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Sixth one-day international: Guwahati: Australia 172-4 (41.5 overs) beat India 170 (48 overs) by six wickets
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Inspired bowling by left-armers Doug Bollinger and Mitchell Johnson led Australia to a series-clinching victory over India in Guwahati.The injury-hit tourists won by six wickets to take a 4-2 lead in the series with one match still to play.

India slumped to 75-7 as Bollinger (5-35) and Johnson (3-39) ran through the top order and were all out for 170.

Ravidra Jadeja (57) and Praveen Kumar (54 not out) batted well but Australia cruised home with 8.1 overs to spare.

Shane Watson set them on their way with 10 fours in an aggressive knock which ended with him one short of a half century when he top-edged an attempted slog-sweep off spinner Harbhajan Singh.

Harbhajan also accounted for Australian skipper Ricky Ponting, caught at leg-slip by Suresh Raina, but Mike Hussey continued his excellent form with an unbeaten 35 and Adam Voges (23) hit two successive fours off Sachin Tendulkar to bring the game to an end.

A series win is a tremendous result for an Australian side which had lost Brett Lee, Peter Siddle, James Hopes, Tim Paine and Moises Henriques because of injuries.


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