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558 & 97-1 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batIND
366 & 286 IND flag
Overs: 22.2 RR: 4.34 vs spin: 5.36
vs seam: 3.15
 Overs: 99.5 RR: 2.86 vs spin: 2.72
vs seam: 2.83
Fri 26/12/03 Australia v India, 3rd Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 9 wickets
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India - 1st Inns 366 (103.0; RR: 3.55)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AS Chopra c Katich b MacGill 48 138 6 0 34.78
V Sehwag c Bracken b Katich 195 233 25 5 83.69
RS Dravid c Martyn b Waugh 49 89 5 0 55.06
SR Tendulkar c Gilchrist b Lee 0 1 0 0 0.00
SC Ganguly c Langer b Lee 37 63 6 0 58.73
VVS Laxman c Hayden b MacGill 19 86 2 0 22.09
PA Patel c Gilchrist b Bracken 0 1 0 0 0.00
AB Agarkar run out 0 1 0 0 0.00
A Kumble c Langer b Williams 3 12 0 0 25.00
Z Khan not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
A Nehra c Gilchrist b MacGill 0 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 1w, 11nb) 15  
TOTAL 366 all out (103.0 overs; RR: 3.55)

Fall of wickets

141-1 (AS Chopra 42.6 ov), 278-2 (RS Dravid 72.6 ov), 286-3 (SR Tendulkar 74.1 ov), 311-4 (V Sehwag 78.3 ov), 350-5 (SC Ganguly 94.6 ov), 353-6 (PA Patel 97.1 ov), 353-7 (AB Agarkar 97.2 ov), 366-8 (A Kumble 101.5 ov), 366-9 (VVS Laxman 102.2 ov), 366-10 (A Nehra 103.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
B Lee 27.0 7 103 2 3.81 0 10
NW Bracken 28.0 6 71 1 2.54 0 0
BA Williams 20.0 6 66 1 3.30 1 0
SCG MacGill 15.0 3 70 3 4.67 0 1
SM Katich 4.0 0 18 1 4.50 0 0
SR Waugh 9.0 0 35 1 3.89 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 558 (151.2; RR: 3.69)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JL Langer c Tendulkar b Agarkar 14 29 2 0 48.28
ML Hayden lbw b Kumble 136 173 17 1 78.61
RT Ponting st Patel b Kumble 257 458 25 0 56.11
AC Gilchrist c Nehra b Kumble 14 29 2 0 48.28
DR Martyn c Patel b Agarkar 31 63 3 0 49.21
SR Waugh lbw b Kumble 19 69 1 0 27.54
SM Katich c Chopra b Kumble 29 58 3 0 50.00
B Lee c Laxman b Kumble 8 29 0 0 27.59
NW Bracken c & b Tendulkar 1 5 0 0 20.00
BA Williams not out 10 11 0 1 90.91
SCG MacGill lbw b Agarkar 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 8lb, 5w, 17nb, 5pen) 39  
TOTAL 558 all out (151.2 overs; RR: 3.69)

Fall of wickets

30-1 (JL Langer 6.3 ov), 264-2 (ML Hayden 60.4 ov), 295-3 (AC Gilchrist 68.4 ov), 373-4 (DR Martyn 92.4 ov), 437-5 (SM Katich 114.4 ov), 502-6 (SR Waugh 136.1 ov), 535-7 (B Lee 144.2 ov), 542-8 (NW Bracken 145.6 ov), 555-9 (RT Ponting 150.6 ov), 558-10 (SCG MacGill 151.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AB Agarkar 33.2 5 115 3 3.48 0 0
Z Khan 25.0 4 103 0 4.12 1 9
A Nehra 29.0 3 90 0 3.10 0 1
A Kumble 51.0 8 176 6 3.45 0 7
SR Tendulkar 13.0 0 57 1 4.38 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 286 (99.5; RR: 2.86)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AS Chopra c Gilchrist b Bracken 4 8 1 0 50.00
V Sehwag c Williams b Lee 11 13 2 0 84.62
RS Dravid c Gilchrist b Lee 92 244 13 0 37.70
SC Ganguly b Bracken 73 125 12 0 58.40
SR Tendulkar c Gilchrist b Williams 44 79 5 0 55.70
VVS Laxman c Hayden b MacGill 18 50 3 0 36.00
PA Patel not out 27 50 4 0 54.00
AB Agarkar b Williams 1 10 0 0 10.00
A Kumble lbw b Williams 0 2 0 0 0.00
Z Khan c Hayden b Williams 1 8 0 0 12.50
A Nehra c Hayden b MacGill 0 17 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 3lb, 1w, 7nb) 15  
TOTAL 286 all out (99.5 overs; RR: 2.86)

Fall of wickets

5-1 (AS Chopra 1.3 ov), 19-2 (V Sehwag 4.5 ov), 126-3 (SR Tendulkar 42.3 ov), 160-4 (VVS Laxman 56.6 ov), 253-5 (RS Dravid 83.4 ov), 258-6 (SC Ganguly 87.1 ov), 271-7 (AB Agarkar 90.4 ov), 271-8 (A Kumble 90.6 ov), 277-9 (Z Khan 94.3 ov), 286-10 (A Nehra 99.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
B Lee 22.0 3 97 2 4.41 0 3
NW Bracken 25.0 13 45 2 1.80 0 0
BA Williams 22.0 5 53 4 2.41 1 0
SCG MacGill 26.5 5 68 2 2.62 0 4
SM Katich 4.0 0 16 0 4.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 97-1 (22.2; RR: 4.34)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JL Langer lbw b Agarkar 2 14 0 0 14.29
ML Hayden not out 53 63 9 0 84.13
RT Ponting not out 31 59 3 0 52.54
DR Martyn  
SR Waugh  
SM Katich  
AC Gilchrist  
NW Bracken  
B Lee  
BA Williams  
SCG MacGill  
Extras (4b, 2lb, 1w, 4nb) 11  
TOTAL 97-1 (22.2 overs; RR: 4.34)

Fall of wickets

9-1 (JL Langer 4.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AB Agarkar 7.0 2 25 1 3.57 0 0
A Nehra 6.0 3 16 0 2.67 1 0
A Kumble 6.2 0 43 0 7.17 0 2
V Sehwag 3.0 0 7 0 2.33 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v India at Melbourne, 3rd Test

Date

Friday December 26, 2003

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

12:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

BF Bowden, DR Shepherd

Australia Team

Playing XI

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

India Team

Playing XI

SR Tendulkar, A Kumble, SC Ganguly, RS Dravid, VVS Laxman, AB Agarkar, Z Khan, V Sehwag, AS Chopra, A Nehra, PA Patel