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VB Series - 2004


Australia vs India (1st O.D.I)

VB Series, 2003/04, 1st Match
Australia v India
Melbourne Cricket Ground (day/night)
9 January 2004 (50-over match)

Result:Australia won by 18 runs
Points:Australia 5, India 1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SJA Taufel
TV Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
ODI Debut: IK Pathan (India).
Man of the Match:A Symonds

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist         c Pathan           b Agarkar             34  40  34  6 0
ML Hayden             c Yuvraj Singh     b Agarkar             20  50  22  1 0
*RT Ponting                          c & b Balaji              18  34  19  3 0
DR Martyn             c Balaji           b Agarkar              0   1   1  0 0
A Symonds             c Kumble           b Agarkar             88 132 102  5 3
MJ Clarke             c Laxman           b Kumble              63  89  66  6 1
MG Bevan              c Ganguly          b Sehwag               1   4   8  0 0
IJ Harvey             c Tendulkar        b Agarkar             28  38  24  4 0
AJ Bichel             run out (Balaji)                          1  10   7  0 0
JN Gillespie          not out                                   8  15  10  0 0
BA Williams           c Yuvraj Singh     b Agarkar              0   2   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 10, w 14, nb 3)                      27
Total                 (all out, 48.3 overs, 212 mins)         288

FoW: 1-59 (Gilchrist, 8.6 ov), 2-70 (Hayden, 10.4 ov),
     3-70 (Martyn, 10.5 ov), 4-89 (Ponting, 15.2 ov),
     5-232 (Clarke, 38.4 ov), 6-233 (Bevan, 39.6 ov),
     7-258 (Symonds, 43.3 ov), 8-272 (Bichel, 45.5 ov),
     9-287 (Harvey, 48.1 ov), 10-288 (Williams, 48.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Agarkar                      9.3    1     42      6 (1w)
Pathan                      10      0     61      0 (7w)
Balaji                       9      0     52      1 (1nb, 1w)
Kumble                      10      0     56      1 (3w)
Bangar                       3      0     19      0 (1w)
Ganguly                      5      0     40      0 (1nb)
Sehwag                       2      1      8      1 (1nb)

India innings (target: 289 runs from 50 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
V Sehwag                                 b Harvey              35  85  59  3 0
SR Tendulkar          c Ponting          b Symonds             63 117  69  8 1
*SC Ganguly           run out (Harvey)                         82 119  83  6 1
VVS Laxman            c Clarke           b Symonds             16  27  22  0 0
+R Dravid             c Harvey           b Clarke              16  18  19  1 0
Yuvraj Singh          c Clarke           b Harvey              25  37  24  0 1
SB Bangar             c Ponting          b Harvey               3   5   5  0 0
AB Agarkar            c Clarke           b Gillespie            1   5   4  0 0
IK Pathan             c Hayden           b Williams             3   9   6  0 0
A Kumble              c Clarke           b Williams             5   8   4  1 0
L Balaji              not out                                   0   2   0  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 8, w 11, nb 1)                  21
Total                 (all out, 49 overs, 224 mins)           270

FoW: 1-103 (Sehwag, 18.2 ov), 2-134 (Tendulkar, 25.1 ov),
     3-168 (Laxman, 31.6 ov), 4-195 (Dravid, 36.2 ov),
     5-257 (Yuvraj Singh, 45.5 ov), 6-257 (Ganguly, 45.6 ov),
     7-260 (Agarkar, 46.6 ov), 8-263 (Bangar, 47.3 ov),
     9-266 (Pathan, 48.3 ov), 10-270 (Kumble, 48.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gillespie                   10      1     50      1 (6w)
Williams                     9      0     52      2 (4w)
Bichel                       6      0     38      0
Harvey                      10      1     52      3 (1nb, 1w)
Symonds                     10      0     47      2
Clarke                       4      0     22      1

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