Commonwealth Bank Series - Australia v India

2 March 2008

RESULT: India won by 6 wickets

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

India

4/242

(45.5 overs)

Australia

8/239

Current Run Rate	5.28
Required Run Rate	0.00
Runs Required	0
Balls Remaining	25

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Dhoni, MS	15		21	12	125.00
	Tendulkar, S	117		216	121	96.69
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Hopes, J	8.5	0	42	2	4.75
	Johnson, M	10	0	70	0	7.00

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Normal
Umpires: Harper, D (AUS), Koertzen, R (RSA), Oxenford, B (AUS), Crowe, J (NZ)
Toss Won By: Australia		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

AUS Innings IND Innings

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Gilchrist, A	c. Singh, Y b. Kumar, P	7	13	7	1	0	100.00
Hayden, M	c. Chawla, P b. Singh, H	82	108	88	10	0	93.18
Ponting, R	b. Kumar, P	1	2	5	0	0	20.00
Clarke, M	c. Dhoni, MS b. Sharma, I	4	8	8	1	0	50.00
Symonds, A	c. Kumar, P b. Singh, H	31	70	44	4	0	70.45
Hussey, M	run out (Pathan, I)	45	81	67	2	0	67.16
Hopes, J	c. Dhoni, MS b. Singh, Y	15	34	37	1	0	40.54
Hogg, B	not out	23	48	31	0	0	74.19
Lee, B	c. Sharma, R b. Pathan, I	16	9	10	3	0	160.00
Johnson, M	not out	6	4	3	0	0	200.00
Bracken, N
Extras	(b 1,lb 1,w 7)	9
Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs)	239

F.O.W.

1/16 (Gilchrist, A), 2/19 (Ponting, R), 3/24 (Clarke, M), 4/124 (Symonds, A), 5/135 (Hayden, M), 6/173 (Hopes, J), 7/212 (Hussey, M), 8/231 (Lee, B)

India - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Kumar, P	10	48	2	4.80	(1w)
Sharma, I	8	32	1	4.00	(1w)
Pathan, I	7	63	1	9.00	(1w)
Singh, H	10	38	2	3.80	(2w)
Chawla, P	10	33	0	3.30	(2w)
Singh, Y	4	18	1	4.50
Sharma, R	1	5	0	5.00

45.5	Hopes to Dhoni, 4 runs! Hopes delivers the ball on a good line and short. Dhoni plays the delivery square on the legside to the boundary for a four. The score moves along to 4/242. That is the end of time.
45.4	Hopes to Dhoni, no run. Hopes bowls it on a good length, wide outside off stump. Ball travels through to the keeper.
45.3	Hopes to Dhoni, no run. Hopes delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Play and miss by Dhoni, taken by the keeper.
45.2	Hopes to Tendulkar, 1 run. Hopes pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Tendulkar plays it for one run. Ball is fielded by Gilchrist. India moves to 4 for 238.
45.1	Hopes to Dhoni, 1 run. Hopes delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Dhoni plays the delivery square on the offside close to the boundary for a single. The scoreboard tells us it's 4/237.
44.6	Johnson to Tendulkar, 2 runs. Johnson bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Tendulkar strikes the delivery for a two. Hopes receives the ball in the field. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 70 from his 10 overs. The score is 4 for 236.
44.5	Johnson to Tendulkar, no run. Johnson bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. The bowler fields it.
44.4	Johnson to Dhoni, 1 run. Johnson bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. Dhoni plays the ball fine on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one. Collected by Bracken in the field. India progresses to 4 for 234.
44.3	Johnson to Dhoni, 4 runs! Johnson pitches the delivery outside off stump, very full. Dhoni hits the ball through the covers to the boundary for 4 runs. The score is 4 for 233.
44.2	Johnson to Dhoni, 4 runs! Johnson bowls it short of a good length, in the corridor. Dhoni plays the delivery through mid-off to the boundary for four runs. The scoreboard displays 4 for 229.
44.1	Johnson to Tendulkar, 1 run. Johnson pitches the ball outside off and full. Tendulkar hits the delivery for a single. The score moves along to 4/225.
43.6	Hopes to Tendulkar, 1 run. Hopes bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Tendulkar plays the delivery through the covers most of the way to the boundary for a single. Hopes finishes his 8th over. The bowler has figures of 2 for 36. The score is 4 for 224.
43.5	Hopes to Tendulkar, no run. Hopes bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Tendulkar plays the delivery square on the offside inside the circle.
43.4	Hopes to Tendulkar, 2 runs. Hopes pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Tendulkar hits the delivery through the covers most of the way to the boundary for a two. Ball is fielded by Hussey. The scoreboard says 4 for 223.
43.3	Hopes to Tendulkar, no run. Hopes bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. The bowler fields the ball.
43.2	Hopes to Tendulkar, no run. Hopes bowls it short, in the corridor. Tendulkar lets it go through to the keeper.
43.1	Hopes to Tendulkar, no run. Hopes bowls it on the half volley, wide outside off stump. Tendulkar plays it square on the offside inside the circle.
42.6	Johnson to Tendulkar, 1 run. Johnson pitches the delivery in the corridor, on the half volley. Tendulkar plays the delivery square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a single. Hussey fields it. Johnson completes his 9th over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 58. India is 4 for 221.
42.5	Johnson to Tendulkar, 4 runs! Johnson pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Tendulkar strikes the ball through mid-off to the boundary for 4 runs. The score is 4/220.
42.4	Johnson to Dhoni, 1 run. Johnson delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Dhoni plays the delivery towards mid-wicket inside the circle for a single. Dhoni gets off the mark. The score is 4/216.
42.3	Johnson to Dhoni, no run. Johnson delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Dhoni plays it towards the covers inside the circle. Symonds fields it.
42.2	Johnson to Tendulkar, 1 run. Johnson delivers the ball towards leg stump and short of a good length. Tendulkar strikes the delivery fine on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a single. India moves along to 4/215.
42.1	Johnson to Tendulkar, 4 runs! Johnson pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Tendulkar plays the ball for 4 runs. The score advances to 4/214.
41.6	Hopes to Dhoni, no run. Hopes delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Dhoni plays the ball towards the covers halfway to the boundary. Ball is fielded by Symonds. That is the end of the over. Hopes has figures of 2/33 from his 7 overs.
41.5	Hopes to Dhoni, no run. Hopes bowls it short, in the corridor. Ball travels through to the keeper.
41.4	Hopes to Dhoni, no run. Hopes pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Dhoni hits it towards the covers halfway to the boundary. Symonds gathers the ball in the field.
41.3	Hopes to R Sharma, WICKET! Hopes bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Hopes bowls R Sharma for 66 runs off 87. The bowler has figures of 2 for 33. India are 4 for 210 after the loss of their fourth wicket.
41.2	Hopes to Tendulkar, 1 run. Hopes delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Tendulkar hits the ball for one. Tendulkar scores his 100 from 107 deliveries! The scoreboard tells us it's 3/210.
41.1	Hopes to R Sharma, 1 run. Missed runout by Clarke! Hopes pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. R Sharma hits the ball square on the offside inside the circle for one. Clarke gathers the ball. India advances to 3/209.
40.6	Lee to Tendulkar, no run. Lee pitches the ball on a good line and on the half volley. Tendulkar plays the ball in front of square on the offside inside the circle. That finishes the over. Lee has figures of 0/34 from his 9 overs.
40.6	Lee to Tendulkar, 1 wide. Lee bowls it short of a good length, wide outside off stump. Ball travels through to the keeper.
40.5	Lee to R Sharma, 1 run. Lee pitches the ball on a good line and short of a good length. R Sharma plays the delivery well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a single. The score is 3/207.
40.4	Lee to R Sharma, no run. Missed runout by Ponting! Lee pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. R Sharma strikes the delivery square on the legside inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Ponting.
40.3	Lee to R Sharma, no run. Lee pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Through to the keeper.
40.2	Lee to Tendulkar, 1 run. Lee bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. Tendulkar strikes it fine on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. The score is 3 for 206.
40.1	Lee to Tendulkar, no run. Lee pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Collected by the bowler.

India		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Uthappa, R	Tendulkar, S	1st	50	51	67	74.63	1/50
Gambhir, G	Tendulkar, S	2nd	6	9	10	60.00	2/56
Singh, Y	Tendulkar, S	3rd	31	25	37	83.78	3/87
Sharma, R	Tendulkar, S	4th	123	109	137	89.78	4/210
Dhoni, MS	Tendulkar, S	5th	123	109	137	89.8

India		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Uthappa, R	c. Hussey, M b. Hopes, J	18	51	32	2	0	56.25
Tendulkar, S	Not Out	117	216	121	10	0	96.69
Gambhir, G	run out (Hopes, J)	3	9	4	0	0	75.00
Singh, Y	b. Hogg, B	10	25	21	1	0	47.62
Sharma, R	b. Hopes, J	66	109	87	6	0	75.86
Dhoni, MS	Not Out	15	21	12	3	0	125.00
Kumar, P
Pathan, I
Singh, H
Sharma, I
Chawla, P
Extras	(b 4,lb 1,w 6,nb 2)	13
Total	(4 wickets; 45 overs)	242

Australia - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Lee, B	9	34	0	3.78	(2nb,3w)
Bracken, N	8	42	0	5.25
Johnson, M	10	70	0	7.00	(2w)
Hopes, J	8.5	42	2	4.75
Hogg, B	7	38	1	5.43	(1w)
Clarke, M	3	11	0	3.67