India make it 3 in a row all thanks to Duckworth/Lewis system. England batted first and scored 240 all out. Ravi Bopara was the top scorer with 60. For India Harbhajan Singh took 3 wickets and 2 each to Ishant and Munaf. India scored 198/5 from 40 overs before bad light stopped play. India were ahead as per the D/L caluclation and won the match by 16 runs. Virender Sehwag was the top scorer for India. Man of the match awarded to Harbhajan Singh.
India have done what many thought was impossible. Beating Australia 2-0 in a 4 match series. Watch all the highlights and presentation ceremony of the 5th day of the 4th test:
Excellent fight back by Australia in the second session as the morning session belonged to Virender Sehwag. Dhoni and Bhajji saved India some blushes with what could be a match-saving partnership. Ricky Ponting lost the plot after tea when he brought on part-time spinners instead of Watson who had bowled superbly. Australia finished the day needing 369 to win the fourth test and draw the series.
The morning session was reason for some controversy with several calling into question Dhoni’s negative tactics – Ishanth Sharma and Zaheer Khan had an extended spell with Harbhajan being introduced 15 minutes before lunch and the two pacers consistently bowled on and outside offstump to an 8 man offside field.
On Laxman and Tendulkar’s knocks in Sydney, “It was like holding a Rolex watch and a Patek Phillipe watch and saying which one looks best” — Andrew Symonds