player of the match
India
Australia 1st INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Slater | c †Mongia b Khan | 42 | 99 | 134 | 7 | 1 | 42.42 | ||
| Matthew Hayden | c sub (HK Badani) b Harbhajan Singh | 97 | 157 | 242 | 14 | 3 | 61.78 | ||
| Justin Langer | c †Mongia b Khan | 58 | 91 | 131 | 9 | 1 | 63.73 | ||
| Mark Waugh | c †Mongia b Harbhajan Singh | 22 | 31 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 70.96 | ||
| Steve Waugh (c) | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 110 | 203 | 305 | 11 | 1 | 54.18 | ||
| Ricky Ponting | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 6 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Adam Gilchrist † | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Shane Warne | c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Michael Kasprowicz | lbw b Ganguly | 7 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Jason Gillespie | c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh | 46 | 147 | 190 | 8 | 0 | 31.29 | ||
| Glenn McGrath | not out | 21 | 28 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 19, lb 10, nb 7) | 36 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (131.5 Ov, RR: 3.37) | 445 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-103 (Michael Slater, 28.5 ov), 2-193 (Matthew Hayden, 53.4 ov), 3-214 (Justin Langer, 58.3 ov), 4-236 (Mark Waugh, 65.5 ov), 5-252 (Ricky Ponting, 71.2 ov), 6-252 (Adam Gilchrist, 71.3 ov), 7-252 (Shane Warne, 71.4 ov), 8-269 (Michael Kasprowicz, 78.6 ov), 9-402 (Jason Gillespie, 123.4 ov), 10-445 (Steve Waugh, 131.5 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 28.4 | 6 | 89 | 2 | 3.10 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 30 | 5 | 95 | 0 | 3.16 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 13.2 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 3.30 | - | - | - | 0 | 5 |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 20 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 2.90 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 37.5 | 7 | 123 | 7 | 3.25 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 |
India 1st INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiv Sunder Das | c †Gilchrist b McGrath | 20 | 48 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 41.66 | ||
| Sadagoppan Ramesh | c Ponting b Gillespie | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Rahul Dravid | b Warne | 25 | 82 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 30.48 | ||
| Sachin Tendulkar | lbw b McGrath | 10 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 55.55 | ||
| Sourav Ganguly (c) | c SR Waugh b Kasprowicz | 23 | 51 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 45.09 | ||
| VVS Laxman | c Hayden b Warne | 59 | 83 | 122 | 12 | 0 | 71.08 | ||
| Nayan Mongia † | c †Gilchrist b Kasprowicz | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | c Ponting b Gillespie | 4 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 26.66 | ||
| Zaheer Khan | b McGrath | 3 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 15.78 | ||
| Venkatapathy Raju | lbw b McGrath | 4 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 26.66 | ||
| Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 7 | 23 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 30.43 | ||
| Extras | (lb 2, nb 12) | 14 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (58.1 Ov, RR: 2.93) | 171 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 1.3 ov), 2-34 (Shiv Sunder Das, 12.3 ov), 3-48 (Sachin Tendulkar, 18.4 ov), 4-88 (Rahul Dravid, 31.5 ov), 5-88 (Sourav Ganguly, 32.3 ov), 6-92 (Nayan Mongia, 34.1 ov), 7-97 (Harbhajan Singh, 38.4 ov), 8-113 (Zaheer Khan, 43.5 ov), 9-129 (Venkatapathy Raju, 47.4 ov), 10-171 (VVS Laxman, 58.1 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 14 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1.28 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gillespie | 11 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 4.27 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 13 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 7 |
| Shane Warne | 20.1 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 3.22 | - | - | - | 0 | 5 |
India 2nd INNINGS (FOLLOWING ON)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiv Sunder Das | hit wicket b Gillespie | 39 | 99 | 125 | 7 | 0 | 39.39 | ||
| Sadagoppan Ramesh | c ME Waugh b Warne | 30 | 43 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 69.76 | ||
| VVS Laxman | c Ponting b McGrath | 281 | 452 | 631 | 44 | 0 | 62.16 | ||
| Sachin Tendulkar | c †Gilchrist b Gillespie | 10 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 43.47 | ||
| Sourav Ganguly (c) | c †Gilchrist b McGrath | 48 | 81 | 128 | 8 | 0 | 59.25 | ||
| Rahul Dravid | run out (SR Waugh/Kasprowicz) | 180 | 353 | 446 | 20 | 0 | 50.99 | ||
| Nayan Mongia † | b McGrath | 4 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| Zaheer Khan | not out | 23 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 153.33 | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | not out | 8 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | ||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 12, nb 14, w 2) | 34 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (178 Ov, RR: 3.69, 737 Mts) | 657/7d | |||||||
Did not bat: Venkatapathy Raju, Venkatesh Prasad | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 16.4 ov), 2-97 (Shiv Sunder Das, 29.4 ov), 3-115 (Sachin Tendulkar, 35.6 ov), 4-232 (Sourav Ganguly, 66.4 ov), 5-608 (VVS Laxman, 170.5 ov), 6-624 (Nayan Mongia, 174.3 ov), 7-629 (Rahul Dravid, 175.4 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 39 | 12 | 103 | 3 | 2.64 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gillespie | 31 | 6 | 115 | 2 | 3.70 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Shane Warne | 34 | 3 | 152 | 1 | 4.47 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Waugh | 18 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 3.22 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 35 | 6 | 139 | 0 | 3.97 | - | - | - | 0 | 13 |
| Ricky Ponting | 12 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 3.41 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Hayden | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Slater | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Langer | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 384 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hayden | lbw b Tendulkar | 67 | 118 | 198 | 6 | 0 | 56.77 | ||
| Michael Slater | c Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh | 43 | 79 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 54.43 | ||
| Justin Langer | c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh | 28 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 133.33 | ||
| Mark Waugh | lbw b Raju | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Steve Waugh (c) | c sub (HK Badani) b Harbhajan Singh | 24 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 41.37 | ||
| Ricky Ponting | c Das b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Adam Gilchrist † | lbw b Tendulkar | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Jason Gillespie | c Das b Harbhajan Singh | 6 | 38 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 15.78 | ||
| Shane Warne | lbw b Tendulkar | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Michael Kasprowicz | not out | 13 | 56 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 23.21 | ||
| Glenn McGrath | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 12 | 27 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 44.44 | ||
| Extras | (b 6, nb 8, pen 5) | 19 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (68.3 Ov, RR: 3.09, 272 Mts) | 212 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-74 (Michael Slater, 23.2 ov), 2-106 (Justin Langer, 27.3 ov), 3-116 (Mark Waugh, 30.2 ov), 4-166 (Steve Waugh, 45.2 ov), 5-166 (Ricky Ponting, 45.6 ov), 6-167 (Adam Gilchrist, 46.3 ov), 7-173 (Matthew Hayden, 48.3 ov), 8-174 (Shane Warne, 50.3 ov), 9-191 (Jason Gillespie, 59.4 ov), 10-212 (Glenn McGrath, 68.3 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 8 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 3.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 30.3 | 8 | 73 | 6 | 2.39 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 15 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 3.86 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 11 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 2.81 | - | - | - | 0 | 6 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
MATCH DETAILS
| Eden Gardens, Kolkata | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | Australia tour of India |
| Season | 2000/01 |
| Player Of The Match | VVS Laxman |
| Series result | 3-match series level 1-1 |
| Match number | Test no. 1535 |
| Match days | day(5-day match) |
| Umpires | Peter WilleyShyam Bansal |
| TV Umpire | Sameer Bandekar |
| Match Referee | Cammie Smith |
CLOSE OF PLAY
Sun, 11 Mar - day 1 -Australia 1st innings 291/8 (Steve Waugh 29*, Jason Gillespie 6*, 90 ov)
Mon, 12 Mar - day 2 -India 1st innings 128/8 (VVS Laxman 26*, Venkatapathy Raju 3*, 46 ov)
Tue, 13 Mar - day 3 -India 2nd innings 254/4 (VVS Laxman 109*, Rahul Dravid 7*, 75 ov)
Wed, 14 Mar - day 4 -India 2nd innings 589/4 (VVS Laxman 275*, Rahul Dravid 155*, 165 ov)
Thu, 15 Mar - day 5 -Australia 2nd innings 212/10 (68.3 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
Day 1
- Australia 50 in 80 mins, 16.5 overs
- Lunch: Australia 88/0 in 26 overs (Slater 41*, Hayden 41*)
- ML Hayden 50 in 127 mins, 77 balls, 10x4
- Australia 100 in 128 mins, 28 overs
- Australia 150 in 199 mins, 43.4 overs
- Tea: Australia 193/1 in 53 overs (Hayden 97*, Langer 45*)
- JL Langer 50 in 118 mins, 78 balls, 7x4, 1x6
- Australia 200 in 253 mins, 55.4 overs
- Australia 250 in 312 mins, 69.3 overs
- Harbhajan Singh claimed a hattrick, taking the successive wickets Ponting, Gilchrist and Warne (Australia 252, Over No. 72)
Day 2
- Australia 300 in 94.4 overs
- New ball taken after 95 overs (Prasad's 23rd over)
- SR Waugh 50 in 119 balls, 6x4
- Australia 350 in 106.1 overs
- Lunch: Australia 383/8 in 117 overs (SR Waugh 82*, Gillespie 38*)
- Australia 400 in 122.5 overs
- SR Waugh 100 in 185 balls, 10x4, 1x6
- Tea: India 32/1 in 11 overs (Das 20*, Dravid 9*)
- India 50 in 19.4 overs
- India 100 in 38.5 overs
Day 3
- India 150 in 53.1 overs
- VVS Laxman 50 in 67 balls, 11x4
- Lunch: India 45/0 in 12 overs (Das 14*, Ramesh 30*)
- India 50 in 14.1 overs
- India 100 in 31.1 overs
- Tea: India 122/3 in 40 overs (Laxman 31*, Ganguly 4*)
- VVS Laxman 50 in 93 balls, 8x4
- India 150 in 46 overs
- India 200 in 56.5 overs
- VVS Laxman 100 in 166 balls, 17x4
- India 250 in 72.1 overs
Day 4
- New ball taken after 80.2 overs (McGrath's 19th over)
- India 300 in 371 mins, 89.1 overs
- VVS Laxman 150 in 233 balls, 27x4
- India 350 in 410 mins, 97.3 overs
- R Dravid 50 in 121 balls, 7x4
- Lunch: India 376/4 in 104 overs (Laxman 171*, Dravid 50*)
- India 400 in 460 mins, 110.5 overs
- VVS Laxman 200 in 304 balls, 35x4
- India 450 in 517 mins, 124 overs
- R Dravid 100 in 205 balls, 13x4
- Tea: India 491/4 in 133 overs (Laxman 227*, Dravid 106*)
- India 500 in 571 mins, 137.3 overs
- VVS Laxman on 237 went past SM Gavaskar's 236* for the highest individual score by an Indian batsman in tests
- VVS Laxman 250 in 392 balls, 41x4
- India 550 in 645 mins, 154.5 overs
- R Dravid 150 in 303 balls, 18x4
Day 5
- India 600 in 167.4 overs
- New ball taken after 174.3 overs (McGrath's 38th over)
- India 650 in 177.4 overs
- Lunch: Australia 24/0 in 12 overs (Hayden 10*, Slater 14*)
- Australia 50 in 64 mins, 15.2 overs
- Australia 100 in 107 mins, 27 overs
- ML Hayden 50 in 91 balls, 4x4
- Australia 150 in 163 mins, 40.2 overs
- Tea: Australia 161/3 in 43 overs (Hayden 59*, SR Waugh 23*)
- Australia 200 in 250 mins, 62.3 overs