Australia v India 3rd Test Match Scorcard, Results, India tour of Australia 2014 3rd Test Match at Melbourne Highlights

Australia 530 and 318/9d

India 465 and 174/6 (66.0 ov)

Result: Match drawn

• Border-Gavaskar Trophy - 3rd Test
•  2014/15 season
• Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
• 26,27,28,29,30 December 2014 (5-day match)

Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
CJL Rogers	c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami	57	155	126	5	0	45.23
DA Warner	c Dhawan b Yadav	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
SR Watson	lbw b Ashwin	52	159	89	4	0	58.42
SPD Smith*	b Yadav	192	423	305	15	2	62.95
SE Marsh	c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami	32	86	83	4	0	38.55
JA Burns	c †Dhoni b Yadav	13	34	27	2	0	48.14
BJ Haddin†	c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami	55	132	84	7	1	65.47
MG Johnson	st †Dhoni b Ashwin	28	49	37	5	0	75.67
RJ Harris	lbw b Ashwin	74	90	88	8	1	84.09
NM Lyon	b Mohammed Shami	11	23	15	2	0	73.33
JR Hazlewood	not out	0	2	0	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, w 1, nb 5)	16
Total	(all out; 142.3 overs)	530	(3.71 runs per over)

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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
I Sharma	32	7	104	0	3.25	136	9	0	(5nb)
UT Yadav	32.3	3	130	3	4.00	121	10	0
Mohammed Shami	29	4	138	4	4.75	120	23	0	(1w)
R Ashwin	44	9	134	3	3.04	198	10	4
M Vijay	5	0	14	0	2.80	19	0	0

India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
M Vijay	c Marsh b Watson	68	210	135	7	0	50.37
S Dhawan	c Smith b Harris	28	64	51	3	0	54.90
CA Pujara	c †Haddin b Harris	25	89	71	2	0	35.21
V Kohli	c †Haddin b Johnson	169	380	272	18	0	62.13
AM Rahane	lbw b Lyon	147	239	171	21	0	85.96
KL Rahul	c Hazlewood b Lyon	3	12	8	0	0	37.50
MS Dhoni*†	c †Haddin b Harris	11	28	23	1	0	47.82
R Ashwin	c & b Harris	0	7	4	0	0	0.00
Mohammed Shami	c Smith b Johnson	12	46	30	1	0	40.00
UT Yadav	c †Haddin b Johnson	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
I Sharma	not out	0	11	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1, w 1)	2
Total	(all out; 128.5 overs)	465	(3.60 runs per over)

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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
MG Johnson	30.5	6	135	3	4.37	131	20	0
RJ Harris	26	7	70	4	2.69	121	8	0	(1w)
JR Hazlewood	25	6	75	0	3.00	113	6	0
SR Watson	16	3	65	1	4.06	73	10	0
NM Lyon	29	3	108	2	3.72	109	8	0
SPD Smith	2	0	11	0	5.50	4	1	0

Australia 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
DA Warner	lbw b Ashwin	40	67	42	6	0	95.23
CJL Rogers	b Ashwin	69	192	123	8	0	56.09
SR Watson	c †Dhoni b Sharma	17	41	34	1	0	50.00
SPD Smith*	c Rahane b Yadav	14	47	27	2	0	51.85
SE Marsh	run out (Kohli)	99	273	215	11	2	46.04
JA Burns	c †Dhoni b Sharma	9	23	17	0	0	52.94
BJ Haddin†	c †Dhoni b Yadav	13	41	27	0	0	48.14
MG Johnson	c Rahane b Mohammed Shami	15	47	27	2	0	55.55
RJ Harris	c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami	21	108	68	0	0	30.88
NM Lyon	not out	1		10	0	0	10.00
JR Hazlewood	not out	0		3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 13, w 2, nb 5)	20
Total	(9 wickets dec; 98 overs)	318	(3.24 runs per over)

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)

owling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
UT Yadav	22	3	89	2	4.04	93	12	0	(1w)
Mohammed Shami	28	4	92	2	3.28	119	10	0	(1w)
I Sharma	20	5	49	2	2.45	96	5	0	(5nb)
R Ashwin	28	4	75	2	2.67	124	3	2

India 2nd innings (target: 384 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	M Vijay	lbw b Hazlewood	11	40	28	0	0	39.28
	S Dhawan	lbw b Harris	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
	KL Rahul	c Watson b Johnson	1	6	5	0	0	20.00
	V Kohli	c Burns b Harris	54	135	99	7	0	54.54
	AM Rahane	c Marsh b Hazlewood	48	199	117	6	0	41.02
	CA Pujara	b Johnson	21	73	70	3	0	30.00
	MS Dhoni*†	not out	24		39	4	0	61.53
	R Ashwin	not out	8		34	0	0	23.52
	Extras	(lb 6, nb 1)	7
	Total	(6 wickets; 66 overs)	174	(2.63 runs per over)

Did not bat Mohammed Shami, I Sharma, UT Yadav

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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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
MG Johnson	15	3	38	2	2.53	73	4	0
RJ Harris	16	8	30	2	1.87	83	4	0
JR Hazlewood	15	3	40	2	2.66	74	6	0
NM Lyon	12	0	36	0	3.00	51	2	0
SR Watson	6	1	14	0	2.33	30	2	0	(1nb)
SPD Smith	2	0	10	0	5.00	8	2	0

MATCH DETAILS

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Toss - Australia, who chose to bat
Series - Australia led the 4-match series 2-0
Test debuts - JA Burns (Australia); KL Rahul (India)
Player of the match - RJ Harris (Australia)
Umpires - HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and RA Kettleborough (England)
TV umpire - JD Ward
Match referee - RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire - GC Joshua
Close of play

• Fri, 26 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 259/5 (SPD Smith 72*, BJ Haddin 23*, 90 ov)
• Sat, 27 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 108/1 (M Vijay 55*, CA Pujara 25*, 37 ov)
• Sun, 28 Dec - day 3 - India 1st innings 462/8 (Mohammed Shami 9*, 126.2 ov)
• Mon, 29 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 261/7 (SE Marsh 62*, RJ Harris 8*, 75 ov)
• Tue, 30 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 174/6 (66 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

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• Rain: Australia - 261/7 in 75.3 overs (SE Marsh 62, RJ Harris 8)
• Rain: Australia - 278/7 in 84.0 overs (SE Marsh 72, RJ Harris 12)
• 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (SE Marsh 32, RJ Harris 14, Ex 4)
• Australia: 300 runs in 91.2 overs (553 balls), Extras 17
• India 2nd innings
• Drinks: India - 38/3 in 16.0 overs (V Kohli 21, AM Rahane 4)
• India: 50 runs in 17.6 overs (108 balls), Extras 1
• 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (V Kohli 29, AM Rahane 21, Ex 3)
• V Kohli: 50 off 87 balls (7 x 4)
• India: 100 runs in 32.4 overs (196 balls), Extras 5
• Tea: India - 104/3 in 34.0 overs (V Kohli 54, AM Rahane 33)
• Drinks: India - 142/6 in 55.0 overs (MS Dhoni 0)
• India: 150 runs in 57.4 overs (347 balls), Extras 7
• Lunch: India - 0/0