Australian cricket team in India in 2007-08: 2nd ODI
{{date|October 3, 2007}}

[[w:Australian national cricket team|Australia]] have defeated [[w:India national cricket team|India]] by 84 runs in the second [[w:One Day International|ODI]] match of [[w:Australian cricket team in India in 2007-08|Australia's current tour of India]] at [[w:Nehru Stadium|Nehru Stadium]], [[Kochi]], [[India]].

Australia lead the 7-match ODI series 1-0, after the first match was abandoned due to rain.

After the first [[w:over (cricket)|over]], Australia were already one wicket down after Adam Gilchrist was dismissed for a [[w:duck (cricket)|duck]]. And shortly into the third over, things were not looking good for Australia, after Brad Hodge was caught behind for only 3 [[w:run (cricket)|runs]], and the figures were 2 wickets for eight runs. But things started improving with Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke sharing a 54 run [[w:partnership (cricket)|partnership]] before Clarke was [[w:Stump (cricket)#Manner of dismissing a batsman|stumped]] for 27. Hayden then, along with Andrew Symonds, blasted a 94 run partnership before being [[w:bowled|bowled]] by Irfan Pathan, making a total of 75 runs. Symonds was [[w:caught|caught]] and bowled by fast-bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth in the 46th over after making 87 runs, and a 108-run parnership with Brad Haddin. Three overs later James Hopes was the third and final victim of Sreesanth after being caught by Rahul Dravid. Haddin survived the innings with 87 not-out, along with Brett Lee who achieved 2 runs.

India lost its first wicket shortly into the third over with Mitch Johnson bowling Gautam Gambhir for 7 runs. India didn't lose another wicket until Symonds caught a Stuart Clark bowled ball off Sachin Tendulkar. Clark then claimed a [[w:Leg before wicket|LBW]] on Robin Uthappa for 41 runs. Dravid (31) then fell in the 25th over, and one over later - Pathan (1) who was [[w:Run out|run out]] by Clarke. Harbhajan Singh was then stumped for 4, while Ramesh Powar (17) was bowled by Clark. Zaheer Khan (3) was then caught, and India was all out when captain Mahendra Dhoni was also caught during the 47th over after making the highest score of the innings - 58. Sreesanth remained with not out for 7 runs.

'''Toss:''' India won, and chose to field first.

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'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-3 (Gilchrist, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (Hodge, 3.1 ov), 3-66 (Clarke, 15.3 ov), 4-160 (Hayden, 31.1 ov), 5-268 (Symonds, 46.5 ov), 6-297 (Hopes, 49.2 ov)

'''Did not bat:''' [[w:Brad Hogg|Brad Hogg]], [[w:Stuart Clark|Stuart Clark]], [[w:Mitchell Johnson|Mitchell Johnson]] 

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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Shanthakumaran Sreesanth|S Sreesanth]]|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=67|wickets=3|econ=7.44}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Irfan Pathan|I K Pathan]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=47|wickets=2|econ=4.70}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Harbhajan Singh|H Singh]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=57|wickets=0|econ=5.70}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Ramesh Powar|R R Powar]]|overs=5|maiden=0|runs=30|wickets=0|econ=6.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Sachin Tendulkar|S R Tendulkar]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=22|wickets=0|econ=7.33}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Yuvraj Singh|Yuvraj Singh]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=22|wickets=0|econ=7.33}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

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{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Robin Uthappa|R V Uthappa]]|status=lbw b Clark|runs=41|balls=30|4s=4|6s=2|strike_rate=136.66}}
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{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Rahul Dravid|R Dravid]]|status=c Johnson b Hogg|runs=31|balls=48|4s=3|6s=1|strike_rate=64.58}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Mahendra Singh Dhoni|M S Dhoni]]|status=c Hodge b Hogg|runs=58|balls=88|4s=2|6s=2|strike_rate=65.90}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Irfan Pathan|I K Pathan]]|status=run out (Hogg/Clarke)|runs=1|balls=7|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=14.28}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Harbhajan Singh|H Singh]]|status=st Gilchrist b Clarke|runs=4|balls=10|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=40.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Ramesh Powar|R R Powar]]|status=b Clarke|runs=17|balls=18|4s=1|6s=1|strike_rate=94.44}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Zaheer Khan|Z Khan]]|status=c Hodge b Hogg|runs=3|balls=14|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=21.42}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Shanthakumaran Sreesanth|S Sreesanth]]|status=not out|runs=7|balls=25|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=28.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=Extras|status=(b 4, lb 6, w 10, nb 7)|runs=27|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=('''all out'''; 47.3 overs)|runs='''222'''|balls=|4s=12|6s=8|strike_rate=}}
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'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-11 (Gambhir, 3.1 ov), 2-58 (Tendulkar, 8.5 ov), 3-79 (Yuvraj Singh, 11.4 ov), 4-87 (Uthappa, 14.2 ov), 5-136 (Dravid, 25.1 ov), 6-139 (Pathan, 26.6 ov), 7-154 (Harbhajan Singh, 30.3 ov), 8-179 (Powar, 34.6 ov), 9-190 (Khan, 39.2 ov), 10-222 (Dhoni, 47.3 ov)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title='''[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px]] [[w:Australian national cricket team|Australia bowling]]'''}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Brett Lee|B Lee]]|overs=7|maiden=0|runs=44|wickets=0|econ=6.28}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Mitchell Johnson|M G Johnson]]|overs=9|maiden=1|runs=46|wickets=1|econ=5.11}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Stuart Clark|S R Clark]]|overs=6|maiden=0|runs=14|wickets=2|econ=2.44}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:James Hopes|J R Hopes]]|overs=7|maiden=0|runs=33|wickets=1|econ=4.71}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Michael Clarke|M J Clarke]]|overs=9|maiden=1|runs=35|wickets=2|econ=3.88}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Brad Hogg|G B Hogg]]|overs=9.3|maiden=0|runs=40|wickets=3|econ=4.21}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''India:''' [[w:Mahendra Singh Dhoni|M S Dhoni]] (capt, wkt), [[w:Rahul Dravid|R Dravid]], [[w:Gautam Gambhir|G Gambhir]], [[w:Zaheer Khan|Z Khan]], [[w:Irfan Pathan|I K Pathan]], [[w:Ramesh Powar|R R Powar]], [[w:Harbhajan Singh|H Singh]], [[w:Yuvraj Singh|Y Singh]], [[w:Shanthakumaran Sreesanth|S Sreesanth]], [[w:Sachin Tendulkar|S R Tendulkar]], [[w:Robin Uthappa|R V Uthappa]]

'''Australia:''' [[w:Stuart Clark|S R Clark]], [[w:Michael Clarke (cricketer)|M J Clarke]], [[w:Adam Gilchrist|A C Gilchrist]] (capt, wkt), [[w:Brad Haddin|B J Haddin]], [[w:Matthew Hayden|M L Hayden]], [[w:Brad Hodge|B J Hodge]], [[w:Brad Hogg|G B Hogg]], [[w:James Hopes|J R Hopes]], [[w:Mitchell Johnson (cricketer)|M G Johnson]], [[w:Brett Lee|B Lee]], [[w:Andrew Symonds|A Symonds]]

'''Man of the Match:''' [[w:Brad Haddin|B J Haddin]] (Australia)<br>
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'''Umpires:''' [[w:Steve Bucknor Bucknor|S A Bucknor]] (West Indies) and [[w:Suresh Shastri|S L Shastri]] (India)<br>
'''TV Umpire:''' [[w:GA Pratapkumar|GA Pratapkumar]] (India)<br>
'''Match Referee:''' [[w:Chris Broad|B C Broad]] (England)<br>
'''Reserve Umpire:''' [[w:Shavir Tarapore|S K Tarapore]] (India)

== Sources ==
*{{source|url= http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22522300-2882,00.html
|title= Aussie pair smashes India for a 1-0 series lead
|author= Richard Earle
|pub= Herald Sun
|date=October 3, 2007}}
*{{source|url= http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/indvaus/engine/match/297794.html
|title= Australia in India ODI Series - 2nd ODI 
|author= 
|pub= Cricinfo
|date=October 2, 2007}}

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Australia have defeated India by 84 runs in the second ODI match of Australia's current tour of India at Nehru Stadium, Kochi, India.

Australia lead the 7-match ODI series 1-0, after the first match was abandoned due to rain.

After the first over, Australia were already one wicket down after Adam Gilchrist was dismissed for a duck. And shortly into the third over, things were not looking good for Australia, after Brad Hodge was caught behind for only 3 runs, and the figures were 2 wickets for eight runs. But things started improving with Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke sharing a 54 run partnership before Clarke was stumped for 27. Hayden then, along with Andrew Symonds, blasted a 94 run partnership before being bowled by Irfan Pathan, making a total of 75 runs. Symonds was caught and bowled by fast-bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth in the 46th over after making 87 runs, and a 108-run parnership with Brad Haddin. Three overs later James Hopes was the third and final victim of Sreesanth after being caught by Rahul Dravid. Haddin survived the innings with 87 not-out, along with Brett Lee who achieved 2 runs.

India lost its first wicket shortly into the third over with Mitch Johnson bowling Gautam Gambhir for 7 runs. India didn't lose another wicket until Symonds caught a Stuart Clark bowled ball off Sachin Tendulkar. Clark then claimed a LBW on Robin Uthappa for 41 runs. Dravid (31) then fell in the 25th over, and one over later - Pathan (1) who was run out by Clarke. Harbhajan Singh was then stumped for 4, while Ramesh Powar (17) was bowled by Clark. Zaheer Khan (3) was then caught, and India was all out when captain Mahendra Dhoni was also caught during the 47th over after making the highest score of the innings - 58. Sreesanth remained with not out for 7 runs.

'Toss:' India won, and chose to field first.


'Fall of wickets:' 1-3 (Gilchrist, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (Hodge, 3.1 ov), 3-66 (Clarke, 15.3 ov), 4-160 (Hayden, 31.1 ov), 5-268 (Symonds, 46.5 ov), 6-297 (Hopes, 49.2 ov)

'Did not bat:' Brad Hogg, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson 

'Fall of wickets:' 1-11 (Gambhir, 3.1 ov), 2-58 (Tendulkar, 8.5 ov), 3-79 (Yuvraj Singh, 11.4 ov), 4-87 (Uthappa, 14.2 ov), 5-136 (Dravid, 25.1 ov), 6-139 (Pathan, 26.6 ov), 7-154 (Harbhajan Singh, 30.3 ov), 8-179 (Powar, 34.6 ov), 9-190 (Khan, 39.2 ov), 10-222 (Dhoni, 47.3 ov)


'India:' M S Dhoni (capt, wkt), R Dravid, G Gambhir, Z Khan, I K Pathan, R R Powar, H Singh, Y Singh, S Sreesanth, S R Tendulkar, R V Uthappa

'Australia:' S R Clark, M J Clarke, A C Gilchrist (capt, wkt), B J Haddin, M L Hayden, B J Hodge, G B Hogg, J R Hopes, M G Johnson, B Lee, A Symonds

'Man of the Match:' B J Haddin (Australia)

'Umpires:' S A Bucknor (West Indies) and S L Shastri (India)
'TV Umpire:' GA Pratapkumar (India)
'Match Referee:' B C Broad (England)
'Reserve Umpire:' S K Tarapore (India)
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