| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| A Chopra | c Katich b MacGill | 48 | 182 | 138 | 6 | 0 | 34.78 | |
| V Sehwag | c Bracken b Katich | 195 | 312 | 233 | 25 | 5 | 83.69 | |
| R Dravid | c Martyn b Waugh | 49 | 105 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 55.05 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SC Ganguly* | c Langer b Lee | 37 | 90 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 58.73 | |
| VVS Laxman | c Hayden b MacGill | 19 | 108 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 22.09 | |
| PA Patel† | c †Gilchrist b Bracken | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AB Agarkar | run out (Williams) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| A Kumble | c Langer b Williams | 3 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Z Khan | not out | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| A Nehra | c †Gilchrist b MacGill | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1, nb 11) | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 103 overs; 424 mins) | 366 | (3.55 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 27 | 7 | 103 | 2 | 3.81 | (10nb) | ||
| NW Bracken | 28 | 6 | 71 | 1 | 2.53 | |||
| BA Williams | 20 | 6 | 66 | 1 | 3.30 | (1w) | ||
| SCG MacGill | 15 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 4.66 | (1nb) | ||
| SM Katich | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.50 | |||
| SR Waugh | 9 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 3.88 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | c Tendulkar b Agarkar | 14 | 32 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 48.27 | |
| ML Hayden | lbw b Kumble | 136 | 260 | 173 | 17 | 1 | 78.61 | |
| RT Ponting | st †Patel b Kumble | 257 | 590 | 458 | 25 | 0 | 56.11 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c Nehra b Kumble | 14 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 48.27 | |
| DR Martyn | c †Patel b Agarkar | 31 | 95 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 49.20 | |
| SR Waugh* | lbw b Kumble | 19 | 83 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 27.53 | |
| SM Katich | c Chopra b Kumble | 29 | 92 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| B Lee | c Laxman b Kumble | 8 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27.58 | |
| NW Bracken | c & b Tendulkar | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| BA Williams | not out | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 90.90 | |
| SCG MacGill | lbw b Agarkar | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 8, w 5, nb 17, pen 5) | 39 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 151.2 overs; 626 mins) | 558 | (3.68 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AB Agarkar | 33.2 | 5 | 115 | 3 | 3.45 | |||
| Z Khan | 25 | 4 | 103 | 0 | 4.12 | (9nb, 1w) | ||
| A Nehra | 29 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 3.10 | (1nb) | ||
| A Kumble | 51 | 8 | 176 | 6 | 3.45 | (7nb) | ||
| SR Tendulkar | 13 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 4.38 |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| A Chopra | c †Gilchrist b Bracken | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| V Sehwag | c Williams b Lee | 11 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 84.61 | |
| R Dravid | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 92 | 332 | 244 | 13 | 0 | 37.70 | |
| SC Ganguly* | b Bracken | 73 | 164 | 125 | 12 | 0 | 58.40 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c †Gilchrist b Williams | 44 | 107 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 55.69 | |
| VVS Laxman | c Hayden b MacGill | 18 | 57 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 36.00 | |
| PA Patel† | not out | 27 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 54.00 | ||
| AB Agarkar | b Williams | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| A Kumble | lbw b Williams | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Z Khan | c Hayden b Williams | 1 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| A Nehra | c Hayden b MacGill | 0 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 7) | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 99.5 overs; 410 mins) | 286 | (2.86 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 22 | 3 | 97 | 2 | 4.40 | (3nb) | ||
| NW Bracken | 25 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 1.80 | |||
| BA Williams | 22 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 2.40 | (1w) | ||
| SCG MacGill | 26.5 | 5 | 68 | 2 | 2.53 | (4nb) | ||
| SM Katich | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 95 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | lbw b Agarkar | 2 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| ML Hayden | not out | 53 | 95 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 84.12 | |
| RT Ponting | not out | 31 | 73 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 52.54 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 4) | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket; 22.2 overs; 95 mins) | 97 | (4.34 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DR Martyn, SR Waugh*, SM Katich, AC Gilchrist†, NW Bracken, B Lee, BA Williams, SCG MacGill |
| Fall of wickets1-9 (Langer, 4.2 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AB Agarkar | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 3.57 | |||
| A Nehra | 6 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2.66 | (1w) | ||
| A Kumble | 6.2 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 6.78 | (2nb) | ||
| V Sehwag | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Series 4-match series level 1-1 |
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Player of the match
RT Ponting (Australia) |
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Umpires
BF Bowden (New Zealand) and DR Shepherd (England) TV umpire RL Parry Match referee MJ Procter (South Africa) |
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Close of play 26 Dec day 1 - India 1st innings 329/4 (SC Ganguly 20*, VVS Laxman 6*, 90 ov) 27 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 317/3 (RT Ponting 120*, DR Martyn 7*, 75 ov) 28 Dec day 3 - India 2nd innings 27/2 (R Dravid 6*, SC Ganguly 6*, 11 ov) 29 Dec day 4 - India 2nd innings 286 30 Dec day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 97/1 (22.2 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 31, 2003 Steve Waugh talks, and Ricky Ponting listens © Getty Images |
Dec 31, 2003 Steve Waugh waves farewell to the Melbourne crowd © AFP |
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