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ODI # 2097VB Series, 2003/04, 1st Final
 Australia v India
 Melbourne Cricket Ground (day/night)
 6 February 2004 (50-over match)
 
Result: Australia won by 7 wicketsSeries: Australia leads the best-of-3-finals 1-0
 
Toss: IndiaUmpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SJA Taufel
 TV Umpire: DJ Harper
 Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
 Man of the Match: RT Ponting
 
 
India innings (50 overs maximum)                                R   M   B  4 6
V Sehwag              c Gilchrist        b Gillespie            3  13   8  0 0
SR Tendulkar                             b Lee                  8  28  22  1 0
VVS Laxman            c Symonds          b Williams            24  50  25  2 0
+R Dravid             c Hayden           b Harvey              12  43  29  3 0
*SC Ganguly           c Gilchrist        b Harvey               6  33  21  0 0
Yuvraj Singh          c Gilchrist        b Lee                 21  30  21  3 0
HK Badani             not out                                  60 120  81  4 0
AB Agarkar            c Lee              b Clarke              53  70  62  4 2
IK Pathan             run out (Clarke/Gilchrist)               19  23  19  0 1
A Kumble              run out (Clarke/Gilchrist)                2   7   3  0 0
L Balaji                                 b Gillespie            2   5   7  0 0
Extras                (lb 6, w 2, nb 4)                        12
Total                 (all out, 49 overs, 219 mins)           222
FoW: 1-6 (Sehwag, 2.5 ov), 2-14 (Tendulkar, 5.5 ov),
     3-48 (Laxman, 13.2 ov), 4-48 (Dravid, 14.3 ov),
     5-75 (Ganguly, 20.4 ov), 6-75 (Yuvraj Singh, 21.1 ov),
     7-177 (Agarkar, 40.3 ov), 8-209 (Pathan, 46.1 ov),
     9-217 (Kumble, 47.3 ov), 10-222 (Balaji, 48.6 ov).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gillespie                   10      0     39      2
Lee                          9      0     34      2 (3nb)
Williams                    10      1     38      1 (1nb)
Harvey                      10      0     40      2
Symonds                      7      0     47      0 (2w)
Clarke                       3      0     18      1
Australia innings (target: 223 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist         c Tendulkar        b Balaji              38  26  20  7 0
ML Hayden                            c & b Balaji              50 129  91  4 0
*RT Ponting           c Dravid           b Balaji              88 114  80  7 2
DR Martyn             not out                                  20  41  37  1 0
A Symonds             not out                                  10  29  15  0 0
Extras                (b 6, lb 2, w 8, nb 2)                   18
Total                 (3 wickets, 40.1 overs, 171 mins)       224
DNB: MJ Clarke, SM Katich, B Lee, JN Gillespie, BA Williams,
     IJ Harvey.
FoW: 1-48 (Gilchrist, 5.6 ov), 2-187 (Hayden, 31.1 ov),
     3-193 (Ponting, 33.5 ov).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Agarkar                      9.1    0     58      0 (1w)
Balaji                      10      0     52      3 (2nb, 2w)
Pathan                       8      0     36      0 (5w)
Kumble                       7      0     36      0
Sehwag                       5      0     29      0
Ganguly                      1      0      5      0
 
 India innings
 India 50 off 89 balls in 76 mins
 India 100 off 176 balls in 137 mins
 50 partnership Badani/Agarkar off 70 balls in 48 mins
 India 150 off 215 balls in 161 mins
 100 partnership Badani/Agarkar off 110 balls in 70 mins
 AB Agarkar 50 off 62 balls in 76 mins
 India 200 off 270 balls in 198 mins
 HK Badani 50 off 71 balls in 101 mins
 Australia innings
 Australia 50 runs in 29 mins, 40 balls
 Australia 100 runs in 80 mins, 111 balls
 RT Ponting 50 runs in 74 mins, 51 balls
 Australia 150 runs in 109 mins, 165 balls
 100 runs partnership in 82 mins, 128 balls (Hayden/Ponting)
 ML Hayden 50 runs in 129 mins, 91 balls
 Australia 200 runs in 150 mins, 213 balls
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