MatchesMen's TestIndia tour of Australia 2003/04

Australia v India

1st Test · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 4 Dec 2003 – 8 Dec 2003

Match drawn Rain likely

Australia 1st innings32378.1 overs

India 1st innings409120.1 overs

Australia 2nd innings284/3d62 overs

India 2nd innings73/216 overs

Australia 1st innings 323 (78.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	lbw b AB Agarkar	121	194	17	0	62.4
ML Hayden	c VVS Laxman b Z Khan	37	52	6	0	71.2
RT Ponting	c PA Patel b Z Khan	54	88	7	1	61.4
DR Martyn	run out (SC Ganguly/PA Patel/Harbhajan Singh)	42	79	5	0	53.2
SR Waugh	hit wicket b Z Khan	0	4	0	0	0.0
SM Katich	c PA Patel b Z Khan	16	25	4	0	64.0
AC Gilchrist	c VVS Laxman b Z Khan	0	4	0	0	0.0
AJ Bichel	c VVS Laxman b AB Agarkar	11	10	2	0	110.0
JN Gillespie	run out (AB Agarkar/Harbhajan Singh)	8	11	0	0	72.7
NW Bracken	not out	6	13	0	0	46.2
SCG MacGill	c A Chopra b AB Agarkar	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras		27
Total	all out, 78.1 overs	323

Fall of wickets: 73-1 (ML Hayden, 15.2 ov), 162-2 (RT Ponting, 41.4 ov), 268-3 (JL Langer, 66.4 ov), 275-4 (DR Martyn, 67.2 ov), 275-5 (SR Waugh, 67.4 ov), 276-6 (AC Gilchrist, 69.1 ov), 302-7 (AJ Bichel, 72.3 ov), 310-8 (SM Katich, 75.2 ov), 317-9 (JN Gillespie, 76.1 ov), 323-10 (SCG MacGill, 78.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
Z Khan	23	2	95	5	4.13	99	0	12
A Nehra	15	4	51	0	3.40	66	0	2
AB Agarkar	25.1	5	90	3	3.58	118	2	0
Harbhajan Singh	14	1	68	0	4.86	53	0	0
SC Ganguly	1	0	8	0	8.00	2	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	73	92	JL Langer 28, ML Hayden 37
2	89	158	JL Langer 27, RT Ponting 54
3	106	150	JL Langer 66, DR Martyn 36
4	7	4	DR Martyn 6, SR Waugh 0
5	0	2	SR Waugh 0, SM Katich 0
6	1	9	SM Katich 0, AC Gilchrist 0
7	26	20	SM Katich 12, AJ Bichel 11
8	8	17	SM Katich 4, JN Gillespie 4
9	7	5	JN Gillespie 4, NW Bracken 3
10	6	12	NW Bracken 3, SCG MacGill 1

India 1st innings 409 (120.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
A Chopra	c ML Hayden b JN Gillespie	36	135	2	0	26.7
V Sehwag	c ML Hayden b NW Bracken	45	51	5	0	88.2
R Dravid	c ML Hayden b JN Gillespie	1	11	0	0	9.1
SR Tendulkar	lbw b JN Gillespie	0	3	0	0	0.0
SC Ganguly	c JN Gillespie b SCG MacGill	144	196	18	0	73.5
VVS Laxman	c SM Katich b SCG MacGill	75	113	11	0	66.4
PA Patel	c AJ Bichel b JN Gillespie	37	105	5	0	35.2
AB Agarkar	c ML Hayden b AJ Bichel	12	26	1	0	46.2
Harbhajan Singh	not out	19	39	2	0	48.7
Z Khan	b SCG MacGill	27	46	3	1	58.7
A Nehra	lbw b SCG MacGill	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		13
Total	all out, 120.1 overs	409

Fall of wickets: 61-1 (V Sehwag, 19.2 ov), 62-2 (R Dravid, 22.3 ov), 62-3 (SR Tendulkar, 22.6 ov), 127-4 (A Chopra, 42.4 ov), 273-5 (VVS Laxman, 76.4 ov), 329-6 (SC Ganguly, 94.2 ov), 362-7 (AB Agarkar, 105.1 ov), 362-8 (PA Patel, 106.4 ov), 403-9 (Z Khan, 118.5 ov), 409-10 (A Nehra, 120.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JN Gillespie	31	12	65	4	2.10	155	0	2
NW Bracken	26	5	90	1	3.46	118	1	0
AJ Bichel	28	6	130	1	4.64	119	0	3
SCG MacGill	26.1	4	86	4	3.29	112	0	1
SR Waugh	7	3	16	0	2.29	30	0	0
SM Katich	2	0	16	0	8.00	7	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	61	116	A Chopra 12, V Sehwag 45
2	1	19	A Chopra 0, R Dravid 1
3	0	3	A Chopra 0, SR Tendulkar 0
4	65	118	A Chopra 24, SC Ganguly 37
5	146	204	SC Ganguly 69, VVS Laxman 75
6	56	106	SC Ganguly 38, PA Patel 16
7	33	65	PA Patel 21, AB Agarkar 12
8	0	9	PA Patel 0, Harbhajan Singh 0
9	41	73	Harbhajan Singh 13, Z Khan 27
10	6	8	Harbhajan Singh 6, A Nehra 0

Australia 2nd innings 284/3d (62 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c V Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	99	98	10	2	101.0
JL Langer	c PA Patel b AB Agarkar	0	6	0	0	0.0
RT Ponting	c V Sehwag b A Nehra	50	75	5	0	66.7
DR Martyn	not out	66	100	3	2	66.0
SR Waugh	not out	56	102	7	0	54.9
Extras		13
Total	3 wickets declared, 62 overs	284

Did not bat: AC Gilchrist, AJ Bichel, NW Bracken, SCG MacGill, JN Gillespie, SM Katich

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (JL Langer, 1.6 ov), 146-2 (RT Ponting, 28.4 ov), 156-3 (ML Hayden, 29.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
Z Khan	3	0	15	0	5.00	13	1
AB Agarkar	12	3	45	1	3.75	53	1
A Nehra	19	1	89	1	4.68	74	6
Harbhajan Singh	21	1	101	1	4.81	71	0
SR Tendulkar	2	0	9	0	4.50	9	0
V Sehwag	5	1	21	0	4.20	23	1

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	6	12	ML Hayden 6, JL Langer 0
2	140	160	ML Hayden 87, RT Ponting 50
3	10	7	ML Hayden 6, DR Martyn 4
Unbroken	128	193	DR Martyn 62, SR Waugh 56

India 2nd innings 73/2 (16 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
A Chopra	c JL Langer b NW Bracken	4	7	1	0	57.1
V Sehwag	c DR Martyn b NW Bracken	0	1	0	0	0.0
R Dravid	not out	43	47	6	0	91.5
VVS Laxman	not out	24	43	3	0	55.8
Extras		2
Total	2 wickets, 16 overs	73

Did not bat: SC Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, A Nehra, PA Patel, SR Tendulkar, AB Agarkar

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (V Sehwag, 1.1 ov), 4-2 (A Chopra, 1.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JN Gillespie	5	1	17	0	3.40	23	2
NW Bracken	4	1	12	2	3.00	20	0
SCG MacGill	4	0	32	0	8.00	13	0
AJ Bichel	3	0	12	0	4.00	14	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	7	A Chopra 4, V Sehwag 0
2	0	1	A Chopra 0, R Dravid 0
Unbroken	69	88	R Dravid 43, VVS Laxman 24

Match details

Toss: India, chose to field
Player of the match: SC Ganguly
Ground: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Australia
Season: 2003/04
Umpires: RE Koertzen, SA Bucknor
Match referee: MJ Procter
Rain: Draw with only 276.2 of ~450 overs bowled (61%)
Source: Cricsheet match 64059