f47437 t1678	Australia v India
	India in Australia 2003/04 (3rd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 2003 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 9 wickets
Umpires	BF Bowden, DR Shepherd
Third umpire	RL Parry
Referee	MJ Procter
Scorers	KV O'Neill (Australia), CJ Reece (India)
Close of play day 1	India (1) 329/4 (Ganguly 20*, Laxman 6*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 317/3 (Ponting 120*, Martyn 7*; 75 overs)
Close of play day 3	India (2) 27/2 (Dravid 6*, Ganguly 6*; 11 overs)
Close of play day 4	India (2) 286 all out
Man of the Match	RT Ponting

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AS Chopra	c Katich b MacGill	48	138	182	6	-
V Sehwag	c Bracken b Katich	195	233	312	25	5
RS Dravid	c Martyn b Waugh	49	89	105	5	-
SR Tendulkar	c Gilchrist b Lee	0	1	3	-	-
*SC Ganguly	c Langer b Lee	37	63	90	6	-
VVS Laxman	c Hayden b MacGill	19	86	108	2	-
+PA Patel	c Gilchrist b Bracken	0	1	10	-	-
AB Agarkar	run out (Williams)	0	1	2	-	-
A Kumble	c Langer b Williams	3	12	22	-	-
Z Khan	not out	0	1	5	-	-
A Nehra	c Gilchrist b MacGill	0	4	2	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 424 minutes, 103 overs)	366
Fall of wickets: 1-141 (Chopra, 42.6 ov), 2-278 (Dravid, 72.6 ov), 3-286 (Tendulkar, 74.1 ov), 4-311 (Sehwag, 78.3 ov), 5-350 (Ganguly, 94.6 ov), 6-353 (Patel, 97.1 ov), 7-353 (Agarkar, 97.2 ov), 8-366 (Kumble, 101.5 ov), 9-366 (Laxman, 102.2 ov), 10-366 (Nehra, 103 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	27	7	103	2	-	10
Bracken	28	6	71	1	-	-
Williams	20	6	66	1	1	-
MacGill	15	3	70	3	-	1
Katich	4	0	18	1	-	-
Waugh	9	0	35	1	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Langer	c Tendulkar b Agarkar	14	29	32	2	-
ML Hayden	lbw b Kumble	136	173	260	17	1
RT Ponting	st Patel b Kumble	257	458	590	25	-
+AC Gilchrist	c Nehra b Kumble	14	29	33	2	-
DR Martyn	c Patel b Agarkar	31	63	95	3	-
*SR Waugh	lbw b Kumble	19	69	83	1	-
SM Katich	c Chopra b Kumble	29	58	92	3	-
B Lee	c Laxman b Kumble	8	29	31	-	-
NW Bracken	c and b Tendulkar	1	5	6	-	-
BA Williams	not out	10	11	10	-	1
SCG MacGill	lbw b Agarkar	0	1	2	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 17 nb, 5 w, 5 pen)	39
Total	(all out, 626 minutes, 151.2 overs)	558
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Langer, 6.3 ov), 2-264 (Hayden, 60.4 ov), 3-295 (Gilchrist, 68.4 ov), 4-373 (Martyn, 92.4 ov), 5-437 (Katich, 114.4 ov), 6-502 (Waugh, 136.1 ov), 7-535 (Lee, 144.2 ov), 8-542 (Bracken, 145.6 ov), 9-555 (Ponting, 150.6 ov), 10-558 (MacGill, 151.2 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agarkar	33.2	5	115	3	-	-
Khan	25	4	103	0	1	9
Nehra	29	3	90	0	-	1
Kumble	51	8	176	6	-	7
Tendulkar	13	0	57	1	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AS Chopra	c Gilchrist b Bracken	4	8	7	1	-
V Sehwag	c Williams b Lee	11	13	22	2	-
RS Dravid	c Gilchrist b Lee	92	244	332	13	-
*SC Ganguly	b Bracken	73	125	164	12	-
SR Tendulkar	c Gilchrist b Williams	44	79	107	5	-
VVS Laxman	c Hayden b MacGill	18	50	57	3	-
+PA Patel	not out	27	50	69	4	-
AB Agarkar	b Williams	1	10	15	-	-
A Kumble	lbw b Williams	0	2	1	-	-
Z Khan	c Hayden b Williams	1	8	16	-	-
A Nehra	c Hayden b MacGill	0	17	20	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 410 minutes, 99.5 overs)	286
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Chopra, 1.3 ov), 2-19 (Sehwag, 4.5 ov), 3-126 (Tendulkar, 42.3 ov), 4-160 (Laxman, 56.6 ov), 5-253 (Dravid, 83.4 ov), 6-258 (Ganguly, 87.1 ov), 7-271 (Agarkar, 90.4 ov), 8-271 (Kumble, 90.6 ov), 9-277 (Khan, 94.3 ov), 10-286 (Nehra, 99.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	22	3	97	2	-	3
Bracken	25	13	45	2	-	-
Williams	22	5	53	4	1	-
MacGill	26.5	5	68	2	-	4
Katich	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Langer	lbw b Agarkar	2	14	21	-	-
ML Hayden	not out	53	63	95	9	-
RT Ponting	not out	31	59	73	3	-
DR Martyn	did not bat
*SR Waugh	did not bat
SM Katich	did not bat
+AC Gilchrist	did not bat
NW Bracken	did not bat
B Lee	did not bat
BA Williams	did not bat
SCG MacGill	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(1 wicket, 95 minutes, 22.2 overs)	97
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Langer, 4.2 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agarkar	7	2	25	1	-	-
Nehra	6	3	16	0	1	-
Kumble	6.2	0	43	0	-	2
Sehwag	3	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> India first innings: 50 in 22.1 overs, 93 minutes
--> India first innings: 100 in 29.5 overs, 127 minutes
--> India first innings: 150 in 46.1 overs, 195 minutes
--> India first innings: 200 in 54.5 overs, 225 minutes
--> India first innings: 300 in 76.1 overs, 304 minutes
--> India first innings: 350 in 94.5 overs, 383 minutes
--> Australia first innings: 50 in 10.4 overs, 52 minutes
--> Australia first innings: 100 in 24.4 overs, 110 minutes
--> Australia first innings: 150 in 36.1 overs, 157 minutes
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 47.5 overs, 206 minutes
--> Australia first innings: 250 in 58.5 overs, 251 minutes
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 69.5 overs, 301 minutes
--> Australia first innings: 350 in 85 overs, 358 minutes
--> Australia first innings: 400 in 103.1 overs, 441 minutes
--> Australia first innings: 450 in 118 overs, 502 minutes
--> Australia first innings: 500 in 136 overs, 567 minutes
--> Australia first innings: 550 in 149.4 overs, 618 minutes
--> India second innings: 50 in 16 overs, 91 minutes
--> India second innings: 100 in 35 overs, 149 minutes
--> India second innings: 150 in 51.2 overs, 220 minutes
--> India second innings: 250 in 83.2 overs, 339 minutes
--> Australia second innings: 50 in 14.1 overs, 65 minutes
--> V Sehwag (1) 50 in 78 balls, 114 minutes
--> V Sehwag (1) 100 in 144 balls, 206 minutes
--> V Sehwag (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 147
--> V Sehwag (1) 150 in 200 balls, 263 minutes
--> ML Hayden (1) 50 in 71 balls, 121 minutes
--> ML Hayden (1) 100 in 136 balls, 218 minutes
--> RT Ponting (1) 50 in 87 balls, 114 minutes
--> RT Ponting (1) 100 in 172 balls, 237 minutes
--> RT Ponting (1) 150 in 261 balls, 338 minutes
--> RT Ponting (1) 200 in 368 balls, 483 minutes
--> RT Ponting (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 242
--> RT Ponting (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 242
--> RT Ponting (1) 250 in 434 balls, 571 minutes
--> RT Ponting (1) passed 5500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 39
--> RS Dravid (2) 50 in 145 balls, 208 minutes
--> SC Ganguly (2) 50 in 106 balls, 139 minutes
--> PA Patel (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 2
--> ML Hayden (2) 50 in 62 balls, 90 minutes
--> ML Hayden (2) passed 19500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 42
--> SCG MacGill reached 500 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed AS Chopra, his 1st wicket in the India first innings
--> AB Agarkar reached 50 wickets in Test Matches when he dismissed SCG MacGill, his 3rd wicket in the Australia first innings
--> BA Williams achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed A Kumble in the India second innings (previous best was 2-56)
--> AS Chopra and V Sehwag added 50 in 135 balls, 93 minutes for the India 1st wicket in the first innings
--> AS Chopra and V Sehwag added 100 in 184 balls, 127 minutes for the India 1st wicket in the first innings
--> V Sehwag and RS Dravid added 50 in 60 balls, 36 minutes for the India 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> V Sehwag and RS Dravid added 100 in 134 balls, 78 minutes for the India 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden and RT Ponting added 50 in 94 balls, 67 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden and RT Ponting added 100 in 152 balls, 105 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden and RT Ponting added 150 in 222 balls, 153 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> ML Hayden and RT Ponting added 200 in 305 balls, 209 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> RT Ponting and DR Martyn added 50 in 93 balls, 59 minutes for the Australia 4th wicket in the first innings
--> RT Ponting and SM Katich added 50 in 102 balls, 70 minutes for the Australia 5th wicket in the first innings
--> RT Ponting and SR Waugh added 50 in 116 balls, 75 minutes for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
--> RS Dravid and SR Tendulkar added 50 in 105 balls, 66 minutes for the India 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> RS Dravid and SC Ganguly added 50 in 113 balls, 69 minutes for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
--> ML Hayden and RT Ponting added 50 in 70 balls, 50 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> SR Waugh retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 0 (team score 373/4) - he returned when the score was 437/5
--> SC Ganguly retired hurt in the India second innings having scored 16 (team score 39/2) - he returned when the score was 160/4

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Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and S Ramesh (India)
Lunch: India 89/0 (Chopra 31*, Sehwag 51*, 27 overs)
Tea: India 219/1 (Sehwag 137*, Dravid 23*, 57 overs)
Attendance: 62613
Second new ball taken after over 82
Tea: Australia 149/1 (Hayden 68*, Ponting 54*, 36 overs)
Attendance: 39566
Second new ball taken after 83 overs
Lunch: Australia 396/4 (Ponting 162*, Katich 10*, 102 overs)
Tea: Australia 480/5 (Ponting 212*, Waugh 12*, 131 overs)
Attendance: 33256
India-2 New Ball Taken after 80 overs
Crowd Day 4: 14965
Crowd Day 5: 29262

 

 

 

 

 

 

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