Related Link : Commonwealth Bank Series 2007/08
Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (Day/Night)
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Daryl Harper (Aus) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Match Result : Australia won by 18 runs
Man of the Match : Ricky Ponting
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Dhoni b Sreesanth 16 (7) 3 ‘4s’
Matthew Hayden run out (Rohit Sharma/Sehwag) 54 (62) 5 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c Pathan b Sreesanth 124 (132) 7 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Michael Clarke c Rohit Sharma b Sehwag 31 (38)
Andrew Symonds b Ishant Sharma 59 (49) 6 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Michael Hussey not out 15 (10)
James Hopes run out (Harbhajan Singh) 4 (3)
Brett Lee run out (Harbhajan Singh) 0 (0)
Brad Hogg
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Extras: 14 (Wides : 8 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 317/7 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-21 (Gilchrist, 2.3 ovs), 2-131 (Hayden, 20.3 ovs), 3-194 (Clarke, 31.5 ovs), 4-296 (Symonds, 47.2 ovs), 5-304 (Ponting, 48.1 ovs), 6-317 (Hopes, 49.5 ovs), 7-317 (Lee, 49.6 ovs)
India Bowling
Sreesanth 8-0-58-2
Ishant Sharma 10-0-65-1 (1w)
Pathan 9-0-73-0 (2w 1nb)
Harbhajan 9-0-50-0 (1w)
Sehwag 6-0-28-1 (1w)
Yuvraj Singh 8-0-38-0
India (Target : 318 from 50 Overs)
Virender Sehwag c Gilchrist b Clark 17 (19) 3 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Lee 2 (3)
Gautam Gambhir st Gilchrist b Hogg 113 (119) 9 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Rohit Sharma c Gilchrist b Bracken 1 (3)
Yuvraj Singh c Gilchrist b Clark 5 (3) 1 ‘4s’
MS Dhoni (C&WK) c Gilchrist b Lee 36 (66) 4 ‘4s’
Robin Uthappa c Hussey b Lee 51 (46) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Irfan Pathan c Bracken b Hopes 22 (21) 2 ‘4s’
Harbhajan Singh c Gilchrist b Lee 20 (11) 3 ‘4s’
Sreesanth not out 3 (4)
Ishant Sharma b Lee 2 (4)
Extras: 27 (Wides : 12 No Balls: 4 Byes: 6 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 299 all out (Overs : 49.1)
Fall of Wickets : 1-3 (Tendulkar, 0.5 ovs), 2-45 (Sehwag, 8.4 ovs), 3-46 (Rohit Sharma, 9.1 ovs), 4-51 (Yuvraj Singh, 10.2 ovs), 5-149 (Dhoni, 30.3 ovs), 6-216 (Gambhir, 39.1 ovs), 7-257 (Pathan, 44.5 ovs), 8-290 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.4 ovs), 9-290 (Uthappa, 47.5 ovs), 10-299 (Ishant Sharma, 49.1 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Lee 9.1-1-58-5 (2w 3nb)
Bracken 10-0-53-1 (1w)
Stuart Clark 10-0-55-2 (4w)
Hopes 6-0-27-1
Hogg 9-0-62-1 (1nb)
Clarke 5-0-33-0