Australia Vs India 1St Final
VB Series Australia, India, Zimbabwe in Australia - 2004 (2003/04) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 6 February 2004
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 59 balls remaining)
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 59 balls remaining). Ricky Ponting top-scored with 88 for Australia.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Date
- 6 February 2004
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 7 wickets (with 59 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Ricky Ponting
- Captains
- Sourav Ganguly (India), Ricky Ponting (Australia)
- Umpires
- SJA Taufel and SA Bucknor
- Match referee
- CH Lloyd
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to bat.
India batted first and made 222 all out. Hemang Badani top-scored with 60 not out off 81 balls, and Ajit Agarkar made 53. The innings was built on a 102-run stand for the seventh wicket between Ajit Agarkar and Hemang Badani, 46% of the total.
Chasing 223, Australia made 224 for 3. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 88 off 80 balls, and Matthew Hayden made 50. Lakshmipathy Balaji took 3 for 52 for India. The innings was built on a 139-run stand for the second wicket between Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting, 62% of the total.
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 59 balls remaining).
INDIA: 222 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | b Brett Lee | 8 | 22 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Adam Gilchrist b Jason Gillespie | 3 | 8 |
| VVS Laxman | c Andrew Symonds b Brad Williams | 24 | 25 |
| Rahul Dravid | c Matthew Hayden b Ian Harvey | 12 | 29 |
| Sourav Ganguly | c Adam Gilchrist b Ian Harvey | 6 | 21 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 21 | 21 |
| Hemang Badani | not out | 60 | 81 |
| Ajit Agarkar | c Brett Lee b Michael Clarke | 53 | 62 |
| Irfan Pathan | run out (Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist) | 19 | 19 |
| Anil Kumble | run out (Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist) | 2 | 3 |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | b Jason Gillespie | 2 | 7 |
Extras 12 · Total 222 all out
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| Brett Lee | 9 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Brad Williams | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
| Ian Harvey | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| Andrew Symonds | 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| Michael Clarke | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-6 (Virender Sehwag, 2.5 ov), 2-14 (Sachin Tendulkar, 5.5 ov), 3-48 (VVS Laxman, 13.2 ov), 4-48 (Rahul Dravid, 14.3 ov), 5-75 (Sourav Ganguly, 20.4 ov), 6-75 (Yuvraj Singh, 21.1 ov), 7-177 (Ajit Agarkar, 40.3 ov), 8-209 (Irfan Pathan, 46.1 ov), 9-217 (Anil Kumble, 47.3 ov), 10-222 (Lakshmipathy Balaji, 48.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar (3) and Virender Sehwag (2) | 6 | 16 |
| second | Sachin Tendulkar (5) and VVS Laxman (3) | 8 | 18 |
| third | Rahul Dravid (12) and VVS Laxman (21) | 34 | 46 |
| fourth | Sourav Ganguly (0) and Rahul Dravid (0) | 0 | 7 |
| fifth | Sourav Ganguly (6) and Yuvraj Singh (21) | 27 | 37 |
| sixth | Hemang Badani (0) and Yuvraj Singh (0) | 0 | 3 |
| seventh | Ajit Agarkar (53) and Hemang Badani (42) | 102 | 119 |
| eighth | Hemang Badani (11) and Irfan Pathan (19) | 32 | 34 |
| ninth | Anil Kumble (1) and Hemang Badani (4) | 8 | 7 |
| tenth | Hemang Badani (3) and Lakshmipathy Balaji (2) | 5 | 9 |
AUSTRALIA: 224 FOR 3
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hayden | c & b Lakshmipathy Balaji | 50 | 91 |
| Adam Gilchrist | c Sachin Tendulkar b Lakshmipathy Balaji | 38 | 20 |
| Ricky Ponting | c Rahul Dravid b Lakshmipathy Balaji | 88 | 80 |
| Damien Martyn | not out | 20 | 37 |
| Andrew Symonds | not out | 10 | 15 |
Did not bat: Michael Clarke, Simon Katich, Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Brad Williams, Ian Harvey
Extras 18 · Total 224 for 3
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajit Agarkar | 9.1 | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | 10 | 0 | 52 | 3 |
| Irfan Pathan | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Anil Kumble | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-48 (Adam Gilchrist, 5.6 ov), 2-187 (Matthew Hayden, 31.1 ov), 3-193 (Ricky Ponting, 33.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Matthew Hayden (9) and Adam Gilchrist (37) | 48 | 35 |
| second | Matthew Hayden (41) and Ricky Ponting (86) | 139 | 151 |
| third | Damien Martyn (3) and Ricky Ponting (2) | 6 | 17 |
| fourth | Damien Martyn (17) and Andrew Symonds (10) | 31 | 38 |
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