Related Link : Commonwealth Bank Series 2007/08
Venue : Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (Day/Night)
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Peter Parker (Aus) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Match Result : Australia won by 50 runs
Man of the Match : Michael Clarke
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) b Ishant Sharma 15 (17) 3 ‘4s’
Matthew Hayden c Dhoni b Pathan 13 (34) 1 ‘6s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c Rohit Sharma b Munaf Patel 10 (14) 1 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke c Ishant Sharma b Pathan 79 (108) 6 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds c Uthappa b Ishant Sharma 3 (12)
Michael Hussey c Dhoni b Pathan 5 (21)
James Hopes st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 19 (18) 2 ‘4s’
Brad Hogg run out (Dhoni/Harbhajan) 32 (52) 2 ‘4s’
Mitchell Johnson not out 9 (13)
Nathan Bracken c Dhoni b Pathan 0 (4)
Stuart Clark not out 8 (9
Extras: 10 (Wides : 6 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 203/9 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-25 (Gilchrist, 5.3 ovs), 2-41 (Ponting, 10.1 ovs), 3-43 (Hayden, 11.3 ovs), 4-50 (Symonds, 15.4 ovs), 5-73 (Hussey, 23.4 ovs), 6-112 (Hopes, 30.2 ovs), 7-184 (Hogg, 45.1 ovs), 8-187 (Clarke, 46.1 ovs), 9-187 (Bracken, 46.5 ovs)
India Bowling
Sreesanth 8-0-35-0
Ishant Sharma 9-1-32-2 (3w 2nb)
Munaf Patel 9-1-31-1
Pathan 10-1-41-4 (2w)
Harbhajan 10-0-40-1 (1w)
Yuvraj Singh 4-0-22-0
India (Target : 204 from 50 Overs)
Gautam Gambhir c Ponting b Johnson 34 (42) 3 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Bracken 5 (15) 1 ‘4s’
Irfan Pathan c Hayden b Hopes 14 (30) 2 ‘4s’
Rohit Sharma c Gilchrist b Hopes 1 (3)
Yuvraj Singh c Clark b Hogg 26 (44) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
MS Dhoni (C&WK) run out (Hayden) 37 (50) 1 ‘4s’
Robin Uthappa c Gilchrist b Johnson 18 (36) 1 ‘4s’
Harbhajan Singh c Gilchrist b Johnson 4 (6)
Sreesanth st Gilchrist b Hogg 1 (4)
Ishant Sharma not out 2 (10)
Munaf Patel c Gilchrist b Bracken 0 (9)
Extras: 11 (Wides : 8 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 153 all out (Overs : 41.2)
Fall of Wickets : 1-20 (Tendulkar, 4.4 ovs), 2-55 (Pathan, 13.5 ovs), 3-59 (Gambhir, 14.5 ovs), 4-59 (Rohit Sharma, 15.1 ovs), 5-115 (Yuvraj Singh, 27.6 ovs), 6-134 (Dhoni, 34.3 ovs), 7-141 (Harbhajan Singh, 35.6 ovs), 8-150 (Uthappa, 37.5 ovs), 9-152 (Sreesanth, 38.4 ovs), 10-153 (Munaf Patel, 41.2 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Bracken 7.2-1-21-2
Stuart Clark 8-1-33-0 (4w)
Johnson 10-1-42-3 (2w 1nb)
Hopes 6-3-16-2
Hogg 8-1-30-2
Symonds 2-0-9-0