29/10Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of India at Delhi, Oct 29-Nov 2 2008
Match drawn
Player of the Match
VVS Laxman
VVS LaxmanIndia
29/10Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of India at Delhi, Oct 29-Nov 2 2008
Match drawn
Player of the Match
VVS Laxman
VVS LaxmanIndia

  • India 1st Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    G Gambhir
    206
    380
    550
    26
    1
    54.21
    123.6 hello, whats this, a wicket? Watson gets Gambhir playing a tired shot, a nothing poke at an innocuous delivery, trying to steer it away towards third man but succeeding in only inside-edging back onto the top of his stumps, Laxman walks down to shake his hand, as do a couple Australians, because what an innings its been, 206 to Gambhir, good stuff to watch 435/4
    V Sehwag
    1
    2
    10
    0
    0
    50.00
    2.1 and he's gone! Lee strikes, rapping a leaden-footed Sehwag on the crease, he didn't move his feet at all, bat coming down way too late as the ball pitches on a length and strikes him on the front pad in front of middle and leg, Lee is off in celebration and Aleem Dar raises the finger 5/1
    R Dravid
    11
    31
    36
    1
    0
    35.48
    10.4 edged and gone! Dravid perishes to a wide delivery, 149ks, chasing it with a loose drive away from the body and the thick edge is neatly gobbled up by Hayden at first slip 27/2
    SR Tendulkar
    68
    126
    188
    11
    0
    53.96
    51.5 gone, on the brink of tea! Johnson removes Tendulkar, persisting with the delivery that angles away, and the batsman pays the price for hanging his bat outside off stump as Haddin dives and collects the thick outside edge, a loose shot after a subdued period from Tendulkar 157/3
    VVS Laxman
    not out
    200
    301
    465
    21
    0
    66.44
    SC Ganguly
    5
    8
    10
    1
    0
    62.50
    126.2 how about that now? Ganguly goes for cheap, driving on the up to Ponting at short cover, who dives forward and cups it low above the turf to give Katich a wicket 444/5
    MS Dhoni †
    27
    29
    30
    4
    1
    93.10
    133.4 edged and Haddin holds one! Dhoni flirst at one outside off stump and Haddin dives to his right to hold onto the thick outside edge to end a breezy Dhoni cameo on 27 481/6
    A Kumble (c)
    45
    73
    84
    7
    0
    61.64
    155.4 Johnson gets Kumble, shuffling across in an attempt to nudge the ball away to the leg side, it pitches on middle and goes away, hits his pads and Billy Bowden has a thought before raising his crooked finger, a marginal call as replays show it would have probably missed off stump 579/7
    Z Khan
    not out
    28
    21
    23
    5
    0
    133.33
    Extras
    22 (b 6, lb 8, nb 6, w 2)
    TOTAL
    613/7d (161 Overs, RR: 3.8, 703 minutes)
    Did not bat: I Sharma, A Mishra
    Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Virender Sehwag, 2.1 ov), 2-27 (Rahul Dravid, 10.4 ov), 3-157 (Sachin Tendulkar, 51.5 ov), 4-435 (Gautam Gambhir, 123.6 ov), 5-444 (Sourav Ganguly, 126.2 ov), 6-481 (MS Dhoni, 133.4 ov), 7-579 (Anil Kumble, 155.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    B Lee30211913.9602
    SR Clark3396902.0911
    MG Johnson32414234.4310
    SR Watson2046623.3003
    CL White1517304.8600
    MJ Clarke1405904.2100
    SM Katich1536014.0000
    RT Ponting201105.5000

  • Australia 1st Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    ML Hayden
    83
    154
    247
    13
    1
    53.89
    57.2 and Sehwag gets his revenge very next ball! He's looked the most dangerous today and he hits Hayden just above the knee roll in front of the stumps, turning the ball back in as the batsman shuffles across to try and turn it fine, Sehwag belts out the appeal and on the third one Bowden raises his crooked finger 202/2
    SM Katich
    64
    116
    152
    10
    0
    55.17
    34.1 bowled em! There's the breakthrough, Katich undone by Mishra's flight, that was tossed up into the rough, luring him into another flick from outside off stump, except he misses and the ball sneaks back through the gap to disturb the furniture, middle stump knocked off its place 123/1
    RT Ponting (c)
    87
    165
    224
    14
    0
    52.72
    85.4 bowled him, and what turn! Sehwag strikes, luring Ponting forward on the drive, shaping to work it to the on side, the ball turns in and beats everything, he came out of his crease and swung wildly and has to pay the price for an indifferent choice of stroke 284/3
    MEK Hussey
    53
    146
    187
    7
    0
    36.30
    101.6 another one falls to Sehwag! Sehwag tweaks his fingers on that one, getting it to flight, pitch on middle and off and turn sharply past the bat to knock back off stump 326/4
    MJ Clarke
    112
    253
    357
    6
    1
    44.26
    178.1 and finally India manage to hold onto one! Mishra tosses it up invitingly, Clarke dances down and heaves at it, aiming to go straighter, the ball goes over extra cover and settles in Zaheer's palms a few feet away from the boundary, and thats the first catch of the innings 567/9
    SR Watson
    36
    62
    84
    8
    0
    58.06
    122.1 bowled em! Sehwag gets into the action again, pitching a gem of a turner outside off stump, Watson walks across his stumps and looks on in shock as the ball turns sharply and knocks back his leg stick, what turn from those magic fingers and thats Sehwag's best figures 399/5
    BJ Haddin †
    17
    35
    32
    1
    1
    48.57
    131.5 a wicket for Kumble, some 85 overs since his last one! Tosses it up on a length, Haddin comes dancing out and drives with a sizable gap, the ball sneaks on through and Dhoni completes an easy stumping, a real silly shot and Australia are six down 426/6
    CL White
    44
    95
    120
    5
    1
    46.31
    162.5 and he stays on 44, bowled going for another sweep across the line! Sehwag gets his fifth wicket, the first time ever, rewarded for a tidy line and White's poor stroke draws and inside edge that rolls onto the base of the stumps 532/7
    B Lee
    8
    47
    47
    0
    0
    17.02
    175.4 Kumble gets a second, Lee goes lbw! Tossed up on the stumps, drifting and pitching on middle and leg, Lee goes to sweep and misses, struck on the knee roll, they all go up and Bowden agrees, but replays show the ball going over the top of leg stump 555/8
    MG Johnson
    15
    12
    22
    2
    0
    125.00
    179.3 chuck that, says Kumble, I'll take it! Kumble finishes the innings with a good return catch, running across towards the off side and taking it with both hands, despite the left one in pain, after Johnson swings a top-edged slog sweep miles up in the air 577/10
    SR Clark
    not out
    1
    2
    8
    0
    0
    50.00
    Extras
    57 (b 28, lb 17, nb 10, w 2)
    TOTAL
    577 all out (179.3 Overs, RR: 3.21, 745 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-123 (Simon Katich, 34.1 ov), 2-202 (Matthew Hayden, 57.2 ov), 3-284 (Ricky Ponting, 85.4 ov), 4-326 (Michael Hussey, 101.6 ov), 5-399 (Shane Watson, 122.1 ov), 6-426 (Brad Haddin, 131.5 ov), 7-532 (Cameron White, 162.5 ov), 8-555 (Brett Lee, 175.4 ov), 9-567 (Michael Clarke, 178.1 ov), 10-577 (Mitchell Johnson, 179.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Z Khan2358603.7302
    I Sharma2558403.3622
    A Kumble43.3911232.5702
    A Mishra471214423.0604
    V Sehwag40910452.6000
    SR Tendulkar10202.0000

  • India 2nd Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    G Gambhir
    36
    107
    170
    5
    0
    33.64
    36.5 The finger is up. Johnson the birthday boy has struck. Full, fast, shaping in and Gambhir falls over a touch as he looks to turn it to the leg side. He was struck on the leg stump line and it would have missed leg. Hawk eye too confirms that but that's that. 93/4
    V Sehwag
    16
    17
    37
    2
    0
    94.11
    8.2 bowled 'em! Lee dislodges Sehwag for the second time in the match, pitching on a fuller length and getting the ball to nip back in a shade, Sehwag's feet go nowhere and he gets a little inside edge back onto the stumps 29/1
    I Sharma
    1
    2
    5
    0
    0
    50.00
    9.1 and what a soft dismissal! Ishant lasts just two deliveries, standing his ground and feeling for a short ball from around the stumps, kisses the bat high on the splice and goes straight into Ponting's hands, running in from short point 34/2
    R Dravid
    11
    37
    52
    2
    0
    29.72
    20.4 Lee breaks through. The Wall is cracking brick by brick. Full, fast, in swing at around 149 kmph and Dravid has dragged the off drive back on to his stumps. 53/3
    SR Tendulkar
    47
    120
    159
    4
    0
    39.16
    57.1 And White gets Tendulkar for the second time this series. No fifty for SRT. It landed on a length around off and turned slightly with bounce and Tendulkar guided it straight to Hayden at slip. SCG walks in. Tendulkar looked at the wicket as he went away. And Gavaskar says," It's difficult to understand what he was trying to do there. A slip was in position." 145/5
    VVS Laxman
    not out
    59
    130
    167
    7
    0
    45.38
    SC Ganguly
    not out
    32
    53
    81
    3
    1
    60.37
    Extras
    6 (lb 4, nb 1, w 1)
    TOTAL
    208/5d (77.3 Overs, RR: 2.68, 338 minutes)
    Did not bat: MS Dhoni †, A Kumble (c), Z Khan, A Mishra
    Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Virender Sehwag, 8.2 ov), 2-34 (Ishant Sharma, 9.1 ov), 3-53 (Rahul Dravid, 20.4 ov), 4-93 (Gautam Gambhir, 36.5 ov), 5-145 (Sachin Tendulkar, 57.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    B Lee1734822.8201
    SR Clark1262211.8300
    MJ Clarke20.375602.7300
    SM Katich10505.0000
    MG Johnson1202311.9110
    CL White802312.8700
    SR Watson702703.8500

Close of Play

  • Wed, 29 Oct - day 1 - India 1st innings 296/3 (G Gambhir 149*, VVS Laxman 54*, 89 ov)
  • Thu, 30 Oct - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 50/0 (ML Hayden 16*, SM Katich 29*, 15 ov)
  • Fri, 31 Oct - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 338/4 (MJ Clarke 21*, SR Watson 4*, 105 ov)
  • Sat, 1 Nov - day 4 - India 2nd innings 43/2 (G Gambhir 21*, R Dravid 5*, 13 ov)
  • Sun, 2 Nov - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 31/0 (8 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

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