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Australia vs India (3rd Test Match)

Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2003-04, 3rd Test
Australia v India
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 2003 (5-day match)

Result:
Series: 4-Test series level 1-1

Toss: India
Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and SA Bucknor (WI)
TV Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: MJ Procter (SA)
Man of the Match:RT Ponting

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

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