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Test no. 1678

Border-Gavaskar Trophy - 3rd Test
Australia v India

2003/04 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26,27,28,29,30 December 2003 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 9 wickets


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	A Chopra	c Katich b MacGill	48	182	138	6	0	34.78
	V Sehwag	c Bracken b Katich	195	312	233	25	5	83.69
	R Dravid	c Martyn b Waugh	49	105	89	5	0	55.05
	SR Tendulkar	c Gilchrist b Lee	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
	SC Ganguly	c Langer b Lee	37	90	63	6	0	58.73
	VVS Laxman	c Hayden b MacGill	19	108	86	2	0	22.09
	PA Patel	c Gilchrist b Bracken	0	10	1	0	0	0.00
	AB Agarkar	run out (Williams)	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	A Kumble	c Langer b Williams	3	22	12	0	0	25.00
	Z Khan	not out	0	5	1	0	0	0.00
	A Nehra	c Gilchrist b MacGill	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 3, w 1, nb 11)	15

	Total	(all out; 103 overs; 424 mins)	366	(3.55 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-141 (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, 102.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	27	7	103	2	3.81	(10nb)
NW Bracken	28	6	71	1	2.53
BA Williams	20	6	66	1	3.30	(1w)
SCG MacGill	15	3	70	3	4.66	(1nb)
SM Katich	4	0	18	1	4.50
SR Waugh	9	0	35	1	3.88


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JL Langer	c Tendulkar b Agarkar	14	32	29	2	0	48.27
	ML Hayden	lbw b Kumble	136	260	173	17	1	78.61
	RT Ponting	st Patel b Kumble	257	590	458	25	0	56.11
	AC Gilchrist	c Nehra b Kumble	14	33	29	2	0	48.27
	DR Martyn	c Patel b Agarkar	31	95	63	3	0	49.20
	SR Waugh	lbw b Kumble	19	83	69	1	0	27.53
	SM Katich	c Chopra b Kumble	29	92	58	3	0	50.00
	B Lee	c Laxman b Kumble	8	31	29	0	0	27.58
	NW Bracken	c & b Tendulkar	1	6	5	0	0	20.00
	BA Williams	not out	10	10	11	0	1	90.90
	SCG MacGill	lbw b Agarkar	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 8, w 5, nb 17, pen 5)	39

	Total	(all out; 151.2 overs; 626 mins)	558	(3.68 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-30 (Langer, 6.3 ov), 2-264 (Hayden, 60.4 ov), 3-295 (Gilchrist, 68.4 ov), 4-373 (Martyn, 92.4 ov), 4-373* (Waugh, retired not out), 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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AB Agarkar	33.2	5	115	3	3.45
Z Khan	25	4	103	0	4.12	(9nb, 1w)
A Nehra	29	3	90	0	3.10	(1nb)
A Kumble	51	8	176	6	3.45	(7nb)
SR Tendulkar	13	0	57	1	4.38


India 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	A Chopra	c Gilchrist b Bracken	4	7	8	1	0	50.00
	V Sehwag	c Williams b Lee	11	22	13	2	0	84.61
	R Dravid	c Gilchrist b Lee	92	332	244	13	0	37.70
	SC Ganguly	b Bracken	73	164	125	12	0	58.40
	SR Tendulkar	c Gilchrist b Williams	44	107	79	5	0	55.69
	VVS Laxman	c Hayden b MacGill	18	57	50	3	0	36.00
	PA Patel	not out	27		50	4	0	54.00
	AB Agarkar	b Williams	1	15	10	0	0	10.00
	A Kumble	lbw b Williams	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	Z Khan	c Hayden b Williams	1	16	8	0	0	12.50
	A Nehra	c Hayden b MacGill	0	20	17	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 7)	15

	Total	(all out; 99.5 overs; 410 mins)	286	(2.86 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Chopra, 1.3 ov), 2-19 (Sehwag, 4.5 ov), 2-39* (Ganguly, retired not out), 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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	22	3	97	2	4.40	(3nb)
NW Bracken	25	13	45	2	1.80
BA Williams	22	5	53	4	2.40	(1w)
SCG MacGill	26.5	5	68	2	2.53	(4nb)
SM Katich	4	0	16	0	4.00


Australia 2nd innings (target: 95 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JL Langer	lbw b Agarkar	2	21	14	0	0	14.28
	ML Hayden	not out	53	95	63	9	0	84.12
	RT Ponting	not out	31	73	59	3	0	52.54
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 4)	11

	Total	(1 wicket; 22.2 overs; 95 mins)	97	(4.34 runs per over)

Did not bat DR Martyn,

SR Waugh, SM Katich,

AC Gilchrist, NW Bracken, B Lee, BA Williams, SCG MacGill

Fall of wickets1-9 (Langer, 4.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AB Agarkar	7	2	25	1	3.57
A Nehra	6	3	16	0	2.66	(1w)
A Kumble	6.2	0	43	0	6.78	(2nb)
V Sehwag	3	0	7	0	2.33

Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series 4-match series level 1-1

Player of the match RT Ponting (Australia)

Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and DR Shepherd (England)
TV umpire RL Parry
Match referee MJ Procter (South Africa)

Close of play
26 Dec day 1 - India 1st innings 329/4 (SC Ganguly 20*, VVS Laxman 6*, 90 ov)
27 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 317/3 (RT Ponting 120*, DR Martyn 7*, 75 ov)
28 Dec day 3 - India 2nd innings 27/2 (R Dravid 6*, SC Ganguly 6*, 11 ov)
29 Dec day 4 - India 2nd innings 286
30 Dec day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 97/1 (22.2 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
Scorers: KV O'Neill (Australia) and CJ Reece (India)
12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and S Ramesh (India)

Day 1
India 50 in 93 minutes from 22.1 overs
Chopra/Sehwag 50 partnership in 93 minutes from 135 balls
V Sehwag's highest score against Australia in Tests (previous: 47 at Adelaide, 2003-04)
V Sehwag 50 in 114 minutes from 78 balls
Lunch: India 89/0 (Chopra 31*, Sehwag 51*, 27 overs)
India 100 in 127 minutes from 29.5 overs
Chopra/Sehwag 100 partnership in 127 minutes from 184 balls
A Chopra's highest score against Australia in Tests (previous: 36 at Brisbane, 2003-04)
Chopra/Sehwag partnership 141 runs in 182 minutes from 264 balls
India 150 in 195 minutes from 46.1 overs
V Sehwag 100 in 206 minutes from 144 balls
Sehwag/Dravid 50 partnership in 36 minutes from 60 balls
India 200 in 225 minutes from 54.5 overs
Tea: India 219/1 (Sehwag 137*, Dravid 23*, 57 overs)
Sehwag/Dravid 100 partnership in 78 minutes from 134 balls
V Sehwag's highest score in Tests (previous: 147 v West Indies at Mumbai, 2002-03)
V Sehwag 150 in 263 minutes from 200 balls
Sehwag/Dravid partnership 137 runs in 105 minutes from 181 balls
Sehwag/Tendulkar partnership 8 runs in 3 minutes from 7 balls
India 300 in 304 minutes from 76.1 overs
Sehwag/Ganguly partnership 25 runs in 19 minutes from 26 balls
Attendance: 62613
Second new ball taken after over 82
Play ended at 6.12pm

Day 2
India 350 in 383 minutes from 94.5 overs
Ganguly/Laxman partnership 39 runs in 70 minutes from 103 balls
Laxman/Patel partnership 3 runs in 10 minutes from 13 balls
Laxman/Agarkar partnership 0 runs in 2 minutes from 1 ball
Laxman/Kumble partnership 13 runs in 22 minutes from 27 balls
Laxman/Khan partnership 0 runs in 3 minutes from 3 balls
Khan/Nehra partnership 0 runs in 2 minutes from 4 balls
Langer/Hayden partnership 30 runs in 32 minutes from 40 balls
Australia 50 in 52 minutes from 10.4 overs
Hayden/Ponting 50 partnership in 67 minutes from 94 balls
Australia 100 in 110 minutes from 24.4 overs
ML Hayden 50 in 121 minutes from 71 balls
Hayden/Ponting 100 partnership in 105 minutes from 152 balls
RT Ponting 50 in 114 minutes from 87 balls
Tea: Australia 149/1 (Hayden 68*, Ponting 54*, 36 overs)
Australia 150 in 157 minutes from 36.1 overs
Hayden/Ponting 150 partnership in 153 minutes from 222 balls
Australia 200 in 206 minutes from 47.5 overs
Australia 250 in 251 minutes from 58.5 overs
ML Hayden 100 in 218 minutes from 136 balls
Hayden/Ponting 200 partnership in 209 minutes from 305 balls
Hayden/Ponting partnership 234 runs in 227 minutes from 330 balls
RT Ponting 100 in 237 minutes from 172 balls
Ponting/Gilchrist partnership 29 runs in 33 minutes from 51 balls
Australia 300 in 301 minutes from 69.5 overs
Attendance: 39566
Play ended at 6.48pm

Day 3
Second new ball taken after 83 overs
Australia 300 in 358 minutes from 85 overs
Ponting/Martyn 50 partnership in 59 minutes from 93 balls
Ponting/Martyn partnership 78 runs in 95 minutes from 145 balls
SR Waugh retired hurt on 0* from 373/4 to 437/5 (struck on elbow by Agarkar)
Lunch: Australia 396/4 (Ponting 162*, Katich 10*, 102 overs)
Australia 400 in 441 minutes from 103.1 overs
RT Ponting 150 in 338 minutes from 261 balls
Ponting/Katich 50 partnership in 70 minutes from 102 balls
Ponting/Katich partnership 64 runs in 92 minutes from 134 balls
Australia 450 in 502 minutes from 118 overs
Tea: Australia 480/5 (Ponting 212*, Waugh 12*, 131 overs)
Ponting/Waugh 50 partnership in 75 minutes from 116 balls
RT Ponting 200 in 483 minutes from 368 balls
Australia 500 in 567 minutes from 136 overs
Ponting/Waugh partnership 65 runs in 85 minutes from 130 balls
Ponting/Lee partnership 33 runs in 31 minutes from 50 balls
RT Ponting 250 in 571 minutes from 434 balls
Ponting/Bracken partnership 7 runs in 6 minutes from 10 balls
Australia 550 in 618 minutes from 149.4 overs
Ponting/Williams partnership 13 runs in 19 minutes from 30 balls
Williams/MacGill partnership 3 runs in 2 minutes from 2 balls
Attendance: 33256

Day 4
SC Ganguly (2) retired hurt on 16* from 39/2 to 160/4 (struck on the back of the head by Williams)
India 2nd Innings 50 (91 minutes, 16.0 overs)
India-2 Dravid/Tendulkar 50 partnership (66 minutes, 105 balls)
India 2nd innings 100 (149 minutes, 35.0 overs)
India-2 Dravid 50 (208 minutes, 145 balls)
India 2nd Innings 150 (220 minutes, 51.2 overs)
India-2 Dravid/Ganguly 50 partnership (69 minutes, 113 balls)
India-2 New Ball Taken after 80 overs
India-1 Ganguly 50 (139 minutes, 106 balls)
India 2nd Innings 250 (339 minutes, 83.2 overs)
Crowd Day 4: 14965

Day 5
Australia-2 50 (65 minutes, 14.1 overs)
Australia-2 Ponting/Hayden 50 partnership (50 minutes, 70 balls)
Australia-2 Hayden 50 (90 minutes, 62 balls)
Crowd Day 5: 29262
Match Complete at 12:39 local time

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