1st Final: Australia v India at Sydney, Mar 2, 2008

ODI no. 2688

Commonwealth Bank Series - 1st final Australia v India

2007/08 season

Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 2 March 2008 - day/night (50-over match) Result India won by 6 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)

	Australia innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AC Gilchrist	c Yuvraj Singh b Kumar	7	13	7	1	0	100.00
		ML Hayden	c Chawla b Harbhajan Singh	82	115	88	10	0	93.18
		RT Ponting	b Kumar	1	7	5	0	0	20.00
		MJ Clarke	c Dhoni b I Sharma	4	7	8	1	0	50.00
		A Symonds	c Kumar b Harbhajan Singh	31	71	44	4	0	70.45
		MEK Hussey	run out (Dhoni/Pathan)	45	87	67	2	0	67.16
		JR Hopes	c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh	15	40	37	1	0	40.54
		GB Hogg	not out	23	47	31	0	0	74.19
		B Lee	c RG Sharma b Pathan	17	9	10	3	0	170.00
		MG Johnson	not out	6	12	3	0	0	200.00
		Extras	(b 1, w 7)	8
		Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs)	239	(4.78 runs per over)

Did not bat NW Bracken

Fall of wickets1-16 (Gilchrist, 2.4 ov), 2-19 (Ponting, 4.2 ov), 3-24 (Clarke, 5.5 ov), 4-124 (Symonds, 23.1 ov), 5-135 (Hayden, 27.3 ov), 6-173 (Hopes, 38.5 ov), 7-212 (Hussey, 46.6 ov), 8-231 (Lee, 48.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	P Kumar	10	1	49	2	4.90	(1w)
	I Sharma	8	0	32	1	4.00	(1w)
	IK Pathan	7	0	63	1	9.00	(1w)
	Harbhajan Singh	10	0	38	2	3.80	(2w)
	PP Chawla	10	0	33	0	3.30	(2w)
	Yuvraj Singh	4	0	18	1	4.50
	RG Sharma	1	0	5	0	5.00

	India innings (target: 240 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		RV Uthappa	c Hussey b Hopes	17	74	33	2	0	51.51
		SR Tendulkar	not out	117	235	120	10	0	97.50
		G Gambhir	run out (Johnson/Hopes)	3	9	4	0	0	75.00
		Yuvraj Singh	b Hogg	10	33	21	1	0	47.61
		RG Sharma	b Hopes	66	108	87	6	0	75.86
		MS Dhoni	not out	15	21	12	3	0	125.00
		Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 6, nb 2)	14
		Total	(4 wickets; 45.5 overs; 235 mins)	242	(5.28 runs per over)

Did not bat P Kumar, IK Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, I Sharma, PP Chawla

Fall of wickets1-50 (Uthappa, 10.6 ov), 2-56 (Gambhir, 12.4 ov), 3-87 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.5 ov), 4-210 (RG Sharma, 41.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	9	0	33	0	3.66	(2nb, 3w)
	NW Bracken	8	0	42	0	5.25
	MG Johnson	10	0	70	0	7.00	(2w)
	JR Hopes	8.5	0	42	2	4.75
	GB Hogg	7	0	38	1	5.42	(1w)
	MJ Clarke	3	0	11	0	3.66

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first Series India led the best-of-3-finals 1-0 Player of the match SR Tendulkar (India) Umpires DJ Harper and RE Koertzen (South Africa) TV umpire BNJ Oxenford Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire GA Abood

Match notes

• Australia innings
• Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
• Australia: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (70 balls), Extras 2
• 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (ML Hayden 37, A Symonds 14, Ex 0)
• ML Hayden: 50 off 43 balls (8 x 4)
• Drinks: Australia - 83/3 in 15.0 overs (ML Hayden 53, A Symonds 16)
• Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
• Australia: 100 runs in 17.1 overs (106 balls), Extras 3
• 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 105 balls (ML Hayden 67, A Symonds 31, Ex 2)
• Australia: 150 runs in 33.1 overs (205 balls), Extras 6
• Drinks: Australia - 159/5 in 36.0 overs (MEK Hussey 18, JR Hopes 10)
• Australia: 200 runs in 45.1 overs (278 balls), Extras 8
• Innings Break: Australia - 239/8 in 50.0 overs (GB Hogg 23, MG Johnson 6)

• India innings
• Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
• India: 50 runs in 10.3 overs (67 balls), Extras 5
• 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (RV Uthappa 17, SR Tendulkar 28, Ex 5)
• Drinks: India - 63/2 in 15.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 37, Yuvraj Singh 1)
• Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
• SR Tendulkar: 50 off 56 balls (4 x 4)
• India: 100 runs in 21.3 overs (135 balls), Extras 7
• 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (SR Tendulkar 22, RG Sharma 27, Ex 1)
• Drinks: India - 138/3 in 30.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 73, RG Sharma 27)
• India: 150 runs in 31.5 overs (197 balls), Extras 8
• RG Sharma: 50 off 70 balls (5 x 4)
• 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 114 balls (SR Tendulkar 43, RG Sharma 53, Ex 5)
• India: 200 runs in 39.4 overs (244 balls), Extras 12
• SR Tendulkar: 100 off 106 balls (8 x 4)