Australia Vs India 5Th Match
VB Series Australia, India, Zimbabwe in Australia - 2004 (2003/04) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 18 January 2004
India won by 19 runs
India won by 19 runs. Matthew Hayden top-scored with 109 for Australia. Lakshmipathy Balaji took 4/48.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
- Date
- 18 January 2004
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 19 runs
- Player of the match
- VVS Laxman
- Captains
- Sourav Ganguly (India), Ricky Ponting (Australia)
- Debut
- Rohan Gavaskar (India)
- Umpires
- PD Parker and SA Bucknor
- Match referee
- CH Lloyd
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to bat. It was Rohan Gavaskar's first ODI.
India batted first and made 303 for 4. VVS Laxman top-scored with 103 not out off 113 balls, and Sachin Tendulkar made 86. The innings was built on a 133-run stand for the third wicket between Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, 44% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Brisbane Cricket Ground, 240 across 22 ODIs.
Chasing 304, Australia made 284 all out. Matthew Hayden top-scored with 109 off 107 balls, and Michael Clarke made 42. Lakshmipathy Balaji took 4 for 48 for India.
India won by 19 runs.
INDIA: 303 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | c & b Andrew Symonds | 86 | 95 |
| Sourav Ganguly | c & b Brad Williams | 18 | 24 |
| VVS Laxman | not out | 103 | 113 |
| Rahul Dravid | c Brad Williams b Ian Harvey | 74 | 64 |
| Yuvraj Singh | b Brett Lee | 5 | 4 |
| Rohan Gavaskar | not out | 2 | 3 |
Did not bat: Hemang Badani, Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Ashish Nehra
Extras 15 · Total 303 for 4
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Brad Williams | 8 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Brett Lee | 10 | 0 | 83 | 1 |
| Ian Harvey | 10 | 0 | 61 | 1 |
| Andrew Symonds | 8 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
| Michael Clarke | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-37 (Sourav Ganguly, 7.4 ov), 2-147 (Sachin Tendulkar, 28.1 ov), 3-280 (Rahul Dravid, 47.5 ov), 4-295 (Yuvraj Singh, 48.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar (13) and Sourav Ganguly (17) | 37 | 43 |
| second | Sachin Tendulkar (73) and VVS Laxman (33) | 110 | 125 |
| third | Rahul Dravid (74) and VVS Laxman (55) | 133 | 118 |
| fourth | VVS Laxman (7) and Yuvraj Singh (5) | 15 | 7 |
| fifth | VVS Laxman (5) and Rohan Gavaskar (2) | 8 | 5 |
AUSTRALIA: 284 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hayden | c Rahul Dravid b Irfan Pathan | 109 | 107 |
| Adam Gilchrist | c Lakshmipathy Balaji b Irfan Pathan | 21 | 15 |
| Ricky Ponting | c VVS Laxman b Lakshmipathy Balaji | 7 | 13 |
| Damien Martyn | c Yuvraj Singh b Lakshmipathy Balaji | 1 | 6 |
| Andrew Symonds | c & b Rohan Gavaskar | 20 | 28 |
| Michael Clarke | c Rahul Dravid b Irfan Pathan | 42 | 45 |
| Michael Bevan | not out | 41 | 43 |
| Ian Harvey | c Rohan Gavaskar b Ashish Nehra | 13 | 19 |
| Brett Lee | c Anil Kumble b Lakshmipathy Balaji | 6 | 12 |
| Jason Gillespie | c Irfan Pathan b Lakshmipathy Balaji | 6 | 9 |
| Brad Williams | run out (Rahul Dravid) | 0 | 3 |
Extras 18 · Total 284 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashish Nehra | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 |
| Irfan Pathan | 9.4 | 0 | 64 | 3 |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | 10 | 0 | 48 | 4 |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| Rohan Gavaskar | 9 | 0 | 56 | 1 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-46 (Adam Gilchrist, 5.4 ov), 2-86 (Ricky Ponting, 10.6 ov), 3-94 (Damien Martyn, 12.6 ov), 4-141 (Andrew Symonds, 22.5 ov), 5-204 (Matthew Hayden, 33.3 ov), 6-224 (Michael Clarke, 37.1 ov), 7-249 (Ian Harvey, 42.4 ov), 8-266 (Brett Lee, 45.6 ov), 9-282 (Jason Gillespie, 48.5 ov), 10-284 (Brad Williams, 49.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Matthew Hayden (24) and Adam Gilchrist (16) | 46 | 29 |
| second | Matthew Hayden (26) and Ricky Ponting (7) | 40 | 32 |
| third | Damien Martyn (1) and Matthew Hayden (6) | 8 | 13 |
| fourth | Matthew Hayden (24) and Andrew Symonds (20) | 47 | 60 |
| fifth | Matthew Hayden (29) and Michael Clarke (33) | 63 | 64 |
| sixth | Michael Bevan (10) and Michael Clarke (9) | 20 | 22 |
| seventh | Michael Bevan (10) and Ian Harvey (13) | 25 | 33 |
| eighth | Michael Bevan (10) and Brett Lee (6) | 17 | 20 |
| ninth | Michael Bevan (10) and Jason Gillespie (6) | 16 | 17 |
| tenth | Michael Bevan (1) and Brad Williams (0) | 2 | 4 |
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