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 Mins)	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	WD	NB
Brett Lee	27	7	103	2	3.81	127	0	10
74.1 to SR Tendulkar, . 286/3 94.6 to SC Ganguly, . 350/5
Nathan Bracken	28	6	71	1	2.53	135	0	0
97.1 to PA Patel, . 353/6
Brad Williams	20	6	66	1	3.30	91	1	0
101.5 to A Kumble, . 366/8
Stuart MacGill	15	3	70	3	4.66	67	0	1
42.6 to A Chopra, . 141/1 102.2 to VVS Laxman, . 366/9 102.6 to A Nehra, . 366/10
Simon Katich	4	0	18	1	4.50	14	0	0
78.3 to V Sehwag, . 311/4
Steve Waugh	9	0	35	1	3.88	30	0	0
72.6 to R Dravid, . 278/2

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 Mins)	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* (Steve Waugh, retired not out), 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	WD	NB
Ajit Agarkar	33.2	5	115	3	3.45	149	0	0
6.3 to JL Langer, . 30/1 92.4 to DR Martyn, . 373/4 151.2 to SCG MacGill, . 558/10
Zaheer Khan	25	4	103	0	4.12	110	1	9
Ashish Nehra	29	3	90	0	3.10	120	0	1
Anil Kumble	51	8	176	6	3.45	212	0	7
60.4 to ML Hayden, . 264/2 68.4 to AC Gilchrist, . 295/3 . 373/4 114.4 to SM Katich, . 437/5 136.1 to SR Waugh, . 502/6 144.2 to B Lee, . 535/7 150.6 to RT Ponting, . 555/9
Sachin Tendulkar	13	0	57	1	4.38	45	0	0
145.6 to NW Bracken, . 542/8

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 Mins)	286
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Aakash Chopra, 1.3 ov), 2-19 (Virender Sehwag, 4.5 ov), 2-39* (Sourav Ganguly, retired not out), 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	WD	NB
Brett Lee	22	3	97	2	4.40	98	0	3
4.5 to V Sehwag, . 19/2 83.4 to R Dravid, . 253/5
Nathan Bracken	25	13	45	2	1.80	130	0	0
1.3 to A Chopra, . 5/1 . 39/2 87.1 to SC Ganguly, . 258/6
Brad Williams	22	5	53	4	2.40	111	1	0
42.3 to SR Tendulkar, . 126/3 90.4 to AB Agarkar, . 271/7 90.6 to A Kumble, . 271/8 94.3 to Z Khan, . 277/9
Stuart MacGill	26.5	5	68	2	2.53	127	0	4
56.6 to VVS Laxman, . 160/4 99.5 to A Nehra, . 286/10
Simon Katich	4	0	16	0	4.00	14	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 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 Mins)	97/1
Did not bat Damien Martyn, Steve Waugh (c), Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist †, Nathan Bracken, Brett Lee, Brad Williams, Stuart MacGill
Fall of wickets 1-9 (Justin Langer, 4.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ajit Agarkar	7	2	25	1	3.57	29	0	0
4.2 to JL Langer, . 9/1
Ashish Nehra	6	3	16	0	2.66	30	1	0
Anil Kumble	6.2	0	43	0	6.78	23	0	2
Virender Sehwag	3	0	7	0	2.33	14	0	0

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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

Tue, 30 Dec

day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 97/1 (22.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

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

Match Details

GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground

TossIndia, elected to bat first

Series

India tour of Australia

Season2003/04

Player Of The Match

Ricky Ponting

Series result4-match series level 1-1

Match numberTest no. 1678

Match daysday (5-day match)

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