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Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : BF Bowden (New Zealand) and DR Shepherd (England)
Match Result : Australia won by 9 wickets to level the 4-Test Series 1-1
Man of the Match : Ricky Ponting
India 1st Innings
Aakash Chopra c Katich b MacGill 48 (138) 6 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Bracken b Katich 195 (233) 25 ‘4s’ 5 ‘6s’
Rahul Dravid c Martyn b Waugh 49 (89) 5 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar c Gilchrist b Lee 0 (1)
Sourav Ganguly (C) c Langer b Lee 37 (63) 6 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman c Hayden b MacGill 19 (86) 2 ‘4s’
Parthiv Patel (C) c Gilchrist b Bracken 0 (1)
Ajit Agarkar run out (Williams) 0 (1)
Anil Kumble c Langer b Williams 3 (12)
Zaheer Khan not out 0 (1)
Ashish Nehra c Gilchrist b MacGill 0 (4)
Extras : 15 (Leg Byes 3, Wides 1, No Balls 11)
Total : 366 all out (103.0 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-141 (Chopra, 42.6 ov), 2-278 (Dravid, 72.6 ov), 3-286 (Tendulkar, 74.1 ov), 4-311 (Sehwag, 78.3 ov), 5-350 (Ganguly, 94.6 ov), 6-353 (Patel, 97.1 ov), 7-353 (Agarkar, 97.2 ov), 8-366 (Kumble, 101.5 ov), 9-366 (Laxman, 102.2 ov), 10-366 (Nehra, 102.6 ov)
Australia Bowling
Brett Lee 27-7-103-2 (10nb)
Nathan Bracken 28-6-71-1
Brad Williams 20-6-66-1 (1w)
Stuart MacGill 15-3-70-3 (1nb)
Simon Katich 4-0-18-1
Steve Waugh 9-0-35-1
Australia 1st Innings
Justin Langer c Tendulkar b Agarkar 14 (29) 2 ‘4s’
Matthew Hayden lbw b Kumble 136 (173) 17 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ricky Ponting st Patel b Kumble 257 (458) 25 ‘4s’
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Nehra b Kumble 14 (29) 2 ‘4s’
Damien Martyn c Patel b Agarkar 31 (63) 3 ‘4s’
Steve Waugh (C) lbw b Kumble 19 (69) 1 ‘4s’
Simon Katich c Chopra b Kumble 29 (58) 3 ‘4s’
Brett Lee c Laxman b Kumble 8 (29)
Nathan Bracken c & b Tendulkar 1 (5)
Brad Williams not out 10 (11) 1 ‘6s’
Stuart MacGill lbw b Agarkar 0 (1)
Extras : 39 (Byes 4, Leg Byes 8, Wides 5, No Balls 17, Pen 5)
Total : 558 all out (151.2 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-30 (Langer, 6.3 ov), 2-264 (Hayden, 60.4 ov), 3-295 (Gilchrist, 68.4 ov), 4-373 (Martyn, 92.4 ov), 4-373* (Waugh, retired not out), 5-437 (Katich, 114.4 ov), 6-502 (Waugh, 136.1 ov), 7-535 (Lee, 144.2 ov), 8-542 (Bracken, 145.6 ov), 9-555 (Ponting, 150.6 ov), 10-558 (MacGill, 151.2 ov)
India Bowling
Ajit Agarkar 33.2-5-115-3
Zaheer Khan 25-4-103-0 (9nb, 1w)
Ashish Nehra 29-3-90-0 (1nb)
Anil Kumble 51-8-176-6 (7nb)
Sachin Tendulkar 13-0-57-1
India 2nd Innings
Aakash Chopra c Gilchrist b Bracken 4 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Williams b Lee 11 (13) 2 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid c Gilchrist b Lee 92 (244) 13 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly (C) b Bracken 73 (125) 12 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar c Gilchrist b Williams 44 (79) 5 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman c Hayden b MacGill 18 (50) 3 ‘4s’
Parthiv Patel (WK) not out 27 (50) 4 ‘4s’
Ajit Agarkar b Williams 1 (10)
Anil Kumble lbw b Williams 0 (2)
Zaheer Khan c Hayden b Williams 1 (8)
Ashish Nehra c Hayden b MacGill 0 (17)
Extras : 15 (Byes 4, Leg Byes 3, Wides 1, No Balls 7)
Total : 286 all out (99.5 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-5 (Chopra, 1.3 ov), 2-19 (Sehwag, 4.5 ov), 2-39* (Ganguly, retired not out), 3-126 (Tendulkar, 42.3 ov), 4-160 (Laxman, 56.6 ov), 5-253 (Dravid, 83.4 ov), 6-258 (Ganguly, 87.1 ov), 7-271 (Agarkar, 90.4 ov), 8-271 (Kumble, 90.6 ov), 9-277 (Zaheer Khan, 94.3 ov), 10-286 (Nehra, 99.5 ov)
Australia Bowling
Brett Lee 22-3-97-2 (3nb)
Nathan Bracken 25-13-45-2
Brad Williams 22-5-53-4 (1w)
Stuart MacGill 26.5-5-68-2 (4nb)
Simon Katich 4-0-16-0
Australia 2nd Innings (Target: 95)
Justin Langer lbw b Agarkar 2 (14)
Matthew Hayden not out 53 (63) 9 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting not out 31 (59) 3 ‘4s’
Damien Martyn
Steve Waugh (C)
Simon Katich
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
Nathan Bracken
Brett Lee
Brad Williams
Stuart MacGill
Extras : 11 (Byes 4, Leg Byes 2, Wides 1, No Balls 4)
Total : 97/1 (22.2 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-9 (Langer, 4.2 ov)
India Bowling
Ajit Agarkar 7-2-25-1
Ashish Nehra 6-3-16-0 (1w)
Anil Kumble 6.2-0-43-0 (2nb)
Virender Sehwag 3-0-7-0