2nd Final: Australia v India at Brisbane, Mar 4, 2008

ODI no. 2689

Commonwealth Bank Series - 2nd final Australia v India

2007/08 season

Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, on 4 March 2008 - day/night (50-over match) Result India won by 9 runs

	India innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		RV Uthappa	c Hopes b Clark	30	99	49	1	0	61.22
		SR Tendulkar	c Ponting b Clarke	91	176	121	7	0	75.20
		G Gambhir	c Johnson b Clarke	15	21	16	1	0	93.75
		Yuvraj Singh	c Hayden b Symonds	38	27	38	2	2	100.00
		MS Dhoni	c Clarke b Bracken	36	52	37	2	1	97.29
		RG Sharma	c Symonds b Clarke	2	6	5	0	0	40.00
		IK Pathan	b Bracken	12	24	20	1	0	60.00
		Harbhajan Singh	lbw b Lee	3	7	3	0	0	100.00
		P Kumar	c Ponting b Bracken	7	7	7	1	0	100.00
		PP Chawla	not out	6	8	2	1	0	300.00
		S Sreesanth	not out	1	4	2	0	0	50.00
		Extras	(lb 5, w 12)	17
		Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs; 220 mins)	258	(5.16 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-94 (Uthappa, 20.5 ov), 2-121 (Gambhir, 25.2 ov), 3-175 (Yuvraj Singh, 34.6 ov), 4-205 (Tendulkar, 39.2 ov), 5-209 (Sharma, 41.1 ov), 6-237 (Pathan, 47.2 ov), 7-240 (Dhoni, 47.6 ov), 8-249 (Harbhajan Singh, 48.5 ov), 9-255 (Kumar, 49.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	10	0	58	1	5.80	(1w)
	NW Bracken	9	1	31	3	3.44
	SR Clark	6	0	32	1	5.33	(1w)
	MG Johnson	6	0	33	0	5.50	(8w)
	JR Hopes	6	0	20	0	3.33
	MJ Clarke	10	0	52	3	5.20	(1w)
	A Symonds	3	0	27	1	9.00	(1w)

	Australia innings (target: 259 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AC Gilchrist	c Dhoni b Kumar	2	3	3	0	0	66.66
		ML Hayden	run out (Yuvraj Singh/Harbhajan Singh)	55	122	68	7	0	80.88
		RT Ponting	c Yuvraj Singh b Kumar	1	9	7	0	0	14.28
		MJ Clarke	b Kumar	17	29	22	1	0	77.27
		A Symonds	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	42	81	56	2	1	75.00
		MEK Hussey	c Dhoni b Sreesanth	44	66	42	3	0	104.76
		JR Hopes	c Chawla b Pathan	63	105	80	4	1	78.75
		B Lee	b Kumar	7	20	12	0	0	58.33
		MG Johnson	c Dhoni b Sreesanth	8	9	6	1	0	133.33
		NW Bracken	c Chawla b Pathan	1	7	2	0	0	50.00
		SR Clark	not out	0	2	0	0	0	-
		Extras	(lb 2, w 7)	9
		Total	(all out; 49.4 overs; 230 mins)	249	(5.01 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Gilchrist, 0.3 ov), 2-8 (Ponting, 2.3 ov), 3-32 (Clarke, 8.6 ov), 4-121 (Hayden, 25.4 ov), 5-123 (Symonds, 25.6 ov), 6-199 (Hussey, 41.6 ov), 7-228 (Lee, 46.4 ov), 8-238 (Johnson, 48.2 ov), 9-247 (Bracken, 49.2 ov), 10-249 (Hopes, 49.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	P Kumar	10	2	46	4	4.60
	S Sreesanth	9	0	43	2	4.77	(2w)
	IK Pathan	8.4	0	54	2	6.23	(4w)
	Harbhajan Singh	10	0	44	1	4.40	(1w)
	PP Chawla	9	0	45	0	5.00
	Yuvraj Singh	3	0	15	0	5.00

Toss India, who chose to bat first Series India won the best-of-3-finals 2-0 Player of the match P Kumar (India) Player of the series NW Bracken (Australia) Umpires AL Hill (New Zealand) and SJA Taufel TV umpire BNJ Oxenford Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire TP Laycock

Match notes

• India innings
• Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
• India: 50 runs in 12.3 overs (79 balls), Extras 4
• 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (RV Uthappa 23, SR Tendulkar 24, Ex 4)
• Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
• Drinks: India - 73/0 in 16.0 overs (RV Uthappa 25, SR Tendulkar 42)
• SR Tendulkar: 50 off 70 balls (5 x 4)
• India: 100 runs in 21.5 overs (141 balls), Extras 10
• Drinks: India - 144/2 in 30.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 72, Yuvraj Singh 15)
• India: 150 runs in 30.3 overs (194 balls), Extras 12
• 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (SR Tendulkar 14, Yuvraj Singh 36, Ex 2)
• India: 200 runs in 37.5 overs (239 balls), Extras 13
• India: 250 runs in 48.6 overs (306 balls), Extras 17
• Innings Break: India - 258/9 in 50.0 overs (Chawla 6, S Sreesanth 1)

• Australia innings
• Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
• Australia: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (76 balls), Extras 2
• Drinks: Australia - 53/3 in 14.0 overs (ML Hayden 19, A Symonds 12)
• Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
• 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (ML Hayden 22, A Symonds 22, Ex 6)
• Australia: 100 runs in 22.6 overs (144 balls), Extras 6
• ML Hayden: 50 off 62 balls (6 x 4)
• Drinks: Australia - 138/5 in 30.0 overs (MEK Hussey 11, JR Hopes 3)
• Australia: 150 runs in 32.4 overs (202 balls), Extras 7
• 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (MEK Hussey 34, JR Hopes 15, Ex 1)
• Australia: 200 runs in 42.3 overs (262 balls), Extras 8
• JR Hopes: 50 off 69 balls (4 x 4)
• Match Scorers: Venkat Raghav and Binoy George