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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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    Team Pages: Australia, India.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    India Player Pages: A Chopra, V Sehwag, R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly, VVS Laxman, PA Patel, AB Agarkar, A Kumble, Z Khan, A Nehra.

    Australia Player Pages: JL Langer, ML Hayden, RT Ponting, AC Gilchrist, DR Martyn, SR Waugh, SM Katich, B Lee, NW Bracken, BA Williams, SCG MacGill.

    Match Officials' Pages: BF Bowden, DR Shepherd, RL Parry, MJ Procter.

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