Indian national cricket team in Australia in the 2003/04 season
The tour of the Indian national cricket team to Australia in the 2003/04 season took place from December 4 to January 6, 2003. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003/04 international cricket season and comprised four tests . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.
prehistory
Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament with New Zealand . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2000/01 season in India .
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on April 16, 2003.
Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
---|---|---|---|
Adelaide oval | Adelaide | 53,583 | 2nd test |
The gabba | Brisbane | 42,000 | 1st test |
Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne | 100.024 | 3rd test |
Sydney Cricket Ground | Sydney | 48,000 | 4th test |
Squad lists
India named their roster on November 15, 2003. Australia named their roster on November 27, 2003.
test | |
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Australia | India |
+ Jason Gillespie
|
Tour matches
November 25-27 Scorecard |
Melbourne |
Indians 266-9d (90) & 116-2 (42) |
- | Victoria 518-8d (134) |
draw |
November 29th - December 1st scorecard |
Brisbane | Queensland Academy of Sport 304-6d (81) & 208-6d (52) |
- |
Indians 208-9d (73) & 121-4 (52) |
draw |
December 19-21 Scorecard |
Hobart |
Australia A 311-5d (74.4) & 241-7d (65) |
- |
Indians 245 (82.5) & 66-2 (33) |
draw |
Testing
First test in Brisbane
December 4-8 Scorecard |
Brisbane |
Australia 323 (78.1) & 284-3 (62) |
- |
India 409 (120.1) & 73-2 (16) |
draw |
Second test in Adelaide
December 12-16 Scorecard |
Adelaide |
Australia 556 (127) & 196 (56.2) |
- |
India 523 (161.5) & 233-6 (72.4) |
India wins with 4 wickets |
Third test in Melbourne
December 26th - 30th scorecard |
Melbourne |
India 366 (103) & 286 (99.5) |
- |
Australia 558 (151.2) & 97-1 (22.2) |
Australia wins with 9 wickets |
Fourth test in Sydney
January 2-6 scorecard |
Sydney |
India 705-7d (187.3) & 211-2d (43.2) |
- |
Australia 474 (117.5) & 357-6 (94) |
draw |
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
Testing | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Ricky Ponting | Australia | 4th | 8th | 706 | 100.85 | 257 | 2 | 2 |
Rahul Dravid | India | 4th | 8th | 619 | 123.80 | 233 | 1 | 3 |
VVS Laxman | India | 4th | 7th | 494 | 82.33 | 178 | 2 | 1 |
Virender Sehwag | India | 4th | 8th | 464 | 58.00 | 195 | 1 | 1 |
Matthew Hayden | Australia | 4th | 8th | 451 | 64.42 | 136 | 1 | 3 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Anil Kumble | India | 3 | 206.1 | 24 | 29.58 | 8/141 | 3 | 1 |
Ajit Agarkar | India | 4th | 154.5 | 16 | 37.25 | 6/41 | 1 | 0 |
Stuart MacGill | Australia | 4th | 194.4 | 14th | 50.78 | 4/86 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Gillespie | Australia | 3 | 139.1 | 10 | 37.70 | 4/65 | 0 | 0 |
Brett Lee | Australia | 2 | 100.5 | 8th | 59.50 | 4/201 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
series | Player of the Series |
---|---|
test | Rahul Dravid |
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
game | Player of the Match |
---|---|
1st test | Sourav Ganguly |
2nd test | Rahul Dravid |
3rd test | Ricky Ponting |
4th test | Sachin Tendulkar |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Perth to stage season opener, Sydney to host two Tests in season 2003-04 ( English ) Cricinfo. April 16, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ↑ Dileep Premachandran: Pathan in, Kartik out ( English ) Cricinfo. November 15, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ↑ Gillespie and MacGill return for first test ( English ) Cricinfo. November 27, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ↑ Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2003/04 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ↑ Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2003/04 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved March 4, 2017.