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Australia v India @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
26, 27, 28, 29, 30 December 2003 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: BF Bowden, DR Shepherd
Third Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: MJ Procter
Match Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Aakash Chopra | c Simon Katich b Stuart MacGill | 48 | 138 | 182 | 6 | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Nathan Bracken b Simon Katich | 195 | 233 | 312 | 25 | 5 |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Damien Martyn b Steve Waugh | 49 | 89 | 105 | 5 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| *5. Sourav Ganguly | c Justin Langer b Brett Lee | 37 | 63 | 90 | 6 | - |
| 6. VVS Laxman | c Matthew Hayden b Stuart MacGill | 19 | 86 | 108 | 2 | - |
| +7. Parthiv Patel | c Adam Gilchrist b Nathan Bracken | 0 | 1 | 10 | - | - |
| 8. Ajit Agarkar | run out (Brad Williams > > ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Anil Kumble | c Justin Langer b Brad Williams | 3 | 12 | 22 | - | - |
| 10. Zaheer Khan | not out | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Ashish Nehra | c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart MacGill | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-141 (Aakash Chopra), 2-278 (Rahul Dravid), 3-286 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-311 (Virender Sehwag), 5-350 (Sourav Ganguly), 6-353 (Parthiv Patel), 7-353 (Ajit Agarkar), 8-366 (Anil Kumble), 9-366 (VVS Laxman), 366 (Ashish Nehra). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 1w, 11nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 103 ovs, 424 mins) 366 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 27 | 7 | 103 | 2 | (0w,10nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 28 | 6 | 71 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Williams | 20 | 6 | 66 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Stuart MacGill | 15 | 3 | 70 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Simon Katich | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 9 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Justin Langer | c Sachin Tendulkar b Ajit Agarkar | 14 | 29 | 32 | 2 | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | lbw b Anil Kumble | 136 | 173 | 260 | 17 | 1 |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | st Parthiv Patel b Anil Kumble | 257 | 458 | 590 | 25 | - |
| +4. Adam Gilchrist | c Ashish Nehra b Anil Kumble | 14 | 29 | 33 | 2 | - |
| 5. Damien Martyn | c Parthiv Patel b Ajit Agarkar | 31 | 63 | 95 | 3 | - |
| *6. Steve Waugh | lbw b Anil Kumble | 19 | 69 | 83 | 1 | - |
| 7. Simon Katich | c Aakash Chopra b Anil Kumble | 29 | 58 | 92 | 3 | - |
| 8. Brett Lee | c VVS Laxman b Anil Kumble | 8 | 29 | 31 | - | - |
| 9. Nathan Bracken | c & b Sachin Tendulkar | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Brad Williams | not out | 10 | 11 | 10 | - | 1 |
| 11. Stuart MacGill | lbw b Ajit Agarkar | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-30 (Justin Langer), 2-264 (Matthew Hayden), 3-295 (Adam Gilchrist), 4-373 (Damien Martyn), 5-437 (Simon Katich), 6-502 (Steve Waugh), 7-535 (Brett Lee), 8-542 (Nathan Bracken), 9-555 (Ricky Ponting), 558 (Stuart MacGill). |
| Extras | 4b, 8lb, 5w, 17nb, 5pen) 39 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 151.2 ovs, 626 mins) 558 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ajit Agarkar | 33.2 | 5 | 115 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Zaheer Khan | 25 | 4 | 103 | 0 | (1w,9nb) |
| Ashish Nehra | 29 | 3 | 90 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 51 | 8 | 176 | 6 | (0w,7nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 13 | 0 | 57 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Aakash Chopra | c Adam Gilchrist b Nathan Bracken | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Brad Williams b Brett Lee | 11 | 13 | 22 | 2 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 92 | 244 | 332 | 13 | - |
| *4. Sourav Ganguly | b Nathan Bracken | 73 | 125 | 164 | 12 | - |
| 5. Sachin Tendulkar | c Adam Gilchrist b Brad Williams | 44 | 79 | 107 | 5 | - |
| 6. VVS Laxman | c Matthew Hayden b Stuart MacGill | 18 | 50 | 57 | 3 | - |
| +7. Parthiv Patel | not out | 27 | 50 | - | 4 | - |
| 8. Ajit Agarkar | b Brad Williams | 1 | 10 | 15 | - | - |
| 9. Anil Kumble | lbw b Brad Williams | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Zaheer Khan | c Matthew Hayden b Brad Williams | 1 | 8 | 16 | - | - |
| 11. Ashish Nehra | c Matthew Hayden b Stuart MacGill | 0 | 17 | 20 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-5 (Aakash Chopra), 2-19 (Virender Sehwag), 3-126 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-160 (VVS Laxman), 5-253 (Rahul Dravid), 6-258 (Sourav Ganguly), 7-271 (Ajit Agarkar), 8-271 (Anil Kumble), 9-277 (Zaheer Khan), 286 (Ashish Nehra). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 1w, 7nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 99.5 ovs, 410 mins) 286 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 22 | 3 | 97 | 2 | (0w,3nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 25 | 13 | 45 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Williams | 22 | 5 | 53 | 4 | (1w,0nb) |
| Stuart MacGill | 26.5 | 5 | 68 | 2 | (0w,4nb) |
| Simon Katich | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Justin Langer | lbw b Ajit Agarkar | 2 | 14 | 21 | - | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | not out | 53 | 63 | 95 | 9 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | not out | 31 | 59 | 73 | 3 | - |
| +4. Adam Gilchrist | ||||||
| 5. Damien Martyn | ||||||
| *6. Steve Waugh | ||||||
| 7. Simon Katich | ||||||
| 8. Brett Lee | ||||||
| 9. Nathan Bracken | ||||||
| 10. Brad Williams | ||||||
| 11. Stuart MacGill |
| FOW | 1-9 (Justin Langer). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 1 wickets, 22.2 ovs, 95 mins) 97 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ajit Agarkar | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashish Nehra | 6 | 3 | 16 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 6.2 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Damien Martyn, Steve Waugh, Simon Katich, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Brad Williams, Stuart MacGill