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Australia Vs India 2Nd Final

VB Series Australia, India, Zimbabwe in Australia - 2004 (2003/04) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 8 February 2004

Australia won by 208 runs

Australia won by 208 runs. Matthew Hayden top-scored with 126 for Australia.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
VB Series Australia, India, Zimbabwe in Australia - 2004 (2003/04)
Ground
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Date
8 February 2004
Toss
Australia, chose to bat
Result
Australia won by 208 runs
Player of the match
Matthew Hayden
Captains
Ricky Ponting (Australia), Sourav Ganguly (India)
Umpires
DJ Harper and RE Koertzen
Match referee
CH Lloyd

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Australia won the toss and chose to bat.

Australia batted first and made 359 for 5. Matthew Hayden top-scored with 126 off 122 balls, and Damien Martyn made 67. The innings was built on a 157-run stand for the third wicket between Damien Martyn and Matthew Hayden, 44% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Sydney Cricket Ground, 248 across 32 ODIs.

Chasing 360, India made 151 all out. Irfan Pathan top-scored with 30 off 41 balls. From 49 for 2 they lost 4 wickets for 10 runs, to 59 for 6.

Australia won by 208 runs.

AUSTRALIA: 359 FOR 5
BatterHow outRB
Matthew Haydenb Sachin Tendulkar126122
Adam Gilchristc Sourav Ganguly b Ashish Nehra2932
Ricky Pontingc Rahul Dravid b Irfan Pathan49
Damien Martync Hemang Badani b Irfan Pathan6776
Andrew Symondsb Ashish Nehra6639
Michael Clarkenot out3320
Simon Katichnot out114

Did not bat: Ian Harvey, Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Brad Williams

Extras 23 · Total 359 for 5

Bowler (India)OMRW
Irfan Pathan100752
Lakshmipathy Balaji90650
Ashish Nehra100632
Murali Kartik70510
Virender Sehwag50300
Sourav Ganguly1090
Sachin Tendulkar80601

FALL OF WICKETS

1-62 (Adam Gilchrist, 8.6 ov), 2-73 (Ricky Ponting, 11.2 ov), 3-230 (Damien Martyn, 38.1 ov), 4-248 (Matthew Hayden, 41.2 ov), 5-347 (Andrew Symonds, 49.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstMatthew Hayden (27) and Adam Gilchrist (24)6250
secondMatthew Hayden (0) and Ricky Ponting (4)1110
thirdDamien Martyn (67) and Matthew Hayden (85)157162
fourthMatthew Hayden (6) and Andrew Symonds (9)1818
fifthAndrew Symonds (57) and Michael Clarke (32)9947
sixthSimon Katich (11) and Michael Clarke (1)125
INDIA: 151 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Sachin Tendulkarc Brett Lee b Jason Gillespie2740
Virender Sehwagc Brett Lee b Jason Gillespie127
VVS Laxmanc & b Brett Lee57
Sourav Gangulyc Andrew Symonds b Ian Harvey315
Rahul Dravidrun out (Damien Martyn)011
Yuvraj Singhc Adam Gilchrist b Ian Harvey415
Hemang Badanirun out (Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds)1827
Irfan Pathanb Brett Lee3041
Murali Kartikc Adam Gilchrist b Brad Williams2325
Lakshmipathy Balajib Brad Williams210
Ashish Nehranot out144

Extras 13 · Total 151 all out

Bowler (Australia)OMRW
Jason Gillespie91522
Brett Lee101392
Brad Williams6.21122
Ian Harvey52302
Andrew Symonds31110

FALL OF WICKETS

1-22 (Virender Sehwag, 2.6 ov), 2-49 (Sachin Tendulkar, 8.5 ov), 3-49 (VVS Laxman, 9.1 ov), 4-52 (Rahul Dravid, 12.5 ov), 5-56 (Sourav Ganguly, 14.2 ov), 6-59 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.5 ov), 7-99 (Hemang Badani, 24.2 ov), 8-123 (Irfan Pathan, 29.4 ov), 9-136 (Murali Kartik, 31.6 ov), 10-151 (Lakshmipathy Balaji, 33.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstSachin Tendulkar (9) and Virender Sehwag (5)2216
secondSachin Tendulkar (18) and VVS Laxman (5)2735
thirdSourav Ganguly (0) and VVS Laxman (0)02
fourthSourav Ganguly (3) and Rahul Dravid (0)321
fifthSourav Ganguly (0) and Yuvraj Singh (4)49
sixthHemang Badani (1) and Yuvraj Singh (0)315
seventhHemang Badani (17) and Irfan Pathan (21)4046
eighthMurali Kartik (11) and Irfan Pathan (9)2433
ninthMurali Kartik (12) and Lakshmipathy Balaji (1)1314
tenthAshish Nehra (14) and Lakshmipathy Balaji (1)158
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