Paul Reiffel.
Boon and the vice-captain, Geoff Marsh, provided yet another solid start with a stand of 54 in 17 overs, setting up a foundation for the innings.
Marsh flicked a simple catch to Mohammad Azharuddin at mid-wicket off Sachin Tendulkar, bringing Jones to the middle amid a rousing welcome from his home crowd.
Azharuddin erred by having leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani and medium-pacer Tendulkar bowling when Jones arrived, rather than bringing back his best bowlers, allowing Jones to gather his first runs quietly.
Jones is a renowned nervous starter but he was able to push singles from Hirwani and Tendulkar to ease into double figures.
Jones reached his 35th half-century in one-day cricket with a single to cover from Kapil Dev, taking 75 deliveries compared to Boon's 71.
However, in contrast to Boon, Jones hit just two fours and pushed 27 singles, while Boon cracked seven boundaries, mostly through the off-side.
Faced with a target of 4.68 an over for victory, the Indians self-destructed with a mix of poor shot selection and outstanding fielding from Border's well-drilled side.
Spinner Peter Taylor accounted for dangerman Srikkanth and India's vice-captain, Ravi Shastri, with two brilliant pieces of work in the field to set India on the back foot.
Shastri and Srikkanth struggled to take runs from Mike Whitney and the tourists were falling behind the required run-rate with 37 coming from the opening 12 overs.
Shastri pushed Steve Waugh to mid-off, looking for a quick single, but Srikkanth did not respond and the vice-captain was run out easily by Taylor for 17.
The unhappy opener clapped his partner derisively as he left but Srikkanth, rather than mull over the wicket, began to play his shots.
He took 10 runs from Waugh's third over and quickly moved to 41 from 49 balls when he drove at Waugh, and Taylor pulled in a one-handed catch above his head at mid-off.
For once, the teenage sensation, Sachin Tendulkar, succumbed to the pressure of the moment and holed out to Whitney at mid-on off Tom Moody with just four to his name.
Sanjay Manjrekar glanced a catch to lan Healy from Waugh and the Indians had just two specialist batsmen left with more than half their overs still to be bowled.
Azharuddin provided Moody with his second wicket, failing again with 13, while Praveen Amre was caught at mid-wicket for Border off Taylor for 20.
Manoj Prabhakar and Javagal Srinath were both run out for ducks after mix-ups with Kapil Dev, giving Moody, Taylor and Steve Waugh two wickets each.
Border said later that Taylor's catch to dismiss Srikkanth had been crucial in turning the tide of the -match towards Australia.
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