Tour Match: Australia A v Indians at Hobart, 19-21 Dec 2003

India in Australia, 2003-04
Australia A v Indians
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
19,20,21 December 2003 (3-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: Australia A
Umpires: PD Parker and RL Parry
TV Umpire: JH Smeaton

Close of Play:

Day 1: Australia A 311/5d, Indians 37/1 (Chopra 12*, Dasgupta 18*; 13 overs)

Day 2: Indians 245, Australia A 57/3 (Hodge 11*, Clarke 22*; 18 overs)

Australia A 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
CJL Rogers            c Dasgupta         b Ganguly             70 127  94 10 0
*MEK Hussey           c Ganguly          b Nehra               67 225 158  6 1
ML Love               c Dasgupta         b Pathan              94 160 130 12 1
BJ Hodge                                 b Nehra                1  15  15  0 0
MJ Clarke             not out                                  38  78  44  7 0
CL White                                 b Kartik              15  23  23  2 0
+WA Seccombe          not out                                   0   6   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 6, w 3, nb 17)                       26
Total                 (5 wickets dec, 74.4 overs, 319 mins)   311

DNB: MJ Nicholson, DG Wright, PC Rofe, SW Tait.

FoW: 1-119 (Rogers, 28.5 ov), 2-204 (Hussey, 51.4 ov),
    3-207 (Hodge, 55.6 ov), 4-279 (Love, 67.4 ov),
    5-302 (White, 72.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pathan                      22      6     77      1 (3w)
Balaji                      18      2     84      0 (9nb)
Nehra                       10      2     33      2
Ganguly                      8      1     38      1 (7nb)
Tendulkar                    1      0      9      0
Kartik                      15.4    2     64      1 (1nb)

Indians 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
A Chopra              run out (Hussey)                         46 203 140  5 0
S Ramesh              c Wright           b Nicholson            4  10   9  0 0
+D Dasgupta           lbw                b Tait                21  74  58  2 0
SR Tendulkar          c Rofe             b Wright              36  66  45  7 0
V Sehwag              c Seccombe         b Tait                30  29  28  5 0
*SC Ganguly           c Hussey           b Nicholson            5  14   5  1 0
PA Patel              c Love             b Nicholson           49 112  87  7 0
L Balaji              lbw                b Tait                 8  16  10  1 0
M Kartik              run out (Rofe)                           26  83  64  4 0
IK Pathan             c Wright           b Nicholson           11      31  1 0
A Nehra               not out                                   0      23  0 0
Extras                (lb 4, nb 5)                              9
Total                 (all out, 82.5 overs)                   245

FoW: 1-5 (Ramesh, 2.3 ov), 2-51 (Dasgupta, 21.3 ov),
    3-104 (Tendulkar, 36.4 ov), 4-139 (Sehwag, 43.4 ov),
    5-149 (Ganguly, 46.2 ov), 6-150 (Chopra, 47.2 ov),
    7-162 (Balaji, 51.2 ov), 8-233 (Kartik, 73.3 ov),
    9-233 (Patel, 74.3 ov), 10-245 (Pathan, 82.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nicholson                   21.5   13     25      4
Wright                      16      9     33      1
White                       13      1     60      0
Tait                        20      2     85      3 (5nb)
Rofe                        12      3     38      0

Australia A 2nd innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
CJL Rogers            c Chopra           b Balaji               2   8  11  0 0
*MEK Hussey           c Tendulkar        b Pathan               7  12   6  1 0
ML Love                                  b Balaji              11  34  23  2 0
BJ Hodge                                 b Pathan              33 118  91  4 0
MJ Clarke             not out                                 131 237 140 12 4
CL White              c -Dasgupta        b Nehra                5  33  23  0 0
+WA Seccombe          c Sehwag           b Kartik              27  43  44  4 0
MJ Nicholson          c +Patel           b Balaji               7  44  37  0 0
DG Wright             not out                                  10  24  21  2 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 1, nb 6)                         8
Total                 (7 wickets dec, 65 overs, 281 mins)     241

DNB: PC Rofe, SW Tait.

FoW: 1-5 (Rogers, 1.6 ov), 2-9 (Hussey, 2.5 ov),
    3-28 (Love, 9.5 ov), 4-97 (Hodge, 29.5 ov),
    5-112 (White, 36.3 ov), 6-150 (Seccombe, 47.2 ov),
    7-195 (Nicholson, 58.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pathan                      14      1     40      2
Balaji                      22      2     87      3 (6nb)
Kartik                      12      3     53      1
Nehra                       15      0     49      1
Tendulkar                    2      0     10      0

Indians 2nd innings (target: 308 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
A Chopra              c Seccombe         b Rofe                25 129  98  2 0
S Ramesh              c Hussey           b Wright              22  37  29  4 0
+D Dasgupta           not out                                  19  98  67  3 0
PA Patel              not out                                   0   6   4  0 0
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (2 wickets, 33 overs, 136 mins)          66

DNB: V Sehwag, *SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar, L Balaji, M Kartik,
    IK Pathan, A Nehra.

FoW: 1-22 (Ramesh, 9.3 ov), 2-66 (Chopra, 31.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nicholson                    8      5     19      0
Wright                       8      4     17      1
Tait                         5      1     22      0
Rofe                         8      4      5      1
White                        4      2      3      0

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12th Men: RJG Lockyear (Australia A) and R Dravid (Indians)

Day 1

Rogers 50 up in 90 mins off 58 balls

Aus A 100 up in 109 mins off 152 balls

Aus A 0/114 at lunch

Aus A 150 up in 155 mins off 219 balls

Hussey 50 up in 172 mins off 119 balls with five 4's and one 6

Hussey / Love 50 run partnership up in 52 mins off 81 balls

Aus A 200 up iin 216 mins off 316 balls

Aus A 3/207 at tea

Love 50 up in 129 mins off 95 balls with seven 4's

Love / Clarke 50 run partnership up in 36 mins off 53 balls

Day 2

India 50 up in 77 mins off 119 balls

India 100 up in 143 minutes off 208 balls

Chopra/Tendulkar 50 run partnership in 57 mins off 78 balls

India 150 up in 201 mins off 289 balls

Indian 200 up in 270 mins off 390 balls

Patel / Kartik 50 run partnership up in 57 mins off 92 balls

PA Patel kept wicket in the second innings

AUS A 50 up in 72 mins off 102 balls

Day 3

Hodge/Clarke 50 run partnership in 63 minutes of 88 balls

Clarke's 50 in 125 mins off 69 balls, with 6 boundaries

Aus A 150 up in 208 mins off 286 balls

India 50 up in 93 mins off 134 balls