- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.4 quick, slanting across the batsman, Ganguly has an almighty slash at it, the ball moves a touch off the wicket, takes the edge and simply rockets into Gilchrist's waiting gloves. That's the end of the Indian captain and you can blame a lack of footwork and a rush of blood. 22/127.3 just short or a length and on the stumps, the ball keeps a touch low, Tendulkar plays an across the line shot after moving right in front of the stumps, he misses and is trapped plumb in front, perhaps that was a slower ball too 78/67.2 good length ball outside the off, swinging away, with feet stuck where they started Sehwag flashes at the ball, off the edge to the keeper, there goes the next Indian wicket! 41/213.1 a short one, went back instead and an inside edge into the stumps 44/314.6 just short of a length, pitching on the leg, the ball climbs a touch and hurries onto Yvraj Singh who plays and misses, rapped on the pad, loud shout, Asoka de Silva gives the lbw 45/417.6 dug in short, on middle and off, and Kaif is tempted into the pull shot. The ball soars over the infield and Andrew Symonds, running forward from his position on the square leg fence, takes a fine forward-diving catch 50/528.3 short and wide, Mongia goes for the cut, the ball heads towards point where Symonds pulls off a stunner 80/737.2 tossed up and outside the off, sharp spin in to the pads of Harbhajan Singh, played at and missed, great ball this, too good for Harbhajan singh, trapped plumb in front 120/840.4 tossed up nicely, dipping late in the flight, and much too good a ball for a number 10 batsman like Zaheer, who tries to play across the line and is trapped in front of the wickets, umpire de Silva having a bit of a think first 125/941.4 Kumble dabs down into the offside and calls for the single, hesitates as Srinath does, and then goes ahead, but Lehmann by then has picked up and thrown at the base of the striker's-end stumps to run Srinath out 125/10Extras16 (lb 5, nb 1, w 10)TOTAL125 all out (41.4 Overs, RR: 3)Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Sourav Ganguly, 5.4 ov), 2-41 (Virender Sehwag, 7.2 ov), 3-44 (Rahul Dravid, 13.1 ov), 4-45 (Yuvraj Singh, 14.6 ov), 5-50 (Mohammad Kaif, 17.6 ov), 6-78 (Sachin Tendulkar, 27.3 ov), 7-80 (Dinesh Mongia, 28.3 ov), 8-120 (Harbhajan Singh, 37.2 ov), 9-125 (Zaheer Khan, 40.4 ov), 10-125 (Javagal Srinath, 41.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GD McGrath 8 3 23 1 2.87 38 3 0 0 0 B Lee 9 1 36 3 4 42 5 1 3 1 JN Gillespie 10 2 13 3 1.3 48 0 0 1 0 A Symonds 6 0 25 0 4.16 23 1 0 4 0 GB Hogg 4.4 0 16 1 3.42 19 2 0 0 0 DS Lehmann 4 0 7 1 1.75 17 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR17.3 down the track comes Gilchrist, big heave and a miss, Dravid collects, misses the stumping on the first try anbd still has time to whip the bails off 100/1Extras11 (lb 3, w 8)TOTAL128/1 (22.2 Overs, RR: 5.73)Fall of wickets: 1-100 (Adam Gilchrist, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB J Srinath 4 0 26 0 6.5 13 1 1 1 0 Z Khan 4 0 26 0 6.5 13 3 0 1 0 Harbhajan Singh 7.2 0 49 0 6.68 22 5 1 1 0 A Kumble 7 0 24 1 3.42 27 2 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
15 February 2003 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Australia 4, India 0
Match Notes
- 12th Men: IJ Harvey (Australia) and AB Agarkar (India)
- DS Lehmann's best bowling in World Cups (previous: 0/17 v Pakistan at Leeds, 1999)
- JN Gillespie's best bowling in World Cups (previous: 1/28 v Pakistan at Johannesburg, 2002/03)
- GB Hogg's best bolwing against India in ODIs (previous: 0/12 at Chandigarh, 1996/97)
- B Lee's best bowling in World Cups (previous: 1/37 v Pakistan at Johannesburg, 2002/03)
- India's lowest completed innings total in World Cups (previous: 132/3 in 60 overs v England at Lord's, 1975)
- Lowest completed innings total on this ground in ODIs (previous: Sri Lanka 140 v South Africa, 2002/03)
- When ML Hayden (20*) struck J Srinath for six (6.1 overs) he passed 2000 runs in ODIs
- ML Hayden's highest score in World Cups (previous: 27 v Pakistan at Johannesburg, 2002/03)
- With the wicket of AC Gilchrist, A Kumble completed 25 wickets in ODIs against Australia
Match Coverage
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World Cup
| Super Sixes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1.854 |
| IND | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0.886 |
| KENYA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0.354 |
| SL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11.5 | -0.844 |
| NZ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -0.896 |
| ZIM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 | -1.254 |
| Pool A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 2.045 |
| IND | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1.108 |
| ZIM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0.504 |
| ENG | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0.821 |
| PAK | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0.227 |
| NED | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1.454 |
| NAM | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -2.955 |
| Pool B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1.204 |
| KENYA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -0.691 |
| NZ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 0.99 |
| WI | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1.103 |
| SA | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1.73 |
| CAN | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1.989 |
| BAN | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -2.046 |




