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Videocon Cup

Aussie-pak final likely

REUTERS/AFP, Amsterdam
Pakistan are guaranteed a place in Saturday's Videocon Cup one-day triangular tournament final and Australia look set to join them after the world champions' match with India was abandoned on Monday.
The game in Amstelveen, Netherlands, was first reduced to 32-overs-per-side because of early rain but further showers fell two balls before the end of the innings with Australia on 175 for seven.
Michael Clarke top scored with 42 from 28 balls and Indian seamer Lakshmipathy Balaji took three wickets.
India lost by 66 runs to Pakistan in the first match and can now only reach the final if Ricky Ponting's side lose heavily to Pakistan in the final group game.
The tournament is a warm-up for the ICC Champions Trophy in England which starts on September 10.
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India captain Sourav Ganguly had no complaints after rain forced his side's match to be abandoned as a no-result. It was a game India were desperate to win.
Both Australia and India received three points for the no-result.
As far as Ganguly was concerned his team were already out.
"We needed to win this game to qualify," Ganguly told reporters afterwards when the ground was bathed in bright sunshine.
"If we had won this game we would have had some chance but now we are totally out," he added. "We didn't play well against Pakistan and we don't deserve to be in the final."
India were already without Sachin Tendulkar, the star batsman ruled out of the whole tournament before Saturday's opener with an elbow injury.
And for this match Ajit Agarkar was forced out with a side strain problem.
Ganguly admitted it was frustrating not being able to field his first-choice team. "It's really been a worry. But we have to realise we do play a lot of one-day cricket, we play more one-day cricket than any other country in the world. I think that's pretty hard on the body."
After the match, Australia captain Ricky Ponting praised the performance of 23-year-old New South Wales batsman Michael Clarke, who has been playing English county cri
"He can bat in almost any position in the order, he backs himself in any situation and hits boundaries to strange parts of the field which is always handy," Ponting added.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the abandoned Videocon Cup one-day international between Australia and India at Amstelveen on Monday:
AUSTRALIA
Hayden c Ganguly b Balaji 29
Haddin c Balaji b Nehra 5
Ponting lbw b Balaji 26
Martyn b Sehwag 12
Symonds c Dravid b Kumble 12
Lehmann c Gavaskar b Kumble 19
Clarke c Sehwag b Balaji 42
Hogg not out 17
Lee not out 1
Extras: (b-1, lb-4, w-6, nb-1) 12
Total: (For 7 wkts in 31.4 overs) 175
Fall of wickets 1-23, 2-69, 3-70, 4-83, 5101, 6-138, 7-169
To bat: Kasprowicz, McGrath
Bowler O M R W
Pathan 6.4 0 34 0
Nehra 6 0 44 1
Sehwag 6 0 35 1
Balaji 6 0 20 3
Kumble 7 0 37 2
INDIA: Sehwag, Ganguly, Laxman, Dravid, Yuvraj, Kaif, Gavaskar, Pathan, Balaji, Kumble, Nehra
Toss: Australia.