India v Australia
Australia won by 7 wickets
VB Series, Final6 February 2004Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Indiabatted first
22249 ov
Australiatarget 223 in 50 overs
224/340.1 ov
India won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match RT Ponting
India innings
22249 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V Sehwag | c AC Gilchrist b JN Gillespie | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| SR Tendulkar | b B Lee | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 36.4 |
| VVS Laxman | c A Symonds b BA Williams | 24 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 96.0 |
| R Dravid | c ML Hayden b IJ Harvey | 12 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 41.4 |
| SC Ganguly | c AC Gilchrist b IJ Harvey | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 |
| HK Badani | not out | 60* | 81 | 4 | 0 | 74.1 |
| AB Agarkar | c B Lee b MJ Clarke | 53 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 85.5 |
| IK Pathan | run out | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| A Kumble | run out | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| L Balaji | b JN Gillespie | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Extras | lb 6, w 2, nb 4 | 12 | ||||
| Total | all out, 49 overs, run rate 4.53 | 222 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230
1-6 V Sehwag2-14 SR Tendulkar3-48 VVS Laxman4-48 R Dravid5-75 SC Ganguly6-75 Yuvraj Singh7-177 AB Agarkar8-209 IK Pathan9-217 A Kumble10-222 L Balaji
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JN Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 3.90 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B Lee | 9 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 3.78 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| BA Williams | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3.80 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| IJ Harvey | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 4.00 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A Symonds | 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 6.71 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 223
224/340.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c SR Tendulkar b L Balaji | 38 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 190.0 |
| ML Hayden | c & b L Balaji | 50 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 54.9 |
| RT Ponting | c R Dravid b L Balaji | 88 | 80 | 7 | 2 | 110.0 |
| DR Martyn | not out | 20* | 37 | 1 | 0 | 54.1 |
| A Symonds | not out | 10* | 15 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Extras | b 6, lb 2, w 8, nb 2 | 18 | ||||
| Total | 3 wickets, 40.1 overs, run rate 5.58 | 224 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230
1-48 AC Gilchrist2-187 ML Hayden3-193 RT Ponting
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB Agarkar | 9.1 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 6.33 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| L Balaji | 10 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 5.20 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| IK Pathan | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4.50 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| A Kumble | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5.14 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| V Sehwag | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5.80 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SC Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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