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Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
JL Langer lbw b Agarkar
121 325
194
17
0
62.37
ML Hayden c Laxman b Khan
37 81
52
6
0
71.15
RT Ponting c
54 125
88
7
1
61.36
DR Martyn run out (Harbhajan Singh/
42 122
79
5
0
53.16
SR Waugh hit wicket b Khan
0 9
4
0
0
0.00
SM Katich c
16 41
25
4
0
64.00
AC Gilchrist c Laxman b Khan
0 7
4
0
0
0.00
AJ Bichel c Laxman b Agarkar
11 16
10
2
0
110.00
JN Gillespie run out (Harbhajan Singh/Agarkar)
8 19
11
0
0
72.72
NW Bracken not out
6 18
13
0
0
46.15
SCG MacGill c Chopra b Agarkar
1 11
3
0
0
33.33
Extras
(b 4, lb 7, w 2, nb 14)
27
Total
(all out; 78.1 overs; 391 mins)
323 (4.13 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-73 (Hayden, 15.2 ov) , 2-162 (Ponting, 41.4 ov) , 3-268 (Langer, 66.4 ov) , 4-275 (Martyn, 67.2 ov) , 5-275 (Waugh, 67.4 ov) , 6-276 (Gilchrist, 69.1 ov) , 7-302 (Bichel, 72.3 ov) , 8-310 (Katich, 75.2 ov) , 9-317 (Gillespie, 76.1 ov) , 10-323 (MacGill, 78.1 ov)
India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
A Chopra c Hayden b Gillespie
36 181
135
2
0
26.66
V Sehwag c Hayden b Bracken
45 81
51
5
0
88.23
R Dravid c Hayden b Gillespie
1 14
11
0
0
9.09
SR Tendulkar lbw b Gillespie
0 3
3
0
0
0.00
SC Ganguly c Gillespie b MacGill
144 291
196
18
0
73.46
VVS Laxman c Katich b MacGill
75 136
113
11
0
66.37
PA Patel c Bichel b Gillespie
37 122
105
5
0
35.23
AB Agarkar c Hayden b Bichel
12 43
26
1
0
46.15
Harbhajan Singh not out
19 64
39
2
0
48.71
Z Khan b MacGill
27 52
46
3
1
58.69
A Nehra lbw b MacGill
0 6
2
0
0
0.00
Extras
(lb 6, w 1, nb 6)
13
Total
(all out; 120.1 overs; 501 mins)
409 (3.40 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-61 (Sehwag, 19.2 ov) , 2-62 (Dravid, 22.3 ov) , 3-62 (Tendulkar, 22.6 ov) , 4-127 (Chopra, 42.4 ov) , 5-273 (Laxman, 76.4 ov) , 6-329 (Ganguly, 94.2 ov) , 7-362 (Agarkar, 105.1 ov) , 8-362 (Patel, 106.4 ov) , 9-403 (Khan, 118.5 ov) , 10-409 (Nehra, 120.1 ov)
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
ML Hayden c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh
99 128
98
10
2
101.02
JL Langer c
0 9
6
0
0
0.00
RT Ponting c Sehwag b Nehra
50 111
75
5
0
66.66
DR Martyn not out
66 118
100
3
2
66.00
SR Waugh not out
56 111
102
7
0
54.90
Extras
(b 4, nb 9)
13
Total
(3 wickets dec; 62 overs; 240 mins)
284 (4.58 runs per over)
India 2nd innings (target: 199 runs)R M B 4s 6s SR
A Chopra c Langer b Bracken
4 7
7
1
0
57.14
V Sehwag c Martyn b Bracken
0 5
1
0
0
0.00
R Dravid not out
43 66
47
6
0
91.48
VVS Laxman not out
24 64
43
3
0
55.81
Extras
(nb 2)
2
Total
(2 wickets; 16 overs; 72 mins)
73 (4.56 runs per over)
Toss India, who chose to field firstSeries 4-match series level 0-0
Test debut
NW Bracken
(Australia)Player of the match
SC Ganguly (India)
Umpires
SA Bucknor (West Indies) and RE Koertzen (South Africa)TV umpire
PD Parker Match referee
MJ Procter (South Africa)
Close of play 4 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 262/2 (JL Langer 115* , DR Martyn 36* , 62 ov )5 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 323/9 (NW Bracken 6* , SCG MacGill 1* , 78 ov )6 Dec day 3 - India 1st innings 11/0 (A Chopra 5* , V Sehwag 5* , 6.1 ov )7 Dec day 4 - India 1st innings 362/6 (PA Patel 37* , AB Agarkar 12* , 105 ov )8 Dec day 5 - India 2nd innings 73/2 (16 ov ) - end of match
Match notes
Hours of play: 10.00 - 12.00pm, 12.40pm - 2.40pm, 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Scorers: BL FitzGerald and JI Harris
12th Men: BA Williams (Australia) and S Ramesh (India)
Day 1
Players left the field at 10:30 after 5.4 overs due to rain
Play resumed at 10:54
Players left the field at 11:03 after 7.2 overs due to rain
Lunch: Australia 32/0 (Langer 8*, Hayden 16*, 7.2 overs)
Play resumed at 12:50
Australia 50 in 61 minutes off 11.1 overs
50 partnership Langer/Hayden in 61 minutes off 70 balls
Australia 100 in 126 minutes off 23.2 overs
50 partnership Langer/Ponting in 84 minutes off 103 balls
RT Ponting 50: 96 minutes 72 balls 7x4 1x6
Tea: Australia 143/1 (Langer 43*, Ponting 51*, 36 overs)
Australia 150 in 197 minutes off 39.3 overs
JL Langer 50: 197 minutes 108 balls 6x4
Attendance 20,077
Australia 200 in 244 minutes off 49.2 overs
50 partnership Langer/Martyn in 46 minutes off 61 balls
JL Langer 100: 273 minutes 155 balls 15x4
Australia 250 in 282 minutes off 57.6 overs
100 partnership Langer/Martyn in 94 minutes off 122 balls
Players left the ground at 5:38pm due to bad light
Day 2
BA Williams has been released and will return to Perth and play for Western Australia, NM Hauritz is to act as 12th man
Play commenced at 11:30am due to bad weather
Attendance 11,788
No play after lunch until 4:20pm
Australia 300 in 356 minutes off 71.5 overs
Play called off for bad light at 5:14pm
Australia 300 in 356 minutes off 71.5 overs
Play called off for bad light at 5:14pm
Australia third wicket partnership of 106 in 117 minutes from 152 balls
Day 3
Attendance 9,136
Play for the day commenced at 3.18 p.m. and was concluded at 3.55 p.m.
Day 4
Indian 50 in 61 minutes off 14.4 overs
50 partnership Chopra/Sehwag in 61 minutes off 88 balls
Indian 100 in 147 minutes off 33.3 overs
50 partnership Chopra/Ganguly in 64 minutes off 92 balls
Lunch India 127/3 (Chopra 36*, Ganguly 37*, 42 overs)
SC Ganguly 50 in 104 minutes off 74 balls 7x4's
Indian 150 in 215 minutes off 50.3 overs
50 partnership Ganguly/Laxman in 55 minutes off 78 balls
Indian 200 in 256 minutes off 59.3 overs
100 partnership Ganguly/Laxman in 97 minutes off 137 balls
VVS Laxman 50 in 98 minutes off 73 balls 7x4's
Indian 250 in 296 minutes off 70.2 overs
SC Ganguly 100 in 195 minutes off 135 balls 13x4's
Tea India 252/4 (Ganguly 101*, Laxman 60*, 71 overs)
Indian 5th wicket partnership Ganguly/Laxman 146 runs in 136 minutes off 206 balls
New ball taken after 81 completed overs
Indian 300 in 360 minutes off 87.4 overs
Attendance 8,785
50 partnership Ganguly/Patel in 70 minutes off 103 balls
Indian 350 in 423 minutes off 102.1 overs
Play ceased for the day at 5:16pm due to bad light
Day 5
Play commenced at 9:30am with a scheduled 105 overs to be bowled
Indian 400 in 490 minutes off 117.5 overs
Australian 50 in 66 minutes off 14.6 overs
50 partnership Hayden/Ponting in 58 minutes off 82 balls
ML Hayden becomes the first player to score 1000 Test runs in a calendar year in three successive years
ML Hayden 50 in 76 minutes off 61 balls 6x4's
Australian 100 in 93 minutes off 21.5 overs
100 partnership Hayden/Ponting in 86 minutes 0ff 127 balls
RT Ponting 50 in 110 minutes off 74 balls 5x4's
Australian 2nd wicket partnership Hayden/Ponting of 140 runs in 111 minutes off 163 balls
Australian 150 in 124 minutes off 28.6 overs
Australian 200 in 175 minutes off 42.2 overs
50 partnership Martyn/Waugh in 49 minutes off 83 balls
Attendance 3,119
Match attendance 52,905
Australian 250 in 215 minutes off 55.5 overs
DR Martyn 50 in 95 minutes off 81 balls 3x4's
100 partnership Martyn/Waugh in 98 minutes off 177 balls
SR Waugh 50 in 102 minutes off 94 balls 6x4's
Indian 50 in 49 minutes off 10.2 overs
50 partnership Dravid/Laxman in 45 minutes off 62 balls
Play ceased at 5:10pm with the mutual consent of both teams
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