- Test no. 1479 | 1999/00 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 26,27,28,29,30 December 1999 (5-day match)
| 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 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 118.1 overs; 526 mins) | 405 | (3.42 runs per over) | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 76.1 overs; 346 mins) | 238 | (3.12 runs per over) | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 89.3 overs; 371 mins) | 195 | (2.17 runs per over) | |||||
| 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 |
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Toss India, who chose to field Series Australia led the 3-match series 2-0 |
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Test debuts
B Lee
(Australia);
HH Kanitkar
(India) Player of the match SR Tendulkar (India) |
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Umpires
SJ Davis and DR Shepherd (England) TV umpire WP Sheahan Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) |
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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 |
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Jan 4, 2000 
VVS Laxman makes his first century on Australian soil © Getty Images |
Dec 28, 1999 
Brett Lee is ecstatic after getting Rahul Dravid out © Getty Images |
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