Australia vs India, 1st Test at Brisbane, Dec 04 2003 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	lbw b Agarkar	121	194	325	17	0	62.37
Matthew Hayden	c Laxman b Khan	37	52	81	6	0	71.15
Ricky Ponting	c †Patel b Khan	54	88	125	7	1	61.36
Damien Martyn	run out (Harbhajan Singh/†Patel/Ganguly)	42	79	122	5	0	53.16
Steve Waugh (c)	hit wicket b Khan	0	4	9	0	0	0.00
Simon Katich	c †Patel b Khan	16	25	41	4	0	64.00
Adam Gilchrist †	c Laxman b Khan	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Andy Bichel	c Laxman b Agarkar	11	10	16	2	0	110.00
Jason Gillespie	run out (Harbhajan Singh/Agarkar)	8	11	19	0	0	72.72
Nathan Bracken	not out	6	13	18	0	0	46.15
Stuart MacGill	c Chopra b Agarkar	1	3	11	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 14, w 2)	27
Total	78.1 Ov (RR: 4.13, 391 Mins)	323
Fall of wickets 1-73 (Matthew Hayden, 15.2 ov), 2-162 (Ricky Ponting, 41.4 ov), 3-268 (Justin Langer, 66.4 ov), 4-275 (Damien Martyn, 67.2 ov), 5-275 (Steve Waugh, 67.4 ov), 6-276 (Adam Gilchrist, 69.1 ov), 7-302 (Andy Bichel, 72.3 ov), 8-310 (Simon Katich, 75.2 ov), 9-317 (Jason Gillespie, 76.1 ov), 10-323 (Stuart MacGill, 78.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	23	2	95	5	4.13	104	0	12
15.2 to ML Hayden, . 73/1 41.4 to RT Ponting, . 162/2 67.4 to SR Waugh, . 275/5 69.1 to AC Gilchrist, . 276/6 75.2 to SM Katich, . 310/8
Ashish Nehra	15	4	51	0	3.40	68	0	2
Ajit Agarkar	25.1	5	90	3	3.57	119	2	0
66.4 to JL Langer, . 268/3 72.3 to AJ Bichel, . 302/7 78.1 to SCG MacGill, . 323/10
Harbhajan Singh	14	1	68	0	4.85	53	0	0
Sourav Ganguly	1	0	8	0	8.00	2	0	0

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	c Hayden b Gillespie	36	135	181	2	0	26.66
Virender Sehwag	c Hayden b Bracken	45	51	81	5	0	88.23
Rahul Dravid	c Hayden b Gillespie	1	11	14	0	0	9.09
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b Gillespie	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Sourav Ganguly (c)	c Gillespie b MacGill	144	196	291	18	0	73.46
VVS Laxman	c Katich b MacGill	75	113	136	11	0	66.37
Parthiv Patel †	c Bichel b Gillespie	37	105	122	5	0	35.23
Ajit Agarkar	c Hayden b Bichel	12	26	43	1	0	46.15
Harbhajan Singh	not out	19	39	64	2	0	48.71
Zaheer Khan	b MacGill	27	46	52	3	1	58.69
Ashish Nehra	lbw b MacGill	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 6, w 1)	13
Total	120.1 Ov (RR: 3.40, 501 Mins)	409
Fall of wickets 1-61 (Virender Sehwag, 19.2 ov), 2-62 (Rahul Dravid, 22.3 ov), 3-62 (Sachin Tendulkar, 22.6 ov), 4-127 (Aakash Chopra, 42.4 ov), 5-273 (VVS Laxman, 76.4 ov), 6-329 (Sourav Ganguly, 94.2 ov), 7-362 (Ajit Agarkar, 105.1 ov), 8-362 (Parthiv Patel, 106.4 ov), 9-403 (Zaheer Khan, 118.5 ov), 10-409 (Ashish Nehra, 120.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Jason Gillespie	31	12	65	4	2.09	157	0	2
22.3 to R Dravid, . 62/2 22.6 to SR Tendulkar, . 62/3 42.4 to A Chopra, . 127/4 106.4 to PA Patel, . 362/8
Nathan Bracken	26	5	90	1	3.46	119	1	0
19.2 to V Sehwag, . 61/1
Andy Bichel	28	6	130	1	4.64	120	0	3
105.1 to AB Agarkar, . 362/7
Stuart MacGill	26.1	4	86	4	3.28	115	0	1
76.4 to VVS Laxman, . 273/5 94.2 to SC Ganguly, . 329/6 118.5 to Z Khan, . 403/9 120.1 to A Nehra, . 409/10
Steve Waugh	7	3	16	0	2.28	30	0	0
Simon Katich	2	0	16	0	8.00	7	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Hayden	c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	99	98	128	10	2	101.02
Justin Langer	c †Patel b Agarkar	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
Ricky Ponting	c Sehwag b Nehra	50	75	111	5	0	66.66
Damien Martyn	not out	66	100	118	3	2	66.00
Steve Waugh (c)	not out	56	102	111	7	0	54.90
Extras	(b 4, nb 9)	13
Total	62 Ov (RR: 4.58, 240 Mins)	284/3d
Did not bat Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist †, Andy Bichel, Jason Gillespie, Nathan Bracken, Stuart MacGill
Fall of wickets 1-6 (Justin Langer, 1.6 ov), 2-146 (Ricky Ponting, 28.4 ov), 3-156 (Matthew Hayden, 29.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	3	0	15	0	5.00	13	0	1
Ajit Agarkar	12	3	45	1	3.75	54	0	1
1.6 to JL Langer, . 6/1
Ashish Nehra	19	1	89	1	4.68	74	0	6
28.4 to RT Ponting, . 146/2
Harbhajan Singh	21	1	101	1	4.80	71	0	0
29.5 to ML Hayden, . 156/3
Sachin Tendulkar	2	0	9	0	4.50	9	0	0
Virender Sehwag	5	1	21	0	4.20	23	0	1

India 2nd Innings (T: 199 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	c Langer b Bracken	4	7	7	1	0	57.14
Virender Sehwag	c Martyn b Bracken	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Rahul Dravid	not out	43	47	66	6	0	91.48
VVS Laxman	not out	24	43	64	3	0	55.81
Extras	(nb 2)	2
Total	16 Ov (RR: 4.56, 72 Mins)	73/2
Did not bat Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly (c), Ajit Agarkar, Parthiv Patel †, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Virender Sehwag, 1.1 ov), 2-4 (Aakash Chopra, 1.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Jason Gillespie	5	1	17	0	3.40	23	0	2
Nathan Bracken	4	1	12	2	3.00	20	0	0
1.1 to V Sehwag, . 4/1 1.2 to A Chopra, . 4/2
Stuart MacGill	4	0	32	0	8.00	13	0	0
Andy Bichel	3	0	12	0	4.00	14	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 04 Dec

day 1 - Australia 1st innings 262/2 (Justin Langer 115*, Damien Martyn 36*, 62 ov)

Fri, 05 Dec

day 2 - Australia 1st innings 323/9 (Nathan Bracken 6*, Stuart MacGill 1*, 78 ov)

Sat, 06 Dec

day 3 - India 1st innings 11/0 (Aakash Chopra 5*, Virender Sehwag 5*, 6.1 ov)

Sun, 07 Dec

day 4 - India 1st innings 362/6 (Parthiv Patel 37*, Ajit Agarkar 12*, 105 ov)

Mon, 08 Dec

day 5 - India 2nd innings 73/2 (16 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Players left the field at 10:30 after 5.4 overs due to rain

Play resumed at 10:54

Players left the field at 11:03 after 7.2 overs due to rain

Lunch: Australia 32/0 (Langer 8*, Hayden 16*, 7.2 overs)

Play resumed at 12:50

Australia 50 in 61 minutes off 11.1 overs

50 partnership Langer/Hayden in 61 minutes off 70 balls

Australia 100 in 126 minutes off 23.2 overs

50 partnership Langer/Ponting in 84 minutes off 103 balls

RT Ponting 50: 96 minutes 72 balls 7x4 1x6

Tea: Australia 143/1 (Langer 43*, Ponting 51*, 36 overs)

Australia 150 in 197 minutes off 39.3 overs

JL Langer 50: 197 minutes 108 balls 6x4

Attendance 20,077

Australia 200 in 244 minutes off 49.2 overs

50 partnership Langer/Martyn in 46 minutes off 61 balls

JL Langer 100: 273 minutes 155 balls 15x4

Australia 250 in 282 minutes off 57.6 overs

100 partnership Langer/Martyn in 94 minutes off 122 balls

Players left the ground at 5:38pm due to bad light

Day 2

BA Williams has been released and will return to Perth and play for Western Australia, NM Hauritz is to act as 12th man

Play commenced at 11:30am due to bad weather

Attendance 11,788

No play after lunch until 4:20pm

Australia 300 in 356 minutes off 71.5 overs

Play called off for bad light at 5:14pm

Australia 300 in 356 minutes off 71.5 overs

Play called off for bad light at 5:14pm

Australia third wicket partnership of 106 in 117 minutes from 152 balls

Day 3

Day 4

Indian 50 in 61 minutes off 14.4 overs

50 partnership Chopra/Sehwag in 61 minutes off 88 balls

Indian 100 in 147 minutes off 33.3 overs

50 partnership Chopra/Ganguly in 64 minutes off 92 balls

Lunch India 127/3 (Chopra 36*, Ganguly 37*, 42 overs)

SC Ganguly 50 in 104 minutes off 74 balls 7x4's

Indian 150 in 215 minutes off 50.3 overs

50 partnership Ganguly/Laxman in 55 minutes off 78 balls

Indian 200 in 256 minutes off 59.3 overs

100 partnership Ganguly/Laxman in 97 minutes off 137 balls

VVS Laxman 50 in 98 minutes off 73 balls 7x4's

Indian 250 in 296 minutes off 70.2 overs

SC Ganguly 100 in 195 minutes off 135 balls 13x4's

Tea India 252/4 (Ganguly 101*, Laxman 60*, 71 overs)

Indian 5th wicket partnership Ganguly/Laxman 146 runs in 136 minutes off 206 balls

New ball taken after 81 completed overs

Indian 300 in 360 minutes off 87.4 overs

Attendance 8,785

50 partnership Ganguly/Patel in 70 minutes off 103 balls

Indian 350 in 423 minutes off 102.1 overs

Play ceased for the day at 5:16pm due to bad light

Day 5

Play commenced at 9:30am with a scheduled 105 overs to be bowled

Indian 400 in 490 minutes off 117.5 overs

Australian 50 in 66 minutes off 14.6 overs

50 partnership Hayden/Ponting in 58 minutes off 82 balls

ML Hayden becomes the first player to score 1000 Test runs in a calendar year in three successive years

ML Hayden 50 in 76 minutes off 61 balls 6x4's

Australian 100 in 93 minutes off 21.5 overs

100 partnership Hayden/Ponting in 86 minutes 0ff 127 balls

RT Ponting 50 in 110 minutes off 74 balls 5x4's

Australian 2nd wicket partnership Hayden/Ponting of 140 runs in 111 minutes off 163 balls

Australian 150 in 124 minutes off 28.6 overs

Australian 200 in 175 minutes off 42.2 overs

50 partnership Martyn/Waugh in 49 minutes off 83 balls

Attendance 3,119

Match attendance 52,905

Australian 250 in 215 minutes off 55.5 overs

DR Martyn 50 in 95 minutes off 81 balls 3x4's

100 partnership Martyn/Waugh in 98 minutes off 177 balls

SR Waugh 50 in 102 minutes off 94 balls 6x4's

Indian 50 in 49 minutes off 10.2 overs

50 partnership Dravid/Laxman in 45 minutes off 62 balls

Play ceased at 5:10pm with the mutual consent of both teams

Match Details

GroundBrisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

TossIndia, elected to field first

Series

India tour of Australia

Season2003/04

Player Of The Match

Sourav Ganguly

Series result4-match series level 0-0

Match numberTest no. 1671

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut

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