Cricinfo - Tour Match: Victoria v Indians at Melbourne, Dec 20-22, 2007

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First-class match

India tour of Australia - tour match
Victoria v Indians

2007/08 season

Played at Junction Oval, Melbourne, on 20,21,22 December 2007 (3-day match)

Result Match drawn


Indians 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	W Jaffer	c Finch b Wise	0	8	12	0	0	0.00
	R Dravid	not out	38	203	147	2	0	25.85
	VVS Laxman	c Wade b Wise	1	9	5	0	0	20.00
	SR Tendulkar	b Wise	19	25	18	1	1	105.55
	SC Ganguly	c Blizzard b Wise	59	131	99	9	0	59.59
	Yuvraj Singh	not out	6	26	16	0	0	37.50
	Extras	(lb 1, nb 9)	10

	Total	(4 wickets; 48 overs; 203 mins)	133	(2.77 runs per over)

Did not bat IK Pathan,

MS Dhoni, I Sharma, RP Singh, Pankaj Singh

Fall of wickets1-3 (Jaffer, 1.5 ov), 2-10 (Laxman, 3.3 ov), 3-38 (Tendulkar, 9.3 ov), 4-121 (Ganguly, 41.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
PM Siddle	15	1	43	0	2.86	(6nb)
AB Wise	15	4	37	4	2.46	(3nb)
AB McDonald	6	1	11	0	1.83
JW Hastings	6	2	17	0	2.83
BE McGain	6	2	24	0	4.00


	Victoria team

DJ Hussey, AC Blizzard, AJ Finch, JW Hastings, N Jewell, AB McDonald, BE McGain, RJ Quiney, PM Siddle,

MS Wade, AB Wise

Toss Indians, who chose to bat first

First-class debuts AJ Finch and JW Hastings (Victoria)

Umpires PR Reiffel and JD Ward

Close of play
20 Dec day 1 - Indians 1st innings 110/3 (R Dravid 33*, SC Ganguly 51*, 38 ov)
21 Dec day 2 - Indians 1st innings 133/4 (R Dravid 38*, Yuvraj Singh 6*, 48 ov)
22 Dec day 3 - no play

Match notes

Scorers: JA Howard and CJ Reece
12th Men: M Klinger (Victoria) and KD Karthik (Indians)

Day 1
Rain delayed the start of play until 1.32pm
Indians 50 in 74 minutes from 16.5 overs
R Dravid/SC Ganguly 4th wicket partnership 50 runs in 96 minutes from 145 balls
Indians 100 in 149 minutes from 35.4 overs
SC Ganguly 50 in 113 minutes from 86 balls, 8x4
Tea: Indians 110/3 (Dravid 33*, Ganguly 51*, 38 ov)
Rain stopped play at 4.30pm. No further play was possible

Day 2
Rain and wet conditions delayed the start of play until 12.17pm
Play abandoned at 3.15pm due to rain

Day 3
Match abandoned at 9.30am due to rain and water under the covers

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