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Australia beats India in first ODI

Australia won the first one day international against India by five wickets at the WACA ground on Tuesday.

Chasing India's 309-3, centuries to George Bailey (112) and Steve Smith (149) saw Australia cruise to victory with four balls to spare, finishing on 310-5 after 49.2 overs.

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UPDATES AT END OF MATCH

Scoreboard from the first ODI between Australia and India at the WACA ground in Perth on Tuesday:


India

R. Sharma not out               171

S. Dhawan c Marsh b Hazlewood     9

V. Kohli c Finch b Faulkner      91

M. Dhoni c Boland b Faulkner     18    

R. Jadeja not out                10 

Extras (lb6, w4)                 10

Total (3 wickets; 50 overs)     309 

Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Dhawan); 2-243 (Kohli), 3-286 (Dhoni) 

Did not bat: A. Rahane, M. Pandey, R. Ashwin, U. Yadav, B. Kumar, B. Sran

Bowling: Hazlewood 10-0-41-1, Paris 8-0-53-0 (1w), Marsh 9-0-53-0 (1w), Boland 10-0-74-0, Faulkner 10-0-60-2 (1w), Maxwell 3-0-22-0 (1w)

Australia

A. Finch c and b Sran             8

D. Warner c Kohli b Sran          5

S. Smith c Kohli b Sran         149

G. Bailey c Kumar b Ashwin      112

G. Maxwell c Dhawan b Ashwin      6

M. Marsh not out                 12

J. Faulkner not out               1

Extras (lb5, w12)                17

Total (5 wickets: 49.2 overs)   310       

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Finch), 2-21 (Warner), 3-263 (Bailey), 4-273 (Maxwell), 5-308 (Smith)

Did not bat: M. Wade , S. Boland, J. Hazlewood, J. Paris

Bowling: Sran 9.2-0-56-3 (3w), Kumar 9-0-42-0 (4w), Sharma 1-0-11-0, Yadav 10-0-54-0 (3w), Jadeja 9-0-61-0 (1w), Aswhin 9-0-68-2 (1w), Kohli 2-0-13-0

Result: Australia won by five wickets

Toss: India

Man of the Match: Steve Smith

Umpires: Simon Fry (AUS) and Richard Kettleborough (ENG) 

TV Umpire: Mick Martell (AUS)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)