Border-Gavaskar Trophy - 2nd Test

Australia v India

Australia won by 180 runs

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GS Blewett b Srinath 2 10 8 0 0 25.00
MJ Slater c Srinath b BKV Prasad 91 269 179 10 0 50.83
JL Langer lbw b Srinath 8 37 28 2 0 28.57
ME Waugh lbw b Agarkar 41 120 110 1 0 37.27
SR Waugh* c †MSK Prasad b BKV Prasad 32 108 68 3 0 47.05
RT Ponting lbw b Srinath 67 166 85 5 0 78.82
AC Gilchrist c Ganguly b Agarkar 78 150 119 12 0 65.54
SK Warne c †MSK Prasad b Agarkar 2 12 6 0 0 33.33
DW Fleming not out 31 89 59 1 0 52.54
B Lee c & b Srinath 27 77 55 1 0 49.09
GD McGrath run out (Kanitkar) 1 5 6 0 0 16.66
Extras (b 1, lb 9, w 1, nb 14) 25
Total (all out; 118.1 overs; 526 mins) 405 (3.42 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-4 (Blewett, 2.2 ov), 2-28 (Langer, 10.2 ov), 3-123 (ME Waugh, 38.4 ov), 4-192 (Slater, 62.4 ov), 5-197 (SR Waugh, 64.4 ov), 6-341 (Gilchrist, 96.4 ov), 7-343 (Ponting, 97.6 ov), 8-345 (Warne, 98.6 ov), 9-404 (Lee, 116.6 ov), 10-405 (McGrath, 118.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
J Srinath 33.1 7 130 4 3.91 (9nb)
AB Agarkar 28 7 76 3 2.71 (1w)
BKV Prasad 26 6 101 2 3.88 (1nb)
SC Ganguly 2 0 10 0 5.00 (4nb)
A Kumble 29 3 78 0 2.68
India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
VVS Laxman c ME Waugh b McGrath 5 30 18 0 0 27.77
S Ramesh b Lee 4 24 21 0 0 19.04
R Dravid c †Gilchrist b Lee 9 55 36 1 0 25.00
SR Tendulkar* c Langer b Fleming 116 283 191 9 1 60.73
SC Ganguly c ME Waugh b McGrath 31 112 83 1 0 37.34
HH Kanitkar lbw b Warne 11 31 21 0 0 52.38
MSK Prasad b Lee 6 32 13 1 0 46.15
AB Agarkar lbw b Lee 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
J Srinath c ME Waugh b Lee 1 4 3 0 0 33.33
A Kumble not out 28 80 64 1 0 43.75
BKV Prasad c ME Waugh b McGrath 10 31 15 0 0 66.66
Extras (lb 8, nb 9) 17
Total (all out; 76.1 overs; 346 mins) 238 (3.12 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-11 (Ramesh, 5.4 ov), 2-11 (Laxman, 6.4 ov), 3-31 (Dravid, 18.2 ov), 4-108 (Ganguly, 44.6 ov), 5-138 (Kanitkar, 51.6 ov), 6-167 (MSK Prasad, 58.1 ov), 7-167 (Agarkar, 58.2 ov), 8-169 (Srinath, 58.6 ov), 9-212 (Tendulkar, 69.1 ov), 10-238 (BKV Prasad, 76.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GD McGrath 18.1 3 39 3 2.14 (3nb)
DW Fleming 15 0 62 1 4.13 (1nb)
B Lee 18 2 47 5 2.61 (2nb)
SK Warne 24 5 77 1 3.20 (3nb)
ME Waugh 1 0 5 0 5.00
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MJ Slater lbw b Agarkar 3 15 7 0 0 42.85
GS Blewett c Ganguly b Kumble 31 150 97 2 0 31.95
JL Langer c †MSK Prasad b Agarkar 9 49 26 0 0 34.61
AC Gilchrist c Srinath b Kumble 55 103 73 4 0 75.34
ME Waugh not out 51 112 81 2 0 62.96
SR Waugh* lbw b Agarkar 32 50 41 1 0 78.04
RT Ponting not out 21 42 32 1 0 65.62
Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 3) 6
Total (5 wickets dec; 59 overs; 263 mins) 208 (3.52 runs per over)
Did not bat SK Warne, B Lee, DW Fleming, GD McGrath
Fall of wickets1-5 (Slater, 3.2 ov), 2-32 (Langer, 13.2 ov), 3-91 (Blewett, 31.2 ov), 4-109 (Gilchrist, 35.3 ov), 5-167 (SR Waugh, 48.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
J Srinath 14 0 45 0 3.21 (3nb)
AB Agarkar 17 3 51 3 3.00
BKV Prasad 10 0 38 0 3.80 (1w)
A Kumble 18 3 72 2 4.00
India 2nd innings (target: 376 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
VVS Laxman c McGrath b Fleming 1 15 16 0 0 6.25
S Ramesh retired hurt 26 93 69 0 0 37.68
R Dravid c †Gilchrist b Lee 14 160 109 0 0 12.84
SR Tendulkar* lbw b Warne 52 162 122 4 0 42.62
SC Ganguly b Blewett 17 57 39 2 0 43.58
HH Kanitkar lbw b Fleming 45 102 78 6 0 57.69
MSK Prasad c Warne b ME Waugh 13 45 29 1 0 44.82
AB Agarkar c Blewett b ME Waugh 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
A Kumble run out (SR Waugh/Fleming) 13 66 55 2 0 23.63
J Srinath c Warne b Lee 1 4 5 0 0 20.00
BKV Prasad not out 6 29 17 0 0 35.29
Extras (lb 4, nb 3) 7
Total (all out; 89.3 overs; 371 mins) 195 (2.17 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-5 (Laxman, 3.5 ov), 1-40* (Ramesh, retired not out), 2-72 (Dravid, 42.2 ov), 3-110 (Ganguly, 55.5 ov), 4-133 (Tendulkar, 61.6 ov), 5-162 (MSK Prasad, 72.3 ov), 6-162 (Agarkar, 72.4 ov), 7-184 (Kanitkar, 81.1 ov), 8-185 (Srinath, 82.1 ov), 9-195 (Kumble, 89.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GD McGrath 17 8 22 0 1.29 (1nb)
DW Fleming 21.3 7 46 2 2.13
SK Warne 26 7 63 1 2.42
B Lee 19 6 31 2 1.63 (2nb)
GS Blewett 3 1 17 1 5.66
ME Waugh 3 0 12 2 4.00
Match details
Toss India, who chose to field
Series Australia led the 3-match series 2-0
Test debuts B Lee (Australia); HH Kanitkar (India)
Player of the match SR Tendulkar (India)
Umpires SJ Davis and DR Shepherd (England)
TV umpire WP Sheahan
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Close of play
26 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 138/3 (MJ Slater 64*, SR Waugh 5*, 48 ov)
27 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 332/5 (RT Ponting 59*, AC Gilchrist 77*, 93 ov)
28 Dec day 3 - India 1st innings 235/9 (A Kumble 26*, BKV Prasad 10*, 75 ov)
29 Dec day 4 - India 2nd innings 40/1 (S Ramesh 26*, R Dravid 10*, 21 ov)
30 Dec day 5 - India 2nd innings 195 (89.3 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • 12th Men: MS Kasprowicz (Aus) and R Vijay Bharadwaj (Ind)
  • Day 1:
  • Rain forced the abandonment of the first session, an early lunch was taken
  • Rain 11am-2pm, 2pm start
  • Australia 50 in 78 mins
  • Slater/ME Waugh 3rd wicket partnership 50 in 66 mins
  • Tea: Australia 97/2 (Slater 49*, ME Waugh 23*, 28 ov)
  • Australia 100 in 141 mins
  • Slater 50 in 141 mins
  • Attendance: 49,082
  • Bad Light stopped play at 5:48pm
  • Day 2:
  • Australia 1st innings: 2nd new ball taken after 80 overs
  • Australia 150 in 222 mins
  • Australia 200 in 290 mins
  • Australia 250 in 330 mins
  • Lunch: Australia 5/277 (Ponting 34*, Gilchrist 47*, 81 ov)
  • Tea: Australia 332/5 (Ponting 59*, Gilchrist 77*, 93 ov)
  • Rain started at 1.59pm, restart at 3.30 pm
  • Bad Light stopped play at 4.07 pm
  • Rain forced the abandonment of the third session
  • Attendance: 26,885
  • Day 3:
  • Lunch: India 11/1 (Laxman 5*, Dravid 0*, 6 ov)
  • Tea: India 83/3 (Tendulkar 39*, Ganguly 20*, 35 ov)
  • Bad Light stopped play at 7.11 pm
  • Attendance: 23,127
  • Day 4:
  • Rain at 10.52 am delays start, 11.24 am restart
  • Bad Light 11.43am, 12.29 am restart
  • Lunch: Australia 25/1 (Blewett 9*, Langer 9*, 11 ov)
  • Tea: Australia 147/4 (ME Waugh 27*, SR Waugh 16*, 44 ov)
  • Attendance: 19,133
  • Day 5:
  • Rain at 10.49 am, restart at 10.54 am
  • S Ramesh retired hurt at 40/1 [26 ov] (sore thumb)
  • India 50 in 110 mins
  • India 100 in 228 mins
  • Lunch: India 110/3 (Tendulkar 48*, 55.5 ov)
  • Tendulkar 50 142 mins
  • India 150 in 286 mins
  • Tea: India 186/8 (Kumble 9*, BKV Prasad 1*, 85 ov)
  • Attendance: 16,327
 
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Jan 4, 2000

VVS Laxman makes his first century on Australian soil, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Sydney, 3rd day, January 4, 2000

VVS Laxman makes his first century on Australian soil

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Dec 28, 1999

Brett Lee is ecstatic after getting Rahul Dravid out, Australia v India, 2nd Test, Melbourne, 3rd day, December 28, 1999

Brett Lee is ecstatic after getting Rahul Dravid out

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