- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.3 full and on the off, sharp swing in for Arafat, Jaffer shoulders arms to the wrong ball and is dead in the water. No doubt at all about that one and Jaffer goes. That was a serious error in judgment from a batsman in prime form 51/37.4 Gone! short of a good length and outside the off stump, Gambhir feels for that one outside the off stump and only manages an edge as the ball moves away a fraction. The edge carries - that's a first in this series - and Kamran Akmal dives to his left and takes a good catch 8/116.2 short of a length and outside the off, Dravid's eyes light up and he goes for the cut. The ball bounces a touch extra and the ball goes off a thick edge to Misbah at first slip who makes no mistake 44/2144.2 And there's the moment. A loopy ball outside the off stump, Ganguly looks to sweep and misses. The ball goes back onto the stumps and Ganguly's amazing run comes to an end. It's been an innings of sheer grit and handsome strokeplay. Even Pakistan's players applaud Ganguly off the field as he walks off for 239, his highest ever score in Test cricket. 605/722.2 just short of a good length and on the off, this one keeps a bit low, Laxman defends without quite bending low and the ball goes off the toe of the bat back onto the stumps. That is a huge wicket for Arafat and Pakistan just before lunch 61/487.4 Gone! against the run of play a wicket falls in the dying moments of the day. Yuvraj Singh looks to work the ball to the leg side, closes the face of the bat early. The ball spears off the leading edge and goes up in the air to the gully region. Faisal Iqbal takes the catch and an absolutely fabulous innings comes to an end. Loud applause for Yuvraj as he trudges off the ground 361/5107.4 Gone! just short of a good length, outside the off, a hint of away movement, Karthik plays at the ball without quite moving his feet, the outside edge goes straight to Kamran Akmal who takes a simple catch 427/6150.2 Pathan tries to repeat the stroke and falls. He jumps down the pitch and has a big heave. The ball goes up in the air off the edge and Kamran Akmal takes the catch 626/10148.1 Gone! minor relief for Pakistan as Kumble plays half-cocked to a googly and takes the ball on the pad. Loud shout for the lbw and Simon Taufel gives it 615/8149.2 fullish, on the stumps, the ball keeps really low, Harbhajan can't get the bat down in time and the stumps are rearranged. 620/9Extras38 (b 13, lb 19, nb 6)TOTAL626 all out (150.2 Overs, RR: 4.16, 632 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Gautam Gambhir, 7.4 ov), 2-44 (Rahul Dravid, 16.2 ov), 3-51 (Wasim Jaffer, 18.3 ov), 4-61 (VVS Laxman, 22.2 ov), 5-361 (Yuvraj Singh, 87.4 ov), 6-427 (Dinesh Karthik, 107.4 ov), 7-605 (Sourav Ganguly, 144.2 ov), 8-615 (Anil Kumble, 148.1 ov), 9-620 (Harbhajan Singh, 149.2 ov), 10-626 (Irfan Pathan, 150.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Shoaib Akhtar 10 3 23 0 2.30 0 0 Mohammad Sami 36 5 149 2 4.13 0 4 Yasir Arafat 39 5 161 5 4.12 0 0 Danish Kaneria 46.2 8 168 3 3.62 0 0 Younis Khan 2 0 14 0 7.00 0 0 Salman Butt 10 1 36 0 3.60 0 1 Yasir Hameed 7 0 43 0 6.14 0 1
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR46.2 Would you believe it? Sourav Chandidas Ganguly has got the breakthrough. What a match he is having. It was on a length, around the off stump and moved away and Salman was lured into a poke. Fatal. 149/216.3 Got him! This time Kumble gets it on target. full, straight, quick, low, Hameed plants his foot in front of the stumps and his bat is well outside the line. The ball crashes into the pad and then hits bat. Loud shout and it's enough to convince Simon Taufel 59/169.1 And that's the breakthrough! Younis Khan tries the reverse-sweep and can't make contact, the ball pitches on leg and angles in, getting past the bat and rattling the stumps. Too cute an attempt by Younis when he was batting so well. Harbhajan is mobbed by the rest. 221/370.6 Another! Yousuf surely losing his concentration there, going after a really wide one, slashing it straight to Yuvraj Singh at point. He's the best fielder in the park and doesn't make a mistake with such dollies. Yousuf can't believe it. That was surely a lapse in concentration there. 227/496.1 Ishant Sharma strikes! this one rears off a good length and Faisal has some trouble adjusting to the extra bounce. The ball bobs up to the on side and there's a fielder close to the bat on the leg side just waiting to snap up the catch 288/5135.2 neat piece of work from Karthik! Better stuff from Harbhajan, tempting him to go for a booming drive outside off stump, lovely flight on that one, outside off stump, like an offspinner should be bowling, Akmal does so and misses, falling forward in the attempt, Karthik collects and whips off the bails in a flash, the question goes upstairs but thats pretty plain to see Akmal's back leg wasn't inside! 432/6162.4 and then, just like that, comes a wicket! Pitches on a length and comes back into sneak through Arafat, playing from the crease and unsure of whether to go forward or back, and rattles middle and off after taking a thick inside-edge... Ishant really deserved that wicket, he's bowled well all Test, though his numbers don't reveal it 525/7164.4 cleaned him up! Ishant strikes with a lovely yorker - something we've not seen all match - from wide of the crease which totally surprises Sami, playing away from his body, and the stumps are splattered ... two quick wickets for the young Delhi bowler 527/8166.2 gone! Ishant steams in and bowls it short, it stays low, on about the knee roll, surprising Shoaib and he just hops and lobs a simple catch to short leg 529/9168.1 all over, as Ishant Sharma gets five! Bowls a short ball, Kaneria is in a mess as he tries to ride the bounce and play a pull, the ball takes the bat high and balloons up for the bowler to continue in his follow-through and take it himself 537/10Extras76 (b 35, lb 26, nb 15)TOTAL537 all out (168.1 Overs, RR: 3.19, 705 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Yasir Hameed, 16.3 ov), 2-149 (Salman Butt, 46.2 ov), 3-221 (Younis Khan, 69.1 ov), 4-227 (Mohammad Yousuf, 70.6 ov), 5-288 (Faisal Iqbal, 96.1 ov), 6-432 (Kamran Akmal, 135.2 ov), 7-525 (Yasir Arafat, 162.4 ov), 8-527 (Mohammad Sami, 164.4 ov), 9-529 (Shoaib Akhtar, 166.2 ov), 10-537 (Danish Kaneria, 168.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB IK Pathan 37 14 80 1 2.16 0 0 I Sharma 33.1 10 118 5 3.55 0 9 A Kumble 44 12 116 1 2.63 0 0 SC Ganguly 10 2 20 1 2.00 0 1 Harbhajan Singh 38 7 131 2 3.44 0 0 Yuvraj Singh 6 2 11 0 1.83 0 1
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.5 got him! Arafat gets him leg before for the second time, pitching very full and Jaffer is undone by the extremely low bounce, taking it plumb on the front toe as the bats down late 26/26.4 bowled 'em! Shoaib strikes with a fuller, slower ball, pitching and beating the sizable gap between bat and pad to flick the top of off stump! Shoaib is cock-a-hoop as he sets off in celebration! 17/151.4 Googly from round the stumps, it pitches on the middle stump and straightens nicely, Dravid has pushed his front foot well down the pitch but fails to get outside the line or put bat to ball. There is a loud shout for lbw and Simon Taufel gives the decision in favour of the bowler. Good shout that and you have to think it was a correct decision even if Dravid was forward 178/352.1 Gone! Oh that is disappointing for Sourav Ganguly. He's played a blinder in the first innings and the second but the 200 and 100 combination just wasn't to be. A shortish ball outside the off stump from Sami and Ganguly flashes hard. The ball goes straight to gully and the catch is taken. Ganguly goes on 91 but he richly deserved a century here. 178/462.3 short one banged in, this one does not bounce much at all, Laxman ducks into the ball, it was a quick one at 135 kmh and crashes into the elbow. It hits the corner of the elbow, the point of the bone that hurts the most. This looks really nasty as Laxman drops the bat immediately and walks away from the stumps. 225/554.6 fullish and outside the off, Yuvraj plays a forcing shot outside the off, the bat just nicks the boot and there's a sound. The appeal is spontaneous and Rudi Koertzen gives it. Can't blame the umpire too much, the ball was very close to the bat and this is not the first time Yuvraj has done this in this innings. Bad luck to the batsman anyhow. 184/576.3 and he goes next ball! Arafat holds back the length a touch, short of a driveable length, Karthik pokes at it tamely, with zero footwork, and edges to Akmal 284/6Extras41 (b 9, lb 24, nb 7, w 1)TOTAL284/6d (76.3 Overs, RR: 3.71, 363 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Gautam Gambhir, 6.4 ov), 2-26 (Wasim Jaffer, 12.5 ov), 3-178 (Rahul Dravid, 51.4 ov), 4-178 (Sourav Ganguly, 52.1 ov), 5-184 (Yuvraj Singh, 54.6 ov), 5-225* (VVS Laxman, retired not out ), 6-284 (Dinesh Karthik, 76.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Shoaib Akhtar 17 6 43 1 2.52 0 0 Mohammad Sami 20 2 63 2 3.15 1 2 Yasir Arafat 13.3 3 49 2 3.62 0 1 Danish Kaneria 26 2 96 1 3.69 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR21.1 And Butt's wait ends. short of a length and outside the off, cut played and the thick edge goes to the keeper who snaps up the ball, that is a smart catch from Dinesh Karthik and another wicket for Kumble 73/313.3 Here's the quicker one. 109 kmh, Kumble sends down a rocket and Hameed is just a little too late on that. The stumps are rearranged and Kumble now has Hameed five times in the series 44/113.6 And another! Younis plays a loose shot, he looks to work the ball to the on side but only manages to punch the ball right back to Kumble. That's two wickets in the over and the crowd suddenly finds its voice 44/231.4 short ball dragged down, it's quick, Faisal goes for the pull, the ball goes off the top edge straight up in the air and Ishant Sharma settles under the catch. Another one for Kumble and Pakistan wobble 144/432.6 Now Yuvraj gets one through. Happy Birthday son, that's a big wicket. This is the arm ball, the one that comes in with the angle. Misbah cannot get bat down anywhere near in time and the stumps are broken. Another one gone! 148/631.5 And another! Kumble sends down a quick one on the line of the stumps, the ball just moves away enough to beat the bat and flattens the off stump. Akmal is gone first ball and Kumble's bowling seam up is doing the trick for India on this pitch full of cracks 144/534.2 And another! Yuvraj Singh has got another one to sneak through. On the off stump, it keeps low, the ball does not turn at all and just comes in with the arm. The off stump is knocked back. Arafat goes and India are pumped up now 154/7Extras13 (b 12, lb 1)TOTAL162/7 (36 Overs, RR: 4.5, 153 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Yasir Hameed, 13.3 ov), 2-44 (Younis Khan, 13.6 ov), 3-73 (Salman Butt, 21.1 ov), 4-144 (Faisal Iqbal, 31.4 ov), 5-144 (Kamran Akmal, 31.5 ov), 6-148 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 32.6 ov), 7-154 (Yasir Arafat, 34.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB IK Pathan 7 4 30 0 4.28 0 0 I Sharma 6 3 22 0 3.66 0 0 A Kumble 14 2 60 5 4.28 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 6 1 28 0 4.66 0 0 Yuvraj Singh 3 0 9 2 3.00 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
India won the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days
8,9,10,11,12 December 2007 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Sat, 8 Dec - day 1 - India 1st innings 365/5 (SC Ganguly 125*, KD Karthik 3*, 90 ov)
- Sun, 9 Dec - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 86/1 (Salman Butt 50*, Younis Khan 7*, 27 ov)
- Mon, 10 Dec - day 3 - Pakistan 1st innings 369/5 (Misbah-ul-Haq 54*, Kamran Akmal 32*, 117 ov)
- Tue, 11 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 131/2 (R Dravid 35*, SC Ganguly 63*, 37 ov)
- Wed, 12 Dec - day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 162/7 (36 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- India: 150 runs in 43.6 overs (266 balls), Extras 14
- Drinks: India - 174/2 in 49.0 overs (R Dravid 41, SC Ganguly 89)
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 223 balls (R Dravid 38, SC Ganguly 90, Ex 22)
- India: 200 runs in 57.3 overs (349 balls), Extras 26
- Lunch: India - 221/5 in 62.0 overs (VVS Laxman 14, KD Karthik 23)
- VVS Laxman retired hurt at 225/5 (14, 62.3 overs)
- India: 250 runs in 67.2 overs (408 balls), Extras 37
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (KD Karthik 23, IK Pathan 18, Ex 9)
- Drinks: India - 280/5 in 76.0 overs (KD Karthik 48, IK Pathan 21)
- KD Karthik: 50 off 66 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Pakistan 2nd innings
- Tea: Pakistan - 23/0 in 10.0 overs (Salman Butt 4, Yasir Hameed 19)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 4
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 25.4 overs (154 balls), Extras 4
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (Faisal Iqbal 17, Misbah-ul-Haq 29, Ex 5)
- Faisal Iqbal: 50 off 48 balls (8 x 4)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 33.1 overs (199 balls), Extras 13
- Bad Light: Pakistan - 162/7 in 36.0 overs (Mohammad Yousuf 10, Mohammad Sami 4)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 161 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 35, Kamran Akmal 47, Ex 21)
- Kamran Akmal: 50 off 83 balls (10 x 4)
- Pakistan: 400 runs in 125.3 overs (764 balls), Extras 71
- Drinks: Pakistan - 418/5 in 130.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 75, Kamran Akmal 59)
- Pakistan: 450 runs in 141.2 overs (859 balls), Extras 72
- Lunch: Pakistan - 470/6 in 147.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 99, Yasir Arafat 21)
- Misbah-ul-Haq: 100 off 258 balls (14 x 4)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 89 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 22, Yasir Arafat 24, Ex 4)
- Pakistan: 500 runs in 154.4 overs (939 balls), Extras 76
- Drinks: Pakistan - 525/7 in 162.4 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 127)
- India 2nd innings
- Drinks: India - 39/2 in 17.0 overs (R Dravid 10, SC Ganguly 7)
- India: 50 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (R Dravid 15, SC Ganguly 35, Ex 1)
- India: 100 runs in 29.5 overs (180 balls), Extras 7
- SC Ganguly: 50 off 57 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 144 balls (R Dravid 27, SC Ganguly 62, Ex 11)
- End Of Day: India - 131/2 in 37.0 overs (R Dravid 35, SC Ganguly 63)
- Tea: India - 0/0
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 30.2 overs (187 balls), Extras 11
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (Salman Butt 26, Younis Khan 18, Ex 8)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 134/1 in 41.0 overs (Salman Butt 63, Younis Khan 33)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 47.3 overs (294 balls), Extras 25
- Younis Khan: 50 off 114 balls (7 x 4)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 180/2 in 55.0 overs (Younis Khan 62, Mohammad Yousuf 6)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 62.4 overs (385 balls), Extras 25
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls (Younis Khan 31, Mohammad Yousuf 18, Ex 4)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 82.1 overs (502 balls), Extras 39
- Tea: Pakistan - 265/4 in 86.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 17, Faisal Iqbal 14)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 129 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 23, Faisal Iqbal 21, Ex 8)
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 99.1 overs (605 balls), Extras 54
- Drinks: Pakistan - 302/5 in 100.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 30, Kamran Akmal 5)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 20, Kamran Akmal 19, Ex 14)
- Pakistan: 350 runs in 113.6 overs (694 balls), Extras 64
- Misbah-ul-Haq: 50 off 151 balls (7 x 4)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 369/5 in 117.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 54, Kamran Akmal 32)
- India: 400 runs in 96.5 overs (587 balls), Extras 30
- SC Ganguly: 150 off 241 balls (23 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (SC Ganguly 27, KD Karthik 15, Ex 8)
- Drinks: India - 418/5 in 104.0 overs (SC Ganguly 154, KD Karthik 19)
- India: 450 runs in 115.3 overs (699 balls), Extras 35
- Lunch: India - 461/6 in 117.0 overs (SC Ganguly 169, IK Pathan 18)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (SC Ganguly 18, IK Pathan 27, Ex 5)
- India: 500 runs in 126.3 overs (765 balls), Extras 35
- SC Ganguly: 200 off 324 balls (26 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 7th Wicket: 100 runs in 147 balls (SC Ganguly 49, IK Pathan 49, Ex 5)
- IK Pathan: 50 off 83 balls (8 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 535/6 in 133.0 overs (SC Ganguly 211, IK Pathan 50)
- India: 550 runs in 135.3 overs (819 balls), Extras 35
- 7th Wicket: 150 runs in 190 balls (SC Ganguly 68, IK Pathan 79, Ex 7)
- India: 600 runs in 142.1 overs (859 balls), Extras 37
- Tea: India - 611/7 in 147.0 overs (IK Pathan 93, A Kumble 2)
- IK Pathan: 100 off 132 balls (10 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Pakistan 1st innings
- Drinks: Pakistan - 42/0 in 11.0 overs (Salman Butt 19, Yasir Hameed 15)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (78 balls), Extras 8
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (Salman Butt 27, Yasir Hameed 15, Ex 8)
- Salman Butt: 50 off 76 balls (9 x 4)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 86/1 in 27.0 overs (Salman Butt 50, Younis Khan 7)
- India 1st innings
- Drinks: India - 20/1 in 11.0 overs (W Jaffer 5, R Dravid 9)
- India: 50 runs in 16.6 overs (105 balls), Extras 3
- Lunch: India - 65/4 in 24.0 overs (SC Ganguly 12, Yuvraj Singh 0)
- India: 100 runs in 32.3 overs (198 balls), Extras 7
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (SC Ganguly 21, Yuvraj Singh 25, Ex 4)
- Drinks: India - 117/4 in 38.0 overs (SC Ganguly 33, Yuvraj Singh 31)
- India: 150 runs in 44.3 overs (270 balls), Extras 11
- Yuvraj Singh: 50 off 75 balls (9 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 149 balls (SC Ganguly 36, Yuvraj Singh 57, Ex 9)
- SC Ganguly: 50 off 92 balls (10 x 4)
- Tea: India - 192/4 in 54.0 overs (SC Ganguly 62, Yuvraj Singh 67)
- India: 200 runs in 56.5 overs (345 balls), Extras 18
- 5th Wicket: 150 runs in 213 balls (SC Ganguly 54, Yuvraj Singh 81, Ex 15)
- Yuvraj Singh: 100 off 135 balls (18 x 4)
- India: 250 runs in 65.4 overs (398 balls), Extras 19
- 5th Wicket: 200 runs in 277 balls (SC Ganguly 70, Yuvraj Singh 117, Ex 16)
- Drinks: India - 271/4 in 70.0 overs (SC Ganguly 82, Yuvraj Singh 124)
- India: 300 runs in 75.3 overs (457 balls), Extras 19
- SC Ganguly: 100 off 178 balls (18 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 250 runs in 335 balls (SC Ganguly 91, Yuvraj Singh 142, Ex 17)
- New Ball Taken at 84.1 overs
- Yuvraj Singh: 150 off 191 balls (25 x 4, 1 x 6)
- India: 350 runs in 86.4 overs (526 balls), Extras 22
- 5th Wicket: 300 runs in 394 balls (SC Ganguly 112, Yuvraj Singh 169, Ex 19)
- End Of Day: India - 365/5 in 90.0 overs (SC Ganguly 125, KD Karthik 3)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsKumble the captain let down Kumble the bowler
Anil Kumble should have perhaps backed himself, and the rest of the bowlers, and declared half-an-hour earlier
'We were competitive in all three Tests' - Malik
Shoaib Malik said Pakistan's performance wasn't as bleak as the 3-2 and 1-0 scoreline in the ODI and Test series suggested
An unhappy birthday, and the poorest fielder
George Binoy presents the Plays of the day for the fifth day of the Bangalore Test between India and Pakistan
India's charge halted by bad light
Dramatic interventions from Anil Kumble and Yuvraj Singhpushed Pakistan to the precipice before bad light intervened
Persistence pays off
Given the right tutoring and direction, Ishant Sharma has the potential to develop into an asset India has rarely possessed, a tall and aggressive fast bowler