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Diahuebs 3 December 2020

India's Kohli tops 12,000 ODI runs in victory over Australia

two matches. half-century before feath- from his first four overs in
ering a catch to Australian ODI cricket. Agar returned
Australia captain Aaron Finch wicketkeeper Alex Carey, a the best figures for Austra-
scored 75 runs and Glenn decision that went to the TV lia with 2-44 from 10 overs,
Maxwell added 59. umpire after it was given not avoiding India’s run-scoring
out on the field. onslaught in the dying overs.
Maxwell put the hosts in a Green scored 21 runs while
position to win the match, Pandya anchored the latter batting in Australia's innings.
but his dismissal in the 45th half of the innings, scoring
over saw Australia lose 4-21. his 92 from 76 balls, while India lost both openers in
The Australian effort was in Jadeja’s total came from the first 16 overs. Shikhar
marked contrast to that of 50 balls and included five Dhawan played a loose shot
India, which scored 84 runs boundaries and three sixes. off Sean Abbott to Ashton
from the same 5 1-2-over pe- Australia won the first ODI Agar in the covers for 16, and
riod in its innings. by 66 runs and the second by Shubman Gill was trapped
51 to clinch the series. Aus- lbw for 33 trying to sweep
After winning the toss and tralia batted first in both wins. Agar.
(AP) — India captain Virat matches at the Sydney Crick- batting, India made up for a Teams batting first had won
Kohli scored 63 runs and et Ground, scored 302-5 and slow start with an unbeaten the last seven games at Ma- Kohli became the fastest
became the fastest player bowled Australia out for 289 150-run partnership between nuka Oval before Wednes- player to the 12,000 ODI
to surpass 12,000 runs in with three balls remaining. man-of-the-match Hardik day's result. career runs when he tapped
one-day internationals as Pandya (92) and Ravindra Abbott to mid-off and took a
the visitors beat Australia Shardul Thakur took three Jadeja (66), a record for India Cameron Green made his quick single. Kohli achieved
by 13 runs on Wednesday wickets for 51 runs, includ- for the sixth-wicket against ODI debut for Australia as the feat in his 242nd innings,
in the last of three ODI ing Steve Smith for seven in Australia. The pair added 110 a replacement for injured 59 innings quicker than Sa-
matches at Manuka Oval. the former Australia captain's runs in the last 10 overs. opener David Warner. War- chin Tendulkar.
first failure of the series after ner sustained a groin strain
India, which lost the first two scoring centuries in the first Kohli posted his 60th ODI while fielding in Sunday’s The now-retired Tendulkar
series-deciding ODI win at has the highest number of
the SCG. ODI runs with 18,426.

After scores of 69 and 83 in The teams meet again in Can-
the first two ODIs, Warner is berra on Friday in the first
hoping to recover in time for of three Twenty20 matches,
the test series, which starts followed by T20s in Sydney
Dec. 17 in Adelaide. on Sunday and next Tuesday,
also at the SCG.
Green conceded 27 runs

Jack Aitken to drive for F1

team Williams at Sakhir GP

(AP) — Jack Aitken will tested three times last week
drive for Formula One and returned a negative result
team Williams alongside each time, the last on Sunday
Nicholas Latifi in this afternoon at the Bahrain In-
weekend’s Sakhir Grand ternational Circuit.
Prix.
But Hamilton woke up
The 25-year-old Aitken will Monday morning with mild
take the place of regular driv- symptoms and was then in-
er George Russell. The team formed that a contact prior
released Russell to drive for to arrival in Bahrain had
Mercedes in Bahrain because subsequently tested positive,
Lewis Hamilton is unable to Mercedes said Tuesday. This
race after testing positive for led to a subsequent test re-
COVID-19. turning a positive result, and
Hamilton said he has gone
Hamilton, a seven-time For- into self-isolation for 10 days.
mula One champion, was