2nd Final: Australia v India at Sydney, 8 Feb 2004

ODI # 2098
VB Series, 2003/04, 2nd Final
Australia v India
Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)
8 February 2004 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 208 runs
Series: Australia wins the best-of-3-finals 2-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DJ Harper and RE Koertzen (SA)
TV Umpire: SJA Taufel
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
Man of the Match: ML Hayden
Man of the Series: AC Gilchrist

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist         c Ganguly          b Nehra               29  38  32  4 0
ML Hayden                                b Tendulkar          126 172 122 11 3
*RT Ponting           c Dravid           b Pathan               4  11   9  0 0
DR Martyn             c Badani           b Pathan              67 108  76  4 0
A Symonds                                b Nehra               66  52  39  7 3
MJ Clarke             not out                                  33  44  20  3 0
SM Katich             not out                                  11   4   4  2 0
Extras                (lb 6, w 15, nb 2)                       23
Total                 (5 wickets, 50 overs, 217 mins)         359

DNB: IJ Harvey, B Lee, JN Gillespie, BA Williams.

FoW: 1-62 (Gilchrist, 8.6 ov), 2-73 (Ponting, 11.2 ov),
    3-230 (Martyn, 38.1 ov), 4-248 (Hayden, 41.2 ov),
    5-347 (Symonds, 49.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pathan                      10      0     75      2 (2w)
Balaji                       9      0     65      0 (1nb)
Nehra                       10      0     63      2 (3w)
Kartik                       7      0     51      0 (1nb, 2w)
Sehwag                       5      0     30      0
Ganguly                      1      0      9      0 (1w)
Tendulkar                    8      0     60      1 (1w)

India innings (target: 360 runs from 50 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
V Sehwag              c Lee              b Gillespie           12  13   7  1 1
SR Tendulkar          c Lee              b Gillespie           27  38  40  4 0
VVS Laxman                           c & b Lee                  5  30   7  1 0
*SC Ganguly           c Symonds          b Harvey               3  31  15  0 0
+R Dravid             run out (Martyn)                          0  17  11  0 0
Yuvraj Singh          c Gilchrist        b Harvey               4  19  15  1 0
HK Badani             run out (Gilchrist/Symonds)              18  43  27  0 1
IK Pathan                                b Lee                 30  53  41  6 0
M Kartik              c Gilchrist        b Williams            23  32  25  3 0
L Balaji                                 b Williams             2  16  10  0 0
A Nehra               not out                                  14   5   4  2 1
Extras                (lb 7, w 4, nb 2)                        13
Total                 (all out, 33.2 overs, 155 mins)         151

FoW: 1-22 (Sehwag, 2.6 ov), 2-49 (Tendulkar, 8.5 ov),
    3-49 (Laxman, 9.1 ov), 4-52 (Dravid, 12.5 ov),
    5-56 (Ganguly, 14.2 ov), 6-59 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.5 ov),
    7-99 (Badani, 24.2 ov), 8-123 (Pathan, 29.4 ov),
    9-136 (Kartik, 31.6 ov), 10-151 (Balaji, 33.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gillespie                    9      1     52      2
Lee                         10      1     39      2 (1nb, 2w)
Williams                     6.2    1     12      2
Harvey                       5      2     30      2 (1nb)
Symonds                      3      1     11      0 (1w)

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• Hours of Play: 2.15pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm
• 12th Men: GB Hogg (Australia) and SB Bangar (India)
• Scorers: CL Bennison and MA Fowler

• Australia 50 in 31 mins, off 7.2 overs
• Gilchrist/Hayden 50 partnership in 31 mins, off 45 balls
• Hayden 50 in 67 mins in 37 balls, 8x4, 1x6
• Australia 100 in 71 mins, off 15.2 overs
• Hayden/Martyn 50 partnership in 50 mins, off 67 balls
• Australia 150 in 113 mins, off 26.3 overs
• Hayden/Martyn 100 partnership in 73 mins, off 107 balls
• Hayden 100 in 130 mins, off 95 balls, 9x4, 3x6
• Australia 200 in 138 mins, off 32.4 overs
• Martyn 50 in 92 mins, off 58 balls, 3x4
• Hayden/Martyn 150 partnership in 102 mins, off 152 balls
• Australia 250 in 177 mins, off 42.1 overs
• Symonds/Clarke 50 partnership in 19 mins, off 26 balls
• Australia 300 in 192 mins, off 45.4 overs
• Symonds 50 in 44 mins, off 32 balls, 7x4, 2x6
• Australia 350 in 216 mins, off 49.4 overs

• India 50 in 52 mins, off 10.5 overs
• India 100 in 119 mins, off 24.3 overs
• India 150 in 154 mins, off 33 overs