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AUS vs IND (1)

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(45.5/50 ov) 167/6

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(12.2/50 ov) 52/3

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Australia vs India, 1st Match at Melbourne, Jan 09 2004 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Match (D/N), Melbourne, January 09, 2004, VB Series

Australia

288

India

(49/50 ov, T:289) 270

Australia won by 18 runs

Player Of The Match

Andrew Symonds

, AUS

88 (102) & 2/47

Australia Innings

India Innings

Match Flow

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Australia (50 ovs maximum)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Gilchrist †	c Pathan b Agarkar	34	34	40	6	0	100.00
Matthew Hayden	c Yuvraj Singh b Agarkar	20	22	50	1	0	90.90
Ricky Ponting (c)	c & b Balaji	18	19	34	3	0	94.73
Damien Martyn	c Balaji b Agarkar	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Andrew Symonds	c Kumble b Agarkar	88	102	132	5	3	86.27
Michael Clarke	c Laxman b Kumble	63	66	89	6	1	95.45
Michael Bevan	c Ganguly b Sehwag	1	8	4	0	0	12.50
Ian Harvey	c Tendulkar b Agarkar	28	24	38	4	0	116.66
Andy Bichel	run out (Balaji)	1	7	10	0	0	14.28
Jason Gillespie	not out	8	10	15	0	0	80.00
Brad Williams	c Yuvraj Singh b Agarkar	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 10, nb 3, w 14)	27
Total	48.3 Ov (RR: 5.93, 212 Mins)	288
Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Adam Gilchrist, 8.6 ov), 2-70 (Matthew Hayden, 10.4 ov), 3-70 (Damien Martyn, 10.5 ov), 4-89 (Ricky Ponting, 15.2 ov), 5-232 (Michael Clarke, 38.4 ov), 6-233 (Michael Bevan, 39.6 ov), 7-258 (Andrew Symonds, 43.3 ov), 8-272 (Andy Bichel, 45.5 ov), 9-287 (Ian Harvey, 48.1 ov), 10-288 (Brad Williams, 48.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ajit Agarkar	9.3	1	42	6	4.42	34	5	0	1	0
8.6 to AC Gilchrist, . 59/1 10.4 to ML Hayden, . 70/2 10.5 to DR Martyn, . 70/3 43.3 to A Symonds, . 258/7 48.1 to IJ Harvey, . 287/9 48.3 to BA Williams, . 288/10
Irfan Pathan	10	0	61	0	6.10	37	8	0	7	0
Lakshmipathy Balaji	9	0	52	1	5.77	33	5	1	1	1
15.2 to RT Ponting, . 89/4
Anil Kumble	10	0	56	1	5.60	32	4	1	3	0
38.4 to MJ Clarke, . 232/5
Sanjay Bangar	3	0	19	0	6.33	6	1	0	1	0
Sourav Ganguly	5	0	40	0	8.00	9	1	2	0	1
Virender Sehwag	2	1	8	1	4.00	9	1	0	0	1
39.6 to MG Bevan, . 233/6

India (T: 289 runs from 50 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Virender Sehwag	b Harvey	35	59	85	3	0	59.32
Sachin Tendulkar	c Ponting b Symonds	63	69	117	8	1	91.30
Sourav Ganguly (c)	run out (Harvey)	82	83	119	6	1	98.79
VVS Laxman	c Clarke b Symonds	16	22	27	0	0	72.72
Rahul Dravid †	c Harvey b Clarke	16	19	18	1	0	84.21
Yuvraj Singh	c Clarke b Harvey	25	24	37	0	1	104.16
Sanjay Bangar	c Ponting b Harvey	3	5	5	0	0	60.00
Ajit Agarkar	c Clarke b Gillespie	1	4	5	0	0	25.00
Irfan Pathan	c Hayden b Williams	3	6	9	0	0	50.00
Anil Kumble	c Clarke b Williams	5	4	8	1	0	125.00
Lakshmipathy Balaji	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 1, w 11)	21
Total	49 Ov (RR: 5.51, 224 Mins)	270
Fall of wickets: 1-103 (Virender Sehwag, 18.2 ov), 2-134 (Sachin Tendulkar, 25.1 ov), 3-168 (VVS Laxman, 31.6 ov), 4-195 (Rahul Dravid, 36.2 ov), 5-257 (Yuvraj Singh, 45.5 ov), 6-257 (Sourav Ganguly, 45.6 ov), 7-260 (Ajit Agarkar, 46.6 ov), 8-263 (Sanjay Bangar, 47.3 ov), 9-266 (Irfan Pathan, 48.3 ov), 10-270 (Anil Kumble, 48.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jason Gillespie	10	1	50	1	5.00	37	4	1	6	0
46.6 to AB Agarkar, . 260/7
Brad Williams	9	0	52	2	5.77	35	6	1	4	0
48.3 to IK Pathan, . 266/9 48.6 to A Kumble, . 270/10
Andy Bichel	6	0	38	0	6.33	16	4	0	0	0
Ian Harvey	10	1	52	3	5.20	29	4	0	1	1
18.2 to V Sehwag, . 103/1 45.5 to Yuvraj Singh, . 257/5 47.3 to SB Bangar, . 263/8
Andrew Symonds	10	0	47	2	4.70	24	1	1	0	0
25.1 to SR Tendulkar, . 134/2 31.6 to VVS Laxman, . 168/3
Michael Clarke	4	0	22	1	5.50	6	0	0	0	0
36.2 to R Dravid, . 195/4

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Match Flow

12th Men: GB Hogg (Australia) and M Kartik (India)
Australia Innings 50 (35 minutes, 47 balls) 100 (83 minutes, 100 balls)
Australia Innings Symonds/Clarke 50 partnership (32 minutes, 54 balls)
Australia Inning 150 (115 minutes, 157 balls)
Australia Innings Symonsd 50 (75 minutes, 65 balls)
Australia Innings Symonds/Clarke 100 partnership (67 minutes, 105 balls)
Australian Innings Symonds/Clarke 100 partnership (67 minutes, 105 balls)
Australia Innins Clarke 50 (74 minues, 51 balls)
Australia Innings 200 (152 minutes, 212 balls)
Australia Innings 250 (179 minutes, 255 balls)
India Innings 50 (54 minutes, 71 balls)
India Innings Tendulkar 50 (75 minutes, 45 balls)
India Innings 100 (82 minutes, 107 balls)
India Innings 150 (133 minutes, 175 balls)
India Innings 200 (168 minutes, 224 balls)
India innings Ganguly 50 (83 minutes, 52 balls)
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Inida innings Ganguly/Singh 50 partnership (30 minutes, 46 balls)
India innings 250 (197 minutes, 268 balls)

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	VB Series India tour of Australia
Season	2003/04
Player Of The Match	Andrew Symonds
Match number	ODI no. 2077
Match days	daynight (50-over match)
ODI debut	Irfan Pathan
Umpires	Simon Taufel Steve Bucknor
TV Umpire	Bob Parry
Match Referee	Clive Lloyd
Points	Australia 5, India 1

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
V Sehwag	bowled	35	59
SR Tendulkar	caught	63	69
SC Ganguly	run out	82	83
VVS Laxman	caught	16	22
R Dravid	caught	16	19
Yuvraj Singh	caught	25	24
SB Bangar	caught	3	5
AB Agarkar	caught	1	4
IK Pathan	caught	3	6
A Kumble	caught	5	4
L Balaji	not out	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 1, w 11)
Total	270(10 wkts; 49 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JN Gillespie	10	1	50	1	5
BA Williams	9	0	52	2	5.77
AJ Bichel	6	0	38	0	6.33
IJ Harvey	10	1	52	3	5.2 (1 nb)
A Symonds	10	0	47	2	4.7
MJ Clarke	4	0	22	1	5.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	96	Sachin Tendulkar	Virender Sehwag
2nd	31	Sachin Tendulkar	Sourav Ganguly
3rd	34	Sourav Ganguly	VVS Laxman
4th	27	Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid
5th	62	Sourav Ganguly	Yuvraj Singh
6th	0	Sourav Ganguly	Sanjay Bangar
7th	3	Ajit Agarkar	Sanjay Bangar
8th	3	Sanjay Bangar	Irfan Pathan
9th	3	Anil Kumble	Irfan Pathan
10th	4	Anil Kumble	Lakshmipathy Balaji

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VB Series

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	6	1	37	1.100
IND	8	5	3	29	0.282
ZIM	8	0	7	6	-1.326

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