Test # 1678
Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2003-04, 3rd Test
Australia v India
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 2003 (5-day match)
Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
Series: 4-Test series level 1-1
Toss: India
Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and DR Shepherd (Eng)
TV Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: MJ Procter (SA)
Man of the Match: RT Ponting
Close of Play:
Day 1: India 329/4 (Ganguly 20*, Laxman 6*; 90 overs)
Day 2: India 366, Australia 317/3 (Ponting 120*, Martyn 7*; 75 overs)
Day 3: Australia 558, India 27/2 (Dravid 6*, Ganguly 6*; 11 overs)
Day 4: India 286
India 1st innings R M B 4 6
A Chopra c Katich b MacGill 48 182 138 6 0
V Sehwag c Bracken b Katich 195 312 233 25 5
R Dravid c Martyn b Waugh 49 105 89 5 0
SR Tendulkar c Gilchrist b Lee 0 3 1 0 0
*SC Ganguly c Langer b Lee 37 90 63 6 0
VVS Laxman c Hayden b MacGill 19 108 86 2 0
+PA Patel c Gilchrist b Bracken 0 10 1 0 0
AB Agarkar run out (Williams) 0 2 1 0 0
A Kumble c Langer b Williams 3 22 12 0 0
Z Khan not out 0 5 1 0 0
A Nehra c Gilchrist b MacGill 0 2 4 0 0
Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 11) 15
Total (all out, 103 overs, 424 mins) 366
FoW: 1-141 (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
Lee 27 7 103 2 (10nb)
Bracken 28 6 71 1
Williams 20 6 66 1 (1w)
MacGill 15 3 70 3 (1nb)
Katich 4 0 18 1
Waugh 9 0 35 1
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
JL Langer c Tendulkar b Agarkar 14 32 29 2 0
ML Hayden lbw b Kumble 136 260 173 17 1
RT Ponting st Patel b Kumble 257 590 458 25 0
+AC Gilchrist c Nehra b Kumble 14 33 29 2 0
DR Martyn c Patel b Agarkar 31 95 63 3 0
*SR Waugh lbw b Kumble 19 83 69 1 0
SM Katich c Chopra b Kumble 29 92 58 3 0
B Lee c Laxman b Kumble 8 31 29 0 0
NW Bracken c & b Tendulkar 1 6 5 0 0
BA Williams not out 10 10 11 0 1
SCG MacGill lbw b Agarkar 0 2 1 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 5, nb 17, pen 5) 39
Total (all out, 151.2 overs, 626 mins) 558
FoW: 1-30 (Langer, 6.3 ov), 2-264 (Hayden, 60.4 ov),
3-295 (Gilchrist, 68.4 ov), 4-373 (Martyn, 92.4 ov),
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
Agarkar 33.2 5 115 3
Khan 25 4 103 0 (9nb, 1w)
Nehra 29 3 90 0 (1nb)
Kumble 51 8 176 6 (7nb)
Tendulkar 13 0 57 1
India 2nd innings R M B 4 6
A Chopra c Gilchrist b Bracken 4 7 8 1 0
V Sehwag c Williams b Lee 11 22 13 2 0
R Dravid c Gilchrist b Lee 92 332 244 13 0
*SC Ganguly b Bracken 73 164 125 12 0
SR Tendulkar c Gilchrist b Williams 44 107 79 5 0
VVS Laxman c Hayden b MacGill 18 57 50 3 0
+PA Patel not out 27 50 4 0
AB Agarkar b Williams 1 15 10 0 0
A Kumble lbw b Williams 0 1 2 0 0
Z Khan c Hayden b Williams 1 16 8 0 0
A Nehra c Hayden b MacGill 0 20 17 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 7) 15
Total (all out, 99.5 overs, 410 mins) 286
FoW: 1-5 (Chopra, 1.3 ov), 2-19 (Sehwag, 4.5 ov),
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
Lee 22 3 97 2 (3nb)
Bracken 25 13 45 2
Williams 22 5 53 4 (1w)
MacGill 26.5 5 68 2 (4nb)
Katich 4 0 16 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 95 runs) R M B 4 6
JL Langer lbw b Agarkar 2 21 14 0 0
ML Hayden not out 53 95 63 9 0
RT Ponting not out 31 73 59 3 0
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 4) 11
Total (1 wicket, 22.2 overs, 95 mins) 97
DNB: DR Martyn, *SR Waugh, SM Katich, +AC Gilchrist, NW Bracken,
B Lee, BA Williams, SCG MacGill.
FoW: 1-9 (Langer, 4.2 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Agarkar 7 2 25 1
Nehra 6 3 16 0 (1w)
Kumble 6.2 0 43 0 (2nb)
Sehwag 3 0 7 0
- Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm -
6.00pm
- Scorers: KV O'Neill (Australia) and CJ Reece (India)
- 12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and S Ramesh (India)
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
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