1st Final: Australia v India at Melbourne, 6 Feb 2004

ODI # 2097
VB Series, 2003/04, 1st Final
Australia v India
Melbourne Cricket Ground (day/night)
6 February 2004 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 7 wickets
Series: Australia leads the best-of-3-finals 1-0

Toss: India
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SJA Taufel
TV Umpire: DJ Harper
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
Man of the Match: RT Ponting

India innings (50 overs maximum)                                R   M   B  4 6
V Sehwag              c Gilchrist        b Gillespie            3  13   8  0 0
SR Tendulkar                             b Lee                  8  28  22  1 0
VVS Laxman            c Symonds          b Williams            24  50  25  2 0
+R Dravid             c Hayden           b Harvey              12  43  29  3 0
*SC Ganguly           c Gilchrist        b Harvey               6  33  21  0 0
Yuvraj Singh          c Gilchrist        b Lee                 21  30  21  3 0
HK Badani             not out                                  60 120  81  4 0
AB Agarkar            c Lee              b Clarke              53  70  62  4 2
IK Pathan             run out (Clarke/Gilchrist)               19  23  19  0 1
A Kumble              run out (Clarke/Gilchrist)                2   7   3  0 0
L Balaji                                 b Gillespie            2   5   7  0 0
Extras                (lb 6, w 2, nb 4)                        12
Total                 (all out, 49 overs, 219 mins)           222

FoW: 1-6 (Sehwag, 2.5 ov), 2-14 (Tendulkar, 5.5 ov),
    3-48 (Laxman, 13.2 ov), 4-48 (Dravid, 14.3 ov),
    5-75 (Ganguly, 20.4 ov), 6-75 (Yuvraj Singh, 21.1 ov),
    7-177 (Agarkar, 40.3 ov), 8-209 (Pathan, 46.1 ov),
    9-217 (Kumble, 47.3 ov), 10-222 (Balaji, 48.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gillespie                   10      0     39      2
Lee                          9      0     34      2 (3nb)
Williams                    10      1     38      1 (1nb)
Harvey                      10      0     40      2
Symonds                      7      0     47      0 (2w)
Clarke                       3      0     18      1

Australia innings (target: 223 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist         c Tendulkar        b Balaji              38  26  20  7 0
ML Hayden                            c & b Balaji              50 129  91  4 0
*RT Ponting           c Dravid           b Balaji              88 114  80  7 2
DR Martyn             not out                                  20  41  37  1 0
A Symonds             not out                                  10  29  15  0 0
Extras                (b 6, lb 2, w 8, nb 2)                   18
Total                 (3 wickets, 40.1 overs, 171 mins)       224

DNB: MJ Clarke, SM Katich, B Lee, JN Gillespie, BA Williams,
    IJ Harvey.

FoW: 1-48 (Gilchrist, 5.6 ov), 2-187 (Hayden, 31.1 ov),
    3-193 (Ponting, 33.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Agarkar                      9.1    0     58      0 (1w)
Balaji                      10      0     52      3 (2nb, 2w)
Pathan                       8      0     36      0 (5w)
Kumble                       7      0     36      0
Sehwag                       5      0     29      0
Ganguly                      1      0      5      0

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• India innings
• India 50 off 89 balls in 76 mins
• India 100 off 176 balls in 137 mins
• 50 partnership Badani/Agarkar off 70 balls in 48 mins
• India 150 off 215 balls in 161 mins
• 100 partnership Badani/Agarkar off 110 balls in 70 mins
• AB Agarkar 50 off 62 balls in 76 mins
• India 200 off 270 balls in 198 mins
• HK Badani 50 off 71 balls in 101 mins
• Australia innings
• Australia 50 runs in 29 mins, 40 balls
• Australia 100 runs in 80 mins, 111 balls
• RT Ponting 50 runs in 74 mins, 51 balls
• Australia 150 runs in 109 mins, 165 balls
• 100 runs partnership in 82 mins, 128 balls (Hayden/Ponting)
• ML Hayden 50 runs in 129 mins, 91 balls
• Australia 200 runs in 150 mins, 213 balls