00:00Two terrific evenings in Adelaide and Melbourne, the third tonight here at the Sydney Cricket Ground and a very big crowd building up here at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The match is officially sold out. Shane Watson will open the batting with Usman Khawaja, that's a good thing.
00:19Three, two, one. Game on. Game on.
00:23We're away at the SCG, a fantastic crowd. And early runs to Usman Khawaja. Beautiful strike, look at that. He's faced three balls, scored off every one of them, that's the best.
00:40Edge, and that's just carried to Dhoni, so Khawaja, after the start, 14, very quickly. And I suppose he's hitting them so well, he caught up with that and edge it.
00:52We've just slapped the curse on him, and that's what we've done.
00:55That's when it grabs. Oh, it's nicely played. There he goes, Watson. That's brute force. He was feeling maybe a little bit of pressure, but he gets that away.
01:07He's all right. Oh, yeah, he's just ringing the wife. Oh, there's got a hit in the head. Have a look at this.
01:12No. Oh, no. He's not ringing the wife, he's ringing his doctor. Get me in, will you?
01:17Oh, he's a hard head, look. He's okay. Free hit. Shane Watson, where can he put it?
01:26Oh, it's a good ball, but it goes to the boundary. He's whacked it through the offside. Got the low full toss. And another no ball.
01:35Another one. Another free hit. This one goes as well. This one goes as well.
01:42Fuller. And even better. Because Marsh has got to go.
01:50He was aiming for the short boundary, Sean Marsh, against the spin.
01:54Might have been just too full for him to play the slog suite.
01:57Uvraj into the attack. He too's been hard to get up and under. Maxwell hasn't been able to get it high enough.
02:04First ball. Uvraj, the golden touch.
02:09Well, that's a really good shot. Not a lot of room and 50 comes up for Shane Watson.
02:17Terrific innings. Well played.
02:20Travis Hand targets that short boundary and that's good.
02:24Yeah, brilliant hitting. Brilliant hitting. We've got a catch as well.
02:29We saw one of the Indian supporters get hit in the forehead.
02:35Goes again. That's flat and hard and four more.
02:39Beautifully struck, but I reckon he's picked the fieldsman out and he's dropped it.
02:43It's Varad Coley too. Question as to whether it carried.
02:48Yeah, I reckon it don't. Look at the body language it has.
02:51On the grass it was.
02:53Oh, he might get another look at it. Oh, is it better?
02:58High. Full toss. Has he got enough on it?
03:01Yes, he has. That's into the people.
03:04Lots of time left to bring up that 102.
03:07Here it comes down. Look at this. Look at this.
03:10That's all the way. Oh, no.
03:13It may have been brilliantly brought to ground. That is superb.
03:19So, he needs to be airborne over the rope and hook it back from there.
03:23Here he goes. I reckon he's done it brilliantly, he has.
03:28There is one of them. Look out, Spider Cam.
03:34Oh, that's a big hit. That's up over the side screen.
03:38Where's this going? Oh, there's six. That's a massive one.
03:42We'll catch that.
03:44Full toss in the gap.
03:49Will it be it? It will be.
03:52100 for Watson.
03:54Back up the order.
03:56Given the captaincy.
03:58And now a 2.200.
04:03Now over Longhoff. Has he got enough? Yes, he has.
04:07This is a superb hitting from Watson.
04:10He's doing quite well in his first three.
04:12Oh, that was through him.
04:14Yorked him in the end. Yorked himself.
04:17Travis Head, good little innings at though.
04:19They added 93.
04:20Good contribution to the total.
04:22Again, it's a rolling arm ball.
04:24Not really going to spin a whole lot.
04:26It's a little quicker.
04:27Perfectly pitched as a Yorker.
04:29Watson.
04:30Get up, get up, it does.
04:34It's into the crowd.
04:36Watson chips in the gap.
04:40Oh, well taken.
04:42It's Linn again, sorry.
04:44That's really well taken from Jadeja.
04:46That was well tied.
04:48I don't think he was going to get there when he hit it.
04:50Last ball.
04:52Oh, behold again.
04:53Probably get two more though.
04:54That one's in the gap.
04:55And that will be the highest, or second highest,
04:58in a national 2.20 score for Shane Watson.
05:02He'll finish on 1.24.
05:04What an innings.
05:05What a night it's been for Shane Watson.
05:07Kapping the 2.20 side.
05:09Wins the toss.
05:10Bats.
05:11And now makes 1.24 not out of 71.
05:17It's not a bad start.
05:18Look at that.
05:19He did well to keep that out.
05:23He loves that area.
05:24And it's short tonight as well.
05:28See, that's where he likes to go.
05:30He made it go there.
05:31He shaped it that way by using his feet.
05:37Beautifully played.
05:38Down the ground it goes.
05:39One bounce ball.
05:41Oh, that's just as good.
05:45In fact, it's two runs better.
05:47No.
05:48That's 21 with one ball to come.
05:49Yeah, the two men out of square of the wicket.
05:50No third man.
05:51And no fine leg.
05:52Neck one.
05:53There's two boundaries.
05:54In itch and gone.
05:55Well done, Shane Watson.
05:56He gets the breakthrough.
05:57Cost him a boundary, but the next one was a beauty.
06:00And that will go through extra cover.
06:01That man, Coley.
06:02He's immediately away.
06:03Look at those eyes.
06:04That's so good.
06:05Just so good from Sharma.
06:06Oh, hello.
06:07That was the follow through.
06:08That's the follow through.
06:09He's immediately away.
06:10Look at those eyes.
06:11That's so good.
06:12Just so good from Sharma.
06:14Oh, hello.
06:15How's the follow through on that?
06:31Great timing.
06:34You see, you don't have to bludgeon it.
06:35timing you see you don't have to bludgeon it well that didn't look like a tired
06:49shot mind you it was a big fully and he just had to help it on its way he's gone
06:53on the long boundary it's a hundred and seven meter help
06:57built it into the gap for goes to 50 late 99 in the one day international here eight days ago
07:08loves the SCG well-played Roald Sharma state of origin the lock oh that's out good work voice
07:16has been fantastic Sharma's got to go the only way Australia can win this game is to take wickets
07:24deception from the spinner this is time young boy keeping tonight missed opportunity and then
07:39guys area on a costume six just to rub it right in that's a way fine and that'll be for that's well
07:53struck just dragged it down a bit and that's four that'll be 50 brilliant fielding from
08:02Sean Marsh but it can't restrict this batting genius from another half century
08:07Boyce has got his man and this is a big moment massive moment
08:20came down wanted to hit the ball down the ground
08:25and we don't see it too often but that's misjudgment from Coley this is exactly what needed to happen for
08:32Australia there he goes he hits it into the pad rolls back and he's bold he's done it well
08:39well we can't get that one though that's four fine leg up wrong line
08:45oh and he gets this around behind squares could be four shortish down there
08:52there's the edge but it's safe bancroft couldn't get there it looped
09:00oh no he didn't he flicked it down to fine for four more
09:06here we go last over
09:07heaved away that's four of them
09:10one bounce that's the start you need when you're trying to get 17
09:15heaved away it's got all of it has he he has four six
09:23gets it on the pads again played it well India they've chipped away at that leg side
09:32back for two
09:34well struck again that could be it
09:38now Boyce will get around he's got to get it in
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