Australia Vs India 10Th Match
Commonwealth Bank Series Australia, India, Sri Lanka in Australia - 2008 (2007/08) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 24 February 2008
Australia won by 18 runs
Australia won by 18 runs. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 124 for Australia. Brett Lee took 5/58.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
- Date
- 24 February 2008
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 18 runs
- Player of the match
- Ricky Ponting
- Captains
- Ricky Ponting (Australia), MS Dhoni (India)
- Umpires
- DJ Harper and AL Hill
- Match referee
- JJ Crowe
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Australia batted first and made 317 for 7. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 124 off 133 balls, and Andrew Symonds made 59. The innings was built on a 110-run stand for the second wicket between Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Sydney Cricket Ground, 248 across 32 ODIs.
Chasing 318, India made 299 all out. Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 113 off 119 balls, and Robin Uthappa made 51. Brett Lee took 5 for 58 for Australia. The innings was built on a 98-run stand for the fifth wicket between MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir.
Australia won by 18 runs.
AUSTRALIA: 317 FOR 7
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hayden | run out (Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag) | 54 | 62 |
| Adam Gilchrist | c MS Dhoni b Sreesanth | 16 | 7 |
| Ricky Ponting | c Irfan Pathan b Sreesanth | 124 | 133 |
| Michael Clarke | c Rohit Sharma b Virender Sehwag | 31 | 38 |
| Andrew Symonds | b Ishant Sharma | 59 | 49 |
| Michael Hussey | not out | 15 | 10 |
| James Hopes | run out (Harbhajan Singh) | 4 | 3 |
| Brett Lee | run out (Harbhajan Singh) | 0 | – |
Did not bat: Brad Hogg, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark
Extras 14 · Total 317 for 7
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sreesanth | 8 | 0 | 58 | 2 |
| Ishant Sharma | 10 | 0 | 65 | 1 |
| Irfan Pathan | 9 | 0 | 73 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-21 (Adam Gilchrist, 2.3 ov), 2-131 (Matthew Hayden, 20.3 ov), 3-194 (Michael Clarke, 31.5 ov), 4-296 (Andrew Symonds, 47.2 ov), 5-304 (Ricky Ponting, 48.1 ov), 6-317 (James Hopes, 49.5 ov), 7-317 (Brett Lee, 49.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Matthew Hayden (4) and Adam Gilchrist (16) | 21 | 15 |
| second | Matthew Hayden (50) and Ricky Ponting (53) | 110 | 108 |
| third | Ricky Ponting (28) and Michael Clarke (31) | 63 | 68 |
| fourth | Ricky Ponting (41) and Andrew Symonds (59) | 102 | 95 |
| fifth | Ricky Ponting (2) and Michael Hussey (6) | 8 | 5 |
| sixth | Michael Hussey (9) and James Hopes (4) | 13 | 10 |
| seventh | Brett Lee (0) and Michael Hussey (0) | 0 | 1 |
INDIA: 299 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | lbw b Brett Lee | 2 | 3 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark | 17 | 19 |
| Gautam Gambhir | st Adam Gilchrist b Brad Hogg | 113 | 119 |
| Rohit Sharma | c Adam Gilchrist b Nathan Bracken | 1 | 3 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark | 5 | 3 |
| MS Dhoni | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 36 | 66 |
| Robin Uthappa | c Michael Hussey b Brett Lee | 51 | 46 |
| Irfan Pathan | c Nathan Bracken b James Hopes | 22 | 21 |
| Harbhajan Singh | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 20 | 11 |
| Sreesanth | not out | 3 | 4 |
| Ishant Sharma | b Brett Lee | 2 | 4 |
Extras 27 · Total 299 all out
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lee | 9.1 | 1 | 58 | 5 |
| Nathan Bracken | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 |
| Stuart Clark | 10 | 0 | 55 | 2 |
| James Hopes | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Brad Hogg | 9 | 0 | 62 | 1 |
| Michael Clarke | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-3 (Sachin Tendulkar, 0.5 ov), 2-45 (Virender Sehwag, 8.4 ov), 3-46 (Rohit Sharma, 9.1 ov), 4-51 (Yuvraj Singh, 10.2 ov), 5-149 (MS Dhoni, 30.3 ov), 6-216 (Gautam Gambhir, 39.1 ov), 7-257 (Irfan Pathan, 44.5 ov), 8-290 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.4 ov), 9-290 (Robin Uthappa, 47.5 ov), 10-299 (Ishant Sharma, 49.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar (2) and Virender Sehwag (1) | 3 | 5 |
| second | Gautam Gambhir (24) and Virender Sehwag (16) | 42 | 47 |
| third | Gautam Gambhir (24) and Rohit Sharma (1) | 1 | 3 |
| fourth | Yuvraj Singh (5) and Gautam Gambhir (0) | 5 | 7 |
| fifth | MS Dhoni (36) and Gautam Gambhir (58) | 98 | 122 |
| sixth | Gautam Gambhir (31) and Robin Uthappa (27) | 67 | 55 |
| seventh | Robin Uthappa (17) and Irfan Pathan (22) | 41 | 34 |
| eighth | Harbhajan Singh (20) and Robin Uthappa (7) | 33 | 17 |
| ninth | Robin Uthappa (0) and Sreesanth (7) | 0 | 1 |
| tenth | Sreesanth (3) and Ishant Sharma (2) | 9 | 8 |
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