IND vs AUS, Australia tour of India 2000/01, 2nd Test at Kolkata, March 11 - 15, 2001

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	139	14	0	0	0
28.5 to MJ Slater, . 103/1 58.3 to JL Langer, . 214/3
Venkatesh Prasad	30	5	95	0	3.16	141	17	0	0	1
Sourav Ganguly	13.2	3	44	1	3.30	63	8	0	0	5
78.6 to MS Kasprowicz, . 269/8
Venkatapathy Raju	20	2	58	0	2.90	90	5	2	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	37.5	7	123	7	3.25	171	13	4	0	0
53.4 to ML Hayden, . 193/2 65.5 to ME Waugh, . 236/4 71.2 to RT Ponting, . 252/5 71.3 to AC Gilchrist, . 252/6 71.4 to SK Warne, . 252/7 123.4 to JN Gillespie, . 402/9 131.5 to SR Waugh, . 445/10
Sachin Tendulkar	2	0	7	0	3.50	7	0	0	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	77	2	0	0	0
12.3 to SS Das, . 34/2 18.4 to SR Tendulkar, . 48/3 43.5 to Z Khan, . 113/8 47.4 to SLV Raju, . 129/9
Jason Gillespie	11	0	47	2	4.27	47	8	0	0	0
38.4 to Harbhajan Singh, . 97/7
Michael Kasprowicz	13	2	39	2	3.00	66	5	0	0	7
32.3 to SC Ganguly, . 88/5 34.1 to NR Mongia, . 92/6
Shane Warne	20.1	3	65	2	3.22	99	11	0	0	5
31.5 to R Dravid, . 88/4 58.1 to VVS Laxman, . 171/10

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 Mins)	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	186	13	0	0	0
66.4 to SC Ganguly, . 232/4 170.5 to VVS Laxman, . 608/5 174.3 to NR Mongia, . 624/6
Jason Gillespie	31	6	115	2	3.70	143	22	0	1	0
29.4 to SS Das, . 97/2 35.6 to SR Tendulkar, . 115/3
Shane Warne	34	3	152	1	4.47	135	24	0	1	1
Mark Waugh	18	1	58	0	3.22	78	8	0	0	0
Michael Kasprowicz	35	6	139	0	3.97	149	16	0	0	13
Ricky Ponting	12	1	41	0	3.41	49	4	0	0	0
Matthew Hayden	6	0	24	0	4.00	21	3	0	0	0
Michael Slater	2	1	4	0	2.00	11	1	0	0	0
Justin Langer	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 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 Mins)	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	37	5	0	0	2
Venkatesh Prasad	3	1	7	0	2.33	15	1	0	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	30.3	8	73	6	2.39	143	9	0	0	0
23.2 to MJ Slater, . 74/1 27.3 to JL Langer, . 106/2 45.2 to SR Waugh, . 166/4 45.6 to RT Ponting, . 166/5 59.4 to JN Gillespie, . 191/9 68.3 to GD McGrath, . 212/10
Venkatapathy Raju	15	3	58	1	3.86	61	6	2	0	0
30.2 to ME Waugh, . 116/3
Sachin Tendulkar	11	3	31	3	2.81	54	4	0	0	6
46.3 to AC Gilchrist, . 167/6 48.3 to ML Hayden, . 173/7 50.3 to SK Warne, . 174/8
Sourav Ganguly	1	0	2	0	2.00	5	0	0	0	0

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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 (68.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

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

Day 3

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

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 Willey Shyam Bansal
TV Umpire	Sameer Bandekar
Match Referee	Cammie Smith

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
ML Hayden	lbw	67	118
MJ Slater	caught	43	79
JL Langer	caught	28	21
ME Waugh	lbw	0	10
SR Waugh	caught	24	58
RT Ponting	caught	0	4
AC Gilchrist	lbw	0	1
JN Gillespie	caught	6	38
SK Warne	lbw	0	7
MS Kasprowicz	not out	13	56
GD McGrath	lbw	12	27
Extras	(b 6, nb 8, pen 5)
Total	212(10 wkts; 68.3 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	8	4	30	0	3.75 (2 nb)
BKV Prasad	3	1	7	0	2.33
Harbhajan Singh	30.3	8	73	6	2.39
SLV Raju	15	3	58	1	3.86
SR Tendulkar	11	3	31	3	2.81 (6 nb)
SC Ganguly	1	0	2	0	2

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	74	Michael Slater	Matthew Hayden
2nd	32	Justin Langer	Matthew Hayden
3rd	5	Mark Waugh	Matthew Hayden
4th	50	Steve Waugh	Matthew Hayden
5th	0	Matthew Hayden	Ricky Ponting
6th	1	Matthew Hayden	Adam Gilchrist
7th	6	Matthew Hayden	Jason Gillespie
8th	1	Shane Warne	Jason Gillespie
9th	17	Michael Kasprowicz	Jason Gillespie
10th	21	Glenn McGrath	Michael Kasprowicz

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