McGrath takes 3-34 Ajay Jadeja couldn't put India together again Click here for more on this story Posted: Sunday September 12, 1999 11:34 PM   Glenn McGrath wasted no time in disptaching India's heavy hitters. Ben Radford/Allsport LONDON (CNN/SI) -- After Australia blazed with the bat to 282, India found itself in trouble after it slumped early on to 17 for four in the opening match of the Super Sixes. India's three batting musketeers Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Saurav Ganguly never challenged the might of the Australian bowling lineup spearheaded by Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. McGrath's removal of Tendulkar for no score with the sixth ball of the innings was symbolic as Australia dismissed India for 205 on Friday to win the match by 77 runs. The high-scoring Indians were reeling at 17 for four and, despite an unbeaten 100 from Ajay Jadeja and 75 from Robin Singh, never got close to Australia's 282 for six, in which opener Mark Waugh hit 83. McGrath struck immediately, finding the outside edge of Tendulkar's bat and removing a star batsman who had scored a century in each of his previous three one-day matches against Australia. Tendulkar was caught by wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist and India was 1-1 after one over. It soon became 17-4 off seven as Ganguly, who scored 183 against Sri Lanka, double-century maker Dravid and team captain Mohammed Azharuddin all tumbled quickly. Ganguly made eight before playing on to Damien Fleming Dravid was caught by Gilchrist off McGrath for two and Azharuddin spooned a catch to Steve Waugh in the gully off McGrath having made three. At that stage McGrath was 3.2-0-8-3 and Australia was romping to victory. Jadeja and Robin Singh stopped the Aussie charge in a fifth wicket stand of 141. It was halted when Singh gave a catch to Paul Reiffel off Tom Moody with the score on 158. Nayan Mongia, run out for two, Javagal Srinath (no score), Anil Kumble (3) and Venkatesh Prasad (2) couldn't stay with Jadeja as Aussie captain Steve Waugh picked up two wickets in a two-over spell and India slipped to 204 for nine. With last man Debashish Mohanty at the other end, Jadeja reached his hundred with a single off Warne to become the fourth player at the World Cup to score centuries, all of them Indians. Sent into bat, the Australian openers put on 97 for the first wicket before Gilchrist fell to a rash shot off Ganguly in the 21st over. After surviving several appeals, Gilchrist (31) stepped down the pitch to Ganguly and hit across the line as he miscued a shot to Debashish Mohanty at mid-on. After playing anchor role for Gilchrist, Waugh took the more assertive role and belted four boundaries and a six as he reached his half-century off 65 balls. Waugh and Ricky Ponting, who hit a six off Ganguly in the 23rd over to get off the mark, added 50 in quick time before the Australian's suffered a mini collapse. Robin Singh, who was brought into the starting lineup at the expense of opener Sadagopan Ramesh to bolster India's bowling lineup, struck back to claim the wickets of Waugh and Ponting in his third over. Waugh, who scored 83 off 99 balls, played a lazy shot down leg side and chipped a regulation catch to Venkatesh Prasad at deep backward square and, three balls later, Ponting (23 off 36 balls) chased a ball outside off stump and dragged an inside edge back onto his stumps. After racing to 150 with the loss of one wicket, Australia had slumped to 158 for three and the run-rate had dropped. Darren Lehmann notched Australia's 200 with a single off Singh in the 39th over and with 10 overs to play, Australia was 204 for three. Steve Waugh scored 36 off 40 balls, taking his career runs in one-day internationals to 6001, before he mistimed a short-pitched ball from Mohanty in the 42nd over and popped up an easy catch to Kumble at mid-on. Lehmann (26 off 33 balls) was the fifth wicket to fall when he was run-out in a clever piece of fielding by Ajay Jadeja in the 44th over when the total was 231. The Australian No. 4 took a couple of steps down the wicket after a ball deflected off his thigh-pad into the gully, where Jadeja picked up and threw down the stumps in one motion. Limited-overs specialists Michael Bevan and Tom Moody added 44 in five overs to put the Australians back on track before Bevan was caught behind by Nayan Mongia off a sharply rising Prasad delivery with three balls remaining and the total at 275. Moody scored 26 off 20 balls and was unbeaten when Australia completed its 50 overs. Australia gains two points from the first Super Six match to carry into its next two games against Zimbabwe, which already has four points carried forward from the first round, and South Africa, which has two points. The Aussies had no points to carry forward and have two in total. India had none either and, even it if beats Pakistan and New Zealand in its remaining games, can gain a maximum of four and has only a mathematical chance to reach the semifinal. Australia Adam Gilchrist, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Steve Waugh, Michael Bevan, Tom Moody, Shane Warne, Paul Reiffel, Damien Fleming, Glenn McGrath. India Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Mohammed Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Robin Singh, Nayan Mongia, Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble, Venkatesh Prasad, Debashish Mohanty.   Related information Stories Australia's ball and India's bat will determine winner of first Super Six clash Super Sixes guide Multimedia Australia crushed India on Friday to win the opening Super Six game of the World Cup.   • Start(941 K .MOV) India's high-scoring team had no response for the Australian bowlers. (1.15 M) Click here for the latest audio and video Search our site Watch CNN/SI 24 hours a day Sports Illustrated and CNN have combined to form a 24 hour sports news and information channel. To receive CNN/SI at your home call your cable operator or DirecTV. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Copyright © 1999 CNN/SI. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you. Read our privacy guidelines.