Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Blewett	b Srinath	2	8	10	0	0	25.00
Michael Slater	c Srinath b BKV Prasad	91	179	269	10	0	50.83
Justin Langer	lbw b Srinath	8	28	37	2	0	28.57
Mark Waugh	lbw b Agarkar	41	110	120	1	0	37.27
Steve Waugh (c)	c †MSK Prasad b BKV Prasad	32	68	108	3	0	47.05
Ricky Ponting	lbw b Srinath	67	85	166	5	0	78.82
Adam Gilchrist †	c Ganguly b Agarkar	78	119	150	12	0	65.54
Shane Warne	c †MSK Prasad b Agarkar	2	6	12	0	0	33.33
Damien Fleming	not out	31	59	89	1	0	52.54
Brett Lee	c & b Srinath	27	55	77	1	0	49.09
Glenn McGrath	run out (Kanitkar)	1	6	5	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, nb 14, w 1)	25
Total	118.1 Ov (RR: 3.42, 526 Mins)	405
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Greg Blewett, 2.2 ov), 2-28 (Justin Langer, 10.2 ov), 3-123 (Mark Waugh, 38.4 ov), 4-192 (Michael Slater, 62.4 ov), 5-197 (Steve Waugh, 64.4 ov), 6-341 (Adam Gilchrist, 96.4 ov), 7-343 (Ricky Ponting, 97.6 ov), 8-345 (Shane Warne, 98.6 ov), 9-404 (Brett Lee, 116.6 ov), 10-405 (Glenn McGrath, 118.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Javagal Srinath	33.1	7	130	4	3.91	-	-	-	0	9
Ajit Agarkar	28	7	76	3	2.71	-	-	-	1	0
Venkatesh Prasad	26	6	101	2	3.88	-	-	-	0	1
Sourav Ganguly	2	0	10	0	5.00	-	-	-	0	4
Anil Kumble	29	3	78	0	2.68	-	-	-	0	0

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
VVS Laxman	c ME Waugh b McGrath	5	18	30	0	0	27.77
Sadagoppan Ramesh	b Lee	4	21	24	0	0	19.04
Rahul Dravid	c †Gilchrist b Lee	9	36	55	1	0	25.00
Sachin Tendulkar (c)	c Langer b Fleming	116	191	283	9	1	60.73
Sourav Ganguly	c ME Waugh b McGrath	31	83	112	1	0	37.34
Hrishikesh Kanitkar	lbw b Warne	11	21	31	0	0	52.38
MSK Prasad †	b Lee	6	13	32	1	0	46.15
Ajit Agarkar	lbw b Lee	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Javagal Srinath	c ME Waugh b Lee	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Anil Kumble	not out	28	64	80	1	0	43.75
Venkatesh Prasad	c ME Waugh b McGrath	10	15	31	0	0	66.66
Extras	(lb 8, nb 9)	17
Total	76.1 Ov (RR: 3.12, 346 Mins)	238
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 5.4 ov), 2-11 (VVS Laxman, 6.4 ov), 3-31 (Rahul Dravid, 18.2 ov), 4-108 (Sourav Ganguly, 44.6 ov), 5-138 (Hrishikesh Kanitkar, 51.6 ov), 6-167 (MSK Prasad, 58.1 ov), 7-167 (Ajit Agarkar, 58.2 ov), 8-169 (Javagal Srinath, 58.6 ov), 9-212 (Sachin Tendulkar, 69.1 ov), 10-238 (Venkatesh Prasad, 76.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	18.1	3	39	3	2.14	-	-	-	3
Damien Fleming	15	0	62	1	4.13	-	-	-	1
Brett Lee	18	2	47	5	2.61	-	-	-	2
Shane Warne	24	5	77	1	3.20	-	-	-	3
Mark Waugh	1	0	5	0	5.00	-	-	-	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	lbw b Agarkar	3	7	15	0	0	42.85
Greg Blewett	c Ganguly b Kumble	31	97	150	2	0	31.95
Justin Langer	c †MSK Prasad b Agarkar	9	26	49	0	0	34.61
Adam Gilchrist †	c Srinath b Kumble	55	73	103	4	0	75.34
Mark Waugh	not out	51	81	112	2	0	62.96
Steve Waugh (c)	lbw b Agarkar	32	41	50	1	0	78.04
Ricky Ponting	not out	21	32	42	1	0	65.62
Extras	(lb 2, nb 3, w 1)	6
Total	59 Ov (RR: 3.52, 263 Mins)	208/5d
Did not bat: Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Damien Fleming, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Michael Slater, 3.2 ov), 2-32 (Justin Langer, 13.2 ov), 3-91 (Greg Blewett, 31.2 ov), 4-109 (Adam Gilchrist, 35.3 ov), 5-167 (Steve Waugh, 48.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Javagal Srinath	14	0	45	0	3.21	-	-	-	0	3
Ajit Agarkar	17	3	51	3	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Venkatesh Prasad	10	0	38	0	3.80	-	-	-	1	0
Anil Kumble	18	3	72	2	4.00	-	-	-	0	0

India 2nd Innings (T: 376 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
VVS Laxman	c McGrath b Fleming	1	16	15	0	0	6.25
Sadagoppan Ramesh	retired hurt	26	69	93	0	0	37.68
Rahul Dravid	c †Gilchrist b Lee	14	109	160	0	0	12.84
Sachin Tendulkar (c)	lbw b Warne	52	122	162	4	0	42.62
Sourav Ganguly	b Blewett	17	39	57	2	0	43.58
Hrishikesh Kanitkar	lbw b Fleming	45	78	102	6	0	57.69
MSK Prasad †	c Warne b ME Waugh	13	29	45	1	0	44.82
Ajit Agarkar	c Blewett b ME Waugh	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Anil Kumble	run out (SR Waugh/Fleming)	13	55	66	2	0	23.63
Javagal Srinath	c Warne b Lee	1	5	4	0	0	20.00
Venkatesh Prasad	not out	6	17	29	0	0	35.29
Extras	(lb 4, nb 3)	7
Total	89.3 Ov (RR: 2.17, 371 Mins)	195
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (VVS Laxman, 3.5 ov), 1-40* (Sadagoppan Ramesh, retired not out), 2-72 (Rahul Dravid, 42.2 ov), 3-110 (Sourav Ganguly, 55.5 ov), 4-133 (Sachin Tendulkar, 61.6 ov), 5-162 (MSK Prasad, 72.3 ov), 6-162 (Ajit Agarkar, 72.4 ov), 7-184 (Hrishikesh Kanitkar, 81.1 ov), 8-185 (Javagal Srinath, 82.1 ov), 9-195 (Anil Kumble, 89.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	17	8	22	0	1.29	-	-	-	1
Damien Fleming	21.3	7	46	2	2.13	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	26	7	63	1	2.42	-	-	-	0
Brett Lee	19	6	31	2	1.63	-	-	-	2
Greg Blewett	3	1	17	1	5.66	-	-	-	0
Mark Waugh	3	0	12	2	4.00	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Sun, 26 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 138/3 (Michael Slater 64*, Steve Waugh 5*, 48 ov)

Mon, 27 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 332/5 (Ricky Ponting 59*, Adam Gilchrist 77*, 93 ov)

Tue, 28 Dec - day 3 - India 1st innings 235/9 (Anil Kumble 26*, Venkatesh Prasad 10*, 75 ov)

Wed, 29 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 40/1 (Sadagoppan Ramesh 26*, Rahul Dravid 10*, 21 ov)

Thu, 30 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 195 (89.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	India, elected to field first
Series	India tour of Australia
Season	1999/00
Player Of The Match	Sachin Tendulkar
Series result	Australia led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 1479
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Brett Lee Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Umpires	David Shepherd Steve Davis
TV Umpire	Bill Sheahan
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle

Match Coverage

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India Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	17	8	22	0	1.29 (1 nb)
DW Fleming	21.3	7	46	2	2.13
SK Warne	26	7	63	1	2.42
B Lee	19	6	31	2	1.63 (2 nb)
GS Blewett	3	1	17	1	5.66
ME Waugh	3	0	12	2	4

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