Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Wasim Jaffer	c Ritchard b Higgs	92	191	-	8	2	48.16

Virender Sehwag	c Higgs b Swards	24	49	-	1	0	48.97

Dinesh Karthik †	c Perera b Swards	25	39	-	3	0	64.10

Rahul Dravid	c †Crosthwaite b Perera	62	91	-	9	0	68.13

Yuvraj Singh	c Dean b Perera	2	15	-	0	0	13.33

MS Dhoni (c)	c & b Ritchard	38	37	-	6	0	102.70

Irfan Pathan	c Bulger b Swards	33	53	-	5	0	62.26

Harbhajan Singh	c †Crosthwaite b Bulger	0	3	-	0	0	0.00

RP Singh	c †Crosthwaite b Ritchard	12	18	-	2	0	66.66

Pankaj Singh	not out	5	12	-	0	0	41.66
Vikram Singh	not out	4	2	-	1	0	200.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 9, nb 6, w 8)	28
Total	84 Ov (RR: 3.86)	325/9d
Did not bat: Ishant Sharma
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Virender Sehwag, 20.1 ov), 2-117 (Dinesh Karthik, 31.4 ov), 3-210 (Wasim Jaffer, 57.3 ov), 4-220 (Yuvraj Singh, 62.2 ov), 5-233 (Rahul Dravid, 64.3 ov), 6-288 (MS Dhoni, 74.4 ov), 7-291 (Harbhajan Singh, 75.2 ov), 8-304 (RP Singh, 78.6 ov), 9-321 (Irfan Pathan, 83.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Richard Sherlock	17	4	72	0	4.23	77	9	1	3	1
Ash Perera	15	3	40	2	2.66	74	3	1	0	2
62.2 to Yuvraj Singh, outside the off stump, Yuvraj moves back and across and wafts it in the air to gully, where Cowan takes an easy catch. 220/4 64.3 to R Dravid, good ball angled across, moves forward and pushes at it away from his body, the ball takes the outside edge and Crosthwaite takes an easy catch. Dravid goes for a well played knock.. 233/5
Luke Swards	17	2	45	3	2.64	79	5	0	0	0
20.1 to V Sehwag, outside off and fuller in length, Sehwag drives and all he gets is an outside edge to second slip, where Higgs pulls off a good catch.. 66/1 31.4 to KD Karthik, short outside off stump, Karthik pulls it straight to mid on where Perera takes an easy catch. Karthik could not quite keep the pull down. 117/2 83.4 to IK Pathan, outside off, fuller in length. Pathan comes down the track and plays a lofted drive to cover where Bulger is waiting. 321/9
Adam Ritchard	18	1	71	2	3.94	80	7	0	0	1
74.4 to MS Dhoni, on the off stump, tries to read the delivery and lobs it back to the bowler who takes an easy catch. 288/6 78.6 to RP Singh, outside off stump and RP chases it, and pays the price as he is caught behind the stumps. 304/8
Ryan Bulger	12	0	70	1	5.83	41	10	0	0	2
75.2 to Harbhajan Singh, outside off, Harbhajan tries to drive and gets an under edge as Crosthwaite fumbles and takes it on the second attempt. 291/7
Mark Higgs	5	0	13	1	2.60	21	1	0	0	0
57.3 to W Jaffer, on the middle stump, Jaffer comes down the track and holes out to long on. Good innings this by Jaffer. 210/3

ACT Invitational XI 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Rogers	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	60	92	-	5	0	65.21

Ed Cowan	b Sharma	14	56	-	1	0	25.00

Jono Dean	lbw b Sharma	0	3	-	0	0	0.00

Mark Higgs (c)	c †Karthik b Sharma	1	10	-	0	0	10.00

John Rogers	c VRV Singh b RP Singh	98	190	-	12	0	51.57

Randall Starr	lbw b RP Singh	27	69	-	2	0	39.13

James Crosthwaite †	st †Karthik b Sehwag	27	63	-	3	0	42.85

Adam Ritchard	b Pathan	15	53	-	2	0	28.30

Richard Sherlock	not out	11	29	-	0	0	37.93
Luke Swards	not out	4	4	-	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 12, nb 11, w 2)	35
Total	93 Ov (RR: 3.13)	292/8d
Did not bat: Ash Perera, Ryan Bulger
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Ed Cowan, 17.1 ov), 2-45 (Jono Dean, 17.4 ov), 3-83 (Mark Higgs, 23.2 ov), 4-100 (Chris Rogers, 29.3 ov), 5-174 (Randall Starr, 53.4 ov), 6-241 (James Crosthwaite, 73.4 ov), 7-269 (John Rogers, 84.1 ov), 8-285 (Adam Ritchard, 91.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Irfan Pathan	18	3	56	1	3.11	85	7	0	1	0
91.4 to AM Ritchard, on the middle stump, off the pads and knocks the leg stump down. 285/8
Ishant Sharma	11	4	26	3	2.36	55	3	0	1	0
17.1 to EJM Cowan, outside the off stump, fuller in length. Cowan reaches for the ball and inside edes and isees back to see his shattered. 41/1 17.4 to JR Dean, on the off stump, and coming in, struck in line and is given out, rightly so. 45/2 23.2 to MA Higgs, short outside the off stump, Hggs tries to pull and is caught by the keeper. 83/3
Pankaj Singh	14	2	36	0	2.57	64	3	0	0	0
Vikram Singh	11	0	39	0	3.54	54	3	0	0	11
Harbhajan Singh	13	1	32	1	2.46	55	2	0	0	0
29.3 to CJL Rogers, on the middle and off,spinning away and on a good length, struck on the pads. Umpire gives it and replays show that the ball might have spun further away. 100/4
Virender Sehwag	11	1	37	1	3.36	47	4	0	0	0
73.4 to JL Crosthwaite, good ball goes straight through, Crosthwaite comes down the track and completely misses the ball, Karthik alert behind the wicket collects the ball and whips off the bails, Crosthwaite is stranded.. 241/6
RP Singh	9	2	16	2	1.77	45	1	0	0	0
53.4 to R Starr, on the middle stump, struck on the line of stumps, plumb it is. 174/5 84.1 to JW Rogers, outside off, fuller in length. Rogers goes back and tries to lift over point. Deep point comes running in and takes the catch. 269/7
Yuvraj Singh	5	0	21	0	4.20	19	2	0	0	0
MS Dhoni	1	0	7	0	7.00	3	1	0	0	0

Indians 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dinesh Karthik †	lbw b Bulger	97	152	-	12	0	63.81

Virender Sehwag	c †Crosthwaite b Higgs	113	78	-	18	2	144.87

Wasim Jaffer	c †Crosthwaite b Bulger	21	54	-	2	0	38.88

Yuvraj Singh	c Dean b Perera	3	12	-	0	0	25.00

Rahul Dravid	not out	16	32	-	2	0	50.00
Irfan Pathan	not out	18	28	-	3	0	64.28
Extras	(b 3, lb 2, nb 8)	13
Total	58 Ov (RR: 4.84)	281/4d
Did not bat: MS Dhoni (c), Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh, Pankaj Singh, Vikram Singh, Ishant Sharma
Fall of wickets: 1-158 (Virender Sehwag, 25.4 ov), 2-238 (Wasim Jaffer, 46.1 ov), 3-241 (Dinesh Karthik, 46.6 ov), 4-248 (Yuvraj Singh, 49.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ash Perera	12	3	46	1	3.83	53	8	0	0	1
49.4 to Yuvraj Singh, outside off, low full toss. Drives to cover, where a diving Dean takes a good catch to send back Yuvraj. 248/4
Luke Swards	13	3	35	0	2.69	60	4	0	0	0
Richard Sherlock	2	0	23	0	11.50	4	4	0	0	0
Ryan Bulger	24	2	120	2	5.00	94	14	1	0	7
46.1 to W Jaffer, draws him forward and gets an outside edge. 238/2 46.6 to KD Karthik, on the middle stump, fuller and straighter, struck on the pads and is out. 241/3
Adam Ritchard	5	0	47	0	9.40	15	7	1	0	0
Mark Higgs	2	0	5	1	2.50	7	0	0	0	0
25.4 to V Sehwag, outside off, sticked his bat out as the ball kisses the outside edge on the way to the keeper. 158/1

ACT Invitational XI 2nd Innings (T: 315 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ed Cowan	c Sehwag b Pankaj Singh	7	11	-	1	0	63.63

Chris Rogers	c †Karthik b Pathan	17	10	-	3	0	170.00

Jono Dean	lbw b Pankaj Singh	0	4	-	0	0	0.00

Mark Higgs (c)	not out	14	36	-	1	0	38.88
John Rogers	not out	9	42	-	1	0	21.42
Extras	(lb 6, nb 1, w 6)	13
Total	17 Ov (RR: 3.52)	60/3
Did not bat: Randall Starr, James Crosthwaite †, Adam Ritchard, Ash Perera, Richard Sherlock, Luke Swards, Ryan Bulger
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Ed Cowan, 2.3 ov), 2-35 (Chris Rogers, 3.5 ov), 3-35 (Jono Dean, 4.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Pankaj Singh	5	1	21	2	4.20	24	1	0	2	0
2.3 to EJM Cowan, outside off and short in length, Cowan goes for the cut and gets an edge to second slip, where Sehwag takes the catch. 18/1 4.2 to JR Dean, on the off stump and coming in a touch, struck in line. Dean does not trouble the scorers. 35/3
Irfan Pathan	4	1	16	1	4.00	19	3	0	0	0
3.5 to CJL Rogers, outside off and on a good length. Rogers goes back and gets a faint edge back to the keeper. 35/2
Vikram Singh	4	1	10	0	2.50	21	1	0	0	1
Ishant Sharma	4	1	7	0	1.75	21	1	0	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 10 Jan - day 1 - ACT Inv XI 1st innings 10/0 (Chris Rogers 2*, Ed Cowan 8*, 4 ov)

Fri, 11 Jan - day 2 - ACT Inv XI 1st innings 292/8 (Richard Sherlock 11*, Luke Swards 4*, 93 ov)

Sat, 12 Jan - day 3 - ACT Inv XI 2nd innings 60/3 (17 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Manuka Oval, Canberra
Toss	Indians, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Australia
Season	2007/08
Players per side	Indians 12 (11 batting, 11 fielding); ACT Invitational XI 12 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
Hours of play (local time)	10.30 - 12.30, 13.10 - 15.10, 15.30 - 17.30
Match days	10,11,12 January 2008 - day (3-day match)
Umpires	Darren Goodger Rod Tucker
Match Referee	Brian Lawrence