Chris Tremain's five-fer routs India A

Chris Tremain, the pacer from New South Wales, summoned a match-winning, five-wicket-haul spell to power Australia A to a rapid win by eight wickets in the second game of the Quadrangular A-Team One-Day tournament in Townsville on Sunday (August 14). India A were routed for a mere 55 runs in 15.4 overs with only Axar Patel lower down the order managing to get to double figures. The Australian openers made easy work of the chase as the home side cruised to a comfortable win in 17.1 overs.

Kurtis Patterson remained unbeaten on 23 not out, while Marcus Stoinis essayed a steady hand of 19 before he was dislodged by Yuzvendra Chahal. Chris Lynn (0) didn't last long as he was winkled out by Axar. However, Peter Handscomb (11 not out) joined forces with Patterson to pilot Australia A to a crushing win.
India A's embarrassing capitulation turns out to be the second lowest List A total made in Australia. On the other hand, the home team's batsmen showed the required batting aptitude to gauge the tough conditions on display.

Earlier, the formidable India A side was rattled by the duo of Tremain and his impressive pace colleague from Victoria, David Worrall. It was Tremain who put the tourists on the mat by snaring the scalps of Faiz Fazal (3), Karun Nair (7), Manish Pandey (0), Mandeep Singh (0) and Sanju Samson (4) to leave India A in dire straits at 22 for 5 in the fifth over.

Worrall, who had a prolific 2015-16 Sheffield Shield season with 44 wickets to his name, then backed up Tremain's sterling spell with the new ball by scything through the lower-middle order.

Kedar Jadhav (4), Hardik Pandya (1), Dhawal Kulkarni (6) and Jaydev Unadkat (7) were his victims. Only Axar offered some resistance by compiling a 25-ball 15 before falling to Michael Neser.

After putting up a shambolic show in their first game, India A, under the guidance of Rahul Dravid, will aim to bounce back when they go head-to-head against South Africa A in Townsville on Wednesday (August 17). 
Their opponents, Australia, who would be ecstatic after bestriding India A, will next take on National Performance Squad on Tuesday (August 16).

Brief Scores: India A 55 in 15.4 overs (Axar Patel 15; Chris Tremain 5-25, Daniel Worrall 4-26) lost to Australia A (Kurtis Patterson 23*, Marcus Stoinis 19; Axar Patel 1-8) by eight wickets.