Gavaskar Border Trophy 2008 - Scoreboard

The scoreboard of all the four test matches of the recently concluded Border Gavaskar Trophy 2008 is given below!

Scoreboard:

1st Test: Scoreboard
2nd Test: Scoreboard
3rd Test: Scoreboard
4th Test: Scoreboard

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India v. Australia: 3rd Test: Score Board

Test: 3rd Test
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Dates: October 29-November 2, 2008
Teams: India and Australia
Hosts: India
Captains: A Kumble and Ricky Ponting
Toss: India
Match Result: Drawn
Series Result: India lead 1-0
Man of the Match: VVS Laxman (India)

India 1st Innings 613 for 7 declared in 161 overs (Sehwag 1, Gambhir 206, Dravid 11, Tendulkar 68, Laxman 200 not out, Ganguly 5, Dhoni 27, Kumble 45, Zaheer Khan 28 not out, Extras--22 (b 6, lb 8, w 2, nb 6), Lee 30-2-119-1, S Clark 33-9-69-0, Johnson 32-4-142-3, Watson 20-4-66-2, White 15-1-73-0, M Clarke 14-0-59-0, Katich 15-3-60-1, Ponting 2-0-11-0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-5 (Sehwag, 2.1 ov), 2-27 (Dravid, 10.4 ov), 3-157 (Tendulkar, 51.5 ov), 4-435 (Gambhir, 123.6 ov), 5-444 (Ganguly, 126.2 ov), 6-481 (Dhoni, 133.4 ov), 7-579 (Kumble, 155.4 ov)

Australia 1st Innings 577 all out in 179.3 overs (Hayden 83, Katich 64, Ponting 87, Hussey 53, Michael Clarke 112, Watson 36, Haddin 17, White 44, Lee 8, Johnson 15, SR Clark 1 not out, Extras--57 (b 28, lb 17, w 2, nb 10), Zaheer Khan 23-5-86-0, I Sharma 25-5-84-0, Kumble 43.3-9-112-3, Mishra 47-12-144-2, Sehwag 40-9-104-5, Tendulkar 1-0-2-0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-123 (Katich, 34.1 ov), 2-202 (Hayden, 57.2 ov), 3-284 (Ponting, 85.4 ov), 4-326 (Hussey, 101.6 ov), 5-399 (Watson, 122.1 ov), 6-426 (Haddin, 131.5 ov), 7-532 (White, 162.5 ov), 8-555 (Lee, 175.4 ov), 9-567 (Clarke, 178.1 ov), 10-577 (Johnson, 179.3 ov)

India 2nd Innings (lead by 36 runs) 208 for 5 declared in 77.3 overs (Gambhir 36, Sehwag 16, I Sharma 1, Dravid 11, Tendulkar 47, Laxman 59 not out, Ganguly 32 not out, Extras--6 (lb 4, w 1, nb 1) Lee 17-3-48-2, SR Clark 12-6-22-1, MJ Clarke 20.3-7-56-0, Katich 1-0-5-0, Johnson 12-0-23-1, White 8-0-23-1, Watson 7-0-27-0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-29 (Sehwag, 8.2 ov), 2-34 (Sharma, 9.1 ov), 3-53 (Dravid, 20.4 ov), 4-93 (Gambhir, 36.5 ov), 5-145 (Tendulkar, 57.1 ov)

Australia 2nd Innings (target 245 runs) 31 for no loss in 8 overs (Hayden 16 not out, Katich 14 not out, Extras--1 (lb 1), Kumble 4-0-14-0, Sehwag 2-0-14-0, Mishra 2-0-2-0)

1st Test Score Board

2nd Test Score Board

Gavaskar Border Trophy 2008

The Airtel sponsored Border Gavaskar Trophy match analysis, scoreboards, pictures are given here! Hope you enjoy them!

Match Reports:

1st Test, Day 1: Details
1st Test, Day 2: Details
1st Test, Day 3: Details
1st Test, Day 4: Details
Options before Australia and India
1st Test, Day 5: Details

2nd Test, Day 1: Details
2nd Test, Day 2: Details
2nd Test, Day 3: Details
2nd Test, Day 4: Details
2nd Test, Day 5: Details

3rd Test, Day 1: Details
3rd Test, Day 2: Details
3rd Test, Day 3: Details
3rd Test, Day 4: Details
3rd Test, Day 5: Details

4th Test, Day 1: Details
4th Test, Day 2: Details
4th Test, Day 3: Details
4th Test, Day 4: Details
4th Test, Day 5: Details

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1st Test: India v. Australia: Tendulkar and Laxman Help India Draw the Match!

On the climax day of the first test, Ponting took his share of 50% risk by declaring after playing 5 overs and scoring 35 runs. Resuming the day at 193 for 5, Kumble dropped the catch of the very first ball. He opened the attack and the first ball was a straight driven caught and bowl chance given by Haddin. He dropped it and and got injured in his right thumb. Watson hit a four in the same over and hit another four in the next over first ball bowled by Ishanth. Watson got out in the next delivery clean bowled by Ishanth Sharma for 41.

White and Haddin played the remainig 3.5 overs and scored 25 runs. Ponting declared giving himself a chance to bowl with 2nd new ball if required. India was set a target of 299 in 83 overs.

It was all dependent on how the start goes for India. To chase at the rate of 3.6, India needed a good start, especially from Sehwag.

Sehwag was dropped by Haddin in the 5th over bowled by Lee. It was a regulation outswinger taking the outside edge went between Haddin and Hayden at slip. It went off Haddin's gloves.


Sehwag should have utilized this chance, but he got out in the next over from Stuart Clark. The ball pitched close on the leg stump and swung to offstump. Sehwag tried to play towards midwicket but it took the outside edge and flew to Hayden and he took a good low catch.

Dravid did not last longer and fell to a trap set by Lee and Ponting. Lee bowled on the pads and Dravid flicked little away from Ponting's right. He took a superb catch to send Dravid back to pavilion for 5. India were 24 for 2 in the 9th over. India has to bat another 74 overs with 8 wickets in hand.

Sachin already with the pressure of surpassing Lara and also saving the match, occupied the crease. He played a sensible innings. He ensured that he stayed in the crease as long as he can.

He was inching towards his world record of becoming highest run getter. Gambhir and Sachin added 53 runs before Johnson's straight slower delivery knocked the stumps. It was a straight delivery which Gambhir missed to read and the ball went below the bottom of the bat. He scored 29 and India were 77 for 3.

Laxman joined Tendulkar and they added 61 runs for the 4th wicket. The important thing was they played out 25.4 overs among them. Tendulkar got out for 49 when the entire Bengaluru crowd was expecting him to go past Lara's record. He also missed to reach his 50th fifty in test cricket.

Tendulkar played a soft drive towards cover and gave a simple catch to Micheal Clarke. This was White's first test wicket and he was emotional about it. Tendulkar got out in the 53rd over 2nd ball leaving Laxman and Ganguly the responsibility to play the remaining 29.4 overs and they did it. Laxman was not out on 42 off 142 balls and Ganguly was not out on 26 off 68 balls.

Bad light stopped play couple of times and this definitly should have played in the mind of players, especially Aussies. Umpires asked the fielders to leave after checking the light meter on two occassions.

This should have played in the mind of Tendulkar as well as he was looking at lights and would have lost the concentration.

With 10 overs remaining, both the teams realized that it is not worth continuing as the match is sailing towards a draw. The players greeted each other and agreed for a draw, which in my opinion is against the philosophy--Try till the last ball is bowled! Anyway, giants of cricket have decided to call it a draw before the actual end of the match.

I would say, the star of the Indian 2nd Innings is Tendulkar for the way he played and tackled the good bowling attack especially in a pitch with lot of cracks and uneven bounce. His 49 came off 126 balls with 4 fours. Only once he played a dangerous shot which went above slip and Haddin's head. He played out 21 overs himself and Laxman played almost 24 overs for his 42. Gambhir (81 balls) and Ganguly (68) balls played almost 25 overs.

Man of the match was rightly given to Zaheer Khan for his 6 wickets in the match and for a match saving 57 not out in the first innings. I think he has opened a new controversy, rather I would say, he has sledged Aussies and provoked their ego to come out. He said,

Test: 1st Test
Venue: Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Dates: October 9-13, 2008
Teams: India and Australia
Hosts: India
Captains: Anil Kumble and Ricky Ponting
Toss: Australia
Match Result: Match Drawn
Series Result: 0-0
Man of the Match: Zaheer Khan (India)

Score at the end of Day 5:

Australia 1st Innings 430 all out in 149.5 overs (ML Hayden 0, SM Katich 66, RT Ponting 123, MEK Hussye 146, MJ Clarke 11, SR Watson 2, BJ Haddin 33, CL White 6, B Lee 27, MG Johnson 1, SR Clark 0 not out, Extras--15 (lb 11, w 1, nb 3), Z Khan 29.-4-91-5, I Sharma 30-7-77-4, Harbhajan Singh 41-8-103-1, A Kumble 43-6-129-0, V Sehwag 6-0-19-0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Hayden, 0.3 ov), 2-166 (Katich, 54.4 ov), 3-226 (Ponting, 78.4 ov), 4-254 (Clarke, 89.2 ov), 5-259 (Watson, 92.3 ov), 6-350 (Haddin, 122.6 ov), 7-362 (White, 126.5 ov), 8-421 (Lee, 147.5 ov), 9-429 (Johnson, 149.1 ov), 10-430 (Hussey, 149.5 ov)

India 1st Innings 360 all out in 119 overs (G Gambhir 21, V Sehwag 45, R Dravid 51, SR Tendulkar 13, VVS Laxman 0, SC Ganguly 47, MS Dhoni 9, Harbhajan Singh 54, Zaheer Khan 57 not out, A Kumble 5, I Sharma 6, Extras--52 (b 23, lb 23, nb 6), B Lee 26-6-64-1, S Clark 17-3-58-0, M Johnson 27-4-70-4, S Watson 19-4-45-3, White 13-2-39-0, M Clarke 17-3-38-2)

Fall of Wickets: 1-70 (Gambhir, 19.2 ov), 2-76 (Sehwag, 22.6 ov), 3-94 (Tendulkar, 28.4 ov), 4-106 (Laxman, 32.6 ov), 5-155 (Dravid, 49.5 ov), 6-195 (Dhoni, 65.4 ov), 7-232 (Ganguly, 77.3 ov), 8-312 (Harbhajan Singh, 99.3 ov), 9-343 (Kumble, 111.6 ov), 10-360 (Sharma, 118.6)

Australia 2nd Innings (70 runs lead) 193 for 5 in 68 overs (Hayden 13, Katich 34, Ponting 17, Mike Hussey 31, Micheal Clarke 6, Watson 41, Haddin 35 not out, White 18 not out, Extras--33 (b 13, lb 10, w 6, nb 4), Z Khan 17-4-46-1, I Sharma 14-3-40-3, Harbhajan Singh 27-5-76-2, V Sehwag 7-1-12-0, A Kumble 8-0-31-0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-21 (Hayden, 12.2 ov), 2-49 (Ponting, 22.2 ov), 3-99 (Katich, 44.3 ov), 4-115 (Clarke, 47.5 ov), 5-128 (Hussey, 50.5 ov), 6-203 (Watson, 69.2)

India 2nd Innings (target 299 runs in 83 overs) 177 for 4 in 73 overs (Gambhir 29, Sehwag 6, Dravid 5, Tendulkar 49, Laxman 42 not out, Ganguly 26 not out, Extras--20 (b 16, lb 3, nb 1), Lee 11-3-26-1, S Clark 11-6-12-1, Watson 5-2-8-0, Johnson 8-3-23-1, M Clarke 20-7-40-0, White 18-4-49-1)

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1st Test, Day 4: India v. Australia: Advantage Aussies!

Zaheer and Harbhajan denied Aussies a big lead which was expected by everyone. The lead was thought to be over 180, was reduced to 70 runs by Harbhajan and Zaheer as they both crossed their 50 run mark. Harbhajan was dismissed for 54 towards end of day 3, but Zaheer was in the crease to start day 4.

Zaheer crossed his 50 in style by coming down the track and hitting Watson over his head for a straight four. Zaheer and Kumble reduced the gap to less than 100. They added 31 for the 9th wicket, off whcih Kumble scored 5. Zaheer Khan hit two boundaries in the morning and released the pressure.

Kumble was the first one to go, leg before to Watson. He played 33 balls for his 5. Ishanth played well and Zaheer had the confidence in Ishanth. They added 17 before Ishanth was bowled by M Clarke. Zaheer Khan was not out on 57 off 121 balls with 5 fours. He was the highest scorer for India, followed by Harbhajan. The last three wickets played 41.3 overs, that is, 249 balls. Isn't this amazing?

Australia started the 2nd innings with a lead of 70 runs and had 68 overs in hand. Sure that Ponting would be in double mind--whether to attack or to play defense and based on loss of wickets, either attack or defend. Any captain would expect a good start to put a good total on the board.

Hayden went first, unlucky decision! LBW to Zaheer. He fell to Zaheer in both the innings. Ponting, played well, but couldn't continue his first innings form. He was caught at mid wicket off Ishanth Sharma. Australia where 49 for 2 in 22.2 overs.

Katich and Hussey added 50 for the third wicket and they consumed 133 deliveries to reach this mark. The top spinner from Harbhajan hit the top of the Katich bat and and poped an easy catch at silly mid off where Laxman grabbed it easily. His 34 came off 140 balls with 3 hits to boundary.

The vice captain Micheal Clarke did not last long. He was caught at covers of Ishanth Sharma for 6 and Aussies were 115 for 4.

The century scorer Mike Hussye did not read Harbhajan's incoming delivery. He thought it would leave him, but it came in and knocked the stumps. He was bowled for 31 off 72 deliveries with 3 fours.

Watson should have gone in the over by Bhajji if Sehwag was placed few steps close the boundary. He was standing half way and the shot ball was pulled just over his head.

Earlier, Gambhir reacted late to at short-leg to give a life to Katich.

A run-out chance for sending Ponting to pavilion was closely missed by substitute Badrinath. He tried for direct hit, but the ball wnet few inches away from the bowlers end stumps.

Shane Watson and Brad Haddin 65 runs for the 6th wicket and took the lead beyond 250. They survived close run-outs which were missed by Indians. No one stood near the stumps when they were taking chances on the 2nd run. In one instance, Kumble or Ishanth could have collected the throw from Ganguly, but they were standing in their own position.

Watson is on 32 and Haddin is on 28 and the score is 193 for 5. What will be Ponting's plan for day 5? When will he declare? Or will India pick all the wickets in less than 300 runs? How much overs will India have to negotiate or to score the target? The target will be around 325--this my expectation!!!

Test: 1st Test
Venue: Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Dates: October 9-13, 2008
Teams: India and Australia
Hosts: India
Captains: Anil Kumble and Ricky Ponting
Toss: Australia

Score at the end of Day 4:

Australia 1st Innings 430 all out in 149.5 overs (ML Hayden 0, SM Katich 66, RT Ponting 123, MEK Hussye 146, MJ Clarke 11, SR Watson 2, BJ Haddin 33, CL White 6, B Lee 27, MG Johnson 1, SR Clark 0 not out, Extras--15 (lb 11, w 1, nb 3), Z Khan 29.-4-91-5, I Sharma 30-7-77-4, Harbhajan Singh 41-8-103-1, A Kumble 43-6-129-0, V Sehwag 6-0-19-0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Hayden, 0.3 ov), 2-166 (Katich, 54.4 ov), 3-226 (Ponting, 78.4 ov), 4-254 (Clarke, 89.2 ov), 5-259 (Watson, 92.3 ov), 6-350 (Haddin, 122.6 ov), 7-362 (White, 126.5 ov), 8-421 (Lee, 147.5 ov), 9-429 (Johnson, 149.1 ov), 10-430 (Hussey, 149.5 ov)

India 1st Innings 360 all out in 119 overs (G Gambhir 21, V Sehwag 45, R Dravid 51, SR Tendulkar 13, VVS Laxman 0, SC Ganguly 47, MS Dhoni 9, Harbhajan Singh 54, Zaheer Khan 57 not out, A Kumble 5, I Sharma 6, Extras--52 (b 23, lb 23, nb 6), B Lee 26-6-64-1, S Clark 17-3-58-0, M Johnson 27-4-70-4, S Watson 19-4-45-3, White 13-2-39-0, M Clarke 17-3-38-2)

Fall of Wickets: 1-70 (Gambhir, 19.2 ov), 2-76 (Sehwag, 22.6 ov), 3-94 (Tendulkar, 28.4 ov), 4-106 (Laxman, 32.6 ov), 5-155 (Dravid, 49.5 ov), 6-195 (Dhoni, 65.4 ov), 7-232 (Ganguly, 77.3 ov), 8-312 (Harbhajan Singh, 99.3 ov), 9-343 (Kumble, 111.6 ov), 10-360 (Sharma, 118.6)

Australia 2nd Innings (70 runs lead) 193 for 5 in 68 overs (Hayden 13, Katich 34, Ponting 17, Mike Hussey 31, Micheal Clarke 6, Watson 32 batting, Haddin 28 batting, Extras--32 (b 13, lb 10, w 6, nb 3), Z Khan 15-4-30-1, I Sharma 12-3-27-2, Harbhajan Singh 27-5-76-2, V Sehwag 7-1-12-0, A Kumble 7-0-25-0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-21 (Hayden, 12.2 ov), 2-49 (Ponting, 22.2 ov), 3-99 (Katich, 44.3 ov), 4-115 (Clarke, 47.5 ov), 5-128 (Hussey, 50.5 ov)

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