Commonwealth Bank Series - Australia v India

10 February 2008

RESULT: Won by India

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

India

5/160

(45.5 overs)

Australia

159

Current Run Rate	3.49
Required Run Rate	0.00
Runs Required	0
Balls Remaining	25

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Sharma, R	39		92	61	63.93
	Dhoni, MS	17		77	54	31.48
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Symonds, A	2.5	0	19	0	6.71
	Johnson, M	11	2	25	2	2.27

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Normal
Umpires: Koertzen, R (RSA), Taufel, S (AUS), Parry, R (AUS), Crowe, J (NZ)
Toss Won By: Australia		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

AUS Innings IND Innings

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Hayden, M	c. Dhoni, MS b. Sharma, I	25	30	21	5	0	119.05
Gilchrist, A	lbw b. Sreesanth, S	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Ponting, R	c. Tendulkar, S b. Sharma, I	9	39	15	0	0	60.00
Clarke, M	c. Sharma, R b. Pathan, I	11	38	27	1	0	40.74
Symonds, A	c. Dhoni, MS b. Sharma, I	14	48	24	1	0	58.33
Hussey, M	not out	65	121	88	4	0	73.86
Haddin, B	st. Dhoni, MS b. Singh, H	5	30	32	0	0	15.63
Lee, B	c. Dhoni, MS b. Pathan, I	10	43	35	0	0	28.57
Johnson, M	c. Uthappa, R b. Sreesanth, S	3	9	8	0	0	37.50
Bracken, N	c. Tendulkar, S b. Sreesanth, S	1	12	9	0	0	11.11
Clark, S	c. Dhoni, MS b. Sharma, I	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1,lb 3,w 9,nb 3)	16
Total	(10 wickets; 43 overs)	159

F.O.W.

1/1 (Gilchrist, A), 2/37 (Hayden, M), 3/47 (Ponting, R), 4/64 (Clarke, M), 5/75 (Symonds, A), 6/92 (Haddin, B), 7/145 (Lee, B), 8/151 (Johnson, M), 9/155 (Bracken, N), 10/159 (Clark, S)

India - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Sreesanth, S	9	31	3	3.44	(2w)
Sharma, I	9.1	38	4	4.22	(3nb,2w)
Pathan, I	8	26	2	3.25	(2w)
Singh, H	8	19	1	2.38	(2w)
Sehwag, V	5	24	0	4.80
Singh, Y	2	11	0	5.50
Tendulkar, S	2	6	0	3.00

45.6	Symonds to R Sharma, 1 wide. Symonds pitches the delivery wide down legside, on a good length. The keeper takes the ball. That is the end of time.
45.5	Symonds to R Sharma, 2 runs. Symonds delivers the ball on a good line and short of a good length. R Sharma strikes the delivery through mid-on close to the boundary for a two. Bracken fields the ball. The score is 5/159.
45.4	Symonds to R Sharma, no run. Symonds bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. The bowler collects the ball.
45.3	Symonds to Dhoni, 1 run. Symonds bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Dhoni hits it through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for one run. The score is 5 for 157.
45.2	Symonds to Dhoni, no run. Symonds pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Dhoni strikes it towards mid-on inside the circle. Fielded by Ponting.
45.1	Symonds to Dhoni, no run. Symonds bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Dhoni plays the ball in front of square on the legside inside the circle.
44.6	Johnson to Dhoni, 1 leg bye. Johnson bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Dhoni takes a leg bye. Johnson finishes his 11th over. The bowler has figures of 2 for 25.
44.5	Johnson to Dhoni, no run. Johnson pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Dhoni plays it towards the covers inside the circle.
44.4	Johnson to Dhoni, no run. Johnson bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Dhoni strikes the ball through the covers halfway to the boundary.
44.3	Johnson to Dhoni, no run. Johnson delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Ball goes through to Haddin.
44.2	Johnson to Dhoni, no run. Johnson bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Dhoni strikes the delivery towards mid-off inside the circle. Clarke receives the ball in the field.
44.1	Johnson to Dhoni, no run. Johnson pitches the ball on a good line and on the half volley. Dhoni plays the delivery towards mid-off not far from the wicket. Ball is fielded by Clarke.
43.6	Symonds to R Sharma, 4 runs! Symonds bowls it yorker length, outside off stump. R Sharma hits the delivery through mid-off to the boundary for four runs. 44 overs completed. The bowler has figures of 0 for 15 from his 2 overs. The score is 5 for 155.
43.5	Symonds to Dhoni, 1 leg bye. Symonds bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Dhoni takes a leg bye.
43.4	Symonds to R Sharma, 3 runs. Symonds pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. R Sharma plays the delivery through the covers most of the way to the boundary for a three. Lee fields it. India is 5 for 150.
43.3	Symonds to R Sharma, no run. Symonds bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. The bowler collects the ball.
43.2	Symonds to R Sharma, no run. Symonds pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. R Sharma plays it square on the offside inside the circle.
43.1	Symonds to R Sharma, no run. Symonds bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. R Sharma hits it for no run.
42.6	Johnson to Dhoni, no run. Johnson delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Dhoni plays the ball towards the covers inside the circle. Fielded by Symonds. 43rd over finished. Johnson has figures of 2/25 from his 10 overs.
42.5	Johnson to Dhoni, no run. Johnson pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Through to the keeper.
42.4	Johnson to Dhoni, no run. Johnson delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Dhoni hits the delivery in front of square on the legside inside the circle.
42.3	Johnson to Dhoni, no run. Johnson delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Ball goes through to Haddin.
42.2	Johnson to R Sharma, 1 run. Johnson delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. R Sharma plays the delivery for a single. Gilchrist fields the ball. The scoreboard tells us it's 5/147.
42.1	Johnson to Dhoni, 1 run. Johnson pitches the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Dhoni hits the ball towards mid-wicket close to the pitch for one. The score is 5/146.
41.6	Symonds to R Sharma, 2 runs. Symonds delivers the ball on a good line and on the half volley. R Sharma hits the ball through mid-on close to the boundary for 2 runs. Fielded by Johnson. Symonds ends the over. He has figures of 0/8 from his 1 over. The scoreboard tells us it's 5/145.
41.5	Symonds to R Sharma, no run. Symonds pitches the ball on a good line and on the half volley. R Sharma hits the delivery square on the offside most of the way to the boundary. Gathered by Hayden in the field.
41.4	Symonds to R Sharma, no run. Symonds pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. R Sharma hits it straight down the ground close to the wicket.
41.3	Symonds to R Sharma, 2 runs. Symonds pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. R Sharma strikes the delivery square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a two. The scoreboard shows 5/143.
41.2	Symonds to R Sharma, 4 runs! Symonds delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. R Sharma hits the ball down the ground to the boundary for a four. India advances to 5/141.
41.1	Symonds to R Sharma, no run. Symonds pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Fielded by the bowler.
40.6	Bracken to Dhoni, no run. Bracken pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Dhoni hits the ball in front of square on the offside halfway to the boundary. Symonds fields the ball. Bracken ends the 41st over. He has figures of 1/35 from his 10 overs.
40.5	Bracken to Dhoni, 2 runs. Bracken pitches the delivery wide outside off stump, on a good length. Dhoni plays the ball square on the offside close to the boundary for 2 runs. Fielded by Johnson. The score is 5 for 137.
40.4	Bracken to Dhoni, no run. Bracken pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Dhoni strikes it for no run. Collected by Hayden.
40.3	Bracken to R Sharma, 1 run. Bracken bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. R Sharma plays the delivery behind square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for a single. Hayden fields the ball. The score is 5 for 135.
40.2	Bracken to R Sharma, no run. Bracken pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. R Sharma plays the delivery behind square on the legside not far from the wicket. Gilchrist fields it.
40.1	Bracken to R Sharma, no run. Bracken pitches the delivery in the corridor, on the half volley. Ball is gathered by the bowler.

India		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Sehwag, V	lbw b. Bracken, N	11	18	19	2	0	57.89
Tendulkar, S	c. Lee, B b. Johnson, M	44	119	54	3	0	81.48
Pathan, I	lbw b. Johnson, M	18	36	30	2	0	60.00
Gambhir, G	c. Clarke, M b. Lee, B	20	46	43	3	0	46.51
Sharma, R	Not Out	39	92	61	2	0	63.93
Singh, Y	c. Hussey, M b. Clark, S	3	30	14	0	0	21.43
Dhoni, MS	Not Out	17	77	54	0	0	31.48
Uthappa, R
Singh, H
Sreesanth, S
Sharma, I
Extras	(lb 3,w 5)	8
Total	(5 wickets; 45 overs)	160

Australia - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Lee, B	9	0	41	1	4.56	(2w)
Johnson, M	11	2	25	2	2.27	(1w)
Bracken, N	10	0	35	1	3.50	(1w)
Clark, S	10	2	25	1	2.50
Clarke, M	3	0	12	0	4.00
Symonds, A	2.5	0	19	0	6.71	(1w)

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Gilchrist, A	Hayden, M	1st	1	3	3	33.33	1/1
Hayden, M	Ponting, R	2nd	36	27	32	112.50	2/37
Ponting, R	Clarke, M	3rd	10	12	12	83.33	3/47
Clarke, M	Symonds, A	4th	17	26	33	51.52	4/64
Symonds, A	Hussey, M	5th	11	22	30	36.67	5/75
Haddin, B	Hussey, M	6th	17	30	46	36.96	6/92
Lee, B	Hussey, M	7th	53	43	78	67.95	7/145
Johnson, M	Hussey, M	8th	6	9	14	42.86	8/151
Bracken, N	Hussey, M	9th	4	12	13	30.77	9/155
Clark, S	Hussey, M	10th	4	2	2	200.00	10/159

India		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Sehwag, V	Tendulkar, S	1st	18	18	24	75.00	1/18
Pathan, I	Tendulkar, S	2nd	36	36	44	81.82	2/54
Gambhir, G	Tendulkar, S	3rd	35	46	64	54.69	3/89
Tendulkar, S	Singh, Y	4th	7	19	22	31.82	4/96
Singh, Y	Sharma, R	5th	6	11	17	35.29	5/102
Sharma, R	Dhoni, MS	6th	7	19	22	31.8