BRISBANE  - A dominant Australia cruised to a 110-run win over India in their one-day international tri-series match in Brisbane on Sunday. After blasting 288 for five in their innings, the Australians ripped through the Indian top order to leave the visitors in disarray at 36 for four.
India struggled on but were never in the hunt, finishing all out for 178, skipper MS Dhoni playing a lone hand with the bat, scoring 56 off 84 deliveries. Man of the match Ben Hilfenhaus was the pick of the Australian bowlers with 5-33, while veteran Brett Lee continued his resurgence with 3-49.
After Ricky Ponting won the toss and chose to bat, the Australians recovered from a slow start to overwhelm the Indian attack with some powerful hitting over the final 20 overs.
Veteran Mike Hussey top scored with 59 and combined with newcomer Peter Forrest (52) in a fifth wicket partnership of 100 from 92 balls, while David Hussey (26) and Daniel Christian (30) smashed 65 runs from the last six overs against a demoralised attack. Left arm medium pacer Irfan Pathan with 3-61 was the pick of the Indian bowlers, claiming both Hussey and Forrest as well as the dangerous David Warner, who made 43 at the top of the order. But there was troubling news for the visitors when Sachin Tendulkar was forced from the field at the end of the 25th over after he was struck a painful blow on the left shin while fielding at first slip.
Tendulkar, who is still searching for his elusive 100th international century, came out to open with Gautam Gambhir but his run of poor form continued when he tried an upper-cut off Hilfenhaus only to be caught at deep third man by Xavier Doherty for three. Gambhir had earlier fallen in the second over when he edged a fired-up Brett Lee to wicketkeeper Matthew Wade as India's run chase got off to the worst possible start. Lee and Wade combined soon after to dismiss Rohit Sharma for a duck before Virat Kohli fell in controversial circumstances when he was caught at first slip by David Hussey off Hilfenhaus.
The combative Kohli refused to walk until third umpire Bruce Oxenford confirmed the ball had carried, which he did despite replays appearing to indicate there was some doubt. The Indians tried to recover but lost wickets at key moments and were unable to boost the run rate enough to stay in touch with the asking rate.
Earlier powerful Australian opener Warner got the home team off to a good start as he raced to 43 runs off 46 balls.

     scoreboard

AUSTRALIA:
M Wade c and b Sharma    45
D Warner c Tendulkar b Pathan    43
R Ponting c Pathan b Khan    7
P Forrest c Kohli b Pathan    52
M Hussey c Raina b Pathan    59
D Hussey not out    26
D Christian not out    30
EXTRAS: (lb12, w12, b2)    26
TOTAL: (5 wkts; 50 overs)    288
FOW: 1-70, 2-83, 3-117, 4-217, 5-223
BOWLING: Khan 10-0-46-1, Vinay Kumar 10-0-60-0, Pathan 10-0-61-3, Raina 10-0-44-0, Yadav 7-0-46-0, Sharma 3-0-17-1
INDIA:
G Gambhir c Wade b Lee    5
S Tendulkar c Doherty b Hilfenhaus    3
V Kohli c D. Hussey b Hilfenhaus    12
R Sharma c Wade b Lee    0
S Raina c Wade b Christian    28
MS Dhoni Christian Hilfenhaus    56
R Jadeja c Forrest b Starc    18
I Pathan c Wade b Hilfenhaus    19
R Vinay Kumar b Lee    6
Z Khan c Wade Hilfenhaus    9
U Yadav not out    6
EXTRAS: (lb4, w10, nb2)    16
TOTAL: (all out; 43.3 overs)    178
FOW: 1-8, 2-15, 3-16, 4-36, 5-82, 6-114, 7-149, 8-162, 9-168, 10-178
BOWLING: Lee 10-0-49-3, Hilfenhaus 9.3-1-33-5, Christian 6-0-27-1, Starc 8-0-36-1, Doherty 10-0-29-0

Tri-series standings

Team    Matches    Wins    Losses    Tied    Points
Australia    5    3    2    0    14
India    5    2    2    1    10
Sri Lanka    4    1    2    1    7