Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	c Hopes b Bracken	9	6	9	1	0	150.00

Virender Sehwag	run out (Clarke)	0	3	5	0	0	0.00

Dinesh Karthik	b Lee	8	8	9	1	0	100.00

Robin Uthappa	c DJ Hussey b Bracken	1	3	7	0	0	33.33

Rohit Sharma	b Hopes	8	8	15	1	0	100.00

MS Dhoni (c)†	c Lee b DJ Hussey	9	27	30	0	0	33.33

Irfan Pathan	c †Gilchrist b Bracken	26	30	41	0	0	86.66

Praveen Kumar	c Voges b Noffke	6	10	8	0	0	60.00

Harbhajan Singh	c Clarke b Voges	1	3	5	0	0	33.33

Sreesanth	c Hodge b Voges	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Ishant Sharma	not out	3	6	8	0	0	50.00
Extras	(w 3)	3
Total	17.3 Ov (RR: 4.22, 73 Mins)	74
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Virender Sehwag, 0.5 ov), 2-12 (Gautam Gambhir, 1.4 ov), 3-20 (Dinesh Karthik, 2.6 ov), 4-20 (Robin Uthappa, 3.2 ov), 5-32 (Rohit Sharma, 6.4 ov), 6-49 (MS Dhoni, 11.4 ov), 7-60 (Praveen Kumar, 14.1 ov), 8-63 (Harbhajan Singh, 15.2 ov), 9-63 (Sreesanth, 15.3 ov), 10-74 (Irfan Pathan, 17.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Lee	3	0	13	1	4.33	13	1	0	2	0
2.6 to KD Karthik, booming low full toss, Karthik plays all around it and he just didn't see it, the ball skittles the sticks. 20/3
Nathan Bracken	2.3	1	11	3	4.40	8	1	0	0	0
1.4 to G Gambhir, and now a soft dismissal, the ball landing outside off and Gambhir hardly gets any bat on a tame would-be-lofted drive to mid-off where Hopes takes an easy catch. 12/2 3.2 to RV Uthappa, slower ball, a touch of loop in at the right hander who waits for the ball to cross him and then drives uppishly to mid-off where David Hussey gets on the international scoresheet for the first time. 20/4 17.3 to IK Pathan, He's gone this time, stepping back, exposing his stumps, and trying to crack a back-foot cut off one which nipped in, Gilchrist taking the edge. 74/10
Ashley Noffke	4	0	23	1	5.75	7	1	0	0	0
14.1 to P Kumar, outside off, plenty of room, driven hard but aerially to a wideish long-off. 60/7
James Hopes	3	0	10	1	3.33	10	0	0	0	0
6.4 to RG Sharma, Hopes strikes with his fourth ball! The ball comes in on a good length on off, Sharma shapes to swivel a pull round, misses, and his off stump is clipped. 32/5
David Hussey	3	0	12	1	4.00	10	0	0	1	0
11.4 to MS Dhoni, swivels in on middle, a touch short, and that's Hussey's first wicket as Dhoni stands tall and swats a pull to deep midwicket which doesn't quite have the legs. 49/6
Adam Voges	2	0	5	2	2.50	7	0	0	0	0
15.2 to Harbhajan Singh, swivelled in to the middle stump and a magnificent catch from Clarke, who's fielding has been excellent from the off, removes the batsman with a diving effort. 63/8 15.3 to S Sreesanth, steps down the track, outside off, to meet the ball that doesn't quite come on to the bat, shapes to drive over cover, takes a slight edge, spoons to gully and that's another terrific catch, scooped low. 63/9

Australia (T: 75 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Gilchrist †	c Gambhir b Kumar	25	22	34	2	1	113.63

Michael Clarke (c)	not out	37	36	50	1	1	102.77
Brad Hodge	not out	10	10	15	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 1)	3
Total	11.2 Ov (RR: 6.61, 50 Mins)	75/1
Did not bat: Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, David Hussey, Brett Lee, James Hopes, Nathan Bracken, Ashley Noffke, Adam Voges
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Adam Gilchrist, 7.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Irfan Pathan	3	0	18	0	6.00	8	2	0	0	0
Sreesanth	3	0	25	0	8.33	8	1	1	0	0
Praveen Kumar	2	0	15	1	7.50	7	0	1	0	0
7.3 to AC Gilchrist, he goes for the big one again, holing out at long-on, and is well caught, low in front. 57/1
Ishant Sharma	1.2	0	8	0	6.00	4	0	0	1	0
Harbhajan Singh	2	0	7	0	3.50	6	0	0	0	0

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India innings
India: 50 runs in 12.1 overs (76 balls), Extras 3
Innings Break: India - 74/10 in 17.3 overs (I Sharma 3)

Australia innings
Australia: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (AC Gilchrist 19, MJ Clarke 30, Ex 2)
Attendance: 84,041
Match Scorer: Binoy George

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Australia
Season	2007/08
Player Of The Match	Michael Clarke
Match number	T20I no. 52
Hours of play (local time)	19.35 start, First Session 19.35-20.55 Interval 20.55-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.35
Match days	1 February 2008 - night (20-over match)
T20I debut	David Hussey Ishant Sharma Praveen Kumar
Umpires	Bruce Oxenford Simon Taufel
TV Umpire	Bob Parry
Reserve Umpire	Tony Ward
Match Referee	Jeff Crowe

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
AC Gilchrist	caught	25	22
MJ Clarke	not out	37	36
BJ Hodge	not out	10	10
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 1)
Total	75(1 wkt; 11.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
IK Pathan	3	18	0	6
S Sreesanth	3	25	0	8.33
P Kumar	2	15	1	7.5
I Sharma	1.2	8	0	6
Harbhajan Singh	2	7	0	3.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	57	Adam Gilchrist	Michael Clarke
2nd	18	Brad Hodge	Michael Clarke

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