VB SeriesMatch 1 · ODI
Australia beat India by 18 runs - Match Info
Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Match 1, ODI · VB Series 2003/04
- Date
- (Fri 9 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 18 runs
- Player of the match
- Andrew Symonds
- Umpires
- Simon Taufel (Australia), Steve Bucknor
- TV umpire
- Bob Parry (Australia)
- Match referee
- Clive Lloyd
Head to head (ODI)
Played 155 · AUS won 86 · IND won 59 · No result 10
Last 5 meetings
- Final · TVS Cup (India) · IND 198 v AUS 235/5Australia won by 37 runs
- 8th Match · TVS Cup (India) · IND 286/8 v AUS 347/2Australia won by 61 runs
- Match 4 · TVS Cup (India) · AUS 286/8 v IND 209Australia won by 77 runs
- Match 2 · TVS Cup (India) · IND 283/5 v AUS 246/9India won by 37 runs
- Final · ICC World Cup · AUS 359/2 v IND 234Australia won by 125 runs
Recent results (ODI)
Top players in this fixture
AUS v IND ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar IND | 39 | 1968 | 143 | 50.46 | 89.29 |
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 28 | 1103 | 140 | 45.96 | 82.87 |
| Adam Gilchrist AUS | 25 | 1045 | 111 | 41.80 | 94.66 |
| Michael Bevan AUS | 28 | 1027 | 101 | 51.35 | 75.79 |
| Rahul Dravid IND | 22 | 685 | 80 | 31.14 | 67.49 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Javagal Srinath IND | 29 | 33 | 4.89 |
| Glenn McGrath AUS | 21 | 32 | 4.55 |
| Anil Kumble IND | 25 | 28 | 4.82 |
| Ajit Agarkar IND | 15 | 24 | 5.85 |
| Sachin Tendulkar IND | 29 | 19 | 4.89 |
ODIs at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 114
- Average 1st-innings score
- 209
- Won batting first
- 55
- Won chasing
- 56
- Highest total
- 338/6 by Australia ()