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Australia vs India, 2nd Test at Adelaide, Dec 12 2003 - Full Scorecard

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2nd Test, Adelaide, December 12 - 16, 2003, India tour of Australia

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Australia

556 & 196

India

(T:230) 523 & 233/6

India won by 4 wickets

Player Of The Match

Rahul Dravid

, IND

233 & 72*

Australia 1st Innings

India 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

India 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	c Sehwag b Kumble	58	72	116	7	2	80.55
Matthew Hayden	c †Patel b Pathan	12	15	22	2	0	80.00
Ricky Ponting	c Dravid b Kumble	242	352	508	31	0	68.75
Damien Martyn	c Laxman b Nehra	30	39	50	6	0	76.92
Steve Waugh (c)	b Nehra	30	53	69	5	0	56.60
Simon Katich	c Sehwag b Agarkar	75	109	136	9	1	68.80
Adam Gilchrist †	c Sehwag b Agarkar	29	24	34	4	0	120.83
Andy Bichel	c Chopra b Kumble	19	45	51	2	0	42.22
Jason Gillespie	not out	48	53	74	6	0	90.56
Brad Williams	b Kumble	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Stuart MacGill	lbw b Kumble	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 8, nb 4, w 1)	13
Total	127 Ov (RR: 4.37, 537 Mins)	556
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Matthew Hayden, 5.2 ov), 2-135 (Justin Langer, 26.5 ov), 3-200 (Damien Martyn, 39.1 ov), 4-252 (Steve Waugh, 53.6 ov), 5-390 (Simon Katich, 88.1 ov), 6-426 (Adam Gilchrist, 96.1 ov), 7-473 (Andy Bichel, 108.5 ov), 8-556 (Ricky Ponting, 126.2 ov), 9-556 (Brad Williams, 126.5 ov), 10-556 (Stuart MacGill, 126.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ajit Agarkar	26	1	119	2	4.57	107	17	0	0	0
88.1 to SM Katich, . 390/5 96.1 to AC Gilchrist, . 426/6
Irfan Pathan	27	3	136	1	5.03	107	20	0	0	0
5.2 to ML Hayden, . 22/1
Ashish Nehra	25	3	115	2	4.60	98	14	1	1	3
39.1 to DR Martyn, . 200/3 53.6 to SR Waugh, . 252/4
Anil Kumble	43	3	154	5	3.58	180	16	2	0	1
26.5 to JL Langer, . 135/2 108.5 to AJ Bichel, . 473/7 126.2 to RT Ponting, . 556/8 126.5 to BA Williams, . 556/9 126.6 to SCG MacGill, . 556/10
Virender Sehwag	5	0	21	0	4.20	15	2	0	0	0
Sachin Tendulkar	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	c & b Bichel	27	44	52	3	0	61.36
Virender Sehwag	c Hayden b Bichel	47	41	69	6	0	114.63
Rahul Dravid	c Bichel b Gillespie	233	446	594	23	1	52.24
Sachin Tendulkar	c †Gilchrist b Bichel	1	6	15	0	0	16.66
Sourav Ganguly (c)	run out (Williams/MacGill)	2	7	10	0	0	28.57
VVS Laxman	c †Gilchrist b Bichel	148	282	356	18	0	52.48
Parthiv Patel †	c Ponting b Katich	31	52	65	6	0	59.61
Ajit Agarkar	c MacGill b Katich	11	30	31	1	0	36.66
Anil Kumble	lbw b MacGill	12	44	53	1	0	27.27
Irfan Pathan	c & b MacGill	1	13	24	0	0	7.69
Ashish Nehra	not out	0	8	18	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 2, w 2)	10
Total	161.5 Ov (RR: 3.23)	523
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Aakash Chopra, 11.6 ov), 2-81 (Virender Sehwag, 15.4 ov), 3-83 (Sachin Tendulkar, 19.1 ov), 4-85 (Sourav Ganguly, 20.3 ov), 5-388 (VVS Laxman, 114.2 ov), 6-447 (Parthiv Patel, 129.3 ov), 7-469 (Ajit Agarkar, 137.5 ov), 8-510 (Anil Kumble, 151.5 ov), 9-518 (Irfan Pathan, 157.5 ov), 10-523 (Rahul Dravid, 161.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jason Gillespie	40.5	13	106	1	2.59	199	12	1	1	1
161.5 to R Dravid, . 523/10
Brad Williams	23	7	72	0	3.13	105	7	0	0	0
Andy Bichel	28	3	118	4	4.21	123	17	0	1	1
11.6 to A Chopra, . 66/1 15.4 to V Sehwag, . 81/2 19.1 to SR Tendulkar, . 83/3 114.2 to VVS Laxman, . 388/5
Stuart MacGill	44	8	143	2	3.25	190	15	0	0	0
151.5 to A Kumble, . 510/8 157.5 to IK Pathan, . 518/9
Simon Katich	16	3	59	2	3.68	64	7	0	0	0
129.3 to PA Patel, . 447/6 137.5 to AB Agarkar, . 469/7
Steve Waugh	9	2	15	0	1.66	43	0	0	0	0
Ricky Ponting	1	0	4	0	4.00	3	0	0	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	lbw b Agarkar	10	8	10	1	0	125.00
Matthew Hayden	c Sehwag b Nehra	17	32	56	0	0	53.12
Ricky Ponting	c Chopra b Agarkar	0	17	19	0	0	0.00
Damien Martyn	c Dravid b Tendulkar	38	76	111	4	0	50.00
Steve Waugh (c)	c Dravid b Tendulkar	42	65	86	8	0	64.61
Simon Katich	c Nehra b Agarkar	31	58	86	1	0	53.44
Adam Gilchrist †	b Kumble	43	45	59	4	2	95.55
Andy Bichel	b Agarkar	1	6	5	0	0	16.66
Jason Gillespie	c †Patel b Agarkar	3	19	21	0	0	15.78
Brad Williams	not out	4	9	18	0	0	44.44
Stuart MacGill	b Agarkar	1	4	6	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 1, w 1)	6
Total	56.2 Ov (RR: 3.47, 248 Mins)	196
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Justin Langer, 2.2 ov), 2-18 (Ricky Ponting, 6.6 ov), 3-44 (Matthew Hayden, 15.2 ov), 4-109 (Damien Martyn, 32.1 ov), 5-112 (Steve Waugh, 34.1 ov), 6-183 (Adam Gilchrist, 49.2 ov), 7-184 (Andy Bichel, 50.2 ov), 8-188 (Simon Katich, 52.2 ov), 9-192 (Jason Gillespie, 54.5 ov), 10-196 (Stuart MacGill, 56.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ajit Agarkar	16.2	2	41	6	2.51	78	6	0	0	0
2.2 to JL Langer, . 10/1 6.6 to RT Ponting, . 18/2 50.2 to AJ Bichel, . 184/7 52.2 to SM Katich, . 188/8 54.5 to JN Gillespie, . 192/9 56.2 to SCG MacGill, . 196/10
Irfan Pathan	7	0	24	0	3.42	31	1	0	0	0
Ashish Nehra	7	2	21	1	3.00	33	2	0	0	0
15.2 to ML Hayden, . 44/3
Anil Kumble	17	2	58	1	3.41	75	6	1	1	1
49.2 to AC Gilchrist, . 183/6
Sachin Tendulkar	6	0	36	2	6.00	16	3	1	0	0
32.1 to DR Martyn, . 109/4 34.1 to SR Waugh, . 112/5
Virender Sehwag	3	0	12	0	4.00	7	0	0	0	0

India 2nd Innings (T: 230 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	lbw b Gillespie	20	54	64	2	0	37.03
Virender Sehwag	st †Gilchrist b MacGill	47	81	120	7	0	58.02
Rahul Dravid	not out	72	170	241	7	0	42.35
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b MacGill	37	59	79	5	0	62.71
Sourav Ganguly (c)	c Katich b Bichel	12	22	41	1	0	54.54
VVS Laxman	c Bichel b Katich	32	34	44	6	0	94.11
Parthiv Patel †	b Katich	3	16	15	0	0	18.75
Ajit Agarkar	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 6, w 1)	10
Total	72.4 Ov (RR: 3.20, 306 Mins)	233/6
Did not bat: Anil Kumble, Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Aakash Chopra, 15.1 ov), 2-79 (Virender Sehwag, 27.4 ov), 3-149 (Sachin Tendulkar, 47.1 ov), 4-170 (Sourav Ganguly, 56.2 ov), 5-221 (VVS Laxman, 67.3 ov), 6-229 (Parthiv Patel, 71.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jason Gillespie	10.2	2	22	1	2.12	51	2	0	0	0
15.1 to A Chopra, . 48/1
Brad Williams	14	6	34	0	2.42	70	5	0	0	0
Stuart MacGill	24.4	3	101	2	4.09	101	14	0	0	0
27.4 to V Sehwag, . 79/2 47.1 to SR Tendulkar, . 149/3
Andy Bichel	11.4	1	35	1	3.00	52	3	0	1	0
56.2 to SC Ganguly, . 170/4
Simon Katich	8	1	22	2	2.75	37	2	0	0	0
67.3 to VVS Laxman, . 221/5 71.6 to PA Patel, . 229/6
Steve Waugh	4	0	10	0	2.50	19	1	0	0	0

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Fri, 12 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 400/5 (Ricky Ponting 176*, Adam Gilchrist 9*, 90 ov)

Sat, 13 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 180/4 (Rahul Dravid 43*, VVS Laxman 55*, 51 ov)

Sun, 14 Dec - day 3 - India 1st innings 477/7 (Rahul Dravid 199*, Anil Kumble 1*, 143 ov)

Mon, 15 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 37/0 (Aakash Chopra 10*, Virender Sehwag 25*, 10 ov)

Tue, 16 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 233/6 (72.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Australia 50 in 49 minutes from 10.5 overs
Australia 100 in 103 minutes from 23.1 overs
Langer 50 in 108 minutes from 08 minutes from 64 balls, 7x4, 1x6
Lunch: Australia 135/2 (Ponting 60*, Martyn 0*, 27 overs)
Crowd 20,048
Ponting 50 in 79 minutes from 64 balls, 7x4
Australia's 150 in 136 minutes from 31.1 overs
Australia's 200 in 166 minutes from 38.4 overs
Ponting 100 in 167 minutes from 117 balls, 17x4
Tea: Australia 241/3 (Ponting 110*, Waugh 24, 51 overs)
Australia's 250 in 236 minutes from 53.4 overs
Australia's 300 in 290 minutes from 66.4 overs
Ponting 150 in 264 minutes from 192 balls, 23x4
Australia 350 in 342 minutes from 80.1 overs
Australia's 400 in 384 minutes from 90 overs

Day 2

Ponting 200 in 419 minutes from 288 balls, 27x4
Australia's 450 in 441 minutes from 104 overs
Australia's 500 in 483 minutes from 113.5 overs
Lunch: Australia 523/7 (Ponting 228*, Gillespie 29*, 119 overs)
Australia's 550 in 523 minutes from 123.5 overs
Crowd: 20,310
India's 50 in 41 minutes from 9.4 overs
Tea: India 81/2 (Dravid 5*, Tendulkar 0*, 17 overs)
India's 100 in 119 minutes from 25.5 overs
India's 150 in 184 minutes from 42.5 overs
Laxman 50 in 110 minutes from 95 balls, 6x4

Day 3

Dravid 50 in 194 mins from 138 balls
India's 200 in 262 minutes from 64.3 overs
India's 250 in 332 minutes from 83.5 overs
Lunch: India 252/4 (Dravid 83*, Laxman 87*, 83 overs)
India's 300 in 374 minutes from 97.2 overs
Laxman's 100 in 264 minutes from 209 balls, 12x4
Dravid's 100 in 296 minutes from 223 balls, 10x4
India's 350 in 426 minutes from 106.3 overs
Tea: India 388/5 (Dravid 158*, 114.2 overs)
India's 400 in 475 minutes from 119.1 overs
India's 450 in 523 minutes from 130.2 overs
Crowd 17,828

Day 4

Day 5

India's 50 in 67 minutes from 15.3 overs
India's 100 in 149 minutes from 34 overs
Lunch: India 108/2 (Dravid 17*, Tendulkar 17*, 37 overs)

Match Details

Adelaide Oval
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Australia
Season	2003/04
Player Of The Match	Rahul Dravid
Series result	India led the 4-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1673
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Irfan Pathan
Umpires	David Shepherd Rudi Koertzen
TV Umpire	Steve Davis
Match Referee	Mike Procter

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
A Chopra	lbw	20	54
V Sehwag	stumped	47	81
R Dravid	not out	72	170
SR Tendulkar	lbw	37	59
SC Ganguly	caught	12	22
VVS Laxman	caught	32	34
PA Patel	bowled	3	16
AB Agarkar	not out	0	0
Extras	(b 3, lb 6, w 1)
Total	233(6 wkts; 72.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JN Gillespie	10.2	2	22	1	2.12
BA Williams	14	6	34	0	2.42
SCG MacGill	24.4	3	101	2	4.09
AJ Bichel	11.4	1	35	1	3
SM Katich	8	1	22	2	2.75
SR Waugh	4	0	10	0	2.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	48	Virender Sehwag	Aakash Chopra
2nd	31	Rahul Dravid	Virender Sehwag
3rd	70	Sachin Tendulkar	Rahul Dravid
4th	21	Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid
5th	51	Rahul Dravid	VVS Laxman
6th	8	Rahul Dravid	Parthiv Patel
7th	4	Rahul Dravid	Ajit Agarkar

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