Australia vs India, 2nd Final at Sydney, , Feb 08 2004 - Match Result

RESULT

2nd Final (D/N), Sydney, February 08, 2004, VB Series

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Australia

359/5

India

(33.2/50 ov, T:360) 151

Australia won by 208 runs

Player Of The Match

Matthew Hayden

, AUS

126 (122)

Player Of The Series

Adam Gilchrist

, AUS

498 runs

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Scorecard summary

Australia • 359/5(50 overs)

126 (122)

2/63 (10)

67 (76)

2/75 (10)

India • 151/10(33.2 overs)

30 (41)

2/12 (6.2)

27 (40)

2/39 (10)

33.2

Williams to Balaji, OUT

Lakshmipathy Balaji b Williams 2 (10b 0x4 0x6 16m) SR: 20

33.1

•

Williams to Balaji, no run

end of over 3315 runs

IND: 151/9CRR: 4.57 • RRR: 12.29

Ashish Nehra14 (4b 2x4 1x6)

Lakshmipathy Balaji2 (8b)

Jason Gillespie 9-1-52-2

Brad Williams 6-1-12-1

32.6

Gillespie to Nehra, SIX runs

32.5

Gillespie to Nehra, FOUR runs

32.4

•

Gillespie to Nehra, no run

32.3

Gillespie to Nehra, FOUR runs

32.2

Gillespie to Balaji, 1 run

32.1

•

Gillespie to Balaji, no run

end of over 322 runs • 1 wicket

IND: 136/9CRR: 4.25 • RRR: 12.44

Lakshmipathy Balaji1 (6b)

Brad Williams 6-1-12-1

Jason Gillespie 8-1-37-2

31.6

Williams to Kartik, OUT

Murali Kartik c †Gilchrist b Williams 23 (25b 3x4 0x6 32m) SR: 92

31.5

Williams to Balaji, 1 run

31.4

•

Williams to Balaji, no run

31.3

•

Williams to Balaji, no run

31.2

Williams to Kartik, 1 run

31.1

•

Williams to Kartik, no run

end of over 3111 runs

IND: 134/8CRR: 4.32 • RRR: 11.89

Lakshmipathy Balaji0 (3b)

Murali Kartik22 (22b 3x4)

Jason Gillespie 8-1-37-2

Brett Lee 10-1-39-2

30.6

•

Gillespie to Balaji, no run

30.5

Gillespie to Kartik, 1 run

30.4

Gillespie to Kartik, 2 runs

30.3

•

Gillespie to Kartik, no run

30.2

Gillespie to Kartik, FOUR runs

30.1

Gillespie to Kartik, FOUR runs

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Match details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	VB Series India tour of Australia
Season	2003/04
Player Of The Match	Matthew Hayden
Player Of The Series	Adam Gilchrist
Series result	Australia won the best-of-3-finals 2-0
Match number	ODI no. 2098
Match days	daynight (50-over match)
Umpires	Daryl Harper Rudi Koertzen
TV Umpire	Simon Taufel
Match Referee	Clive Lloyd

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India Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
V Sehwag	caught	12	7
SR Tendulkar	caught	27	40
VVS Laxman	caught	5	7
SC Ganguly	caught	3	15
R Dravid	run out	0	11
Yuvraj Singh	caught	4	15
HK Badani	run out	18	27
IK Pathan	bowled	30	41
M Kartik	caught	23	25
L Balaji	bowled	2	10
A Nehra	not out	14	4
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2, w 4)
Total	151(10 wkts; 33.2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
JN Gillespie	9	1	52	2	5.77
B Lee	10	1	39	2	3.9 (1 nb)
BA Williams	6.2	1	12	2	1.89
IJ Harvey	5	2	30	2	6 (1 nb)
A Symonds	3	1	11	0	3.66

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	15	Sachin Tendulkar	Virender Sehwag
2nd	27	Sachin Tendulkar	VVS Laxman
3rd	0	Sourav Ganguly	VVS Laxman
4th	3	Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid
5th	4	Sourav Ganguly	Yuvraj Singh
6th	3	Hemang Badani	Yuvraj Singh
7th	40	Hemang Badani	Irfan Pathan
8th	24	Murali Kartik	Irfan Pathan
9th	13	Murali Kartik	Lakshmipathy Balaji
10th	15	Ashish Nehra	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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