ODI # 2689
Commonwealth Bank Series, 2007/08, 2nd Final
Australia v India
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane (day/night)
4 March 2008 (50-over match)

Result: India won by 9 runs
Series: India wins the best-of-3-finals 2-0

Toss: India
Umpires: AL Hill (NZ) and SJA Taufel
TV umpire: BNJ Oxenford
Match referee: JJ Crowe (NZ)
Reserve umpire: TP Laycock
Player of the match: P Kumar
Player of the series: NW Bracken

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

FoW: 1-94 (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
Lee                         10      0     58      1 (1w)
Bracken                      9      1     31      3
Clark                        6      0     32      1 (1w)
Johnson                      6      0     33      0 (8w)
Hopes                        6      0     20      0
Clarke                      10      0     52      3 (1w)
Symonds                      3      0     27      1 (1w)

Australia innings (target: 259 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist         c Dhoni            b Kumar                2   3   3  0 0
ML Hayden             run out (Yuvraj Singh/Harbhajan Singh)   55 122  68  7 0
*RT Ponting           c Yuvraj Singh     b Kumar                1   9   7  0 0
MJ Clarke                                b Kumar               17  29  22  1 0
A Symonds             lbw                b Harbhajan Singh     42  81  56  2 1
MEK Hussey            c Dhoni            b Sreesanth           44  66  42  3 0
JR Hopes              c Piyush Chawla    b Pathan              63 105  80  4 1
B Lee                                    b Kumar                7  20  12  0 0
MG Johnson            c Dhoni            b Sreesanth            8   9   6  1 0
NW Bracken            c Piyush Chawla    b Pathan               1   7   2  0 0
SR Clark              not out                                   0   2   0  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 7)                               9
Total                 (all out, 49.4 overs)                   249

FoW: 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
Kumar                       10      2     46      4
Sreesanth                    9      0     43      2 (2w)
Pathan                       8.4    0     54      2 (4w)
Harbhajan Singh             10      0     44      1 (1w)
Piyush Chawla                9      0     45      0
Yuvraj Singh                 3      0     15      0

• 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

Tournament Index

Team Pages: Australia, India.

Ground Page: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

India Player Pages: RV Uthappa, SR Tendulkar, G Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, RG Sharma, IK Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, P Kumar, Piyush Chawla, S Sreesanth.

Australia Player Pages: AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden, RT Ponting, MJ Clarke, A Symonds, MEK Hussey, JR Hopes, B Lee, MG Johnson, NW Bracken, SR Clark.

Match Officials' Pages: AL Hill, SJA Taufel, BNJ Oxenford, JJ Crowe.