VB Series 2003/04
Completed
Australia
288/10
(48.3 ov)
VS
India
270/10
(49.0 ov)
Australia won by 18 runs
Match 1 · ODI · 9 Jan 2004
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Key performer
SCORECARD
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
c IK Pathan b AB Agarkar | 34 | 34 | 6 | 0 |
c Yuvraj Singh b AB Agarkar | 20 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
c & b L Balaji | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
c L Balaji b AB Agarkar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
c A Kumble b AB Agarkar | 88 | 102 | 5 | 3 |
c VVS Laxman b A Kumble | 63 | 66 | 6 | 1 |
c SC Ganguly b V Sehwag | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
c SR Tendulkar b AB Agarkar | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0 |
run out | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
not out | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
c Yuvraj Singh b AB Agarkar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Extras 27 (wd 14, nb 3, b 0, lb 10)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AB Agarkar (1wd) | 9.3 | 1 | 42 | 6 |
IK Pathan (7wd) | 10.0 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
L Balaji (1wd, 1nb) | 9.0 | 0 | 52 | 1 |
A Kumble (4wd) | 10.0 | 0 | 56 | 1 |
SB Bangar (1wd) | 3.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
SC Ganguly (1nb) | 5.0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
V Sehwag (1nb) | 2.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
b IJ Harvey | 35 | 59 | 3 | 0 |
c RT Ponting b A Symonds | 63 | 69 | 8 | 1 |
run out | 82 | 83 | 6 | 1 |
c MJ Clarke b A Symonds | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
c IJ Harvey b MJ Clarke | 16 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
c MJ Clarke b IJ Harvey | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
c RT Ponting b IJ Harvey | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
c MJ Clarke b JN Gillespie | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
c ML Hayden b BA Williams | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
c MJ Clarke b BA Williams | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Extras 21 (wd 11, nb 1, b 1, lb 8) · Target 289
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
JN Gillespie (6wd) | 10.0 | 1 | 50 | 1 |
BA Williams (4wd) | 9.0 | 0 | 52 | 2 |
| 6.0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
IJ Harvey (1wd, 1nb) | 10.0 | 1 | 52 | 3 |
| 10.0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | |
| 4.0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
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Fantasy points
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
AB Agarkar · India | 163 |
A Symonds · Australia | 149 |
MJ Clarke · Australia | 128 |
IJ Harvey · Australia | 127 |
SC Ganguly · India | 98 |
SR Tendulkar · India | 81 |
V Sehwag · India | 75 |
BA Williams · Australia | 50 |
JN Gillespie · Australia | 45 |
Yuvraj Singh · India | 43 |
L Balaji · India | 41 |
AC Gilchrist · Australia | 40 |
A Kumble · India | 39 |
RT Ponting · Australia | 37 |
ML Hayden · Australia | 29 |
VVS Laxman · India | 24 |
R Dravid · India | 17 |
IK Pathan · India | 11 |
SB Bangar · India | 3 |
MG Bevan · Australia | 1 |
AJ Bichel · Australia | 1 |
DR Martyn · Australia | 0 |
Australia won by 18 runs
Toss: Australia, chose to batPlayer of the match: A SymondsVenue: Melbourne Cricket GroundSeries: VB Series 2003/04
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