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Test No. 2152

India tour of Australia 2014-15
2014-15 season
Australia vs India - 3rd Test
26-30 December, 2014 (5-day match)

Australia led the 4-match series 2-0

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Match drawn


Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Chris Rogers c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami
57 
126 
5 
0
45.24 
»
 David Warner c Dhawan b Yadav
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Ashwin
52 
89 
4 
0
58.43 
»
 Steven Smith b Yadav
192 
305 
15 
2
62.95 
»
 Shaun Marsh c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami
32 
83 
4 
0
38.55 
»
 Joe Burns c Dhoni b Yadav
13 
27 
2 
0
48.15 
»
 Brad Haddin c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami
55 
84 
7 
1
65.48 
»
 Mitchell Johnson st Dhoni b Ashwin
28 
37 
5 
0
75.68 
»
 Ryan Harris lbw b Ashwin
74 
88 
8 
1
84.09 
»
 Nathan Lyon b Mohammed Shami
11 
15 
2 
0
73.33 
»
 Josh Hazlewood Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 1, LB 9, W 1, N 5
16
Total : (all out in 142.3 overs)
530
 RR : 3.72

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Warner, 1.6 ov), 2-115 (Rogers, 36.2 ov), 3-115 (Watson, 37.2 ov), 4-184 (Marsh, 60.6 ov), 5-216 (Burns, 70.5 ov), 6-326 (Haddin, 100.6 ov), 7-376 (Johnson, 111.4 ov), 8-482 (Harris, 135.4 ov), 9-530 (Lyon, 141.6 ov), 10-530 (Smith, 142.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ishant Sharma
32
7 
104 
0
3.25
5
0
»
 Umesh Yadav
32
 .3
3 
130 
3
4.00
0
0
»
 Mohammed Shami
29
4 
138 
4
4.76
0
1
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin
44
9 
134 
3
3.05
0
0
»
 Murali Vijay
5
0 
14 
0
2.80
0
0

India 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Murali Vijay c Marsh b Watson
68 
135 
7 
0
50.37 
»
 Shikhar Dhawan c Smith b Harris
28 
51 
3 
0
54.90 
»
 Cheteshwar Pujara c Haddin b Harris
25 
71 
2 
0
35.21 
»
 Virat Kohli c Haddin b Johnson
169 
272 
18 
0
62.13 
»
 Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Lyon
147 
171 
21 
0
85.96 
»
 KL Rahul c Hazlewood b Lyon
3 
8 
0 
0
37.50 
»
 MS Dhoni c Haddin b Harris
11 
23 
1 
0
47.83 
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin c & b Harris
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mohammed Shami c Smith b Johnson
12 
30 
1 
0
40.00 
»
 Umesh Yadav c Haddin b Johnson
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ishant Sharma Not Out
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 1, W 1
2
Total : (all out in 128.5 overs)
465
 RR : 3.61

Fall of wickets : 1-55 (Dhawan, 14.2 ov), 2-108 (Pujara, 37.2 ov), 3-147 (Vijay, 49.5 ov), 4-409 (Rahane, 107.4 ov), 5-415 (Rahul, 109.6 ov), 6-430 (Dhoni, 116.4 ov), 7-434 (Ashwin, 118.2 ov), 8-462 (Kohli, 126.2 ov), 9-462 (Yadav, 126.4 ov), 10-465 (Mohammed Shami, 128.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Johnson
30
 .5
6 
135 
3
4.38
0
0
»
 Ryan Harris
26
7 
70 
4
2.69
0
1
»
 Josh Hazlewood
25
6 
75 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
16
3 
65 
1
4.06
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
29
3 
108 
2
3.72
0
0
»
 Steven Smith
2
0 
11 
0
5.50
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 David Warner lbw b Ashwin
40 
42 
6 
0
95.24 
»
 Chris Rogers b Ashwin
69 
123 
8 
0
56.10 
»
 Shane Watson c Dhoni b Sharma
17 
34 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Steven Smith c Rahane b Yadav
14 
27 
2 
0
51.85 
»
 Shaun Marsh run out
99 
215 
11 
2
46.05 
»
 Joe Burns c Dhoni b Sharma
9 
17 
0 
0
52.94 
»
 Brad Haddin c Dhoni b Yadav
13 
27 
0 
0
48.15 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Rahane b Mohammed Shami
15 
27 
2 
0
55.56 
»
 Ryan Harris c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami
21 
68 
0 
0
30.88 
»
 Nathan Lyon Not Out
1 
10 
0 
0
10.00 
»
 Josh Hazlewood Not Out
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 13, W 2, N 5
20
Total : (9 wickets dec in 98.0 overs)
318
 RR : 3.24

Fall of wickets : 1-57 (Warner, 14.2 ov), 2-98 (Watson, 24.1 ov), 3-131 (Smith, 33.3 ov), 4-164 (Rogers, 40.3 ov), 5-176 (Burns, 45.3 ov), 6-202 (Haddin, 55.2 ov), 7-234 (Johnson, 67.1 ov), 8-303 (Harris, 93.4 ov), 9-317 (Marsh, 96.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Umesh Yadav
22
3 
89 
2
4.05
0
1
»
 Mohammed Shami
28
4 
92 
2
3.29
0
0
»
 Ishant Sharma
20
5 
49 
2
2.45
5
0
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin
28
4 
75 
2
2.68
0
0

India 2nd innings
(Target: 384 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Murali Vijay lbw b Hazlewood
11 
28 
0 
0
39.29 
»
 Shikhar Dhawan lbw b Harris
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 KL Rahul c Watson b Johnson
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Virat Kohli c Burns b Harris
54 
99 
7 
0
54.55 
»
 Ajinkya Rahane c Marsh b Hazlewood
48 
117 
6 
0
41.03 
»
 Cheteshwar Pujara b Johnson
21 
70 
3 
0
30.00 
»
 MS Dhoni Not Out
24 
39 
4 
0
61.54 
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin Not Out
8 
34 
0 
0
23.53 
Extras LB 6, N 1
7
Total : (6 wickets in 66.0 overs)
174
 RR : 2.64

did not bat: Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav

Fall of wickets : 1-2 (Dhawan, 1.2 ov), 2-5 (Rahul, 2.2 ov), 3-19 (Vijay, 8.1 ov), 4-104 (Kohli, 34.1 ov), 5-141 (Pujara, 50.6 ov), 6-142 (Rahane, 54.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Johnson
15
3 
38 
2
2.53
0
0
»
 Ryan Harris
16
8 
30 
2
1.88
0
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
15
3 
40 
2
2.67
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
12
0 
36 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
6
1 
14 
0
2.33
1
0
»
 Steven Smith
2
0 
10 
0
5.00
0
0

Match details
Debuts: JA Burns (Australia); KL Rahul (India)
Man of the Match: RJ Harris (Australia)
Umpires : HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and RA Kettleborough (England)
Third Umpire: JD Ward (Australia)
Referee : RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: GC Joshua (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st innings - 259/5 (SPD Smith 72*, BJ Haddin 23*, 90 ov)
Day 2 : India 1st innings - 108/1 (M Vijay 55*, CA Pujara 25*, 37 ov)
Day 3 : India 1st innings - 462/8 (Mohammed Shami 9*, 126.2 ov)
Day 4 : Australia 2nd innings - 261/7 (SE Marsh 62*, RJ Harris 8*, 75 ov)
Day 5 : India 2nd innings - 174/6 (MS Dhoni 24*, R Ashwin 8*, 66 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Brad Haddin (wk), Chris Rogers, David Warner, Joe Burns, Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith (Capt.), Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris, Josh Hazlewood
India Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Murali Vijay, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara
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