Ten terrific cameos in ODI cricket

James Faulkner v/s India (64* off 29 balls), 2013

He broke millions of Indian hearts with his uninhibited butchery in the 48^th over of the Australian chase, but James Faulkner also showed that he was no mug with the bat as he piloted his side to a come-from-behind win against India in the third ODI at Mohali.

With 304 to get, courtesy a magnificent unbeaten century from Indian captain MS Dhoni, Australia struggled with the chase, despite fluent knocks from opener Aaron Finch and skipper George Bailey. Glenn Maxwell’s run out in between did not help them either. It left the Kangaroos with 18 balls in which to score 44 runs, with Adam Voges still on the bridge.

But Faulkner turned the game on its head with a blistering counter-attack on the lanky Ishant Sharma. He found the sweet spot off the first delivery – full and wide – and sent it over cover for a boundary. The next two deliveries landed into the stands, one over cow corner and the other over the bowler’s head.

Ishant lost his way, and dished out three more short balls, two of which were ferociously belted into the crowd, and the equation came down to 14 from the last two overs, which Australia attained with relative ease, with Faulkner slamming the winning six.