Commonwealth Bank Series - 2nd final

Australia v/s India

2007/08 season

Played at
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, on 4 March 2008 - day/night (50-over match)

Result India won by 9 runs

India innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
RV Uthappa c Hopes b Clark 30 99 49 1 0 61.22
SR Tendulkar c Ponting b Clarke 91 176 121 7 0 75.20
G Gambhir c Johnson b Clarke 15 21 16 1 0 93.75
Yuvraj Singh c Hayden b Symonds 38 27 38 2 2 100.00
captainwicketkeeper MS Dhoni c Clarke b Bracken 36 52 37 2 1 97.29
RG Sharma c Symonds b Clarke 2 6 5 0 0 40.00
IK Pathan b Bracken 12 24 20 1 0 60.00
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Lee 3 7 3 0 0 100.00
P Kumar c Ponting b Bracken 7 7 7 1 0 100.00
Piyush Chawla not out 6 8 2 1 0 300.00
S Sreesanth not out 1 4 2 0 0 50.00
    Extras (lb 5, w 12) 17
    Total (9 wickets; 50 overs; 220 mins) 258 (5.16 runs per over)


Fall of wickets1-94 (Uthappa, 20.5 ov), 2-121 (Gambhir, 25.2 ov), 3-175 (Yuvraj Singh, 34.6 ov), 4-205 (Tendulkar, 39.2 ov), 5-209 (Sharma, 41.1 ov), 6-237 (Pathan, 47.2 ov), 7-240 (Dhoni, 47.6 ov), 8-249 (Harbhajan Singh, 48.5 ov), 9-255 (Kumar, 49.3 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
  B Lee 10 0 58 1 5.80 (1w)
  NW Bracken 9 1 31 3 3.44
  SR Clark 6 0 32 1 5.33 (1w)
  MG Johnson 6 0 33 0 5.50 (8w)
  JR Hopes 6 0 20 0 3.33
  MJ Clarke 10 0 52 3 5.20 (1w)
  A Symonds 3 0 27 1 9.00 (1w)

Australia innings (target: 259 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
wicketkeeper AC Gilchrist c wicketkeeperDhoni b Kumar 2 3 3 0 0 66.66
ML Hayden run out (Yuvraj Singh/Harbhajan Singh) 55 122 68 7 0 80.88
captain RT Ponting c Yuvraj Singh b Kumar 1 9 7 0 0 14.28
MJ Clarke b Kumar 17 29 22 1 0 77.27
A Symonds lbw b Harbhajan Singh 42 81 56 2 1 75.00
MEK Hussey c wicketkeeperDhoni b Sreesanth 44 66 42 3 0 104.76
JR Hopes c Piyush Chawla b Pathan 63 105 80 4 1 78.75
B Lee b Kumar 7 20 12 0 0 58.33
MG Johnson c wicketkeeperDhoni b Sreesanth 8 9 6 1 0 133.33
NW Bracken c Piyush Chawla b Pathan 1 7 2 0 0 50.00
SR Clark not out 0 2 0 0 0 -
    Extras (lb 2, w 7) 9
    Total (all out; 49.4 overs; 230 mins) 249 (5.01 runs per over)


Fall of wickets 1-2 (Gilchrist, 0.3 ov), 2-8 (Ponting, 2.3 ov), 3-32 (Clarke, 8.6 ov), 4-121 (Hayden, 25.4 ov), 5-123 (Symonds, 25.6 ov), 6-199 (Hussey, 41.6 ov), 7-228 (Lee, 46.4 ov), 8-238 (Johnson, 48.2 ov), 9-247 (Bracken, 49.2 ov), 10-249 (Hopes, 49.4 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
  P Kumar 10 2 46 4 4.60
  S Sreesanth 9 0 43 2 4.77 (2w)
  IK Pathan 8.4 0 54 2 6.23 (4w)
  Harbhajan Singh 10 0 44 1 4.40 (1w)
  Piyush Chawla 9 0 45 0 5.00
  Yuvraj Singh 3 0 15 0 5.00


Toss India, who chose to bat first

Series India won the best-of-3-finals 2-0

Player of the match
P Kumar (India)

Player of the series
NW Bracken (Australia)

Umpires
AL Hill (New Zealand) and SJA Taufel

TV umpire
BNJ Oxenford

Match referee
JJ Crowe (New Zealand)

Reserve umpire
TP Laycock


Match notes

  • India innings
  • Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
  • India: 50 runs in 12.3 overs (79 balls), Extras 4
  • 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (RV Uthappa 23, SR Tendulkar 24, Ex 4)
  • Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
  • Drinks: India - 73/0 in 16.0 overs (RV Uthappa 25, SR Tendulkar 42)
  • SR Tendulkar: 50 off 70 balls (5 x 4)
  • India: 100 runs in 21.5 overs (141 balls), Extras 10
  • Drinks: India - 144/2 in 30.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 72, Yuvraj Singh 15)
  • India: 150 runs in 30.3 overs (194 balls), Extras 12
  • 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (SR Tendulkar 14, Yuvraj Singh 36, Ex 2)
  • India: 200 runs in 37.5 overs (239 balls), Extras 13
  • India: 250 runs in 48.6 overs (306 balls), Extras 17
  • Innings Break: India - 258/9 in 50.0 overs (Piyush Chawla 6, S Sreesanth 1)

  • Australia innings
  • Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
  • Australia: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (76 balls), Extras 2
  • Drinks: Australia - 53/3 in 14.0 overs (ML Hayden 19, A Symonds 12)
  • Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
  • 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (ML Hayden 22, A Symonds 22, Ex 6)
  • Australia: 100 runs in 22.6 overs (144 balls), Extras 6
  • ML Hayden: 50 off 62 balls (6 x 4)
  • Drinks: Australia - 138/5 in 30.0 overs (MEK Hussey 11, JR Hopes 3)
  • Australia: 150 runs in 32.4 overs (202 balls), Extras 7
  • 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (MEK Hussey 34, JR Hopes 15, Ex 1)
  • Australia: 200 runs in 42.3 overs (262 balls), Extras 8
  • JR Hopes: 50 off 69 balls (4 x 4)
  • Match Scorers: Venkat Raghav and Binoy George

 




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