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Scorecard : India vs australia 3rd test, Delhi : 29 Oct - 2 Nov 2008


Ricky-Ponting-Delhi-Test-Mach-2008.jpg Match : India vs Australia, third test match of 9th Border-Gawaskar Trophy in India.
Venue/Date : Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi. 29, 30, 21 October & 1 & 2 November 2008.
Debuts : none.

Result : Match Draw.
Man of the Match : VVS Laxman.
Umpires : Billy Bowden (New Zealand) & Aleem Dar (Pakistan).

Test Match No : 1891.. 75th India vs austalia test match.. australia have won 34 and India 17 before this match.

12 years and some 20 days after : India and Australia come back to Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi where Border-Gawaskar trophy was first started. Third test match of this 2008 series also marked the last performances of Sourav Ganguly (who is set to retire after the 4th test) and Anil Kumble who picked up un-imaginable 10 wickets in an innings against Pakistan at this cricket ground in capital of India.

Australia has played 5 tests at the venue till now - only win coming in December 1959 and two losses. & two draws

India vs Australia, 3rd test match at Delhi, 29 Oct – 2 Nov 2008 : Full Scorecard
India (first Innings ) = 613 for 7 wickets declared in 161 overs
Gautam Gambhir b Watson 206 380 balls, 26x4, 1x6
Virendra Sehwag lbw b Lee 1 2 balls
Rahul Dravid c Hayden b Johnson 11 31 balls, 1x4
Sachin Tendulkar c Haddin b Johnson 68 126 balls, 11x4
VVS Laxman not out 200 301 balls, 21x4
Sourav Ganguly c Ponting b Katich 5 8 balls, 1x4
Mahendra Dhoni c Haddin b Watson 27 29 balls, 4x4, 1x6
Anil Kumble © lbw b Johnson 45 73 balls, 7x4
Zaheer Khan not out 28 21 balls, 5x4
Amit Mishra did not bat
Ishant Sharma did not bat
Brett Lee = 30-2-119-2 (2 no balls) Stuart Clark = 33-9-69-0 (1 nb, 1 wd)
Mitchell Johnson = 32-4-142-3 (1wd) Shane Watson = 20-4-66-2 (3 no balls)
Cameron White = 15-1-73-0 Michael Clarke = 14-0-59-0
Simon Katich = 15-3-60-1 Ricky Ponting = 2-0-11-0
Australia (first Innings) = 577 all out after 179.3 overs
Mathew Hayden lbw b Sehwag 83 154 balls, 13x4, 1x6
Simon Katich b Mishra 64 116 balls, 10x4
Ricky Ponting b Sehwag 87 165 balls, 14x4
Michael Hussey b Sehwag 53 147 balls, 7x4
Michael Clarke c Zaheer b Mishra 112 253 balls, 6x4, 1x6
Shane Watson b Sehwag 36 62 balls, 8x4
Brad Haddin st Dhoni b Kumble 17 35 balls, 1x4, 1x6
Cameron White b Sehwag 44 95 balls, 5x4, 1x6
Brett Lee lbw b Kumble 8 47 balls
Mitchell Johnson c&b b Kumble 15 12 balls, 2x4.
Stuart Clark not out 1 2 balls
Zaheer Khan = 23-5-86-0 (2 no balls) Ishant Sharma = 25-584-0 (2 no balls 2 wides)
Anil Kumble = 43.3-9-112-3 (2 no balls) Amit Mishra = 47-12-144-2 (4 no balls)
Virendra Sehwag = 40-4-105-4 Sachin Tendulkar = 1-0-2-0
India (second Innings) = 208 for 5 wickets declared in 77.3 overs.
Gautam Gambhir lbw b Johnson 36 107 balls, 5x4.
Virendra Sehwag b Lee 16 17 balls, 2x4
Ishant Sharma c Ponting b Clark 1 2 balls
Rahul Dravid b Lee 11 37 balls, 2x4
Sachin Tendulkar c Hayden b White 47 120 balls, 4x4
VVS Laxman not out 59 130 balls, 7x4
Sourav Ganguly not out 32 53 balls, 3x4, 1x6
Brett Lee = 17-3-48-2 (1 wide) Stuart Clark = 12-6-22-1
Michael Clarke = 20.3-7-56-0 Simon Katich = 1-0-5-0
Mitchell Johnson = 12-0-23-1 Cameron White = 8-0-23-1
Australia (second Innings) = 31 for no loss in 8 overs
Mathew Hayden not out 16 29 balls, 4x4
Simon Katich not out 14 19 balls, 2x4
Anil Kumble = 4-0-14-0 Virendra Sehwag = 1-0-14-0




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