2nd Test: India v Australia at Calcutta, 11-15 Mar 2001

Test # 1535
Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2000/01, 2nd Test
India v Australia
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
11,12,13,14,15 March 2001 (5-day match)

Result: India won by 171 runs
Series: 3-Test series level 1-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: SK Bansal and P Willey (Eng)
TV Umpire: SN Bandekar
Match Referee: CW Smith (WI)
Man of the Match: VVS Laxman

Close of Play:

Day 1: Australia 291/8 (SR Waugh 29*, Gillespie 6*, 90 overs)

Day 2: Australia 445, India 128/8 (Laxman 26*, Raju 3*, 46 overs)

Day 3: India 171 and 254/4 (Laxman 109*, Dravid 7*, 75 overs)

Day 4: India 589/4 (Laxman 275*, Dravid 155*, 165 overs)

Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater             c Mongia           b Khan                42 134  99  7 1
ML Hayden             c sub (HK Badani)  b Harbhajan Singh     97 242 157 14 3
JL Langer             c Mongia           b Khan                58 131  91  9 1
ME Waugh              c Mongia           b Harbhajan Singh     22  50  31  4 0
*SR Waugh             lbw                b Harbhajan Singh    110 305 203 11 1
RT Ponting            lbw                b Harbhajan Singh      6  22  12  1 0
+AC Gilchrist         lbw                b Harbhajan Singh      0   2   1  0 0
SK Warne              c Ramesh           b Harbhajan Singh      0   2   1  0 0
MS Kasprowicz         lbw                b Ganguly              7  26  28  1 0
JN Gillespie          c Ramesh           b Harbhajan Singh     46 190 147  8 0
GD McGrath            not out                                  21  37  28  2 0
Extras                (b 19, lb 10, nb 7)                      36
Total                 (all out, 131.5 overs)                  445

FoW: 1-103 (Slater, 28.5 ov), 2-193 (Hayden, 53.4 ov),
     3-214 (Langer, 58.3 ov), 4-236 (ME Waugh, 65.5 ov),
     5-252 (Ponting, 71.2 ov), 6-252 (Gilchrist, 71.3 ov),
     7-252 (Warne, 71.4 ov), 8-269 (Kasprowicz, 78.6 ov),
     9-402 (Gillespie, 123.4 ov), 10-445 (SR Waugh, 131.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Khan                        28.4    6     89      2
Prasad                      30      5     95      0 (1nb)
Ganguly                     13.2    3     44      1 (5nb)
Raju                        20      2     58      0
Harbhajan Singh             37.5    7    123      7
Tendulkar                    2      0      7      0 (1nb)

India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
SS Das                c Gilchrist        b McGrath             20  53  48  3 0
S Ramesh              c Ponting          b Gillespie            0   6   3  0 0
R Dravid                                 b Warne               25 115  82  4 0
SR Tendulkar          lbw                b McGrath             10  25  18  2 0
*SC Ganguly           c SR Waugh         b Kasprowicz          23  61  51  4 0
VVS Laxman            c Hayden           b Warne               59 122  83 12 0
+NR Mongia            c Gilchrist        b Kasprowicz           2   7   4  0 0
Harbhajan Singh       c Ponting          b Gillespie            4  17  15  1 0
Z Khan                                   b McGrath              3  24  19  0 0
SLV Raju              lbw                b McGrath              4  17  15  0 0
BKV Prasad            not out                                   7  47  23  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, nb 12)                            14
Total                 (all out, 58.1 overs)                   171

FoW: 1-0 (Ramesh, 1.3 ov), 2-34 (Das, 12.3 ov),
     3-48 (Tendulkar, 18.4 ov), 4-88 (Dravid, 31.5 ov),
     5-88 (Ganguly, 32.3 ov), 6-92 (Mongia, 34.1 ov),
     7-97 (Harbhajan Singh, 38.4 ov), 8-113 (Khan, 43.5 ov),
     9-129 (Raju, 47.4 ov), 10-171 (Laxman, 58.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     14      8     18      4
Gillespie                   11      0     47      2
Kasprowicz                  13      2     39      2 (7nb)
Warne                       20.1    3     65      2 (5nb)

India 2nd innings (following on)                                R   M   B  4 6
SS Das                hit wicket         b Gillespie           39 125  99  7 0
S Ramesh              c ME Waugh         b Warne               30  66  43  6 0
VVS Laxman            c Ponting          b McGrath            281 631 452 44 0
SR Tendulkar          c Gilchrist        b Gillespie           10  26  23  2 0
*SC Ganguly           c Gilchrist        b McGrath             48 128  81  8 0
R Dravid              run out (SR Waugh/Kasprowicz)           180 446 353 20 0
+NR Mongia                               b McGrath              4  18  10  0 0
Z Khan                not out                                  23  19  15  3 0
Harbhajan Singh       not out                                   8  11   6  1 0
Extras                (b 6, lb 12, w 2, nb 14)                 34
Total                 (7 wickets dec, 178 overs, 737 mins)    657

DNB: SLV Raju, BKV Prasad.

FoW: 1-52 (Ramesh, 16.4 ov), 2-97 (Das, 29.4 ov),
     3-115 (Tendulkar, 35.6 ov), 4-232 (Ganguly, 66.4 ov),
     5-608 (Laxman, 170.5 ov), 6-624 (Mongia, 174.3 ov),
     7-629 (Dravid, 175.4 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     39     12    103      3
Gillespie                   31      6    115      2 (1w)
Warne                       34      3    152      1 (1nb, 1w)
ME Waugh                    18      1     58      0
Kasprowicz                  35      6    139      0 (13nb)
Ponting                     12      1     41      0
Hayden                       6      0     24      0
Slater                       2      1      4      0
Langer                       1      0      3      0

Australia 2nd innings (target: 384 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
ML Hayden             lbw                b Tendulkar           67 198 118  6 0
MJ Slater             c Ganguly          b Harbhajan Singh     43  92  79  7 0
JL Langer             c Ramesh           b Harbhajan Singh     28  16  21  3 2
ME Waugh              lbw                b Raju                 0  15  10  0 0
*SR Waugh             c sub (HK Badani)  b Harbhajan Singh     24  54  58  4 0
RT Ponting            c Das              b Harbhajan Singh      0   3   4  0 0
+AC Gilchrist         lbw                b Tendulkar            0   2   1  0 0
JN Gillespie          c Das              b Harbhajan Singh      6  51  38  1 0
SK Warne              lbw                b Tendulkar            0   8   7  0 0
MS Kasprowicz         not out                                  13  64  56  2 0
GD McGrath            lbw                b Harbhajan Singh     12  32  27  2 0
Extras                (b 6, nb 8, pen 5)                       19
Total                 (all out, 68.3 overs, 272 mins)         212

FoW: 1-74 (Slater, 23.2 ov), 2-106 (Langer, 27.3 ov),
     3-116 (ME Waugh, 30.2 ov), 4-166 (SR Waugh, 45.2 ov),
     5-166 (Ponting, 45.6 ov), 6-167 (Gilchrist, 46.3 ov),
     7-173 (Hayden, 48.3 ov), 8-174 (Warne, 50.3 ov),
     9-191 (Gillespie, 59.4 ov), 10-212 (McGrath, 68.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Khan                         8      4     30      0 (2nb)
Prasad                       3      1      7      0
Harbhajan Singh             30.3    8     73      6
Raju                        15      3     58      1
Tendulkar                   11      3     31      3 (6nb)
Ganguly                      1      0      2      0

Day 1

Australia 50 in 80 mins, 16.5 overs
Lunch: Australia 88/0 in 26 overs (Slater 41*, Hayden 41*)
ML Hayden 50 in 127 mins, 77 balls, 10x4
Australia 100 in 128 mins, 28 overs
Australia 150 in 199 mins, 43.4 overs
Tea: Australia 193/1 in 53 overs (Hayden 97*, Langer 45*)
JL Langer 50 in 118 mins, 78 balls, 7x4, 1x6
Australia 200 in 253 mins, 55.4 overs
Australia 250 in 312 mins, 69.3 overs
Harbhajan Singh claimed a hattrick, taking the successive wickets Ponting, Gilchrist and Warne (Australia 252, Over No. 72)
Day 2
Australia 300 in 94.4 overs
New ball taken after 95 overs (Prasad's 23rd over)
SR Waugh 50 in 119 balls, 6x4
Australia 350 in 106.1 overs
Lunch: Australia 383/8 in 117 overs (SR Waugh 82*, Gillespie 38*)
Australia 400 in 122.5 overs
SR Waugh 100 in 185 balls, 10x4, 1x6
Tea: India 32/1 in 11 overs (Das 20*, Dravid 9*)
India 50 in 19.4 overs
India 100 in 38.5 overs
Day 3
India 150 in 53.1 overs
VVS Laxman 50 in 67 balls, 11x4
Lunch: India 45/0 in 12 overs (Das 14*, Ramesh 30*)
India 50 in 14.1 overs
India 100 in 31.1 overs
Tea: India 122/3 in 40 overs (Laxman 31*, Ganguly 4*)
VVS Laxman 50 in 93 balls, 8x4
India 150 in 46 overs
India 200 in 56.5 overs
VVS Laxman 100 in 166 balls, 17x4
India 250 in 72.1 overs
Day 4
New ball taken after 80.2 overs (McGrath's 19th over)
India 300 in 371 mins, 89.1 overs
VVS Laxman 150 in 233 balls, 27x4
India 350 in 410 mins, 97.3 overs
R Dravid 50 in 121 balls, 7x4
Lunch: India 376/4 in 104 overs (Laxman 171*, Dravid 50*)
India 400 in 460 mins, 110.5 overs
VVS Laxman 200 in 304 balls, 35x4
India 450 in 517 mins, 124 overs
R Dravid 100 in 205 balls, 13x4
Tea: India 491/4 in 133 overs (Laxman 227*, Dravid 106*)
India 500 in 571 mins, 137.3 overs
VVS Laxman on 237 went past SM Gavaskar's 236* for the highest individual score by an Indian batsman in tests
VVS Laxman 250 in 392 balls, 41x4
India 550 in 645 mins, 154.5 overs
R Dravid 150 in 303 balls, 18x4
Day 5
India 600 in 167.4 overs
New ball taken after 174.3 overs (McGrath's 38th over)
India 650 in 177.4 overs
Lunch: Australia 24/0 in 12 overs (Hayden 10*, Slater 14*)
Australia 50 in 64 mins, 15.2 overs
Australia 100 in 107 mins, 27 overs
ML Hayden 50 in 91 balls, 4x4
Australia 150 in 163 mins, 40.2 overs
Tea: Australia 161/3 in 43 overs (Hayden 59*, SR Waugh 23*)
Australia 200 in 250 mins, 62.3 overs

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Team Pages: India, Australia.

Ground Page: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Australia Player Pages: MJ Slater, ML Hayden, JL Langer, ME Waugh, SR Waugh, RT Ponting, AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, MS Kasprowicz, JN Gillespie, GD McGrath.

India Player Pages: SS Das, S Ramesh, R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly, VVS Laxman, NR Mongia, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, SLV Raju, BKV Prasad.

Match Officials' Pages: SK Bansal, P Willey, SN Bandekar, CW Smith.