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India scrape home

AFP, Canberra
India were put to the test by a selection of Australia's mostly up-and-coming cricketers here Wednesday and came out on top but only just.
In the one-day tour match against the Australian Prime Minister's XI, India reached 254 for eight off their allocated 50 overs at Canberra's Manuka Oval. A valiant effort saw the PM's XI fell short by a single run, on 253 for six.
The XI featured mostly up and coming players from Australia's domestic Sheffield Shield competition but was captained by newly-retired Australian Test captain Steve Waugh. It was Waugh's last match against international opposition.
Although resting most of their top players, the Indian batting lineup was found wanting with the notable exception of Hamang Badani, who smacked 100 off 119 deliveries.
Apart from Badani, only opener Sanjay Bangar and middle order
batsman Rohan Gavaskar made significant contributions with 33 and 26 respectively.
Stand-in captain Rahul Dravid also failed, making just 15 runs.
Similarly skipper Waugh failed for the makeshift Australian side, falling for just seven runs when he was caught on the boundary by Irfan Pathan off the bowling of Murali Kartik.
Despite aggressive innings by local batsman Cade Brown, who made 80 from 96 balls and Western Australian opener Marcus North with 74 off 95 deliveries, the PM's side fell just short.
India will play its next match in the triangular one-day international series against Australia at the Western Australian Cricket Association ground in Perth this Sunday.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the limited-overs cricket match between India and the Australian Prime Minister's XI on Wednesday:
INDIA
Bangar c McDonald b Doherty 33
Patel c Wright Cleary 19
Badani b McDonald 100
Gavaskar st Hartley b McDonald26
Yuvraj run out 16
Dravid c Waugh b Wright 15
Agarkar c Brown b McDonald 5
Pathan c Cleary b Waugh 1
Kartik not out 12
Extras: (lb-6, w-20, nb-1) 27
Total: (For 8 wkts in 50 overs) 254 Did not bat: Bhandari, Nehra
Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-96, 3-150, 4 177, 5-219, 6-230, 7-240, 8-254
Bowler O M R W
Tait 10 0 48 0
Wright 10 0 51 1
Cleary 10 1 32 1
McDonald 9 0 70 3
Doherty 10 0 42 1
Waugh 1 0 5 1
PM XI
Bradley c Kartik b Bhandari 12
North c Nehra b Bangar 74
Hussey c Patel b Nehra 9
Brown c Agarkar b Nehra 80
Waugh c Pathan b Kartik 7
Hartley not out 45
McDonald c Pathan b Bhandari 8
Extras: (b-6, lb-7, w-4, nb-1) 18
Total: (For 6 wkts in 50 overs) 253
Did not bat: Wright, Doherty, Tait
Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-59, 3-145, 4-172, 5-211, 6-251
Bowler O M R W
Nehra 10 2 41 2
Bhandari 9 0 50 2
Pathan 10 0 47 0
Bangar 10 0 50 1
Kartik 10 1 43 1
Badani 1 0 9 0
Result: India won by one run.
Toss: India.