Australia v India
Australia won by 18 runs
VB Series, Match 19 January 2004Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Australiabatted first
28848.3 ov
Indiatarget 289 in 50 overs
27049 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match A Symonds
Australia innings
28848.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c IK Pathan b AB Agarkar | 34 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 100.0 |
| ML Hayden | c Yuvraj Singh b AB Agarkar | 20 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 90.9 |
| RT Ponting | c & b L Balaji | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 94.7 |
| DR Martyn | c L Balaji b AB Agarkar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| A Symonds | c A Kumble b AB Agarkar | 88 | 102 | 5 | 3 | 86.3 |
| MJ Clarke | c VVS Laxman b A Kumble | 63 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 95.5 |
| MG Bevan | c SC Ganguly b V Sehwag | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| IJ Harvey | c SR Tendulkar b AB Agarkar | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 116.7 |
| AJ Bichel | run out | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| JN Gillespie | not out | 8* | 10 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 |
| BA Williams | c Yuvraj Singh b AB Agarkar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 10, w 14, nb 3 | 27 | ||||
| Total | all out, 48.3 overs, run rate 5.94 | 288 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290
1-59 AC Gilchrist2-70 ML Hayden3-70 DR Martyn4-89 RT Ponting5-232 MJ Clarke6-233 MG Bevan7-258 A Symonds8-272 AJ Bichel9-287 IJ Harvey10-288 BA Williams
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB Agarkar | 9.3 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 4.42 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| IK Pathan | 10 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 6.10 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| L Balaji | 9 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 5.78 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| A Kumble | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 5.60 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| SB Bangar | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SC Ganguly | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 8.00 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| V Sehwag | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
India innings chasing 289
27049 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V Sehwag | b IJ Harvey | 35 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 59.3 |
| SR Tendulkar | c RT Ponting b A Symonds | 63 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 91.3 |
| SC Ganguly | run out | 82 | 83 | 6 | 1 | 98.8 |
| VVS Laxman | c MJ Clarke b A Symonds | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 |
| R Dravid | c IJ Harvey b MJ Clarke | 16 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 84.2 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c MJ Clarke b IJ Harvey | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 104.2 |
| SB Bangar | c RT Ponting b IJ Harvey | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| AB Agarkar | c MJ Clarke b JN Gillespie | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| IK Pathan | c ML Hayden b BA Williams | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| A Kumble | c MJ Clarke b BA Williams | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 |
| L Balaji | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 1, lb 8, w 11, nb 1 | 21 | ||||
| Total | all out, 49 overs, run rate 5.51 | 270 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290
1-103 V Sehwag2-134 SR Tendulkar3-168 VVS Laxman4-195 R Dravid5-257 Yuvraj Singh6-257 SC Ganguly7-260 AB Agarkar8-263 SB Bangar9-266 IK Pathan10-270 A Kumble
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JN Gillespie | 10 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 5.00 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| BA Williams | 9 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 5.78 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| AJ Bichel | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 6.33 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IJ Harvey | 10 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 5.20 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| A Symonds | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 4.70 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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