Australia Vs India 4Th Match
Commonwealth Bank Series Australia, India, Sri Lanka in Australia - 2008 (2007/08) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 10 February 2008
India won by 5 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
India won by 5 wickets (with 25 balls remaining). Michael Hussey top-scored with 65* for Australia. Ishant Sharma took 4/38.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Date
- 10 February 2008
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 5 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Ishant Sharma
- Captains
- Ricky Ponting (Australia), MS Dhoni (India)
- Umpires
- RE Koertzen and SJA Taufel
- Match referee
- JJ Crowe
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Australia batted first and made 159 all out. Michael Hussey top-scored with 65 not out off 88 balls. Ishant Sharma took 4 for 38 for India. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 242 across 28 ODIs.
Chasing 160, India made 160 for 5. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 44 off 54 balls, and Rohit Sharma made 39.
India won by 5 wickets (with 25 balls remaining).
AUSTRALIA: 159 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hayden | c MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma | 25 | 21 |
| Adam Gilchrist | lbw b Sreesanth | 0 | 3 |
| Ricky Ponting | c Sachin Tendulkar b Ishant Sharma | 9 | 15 |
| Michael Clarke | c Rohit Sharma b Irfan Pathan | 11 | 27 |
| Andrew Symonds | c MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma | 14 | 24 |
| Michael Hussey | not out | 65 | 88 |
| Brad Haddin | st MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh | 5 | 31 |
| Brett Lee | c MS Dhoni b Irfan Pathan | 10 | 35 |
| Mitchell Johnson | c Robin Uthappa b Sreesanth | 3 | 8 |
| Nathan Bracken | c Sachin Tendulkar b Sreesanth | 1 | 9 |
| Stuart Clark | c MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma | 0 | 1 |
Extras 16 · Total 159 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sreesanth | 9 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| Ishant Sharma | 9.1 | 1 | 38 | 4 |
| Irfan Pathan | 8 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 8 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
| Virender Sehwag | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-1 (Adam Gilchrist, 0.3 ov), 2-37 (Matthew Hayden, 5.2 ov), 3-47 (Ricky Ponting, 7.2 ov), 4-64 (Michael Clarke, 12.5 ov), 5-75 (Andrew Symonds, 17.5 ov), 6-92 (Brad Haddin, 25.2 ov), 7-145 (Brett Lee, 38.2 ov), 8-151 (Mitchell Johnson, 40.4 ov), 9-155 (Nathan Bracken, 42.5 ov), 10-159 (Stuart Clark, 43.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Matthew Hayden (0) and Adam Gilchrist (0) | 1 | 3 |
| second | Matthew Hayden (25) and Ricky Ponting (5) | 36 | 32 |
| third | Ricky Ponting (4) and Michael Clarke (5) | 10 | 12 |
| fourth | Andrew Symonds (9) and Michael Clarke (6) | 17 | 33 |
| fifth | Andrew Symonds (5) and Michael Hussey (5) | 11 | 30 |
| sixth | Michael Hussey (11) and Brad Haddin (5) | 17 | 45 |
| seventh | Brett Lee (10) and Michael Hussey (39) | 53 | 78 |
| eighth | Michael Hussey (3) and Mitchell Johnson (3) | 6 | 14 |
| ninth | Michael Hussey (3) and Nathan Bracken (1) | 4 | 13 |
| tenth | Michael Hussey (4) and Stuart Clark (0) | 4 | 2 |
INDIA: 160 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | c Brett Lee b Mitchell Johnson | 44 | 54 |
| Virender Sehwag | lbw b Nathan Bracken | 11 | 19 |
| Irfan Pathan | lbw b Mitchell Johnson | 18 | 30 |
| Gautam Gambhir | c Michael Clarke b Brett Lee | 21 | 43 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Michael Hussey b Stuart Clark | 3 | 14 |
| Rohit Sharma | not out | 39 | 61 |
| MS Dhoni | not out | 17 | 54 |
Did not bat: Robin Uthappa, Harbhajan Singh, Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma
Extras 7 · Total 160 for 5
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lee | 9 | 0 | 42 | 1 |
| Nathan Bracken | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Stuart Clark | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 10 | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| Michael Clarke | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Andrew Symonds | 2.5 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-18 (Virender Sehwag, 3.6 ov), 2-54 (Irfan Pathan, 11.2 ov), 3-89 (Gautam Gambhir, 21.6 ov), 4-96 (Sachin Tendulkar, 25.4 ov), 5-102 (Yuvraj Singh, 28.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar (6) and Virender Sehwag (11) | 18 | 24 |
| second | Sachin Tendulkar (18) and Irfan Pathan (18) | 36 | 44 |
| third | Sachin Tendulkar (14) and Gautam Gambhir (21) | 35 | 64 |
| fourth | Sachin Tendulkar (6) and Yuvraj Singh (1) | 7 | 22 |
| fifth | Yuvraj Singh (2) and Rohit Sharma (4) | 6 | 17 |
| sixth | MS Dhoni (17) and Rohit Sharma (35) | 58 | 104 |
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