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Australia v India @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
9 January 2004
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, SJA Taufel
Third Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: CH Lloyd
Match Result: Australia won by 18 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c Irfan Pathan b Ajit Agarkar | 34 | 34 | 40 | 6 | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Yuvraj Singh b Ajit Agarkar | 20 | 22 | 50 | 1 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c & b Lakshmipathy Balaji | 18 | 19 | 34 | 3 | - |
| 4. Damien Martyn | c Lakshmipathy Balaji b Ajit Agarkar | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 5. Andrew Symonds | c Anil Kumble b Ajit Agarkar | 88 | 102 | 132 | 5 | 3 |
| 6. Michael Clarke | c VVS Laxman b Anil Kumble | 63 | 66 | 89 | 6 | 1 |
| 7. Michael Bevan | c Sourav Ganguly b Virender Sehwag | 1 | 8 | 4 | - | - |
| 8. Ian Harvey | c Sachin Tendulkar b Ajit Agarkar | 28 | 24 | 38 | 4 | - |
| 9. Andy Bichel | run out (Lakshmipathy Balaji > ) | 1 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
| 10. Jason Gillespie | not out | 8 | 10 | 15 | - | - |
| 11. Brad Williams | c Yuvraj Singh b Ajit Agarkar | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-59 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-70 (Matthew Hayden), 3-70 (Damien Martyn), 4-89 (Ricky Ponting), 5-232 (Michael Clarke), 6-233 (Michael Bevan), 7-258 (Andrew Symonds), 8-272 (Andy Bichel), 9-287 (Ian Harvey), 288 (Brad Williams). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 14w, 3nb, 0pen) 27 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.3 ovs, 212 mins) 288 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ajit Agarkar | 9.3 | 1 | 42 | 6 | (1w,0nb) |
| Irfan Pathan | 10 | 0 | 61 | 0 | (7w,0nb) |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | 9 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Sanjay Bangar | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Virender Sehwag | b Ian Harvey | 35 | 59 | 85 | 3 | - |
| 2. Sachin Tendulkar | c Ricky Ponting b Andrew Symonds | 63 | 69 | 117 | 8 | 1 |
| *3. Sourav Ganguly | run out (Ian Harvey > ) | 82 | 83 | 119 | 6 | 1 |
| 4. VVS Laxman | c Michael Clarke b Andrew Symonds | 16 | 22 | 27 | - | - |
| +5. Rahul Dravid | c Ian Harvey b Michael Clarke | 16 | 19 | 18 | 1 | - |
| 6. Yuvraj Singh | c Michael Clarke b Ian Harvey | 25 | 24 | 37 | - | 1 |
| 7. Sanjay Bangar | c Ricky Ponting b Ian Harvey | 3 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 8. Ajit Agarkar | c Michael Clarke b Jason Gillespie | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 9. Irfan Pathan | c Matthew Hayden b Brad Williams | 3 | 6 | 9 | - | - |
| 10. Anil Kumble | c Michael Clarke b Brad Williams | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 11. Lakshmipathy Balaji | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-103 (Virender Sehwag), 2-134 (Sachin Tendulkar), 3-168 (VVS Laxman), 4-195 (Rahul Dravid), 5-257 (Yuvraj Singh), 6-257 (Sourav Ganguly), 7-260 (Ajit Agarkar), 8-263 (Sanjay Bangar), 9-266 (Irfan Pathan), 270 (Anil Kumble). |
| Extras | 1b, 8lb, 11w, 1nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49 ovs, 224 mins) 270 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Jason Gillespie | 10 | 1 | 50 | 1 | (6w,0nb) |
| Brad Williams | 9 | 0 | 52 | 2 | (4w,0nb) |
| Andy Bichel | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Harvey | 10 | 1 | 52 | 3 | (1w,1nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Clarke | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Michael Bevan, Ian Harvey, Andy Bichel, Jason Gillespie, Brad Williams