Australia vs India, 3rd Test, December 26, 2003 - Live Scorecard

AUS vs IND, 3rd Test, Cricket Scorecard

🏟️ Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne•🏏 TEST•🏅 India in Australia, 2003-04•Date & Time : Dec 26-Dec 30, 12:00 AM (IST)

Australia won by 9 wickets

★ Player of the Match: R Ponting

India 1st Innings - 366/10 (103 overs)

Extras: 15(w 1, nb 11, lb 3, b 0)

Run Rate: 3.55

Australia 1st Innings - 558/10 (151.2 overs)

Extras: 39(w 5, nb 17, lb 8, b 4)

Run Rate: 3.68

India 2nd Innings - 286/10 (99.5 overs)

Extras: 15(w 1, nb 7, lb 3, b 4)

Run Rate: 2.86

Australia 2nd Innings - 97/1 (22.2 overs)

Extras: 11(w 1, nb 4, lb 2, b 4)

Run Rate: 4.34

India 1st Innings - 366/10 (103 overs)

Extras: 15(w 1, nb 11, lb 3, b 0)

Run Rate: 3.55

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Dismissal
Ashish Nehra	0	4	0	0	0.00	c Gilchrist b MacGill
Zaheer Khan	0	1	0	0	0.00	not out
Anil Kumble	3	12	0	0	25.00	c Langer b Williams
Ajit Agarkar	0	1	0	0	0.00	run out (Williams)
Parthiv Patel	0	1	0	0	0.00	c Gilchrist b Bracken
VVS Laxman	19	86	2	0	22.09	c Hayden b MacGill
Sourav Ganguly	37	63	6	0	58.73	c Langer b Lee
Sachin Tendulkar	0	1	0	0	0.00	c Gilchrist b Lee
Rahul Dravid	49	89	5	0	55.06	c Martyn b Waugh
Virender Sehwag	195	233	25	5	83.69	c Bracken b Katich
Aakash Chopra	48	138	6	0	34.78	c Katich b MacGill

Fall of Wickets

141-1 (A Chopra, 42.6), 278-2 (Dravid, 72.6), 286-3 (Tendulkar, 74.1), 311-4 (Sehwag, 78.3), 350-5 (S Ganguly, 94.6), 353-6 (Parthiv Patel, 97.1), 353-7 (Agarkar, 97.2), 366-8 (A Kumble, 101.5), 366-9 (V Laxman, 102.2), 366-10 (Nehra, 102.6)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Steve Waugh	9	0	35	1	3.89
Simon Katich	4	0	18	1	4.50
Stuart MacGill	15	3	70	3	4.67
Brad Williams	20	6	66	1	3.30
Nathan Bracken	28	6	71	1	2.54
Brett Lee	27	7	103	2	3.81

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

Australia 1st Innings - 558/10 (151.2 overs)

Extras: 39(w 5, nb 17, lb 8, b 4)

Run Rate: 3.68

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Dismissal
Stuart MacGill	0	1	0	0	0.00	lbw b Agarkar
Brad Williams	10	11	0	1	90.91	not out
Nathan Bracken	1	5	0	0	20.00	c & b Tendulkar
Brett Lee	8	29	0	0	27.59	c Laxman b Kumble
Simon Katich	29	58	3	0	50.00	c Chopra b Kumble
Steve Waugh	19	69	1	0	27.54	lbw b Kumble
Damien Martyn	31	63	3	0	49.21	c Patel b Agarkar
Adam Gilchrist	14	29	2	0	48.28	c Nehra b Kumble
Ricky Ponting	257	458	25	0	56.11	st Patel b Kumble
Matthew Hayden	136	173	17	1	78.61	lbw b Kumble
Justin Langer	14	29	2	0	48.28	c Tendulkar b Agarkar

Fall of Wickets

30-1 (J Langer, 6.3), 264-2 (M Hayden, 60.4), 295-3 (A Gilchrist, 68.4), 373-4 (D Martyn, 92.4), 437-5 (S Katich, 114.4), 502-6 (S Waugh, 136.1), 535-7 (B Lee, 144.2), 542-8 (N Bracken, 145.6), 555-9 (R Ponting, 150.6), 558-10 (S MacGill, 151.2)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Sachin Tendulkar	13	0	57	1	4.38
Anil Kumble	51	8	176	6	3.45
Ashish Nehra	29	3	90	0	3.10
Zaheer Khan	25	4	103	0	4.12
Ajit Agarkar	33.2	5	115	3	3.46

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

India 2nd Innings - 286/10 (99.5 overs)

Extras: 15(w 1, nb 7, lb 3, b 4)

Run Rate: 2.86

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	SR	Dismissal
Parthiv Patel	27	50	4	54.00	not out
VVS Laxman	18	50	3	36.00	c Hayden b MacGill
Sachin Tendulkar	44	79	5	55.70	c Gilchrist b Williams
Sourav Ganguly	73	125	12	58.40	b Bracken
Rahul Dravid	92	244	13	37.70	c Gilchrist b Lee
Virender Sehwag	11	13	2	84.62	c Williams b Lee
Aakash Chopra	4	8	1	50.00	c Gilchrist b Bracken
Ajit Agarkar	1	10	0	10.00	b Williams
Anil Kumble	0	2	0	0.00	lbw b Williams
Zaheer Khan	1	8	0	12.50	c Hayden b Williams
Ashish Nehra	0	17	0	0.00	c Hayden b MacGill

Fall of Wickets

5-1 (A Chopra, 1.3), 19-2 (Sehwag, 4.5), 126-3 (Tendulkar, 42.3), 160-4 (V Laxman, 56.6), 253-5 (Dravid, 83.4), 258-6 (S Ganguly, 87.1), 271-7 (Agarkar, 90.4), 271-8 (A Kumble, 90.6), 277-9 (Zaheer, 94.3), 286-10 (Nehra, 99.5)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Stuart MacGill	26.5	5	68	2	2.57
Brad Williams	22	5	53	4	2.41
Nathan Bracken	25	13	45	2	1.80
Brett Lee	22	3	97	2	4.41
Simon Katich	4	0	16	0	4.00

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

Australia 2nd Innings - 97/1 (22.2 overs)

Extras: 11(w 1, nb 4, lb 2, b 4)

Run Rate: 4.34

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	SR	Dismissal
Justin Langer	2	14	0	14.29	lbw b Agarkar
Matthew Hayden	53	63	9	84.13	not out
Ricky Ponting	31	59	3	52.54	not out
Damien Martyn	0	0	0	0.00	Not Out
Steve Waugh	0	0	0	0.00	Not Out
Simon Katich	0	0	0	0.00	Not Out
Adam Gilchrist	0	0	0	0.00	Not Out
Nathan Bracken	0	0	0	0.00	Not Out
Brett Lee	0	0	0	0.00	Not Out
Brad Williams	0	0	0	0.00	Not Out
Stuart MacGill	0	0	0	0.00	Not Out

Fall of Wickets

9-1 (J Langer, 4.2)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ajit Agarkar	7	2	25	1	3.57
Ashish Nehra	6	3	16	0	2.67
Anil Kumble	6.2	0	43	0	6.94
Virender Sehwag	3	0	7	0	2.33

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

Match Officials

Umpires

Billy Bowden (NZ)

David Shepherd (ENG)

Bob Parry (AUS)

Referee

Mike Procter (RSA)

Stadium Details

Name: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Capacity: 100000 (approx, including standing room)

Established: 1854