6th Match: India v Zimbabwe at Brisbane, 20 Jan 2004

ODI # 2085
VB Series, 2003/04, 6th Match
India v Zimbabwe
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane (day/night)
20 January 2004 (50-over match)

Result: India won by 24 runs
Points: India 5, Zimbabwe 1

Toss: India
Umpires: SJ Davis and RE Koertzen (SA)
TV Umpire: PD Parker
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh

India innings (50 overs maximum)                                R   M   B  4 6
+PA Patel                                b Streak              19  39  29  3 0
*SC Ganguly           c Hondo            b Ervine              33  68  43  4 0
VVS Laxman            c Taibu            b Ervine              12  39  21  1 0
R Dravid              c Streak           b Ervine              84 131 106  3 0
Yuvraj Singh                             b Price               69  83  76  3 0
RS Gavaskar                              b Streak              22  34  22  1 1
HK Badani             not out                                   1   4   1  0 0
IK Pathan             not out                                   5   2   3  1 0
Extras                (lb 3, w 6, nb 1)                        10
Total                 (6 wickets, 50 overs, 204 mins)         255

DNB: A Nehra, A Kumble, L Balaji.

FoW: 1-41 (Patel, 8.6 ov), 2-67 (Ganguly, 14.3 ov),
    3-74 (Laxman, 16.5 ov), 4-188 (Yuvraj Singh, 40.6 ov),
    5-249 (Gavaskar, 48.6 ov), 6-249 (Dravid, 49.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Streak                      10      1     48      2 (2w)
Blignaut                     7      1     44      0 (1nb, 2w)
Hondo                        6      0     39      0
Ervine                      10      0     47      3 (2w)
Price                       10      0     43      1
Flower                       7      0     31      0

Zimbabwe innings (target: 256 runs from 50 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
GW Flower             c Laxman           b Nehra               36  81  64  4 0
MA Vermeulen          retired hurt                             14  33  18  2 0
TJ Friend             run out (Ganguly)                         7  35  19  1 0
SV Carlisle           c Patel            b Ganguly             34  92  61  0 0
AM Blignaut           c Yuvraj Singh     b Balaji               1   5   3  0 0
*HH Streak                               b Ganguly              3  15  13  0 0
+T Taibu              c Laxman           b Ganguly             15  45  36  0 0
SM Ervine             c Ganguly          b Balaji              39  47  27  4 0
DD Ebrahim            c Ganguly          b Pathan              39  52  30  4 0
RW Price              not out                                  18  19  12  1 0
DT Hondo              run out (Kumble/Ganguly)                  0   1   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 11, w 13, nb 1)                      25
Total                 (all out, 47.1 overs, 217 mins)         231

FoW: 1-66 (Friend, 15.3 ov), 2-70 (Flower, 17.5 ov),
    3-73 (Blignaut, 18.5 ov), 4-81 (Streak, 22.3 ov),
    5-128 (Taibu, 34.5 ov), 6-148 (Carlisle, 36.6 ov),
    7-197 (Ervine, 43.4 ov), 8-231 (Ebrahim, 46.6 ov),
    9-231 (Hondo, 47.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nehra                        9      1     44      1
Pathan                       9      2     40      1 (1nb, 5w)
Balaji                       9.1    0     37      2 (2w)
Kumble                      10      1     44      0
Ganguly                     10      0     55      3 (1w)

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• Hours of Play: 1.15pm - 4.45pm, 5.30pm - 9.00pm
• 12th Men: M Kartik (India) and V Sibanda (Zimbabwe)
• Scorers: BL FitzGerald and JI Harris
• India 50 in 53 minutes off 11.2 overs
• India 100 in 102 minutes off 23.2 overs
• India 150 in 134 minutes off 32.6 overs
• Yuvraj Singh 50 in 57 minutes off 52 balls 2x4's
• 100 partnership Dravid/Yuvraj Singh in 74 minutes off 127 balls
• R Dravid 50 in 98 minutes off 80 balls 1x4
• 50 partnership Dravid/Gavaskar in 28 minutes off 39 balls
• India 200 in 172 minutes off 42.4 overs
• India 250 in 203 minutes off 49.4 overs
• MA Vermeulen retired hurt at 28/0 (hit on the helmet by a rising ball from Pathan)
• Zimbabwe 50 in 53 minutes off 11.5 overs
• Rain interrupted play from 7.31pm to 8.20pm with Zimbabwe 106/4 after 29.5 overs; no overs lost
• Zimbabwe 100 in 124 minutes off 28.1 overs
• Zimbabwe 150 in 166 minutes off 37.3 overs
• Zimbabwe 200 in 199 minutes off 43.5 overs
• Attendance 9,638