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Ponting savages India

REUTERS, Melbourne
Captain Ricky Ponting blasted 88 off 80 balls to lead Australia to a sevenwicket victory over India on Friday and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three limited-overs finals series.
Chasing India's 222 all out off 49 overs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the world champions reached 224 for three from 40.1 overs to cruise to victory with 59 balls to spare.
Ponting and Matthew Hayden (50) shared a second wicket partnership of 139 off 151 balls to blunt India's attack led by 22-year-old seamer Lakshmipathy Balaji, who took three for 52.
Hemang Badani (60 not out) and Ajit Agarkar (53) put on 102 runs for the seventh wicket to lift India towards a competitive total after the first six wickets fell for just 75 runs in
21.1 overs.
The 27-year-old Badani paced India's innings and hit four boundaries, facing 81 balls in his fourth one-day half-century. The left hander has a highest score of 100.
Agarkar made his third halfcentury in 127 one-day internationals. The 26-year-old struck four fours and two sixes in an entertaining 62-ball innings after coming to the crease at 75 for six when all hope of a total above 200 had seemed lost.
India's openers Virender Sehwag (3) and Sachin Tendulkar (8) fell inside the first six overs.
Sehwag popped a short ball from Jason Gillespie (2-39) to wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist in the third over at six for one and eight runs later Tendulkar was bowled by Brett Lee.
Fast bowler Brad Williams removed Vangipurappu Laxman for 24 at 48 for three and Rahul Dravid fell for six to the bowling of Ian Harvey without addition to the
team's total.
Twenty-seven runs later India again lost two wickets for nought. Captain Saurav Ganguly was caught behind off Harvey (2-40) for six and three balls later Lee (2-34) began his second spell with the wicket of Yuvraj Singh, also caught behind.
Agarkar was caught at gully by Lee off left-arm spinner Michael Clarke at 177 for seven. Irfan Pathan (19) and Anil Kumble (2) were both run out.
All-rounder Harvey left the field to ice a shoulder injury but it was not known if he is doubtful for Sunday's second final in Sydney.
Australia's Gilchrist hit a swashbuckling 38 off 20 balls including seven fours in a 48-run opening stand with Hayden in six overs before Gilchrist was caught at fine leg off Balaji.
Hayden offered a return catch off the toe of the bat to Balaji who gave a half-hearted appeal that was referred to the third umpire Daryl Harper.
Ponting followed five runs later at 193 for three in the 34th over, caught behind off Balaji after hitting seven fours and two sixes.
Damien Martyn (20 not out off 37 balls) and Andrew Symonds (10 not out off 15 balls) added an unbeaten 31 for the fourth wicket.
Zimbabwe did not score a win in their eight matches in the triangular series and missed the finals.
A third final is scheduled for Brisbane on Tuesday if required.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at the end of the first final of the triangular international one-day cricket series played between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
INDIA
Sehwag c Gilchrist b Gillespie 3
Tendulkar b Lee 8
Laxman c Symonds b Williams 24
Dravid c Hayden b Harvey 12
Ganguly c Gilchrist b Harvey 6
Yuvraj c Gilchrist b Lee 21
Badani not out 60
Agarkar c Lee b Clark 53
Pathan run out 19
Kumble run out 2
Balaji b Gillespie 2
Extras: (lb-6, w-2, nb-4
12
Total: (All out in 49 overs) 222
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-14, 3-48, 4
48, 5-75, 6-75, 7-177, 8-209, 9-217
Bowler O M R W
Gillespie 10 0 39 2
Lee 9 0 34 2
Williams 10 1 38 1
Harvey 10 0 40 2
Symonds 7 0 47 0
Clarke 3 0 18 1
AUSTRALIA
Gilchrist c Tendulkar b Balaji 38
Hayden c and b Balaji 50
Ponting c Dravid b Balaji 88
Martyn not out 20
Symonds not out 10
Extras (b-6, lb-2, w-8, nb-2
18
Total(For three wkts in 40.1 overs
224
Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-187, 3-193
Did not bat: Clarke, Katich, Lee
Gillespie, Williams
Bowler O M R W
Agarkar 9.1 0 58 0
Balaji 10 0 52 3
Pathan 8 0 36 0
Kumble 7 0 36 0
Sehwag 5 0 29 0
Ganguly 1 0 5 0
Result: Australia won by seven wickets to lead the best-of-three series 1-0
Toss: India
Umpires: S Bucknor (WIN), S
Taufel (AUS)
Man-of-the-match: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Second final: Saturday at the
Sydney Cricket Ground (Day/Night).