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Venue : Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Billy Bowden (NZ) and Asad Rauf (Pak)
Match Result : India won by 72 runs; Australia lead the 4-Test Series 2-1
Man of the Match : Irfan Pathan
India 1st Innings
Wasim Jaffer c Gilchrist b Lee 16 (53) 2 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Gilchrist b Johnson 29 (58) 6 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid c Ponting b Symonds 93 (183) 14 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Lee 71 (128) 9 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly c Hussey b Johnson 9 (12) 2 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman c Tait b Lee 27 (56) 3 ‘4s’
M.S. Dhoni (WK) lbw b Clark 19 (52) 2 ‘4s’
Irfan Pathan lbw b Johnson 28 (44) 4 ‘4s’
Anil Kumble (C) c Rogers b Clark 1 (6)
R.P.Singh c Hussey b Johnson 0 (2)
Ishant Sharma not out 0 (5)
Extras: 37 (Wides : 9 No Balls: 9 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 19)
Total : 330 all out (Overs : 98.2)
Fall of Wickets : 1-57 (Sehwag, 16.4 ovs), 2-59 (Jaffer, 19.2 ovs), 3-198 (Tendulkar, 57.4 ovs), 4-214 (Ganguly, 60.5 ovs), 5-278 (Dravid, 77.6 ovs), 6-284 (Laxman, 81.4 ovs), 7-328 (Dhoni, 95.4 ovs), 8-330 (Pathan, 96.6 ovs), 9-330 (Kumble, 97.1 ovs), 10-330 (RP Singh, 98.2 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Lee 24-5-71-3 (1w 6nb)
Johnson 28.2-7-86-4 (2w)
Clark 17-4-45-2 (1w)
Tait 13-1-59-0 (1w 3nb)
Symonds 10-1-36-1
Clarke 6-1-14-0
- Test Match Debut for Chris Rogers (Aus)
Australia 1st Innings
Phil Jaques c Laxman b Pathan 8 (13) 1 ‘4s’
Chris Rogers lbw b Pathan 4 (9) 1 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c Dravid b Ishant Sharma 20 (35) 2 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey c Dhoni b RP Singh 0 (8)
Michael Clarke c Dhoni b Ishant Sharma 23 (34) 3 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds c Dravid b Kumble 66 (70) 7 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Dhoni b RP Singh 55 (61) 9 ‘4s’
Brett Lee c Dhoni b RP Singh 11 (43)
Mitchell Johnson not out 6 (14) 1 ‘4s’
Stuart Clark c Dhoni b RP Singh 0 (3)
Shaun Tait c&b Kumble 8 (11) 2 ‘4s’
Extras: 11 (Wides : 4 No Balls: 2 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 212 all out (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-12 (Rogers, 3.3 ovs), 2-13 (Jaques, 3.5 ovs), 3-14 (Hussey, 6.2 ovs), 4-43 (Ponting, 14.3 ovs), 5-61 (Clarke, 18.2 ovs), 6-163 (Symonds, 35.4 ovs), 7-192 (Gilchrist, 42.4 ovs), 8-195 (Lee, 46.3 ovs), 9-195 (Clark, 46.6 ovs), 10-212 (Tait, 49.6 ovs)
India Bowling
RP Singh 14-2-68-4 (1w)
Irfan Pathan 17-2-63-2 (2w)
Ishant Sharma 7-0-34-2 (1w)
Kumble 12-1-42-2 (2nb)
India 2nd Innings
Wasim Jaffer c Hussey b Clark 11 (27) 1 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag b Clark 43 (61) 7 ‘4s’
Irfan Pathan c Ponting b Clark 46 (64) 6 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid c Gilchrist b Lee 3 (5)
Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Lee 13 (25) 2 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly c Clarke b Johnson 0 (3)
VVS Laxman c Gilchrist b Lee 79 (156) 8 ‘4s’
M.S. Dhoni (WK) c Gilchrist b Symonds 38 (87) 2 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Anil Kumble (C) c Clarke b Symonds 0 (4)
R.P.Singh c Gilchrist b Clark 30 (59) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ishant Sharma not out 4 (1) 1 ‘4s’
Extras: 27 (Wides : 5 No Balls: 8 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 14)
Total : 294 all out (Overs : 80.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-45 (Jaffer, 9.3 ovs), 2-79 (Sehwag, 17.3 ovs), 3-82 (Dravid, 18.2 ovs), 4-116 (Tendulkar, 24.4 ovs), 5-125 (Ganguly, 25.5 ovs), 6-160 (Pathan, 34.3 ovs), 7-235 (Dhoni, 62.1 ovs), 8-235 (Kumble, 62.5 ovs), 9-286 (RP Singh, 79.5 ovs), 10-294 (Laxman, 80.4 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Lee 20.4-4-54-3 (1w 4nb)
Johnson 10-0-58-1
Clark 19-4-61-4 (2w)
Tait 8-0-33-0 (2w 4nb)
Clarke 13-2-38-0
Symonds 10-2-36-2
Australia 2nd Innings (Target : 413)
Chris Rogers c Dhoni b Pathan 15 (18) 3 ‘4s’
Phil Jaques c Jaffer b Pathan 16 (30) 3 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c Dravid b Ishant Sharma 45 (71) 6 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey lbw b RP Singh 46 (113) 5 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke st Dhoni b Kumble 81 (134) 10 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds lbw b Kumble 12 (14) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Adam Gilchrist (WK) b Sehwag 15 (22) 2 ‘4s’
Brett Lee c Laxman b Sehwag 0 (6)
Mitchell Johnson not out 50 (80) 5 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Stuart Clark c Dhoni b Pathan 32 (35) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Shaun Tait b RP Singh 4 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Extras: 24 (Wides : 8 No Balls: 10 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 6)
Total : 340 all out (Overs : 86.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-21 (Rogers, 5.1 ovs), 2-43 (Jaques, 9.4 ovs), 3-117 (Ponting, 33.1 ovs), 4-159 (Hussey, 44.6 ovs), 5-177 (Symonds, 49.4 ovs), 6-227 (Gilchrist, 60.3 ovs), 7-229 (Lee, 62.2 ovs), 8-253 (Clarke, 71.1 ovs), 9-326 (Clark, 83.6 ovs), 10-340 (Tait, 86.5 ovs)
India Bowling
RP Singh 21.5-4-95-2 (3w)
Irfan Pathan 16-2-54-3
Ishant Sharma 17-0-63-1 (1w 7nb)
Kumble 24-2-98-2 (3nb)
Sehwag 8-1-24-2