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Border-Gavaskar Trophy - 3rd Test

Australia v India

Australia won by 9 wickets

Test no. 1678 | 2003/04 season
Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 2003 (5-day match)


India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
A Chopra	c Katich b MacGill	48	182	138	6	0	34.78
42.6 caught Katich 141/1
V Sehwag	c Bracken b Katich	195	312	233	25	5	83.69
78.3 caught Bracken 311/4
R Dravid	c Martyn b Waugh	49	105	89	5	0	55.05
72.6 caught Martyn 278/2
SR Tendulkar	c †Gilchrist b Lee	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
74.1 caught †Gilchrist 286/3
SC Ganguly*	c Langer b Lee	37	90	63	6	0	58.73
94.6 caught Langer 350/5
VVS Laxman	c Hayden b MacGill	19	108	86	2	0	22.09
102.2 caught Hayden 366/9
PA Patel†	c †Gilchrist b Bracken	0	10	1	0	0	0.00
97.1 caught †Gilchrist 353/6
AB Agarkar	run out (Williams)	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
97.2 from Bracken, run out (Williams) 353/7
A Kumble	c Langer b Williams	3	22	12	0	0	25.00
101.5 caught Langer 366/8
Z Khan	not out	0	5	1	0	0	0.00

A Nehra	c †Gilchrist b MacGill	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
102.6 caught †Gilchrist 366/10
Extras	(lb 3, w 1, nb 11)	15

Total	(all out; 103 overs; 424 mins)	366	(3.55 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-141 (Chopra, 42.6 ov), 2-278 (Dravid, 72.6 ov), 3-286 (Tendulkar, 74.1 ov), 4-311 (Sehwag, 78.3 ov), 5-350 (Ganguly, 94.6 ov), 6-353 (Patel, 97.1 ov), 7-353 (Agarkar, 97.2 ov), 8-366 (Kumble, 101.5 ov), 9-366 (Laxman, 102.2 ov), 10-366 (Nehra, 102.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	27	7	103	2	3.81	(10nb)
74.1 to Tendulkar, caught †Gilchrist 286/3 94.6 to Ganguly, caught Langer 350/5
NW Bracken	28	6	71	1	2.53
97.1 to Patel, caught †Gilchrist 353/6
BA Williams	20	6	66	1	3.30	(1w)
101.5 to Kumble, caught Langer 366/8
SCG MacGill	15	3	70	3	4.66	(1nb)
42.6 to Chopra, caught Katich 141/1 102.2 to Laxman, caught Hayden 366/9 102.6 to Nehra, caught †Gilchrist 366/10
SM Katich	4	0	18	1	4.50
78.3 to Sehwag, caught Bracken 311/4
SR Waugh	9	0	35	1	3.88
72.6 to Dravid, caught Martyn 278/2


Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	c Tendulkar b Agarkar	14	32	29	2	0	48.27
6.3 caught Tendulkar 30/1
ML Hayden	lbw b Kumble	136	260	173	17	1	78.61
60.4 264/2
RT Ponting	st †Patel b Kumble	257	590	458	25	0	56.11
150.6 stumped †Patel 555/9
AC Gilchrist†	c Nehra b Kumble	14	33	29	2	0	48.27
68.4 caught Nehra 295/3
DR Martyn	c †Patel b Agarkar	31	95	63	3	0	49.20
92.4 caught †Patel 373/4
SR Waugh*	lbw b Kumble	19	83	69	1	0	27.53
136.1 502/6
SM Katich	c Chopra b Kumble	29	92	58	3	0	50.00
114.4 caught Chopra 437/5
B Lee	c Laxman b Kumble	8	31	29	0	0	27.58
144.2 caught Laxman 535/7
NW Bracken	c & b Tendulkar	1	6	5	0	0	20.00
145.6 caught & 542/8
BA Williams	not out	10	10	11	0	1	90.90

SCG MacGill	lbw b Agarkar	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
151.2 558/10
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)

Fall of wickets1-30 (Langer, 6.3 ov), 2-264 (Hayden, 60.4 ov), 3-295 (Gilchrist, 68.4 ov), 4-373 (Martyn, 92.4 ov), 4-373* (Waugh, retired not out), 5-437 (Katich, 114.4 ov), 6-502 (Waugh, 136.1 ov), 7-535 (Lee, 144.2 ov), 8-542 (Bracken, 145.6 ov), 9-555 (Ponting, 150.6 ov), 10-558 (MacGill, 151.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AB Agarkar	33.2	5	115	3	3.45
6.3 to Langer, caught Tendulkar 30/1 92.4 to Martyn, caught †Patel 373/4 151.2 to MacGill, 558/10
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)
60.4 to Hayden, 264/2 68.4 to Gilchrist, caught Nehra 295/3 114.4 to Katich, caught Chopra 437/5 136.1 to Waugh, 502/6 144.2 to Lee, caught Laxman 535/7 150.6 to Ponting, stumped †Patel 555/9
SR Tendulkar	13	0	57	1	4.38
145.6 to Bracken, caught & 542/8


India 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
A Chopra	c †Gilchrist b Bracken	4	7	8	1	0	50.00
1.3 caught †Gilchrist 5/1
V Sehwag	c Williams b Lee	11	22	13	2	0	84.61
4.5 caught Williams 19/2
R Dravid	c †Gilchrist b Lee	92	332	244	13	0	37.70
83.4 caught †Gilchrist 253/5
SC Ganguly*	b Bracken	73	164	125	12	0	58.40
87.1 bowled 258/6
SR Tendulkar	c †Gilchrist b Williams	44	107	79	5	0	55.69
42.3 caught †Gilchrist 126/3
VVS Laxman	c Hayden b MacGill	18	57	50	3	0	36.00
56.6 caught Hayden 160/4
PA Patel†	not out	27		50	4	0	54.00

AB Agarkar	b Williams	1	15	10	0	0	10.00
90.4 bowled 271/7
A Kumble	lbw b Williams	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
90.6 271/8
Z Khan	c Hayden b Williams	1	16	8	0	0	12.50
94.3 caught Hayden 277/9
A Nehra	c Hayden b MacGill	0	20	17	0	0	0.00
99.5 caught Hayden 286/10
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 7)	15

Total	(all out; 99.5 overs; 410 mins)	286	(2.86 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Chopra, 1.3 ov), 2-19 (Sehwag, 4.5 ov), 2-39* (Ganguly, retired not out), 3-126 (Tendulkar, 42.3 ov), 4-160 (Laxman, 56.6 ov), 5-253 (Dravid, 83.4 ov), 6-258 (Ganguly, 87.1 ov), 7-271 (Agarkar, 90.4 ov), 8-271 (Kumble, 90.6 ov), 9-277 (Khan, 94.3 ov), 10-286 (Nehra, 99.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	22	3	97	2	4.40	(3nb)
4.5 to Sehwag, caught Williams 19/2 83.4 to Dravid, caught †Gilchrist 253/5
NW Bracken	25	13	45	2	1.80
1.3 to Chopra, caught †Gilchrist 5/1 87.1 to Ganguly, bowled 258/6
BA Williams	22	5	53	4	2.40	(1w)
42.3 to Tendulkar, caught †Gilchrist 126/3 90.4 to Agarkar, bowled 271/7 90.6 to Kumble, 271/8 94.3 to Khan, caught Hayden 277/9
SCG MacGill	26.5	5	68	2	2.53	(4nb)
56.6 to Laxman, caught Hayden 160/4 99.5 to Nehra, caught Hayden 286/10
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
4.2 9/1
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
4.2 to Langer, 9/1
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

Toss India, who chose to bat
Series 4-match series level 1-1

Player of the match RT Ponting (Australia)

Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and DR Shepherd (England)
TV umpire RL Parry
Match referee MJ Procter (South Africa)

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

Match notes