player of the match
Australia
India 1st INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aakash Chopra | c Katich b MacGill | 48 | 138 | 182 | 6 | 0 | 34.78 | ||
| Virender Sehwag | c Bracken b Katich | 195 | 233 | 312 | 25 | 5 | 83.69 | ||
| Rahul Dravid | c Martyn b Waugh | 49 | 89 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 55.05 | ||
| Sachin Tendulkar | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Sourav Ganguly (c) | c Langer b Lee | 37 | 63 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 58.73 | ||
| VVS Laxman | c Hayden b MacGill | 19 | 86 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 22.09 | ||
| Parthiv Patel † | c †Gilchrist b Bracken | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Ajit Agarkar | run out (Williams) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Anil Kumble | c Langer b Williams | 3 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Zaheer Khan | not out | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Ashish Nehra | c †Gilchrist b MacGill | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 11, w 1) | 15 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (103 Ov, RR: 3.55, 424 Mts) | 366 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-141 (Aakash Chopra, 42.6 ov), 2-278 (Rahul Dravid, 72.6 ov), 3-286 (Sachin Tendulkar, 74.1 ov), 4-311 (Virender Sehwag, 78.3 ov), 5-350 (Sourav Ganguly, 94.6 ov), 6-353 (Parthiv Patel, 97.1 ov), 7-353 (Ajit Agarkar, 97.2 ov), 8-366 (Anil Kumble, 101.5 ov), 9-366 (VVS Laxman, 102.2 ov), 10-366 (Ashish Nehra, 102.6 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lee | 27 | 7 | 103 | 2 | 3.81 | 127 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Nathan Bracken | 28 | 6 | 71 | 1 | 2.53 | 135 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Williams | 20 | 6 | 66 | 1 | 3.30 | 91 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart MacGill | 15 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 4.66 | 67 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Simon Katich | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.50 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | 9 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 3.88 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Australia 1st INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Langer | c Tendulkar b Agarkar | 14 | 29 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 48.27 | ||
| Matthew Hayden | lbw b Kumble | 136 | 173 | 260 | 17 | 1 | 78.61 | ||
| Ricky Ponting | st †Patel b Kumble | 257 | 458 | 590 | 25 | 0 | 56.11 | ||
| Adam Gilchrist † | c Nehra b Kumble | 14 | 29 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 48.27 | ||
| Damien Martyn | c †Patel b Agarkar | 31 | 63 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 49.20 | ||
| Steve Waugh (c) | lbw b Kumble | 19 | 69 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 27.53 | ||
| Simon Katich | c Chopra b Kumble | 29 | 58 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Brett Lee | c Laxman b Kumble | 8 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 27.58 | ||
| Nathan Bracken | c & b Tendulkar | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
| Brad Williams | not out | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 90.90 | ||
| Stuart MacGill | lbw b Agarkar | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 8, nb 17, w 5, pen 5) | 39 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (151.2 Ov, RR: 3.68, 626 Mts) | 558 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Justin Langer, 6.3 ov), 2-264 (Matthew Hayden, 60.4 ov), 3-295 (Adam Gilchrist, 68.4 ov), 4-373 (Damien Martyn, 92.4 ov), 4-373, 5-437 (Simon Katich, 114.4 ov), 6-502 (Steve Waugh, 136.1 ov), 7-535 (Brett Lee, 144.2 ov), 8-542 (Nathan Bracken, 145.6 ov), 9-555 (Ricky Ponting, 150.6 ov), 10-558 (Stuart MacGill, 151.2 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajit Agarkar | 33.2 | 5 | 115 | 3 | 3.45 | 149 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaheer Khan | 25 | 4 | 103 | 0 | 4.12 | 110 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Ashish Nehra | 29 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 3.10 | 120 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anil Kumble | 51 | 8 | 176 | 6 | 3.45 | 212 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 13 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 4.38 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
India 2nd INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aakash Chopra | c †Gilchrist b Bracken | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Virender Sehwag | c Williams b Lee | 11 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 84.61 | ||
| Rahul Dravid | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 92 | 244 | 332 | 13 | 0 | 37.70 | ||
| Sourav Ganguly (c) | b Bracken | 73 | 125 | 164 | 12 | 0 | 58.40 | ||
| Sachin Tendulkar | c †Gilchrist b Williams | 44 | 79 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 55.69 | ||
| VVS Laxman | c Hayden b MacGill | 18 | 50 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 36.00 | ||
| Parthiv Patel † | not out | 27 | 50 | - | 4 | 0 | 54.00 | ||
| Ajit Agarkar | b Williams | 1 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | ||
| Anil Kumble | lbw b Williams | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Zaheer Khan | c Hayden b Williams | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | ||
| Ashish Nehra | c Hayden b MacGill | 0 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 3, nb 7, w 1) | 15 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (99.5 Ov, RR: 2.86, 410 Mts) | 286 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Aakash Chopra, 1.3 ov), 2-19 (Virender Sehwag, 4.5 ov), 2-39, 3-126 (Sachin Tendulkar, 42.3 ov), 4-160 (VVS Laxman, 56.6 ov), 5-253 (Rahul Dravid, 83.4 ov), 6-258 (Sourav Ganguly, 87.1 ov), 7-271 (Ajit Agarkar, 90.4 ov), 8-271 (Anil Kumble, 90.6 ov), 9-277 (Zaheer Khan, 94.3 ov), 10-286 (Ashish Nehra, 99.5 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lee | 22 | 3 | 97 | 2 | 4.40 | 98 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nathan Bracken | 25 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 1.80 | 130 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Williams | 22 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 2.40 | 111 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart MacGill | 26.5 | 5 | 68 | 2 | 2.53 | 127 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Simon Katich | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 95 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Langer | lbw b Agarkar | 2 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | ||
| Matthew Hayden | not out | 53 | 63 | 95 | 9 | 0 | 84.12 | ||
| Ricky Ponting | not out | 31 | 59 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 52.54 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, nb 4, w 1) | 11 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (22.2 Ov, RR: 4.34, 95 Mts) | 97/1 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Justin Langer, 4.2 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajit Agarkar | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 3.57 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashish Nehra | 6 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2.66 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anil Kumble | 6.2 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 6.78 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Virender Sehwag | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MATCH DETAILS
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | India, elected to bat first |
| Series | India tour of Australia |
| Season | 2003/04 |
| Player Of The Match | Ricky Ponting |
| Series result | 4-match series level 1-1 |
| Match number | Test no. 1678 |
| Match days | day(5-day match) |
| Umpires | Billy BowdenDavid Shepherd |
| TV Umpire | Bob Parry |
| Match Referee | Mike Procter |
CLOSE OF PLAY
Fri, 26 Dec - day 1 -India 1st innings 329/4 (Sourav Ganguly 20*, VVS Laxman 6*, 90 ov)
Sat, 27 Dec - day 2 -Australia 1st innings 317/3 (Ricky Ponting 120*, Damien Martyn 7*, 75 ov)
Sun, 28 Dec - day 3 -India 2nd innings 27/2 (Rahul Dravid 6*, Sourav Ganguly 6*, 11 ov)
Mon, 29 Dec - day 4 -India 2nd innings 286/0
Tue, 30 Dec - day 5 -Australia 2nd innings 97/1 (22.2 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
General
- Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
- Scorers: KV O'Neill (Australia) and CJ Reece (India)
- 12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and S Ramesh (India)
Day 1
- India 50 in 93 minutes from 22.1 overs
- Chopra/Sehwag 50 partnership in 93 minutes from 135 balls
- V Sehwag's highest score against Australia in Tests (previous: 47 at Adelaide, 2003-04)
- V Sehwag 50 in 114 minutes from 78 balls
- Lunch: India 89/0 (Chopra 31*, Sehwag 51*, 27 overs)
- India 100 in 127 minutes from 29.5 overs
- Chopra/Sehwag 100 partnership in 127 minutes from 184 balls
- A Chopra's highest score against Australia in Tests (previous: 36 at Brisbane, 2003-04)
- Chopra/Sehwag partnership 141 runs in 182 minutes from 264 balls
- India 150 in 195 minutes from 46.1 overs
- V Sehwag 100 in 206 minutes from 144 balls
- Sehwag/Dravid 50 partnership in 36 minutes from 60 balls
- India 200 in 225 minutes from 54.5 overs
- Tea: India 219/1 (Sehwag 137*, Dravid 23*, 57 overs)
- Sehwag/Dravid 100 partnership in 78 minutes from 134 balls
- V Sehwag's highest score in Tests (previous: 147 v West Indies at Mumbai, 2002-03)
- V Sehwag 150 in 263 minutes from 200 balls
- Sehwag/Dravid partnership 137 runs in 105 minutes from 181 balls
- Sehwag/Tendulkar partnership 8 runs in 3 minutes from 7 balls
- India 300 in 304 minutes from 76.1 overs
- Sehwag/Ganguly partnership 25 runs in 19 minutes from 26 balls
- Attendance: 62613
- Second new ball taken after over 82
- Play ended at 6.12pm
Day 2
- India 350 in 383 minutes from 94.5 overs
- Ganguly/Laxman partnership 39 runs in 70 minutes from 103 balls
- Laxman/Patel partnership 3 runs in 10 minutes from 13 balls
- Laxman/Agarkar partnership 0 runs in 2 minutes from 1 ball
- Laxman/Kumble partnership 13 runs in 22 minutes from 27 balls
- Laxman/Khan partnership 0 runs in 3 minutes from 3 balls
- Khan/Nehra partnership 0 runs in 2 minutes from 4 balls
- Langer/Hayden partnership 30 runs in 32 minutes from 40 balls
- Australia 50 in 52 minutes from 10.4 overs
- Hayden/Ponting 50 partnership in 67 minutes from 94 balls
- Australia 100 in 110 minutes from 24.4 overs
- ML Hayden 50 in 121 minutes from 71 balls
- Hayden/Ponting 100 partnership in 105 minutes from 152 balls
- RT Ponting 50 in 114 minutes from 87 balls
- Tea: Australia 149/1 (Hayden 68*, Ponting 54*, 36 overs)
- Australia 150 in 157 minutes from 36.1 overs
- Hayden/Ponting 150 partnership in 153 minutes from 222 balls
- Australia 200 in 206 minutes from 47.5 overs
- Australia 250 in 251 minutes from 58.5 overs
- ML Hayden 100 in 218 minutes from 136 balls
- Hayden/Ponting 200 partnership in 209 minutes from 305 balls
- Hayden/Ponting partnership 234 runs in 227 minutes from 330 balls
- RT Ponting 100 in 237 minutes from 172 balls
- Ponting/Gilchrist partnership 29 runs in 33 minutes from 51 balls
- Australia 300 in 301 minutes from 69.5 overs
- Attendance: 39566
- Play ended at 6.48pm
Day 3
- Second new ball taken after 83 overs
- Australia 300 in 358 minutes from 85 overs
- Ponting/Martyn 50 partnership in 59 minutes from 93 balls
- Ponting/Martyn partnership 78 runs in 95 minutes from 145 balls
- SR Waugh retired hurt on 0* from 373/4 to 437/5 (struck on elbow by Agarkar)
- Lunch: Australia 396/4 (Ponting 162*, Katich 10*, 102 overs)
- Australia 400 in 441 minutes from 103.1 overs
- RT Ponting 150 in 338 minutes from 261 balls
- Ponting/Katich 50 partnership in 70 minutes from 102 balls
- Ponting/Katich partnership 64 runs in 92 minutes from 134 balls
- Australia 450 in 502 minutes from 118 overs
- Tea: Australia 480/5 (Ponting 212*, Waugh 12*, 131 overs)
- Ponting/Waugh 50 partnership in 75 minutes from 116 balls
- RT Ponting 200 in 483 minutes from 368 balls
- Australia 500 in 567 minutes from 136 overs
- Ponting/Waugh partnership 65 runs in 85 minutes from 130 balls
- Ponting/Lee partnership 33 runs in 31 minutes from 50 balls
- RT Ponting 250 in 571 minutes from 434 balls
- Ponting/Bracken partnership 7 runs in 6 minutes from 10 balls
- Australia 550 in 618 minutes from 149.4 overs
- Ponting/Williams partnership 13 runs in 19 minutes from 30 balls
- Williams/MacGill partnership 3 runs in 2 minutes from 2 balls
- Attendance: 33256
Day 4
- SC Ganguly (2) retired hurt on 16* from 39/2 to 160/4 (struck on the back of the head by Williams)
- India 2nd Innings 50 (91 minutes, 16.0 overs)
- India-2 Dravid/Tendulkar 50 partnership (66 minutes, 105 balls)
- India 2nd innings 100 (149 minutes, 35.0 overs)
- India-2 Dravid 50 (208 minutes, 145 balls)
- India 2nd Innings 150 (220 minutes, 51.2 overs)
- India-2 Dravid/Ganguly 50 partnership (69 minutes, 113 balls)
- India-2 New Ball Taken after 80 overs
- India-1 Ganguly 50 (139 minutes, 106 balls)
- India 2nd Innings 250 (339 minutes, 83.2 overs)
- Crowd Day 4: 14965
Day 5
- Australia-2 50 (65 minutes, 14.1 overs)
- Australia-2 Ponting/Hayden 50 partnership (50 minutes, 70 balls)
- Australia-2 Hayden 50 (90 minutes, 62 balls)
- Crowd Day 5: 29262
- Match Complete at 12:39 local time