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Test No. 1887

Australia tour of India, 2008
2008-09 season
India vs Australia - 1st Test
09-13 October, 2008 (5-day match)
Venue : M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Match drawn


Australia 1st Inning
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Matthew Hayden c Dhoni b Khan
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Simon Katich c Dhoni b Sharma
66 
149 
7 
0
44.30 
»
 Ricky Ponting lbw b Harbhajan Singh
123 
243 
13 
0
50.62 
»
 Michael Hussey b Khan
146 
276 
15 
1
52.90 
»
 Michael Clarke lbw b Khan
11 
28 
2 
0
39.29 
»
 Shane Watson b Sharma
2 
14 
0 
0
14.29 
»
 Brad Haddin c Laxman b Sharma
33 
110 
4 
0
30.00 
»
 Cameron White c Harbhajan Singh b Sharma
6 
13 
1 
0
46.15 
»
 Brett Lee b Khan
27 
61 
4 
0
44.26 
»
 Mitchell Johnson b Khan
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Stuart Clark Not Out
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 11, W 1, N 3
15
Total : (all out in 149.5 overs)
430
 RR : 2.87

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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Zaheer Khan
29
 .5
4 
91 
5
3.05
1
1
»
 Ishant Sharma
30
7 
77 
4
2.57
0
0
»
 Harbhajan Singh
41
8 
103 
1
2.51
0
0
»
 Anil Kumble
43
6 
129 
0
3.00
1
0
»
 Virender Sehwag
6
0 
19 
0
3.17
1
0

India 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Gautam Gambhir lbw b Lee
21 
61 
3 
0
34.43 
»
 Virender Sehwag c Hayden b Johnson
45 
64 
7 
0
70.31 
»
 Rahul Dravid lbw b Watson
51 
104 
7 
0
49.04 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar c White b Johnson
13 
18 
3 
0
72.22 
»
 VVS Laxman c Haddin b Johnson
0 
12 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Sourav Ganguly lbw b Johnson
47 
115 
3 
0
40.87 
»
 MS Dhoni b Clarke
9 
51 
0 
0
17.65 
»
 Harbhajan Singh c Haddin b Watson
54 
110 
5 
0
49.09 
»
 Zaheer Khan Not Out
57 
121 
7 
0
47.11 
»
 Anil Kumble lbw b Watson
5 
33 
0 
0
15.15 
»
 Ishant Sharma b Clarke
6 
31 
1 
0
19.35 
Extras B 23, LB 23, N 6
52
Total : (all out in 119.0 overs)
360
 RR : 3.03

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, 49.3 ov), 6-195 (Dhoni, 65.4 ov), 7-232 (Ganguly, 77.3 ov), 8-312 (Singh, 99.3 ov), 9-343 (Kumble, 111.6 ov), 10-360 (Sharma, 118.6 ov

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Brett Lee
26
6 
64 
1
2.46
2
0
»
 Stuart Clark
17
3 
58 
0
3.41
1
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
27
4 
70 
4
2.59
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
19
4 
45 
3
2.37
3
0
»
 Cameron White
13
1 
39 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 Michael Clarke
17
3 
38 
2
2.24
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Matthew Hayden lbw b Khan
13 
40 
1 
0
32.50 
»
 Simon Katich c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh
34 
140 
3 
0
24.29 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Laxman b Ganguly
17 
34 
2 
0
50.00 
»
 Michael Hussey b Harbhajan Singh
31 
72 
3 
0
43.06 
»
 Michael Clarke c Sehwag b Sharma
6 
9 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Shane Watson b Sharma
41 
72 
5 
0
56.94 
»
 Brad Haddin Not Out
35 
61 
3 
0
57.38 
»
 Cameron White Not Out
18 
14 
2 
0
128.57 
Extras B 12, LB 11, W 6, N 4
33
Total : (6 wickets dec in 73.0 overs)
228
 RR : 3.12

did not bat: Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark

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), 8-203 (Watson, 69.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Zaheer Khan
17
4 
46 
1
2.71
2
0
»
 Ishant Sharma
14
3 
40 
3
2.86
0
2
»
 Harbhajan Singh
27
5 
76 
2
2.81
0
0
»
 Virender Sehwag
7
1 
12 
0
1.71
1
0
»
 Anil Kumble
8
0 
31 
0
3.88
1
0

India 2nd Innings
(Target: 299 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Gautam Gambhir b Johnson
29 
81 
4 
0
35.80 
»
 Virender Sehwag c Hayden b Clark
6 
9 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Rahul Dravid c Ponting b Lee
5 
13 
1 
0
38.46 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar c Clarke b White
49 
126 
4 
0
38.89 
»
 VVS Laxman Not Out
42 
142 
5 
0
29.58 
»
 Sourav Ganguly Not Out
26 
68 
2 
0
38.24 
Extras B 16, LB 3, N 1
20
Total : (4 wickets in 73.0 overs)
177
 RR : 2.42

did not bat: MS Dhoni, Ishant Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan

Fall of wickets : 1-16 (Sehwag, 5.1 ov), 2-24 (Dravid, 8.3 ov), 3-77 (Gambhir, 26.4 ov), 4-138 (Tendulkar, 52.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Brett Lee
11
3 
26 
1
2.36
1
0
»
 Stuart Clark
11
6 
12 
1
1.09
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
5
2 
8 
0
1.60
0
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
8
3 
23 
1
2.88
0
0
»
 Michael Clarke
20
7 
40 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Cameron White
18
4 
49 
1
2.72
0
0

Match details
Debuts: CL White (Australia)
Man of the Match: Zaheer Khan (India)
Umpires : Asad Rauf (Pakistan), RE Koertzen (South Africa)
Third Umpire: AM Saheba (India)
Referee : BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire: SS Hazare (India)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st innings 254/4 (MEK Hussey 46*, 89.2 ov)
Day 2 : India 1st innings 68/0 (G Gambhir 20*, V Sehwag 43*, 18.1 ov)
Day 3 : India 1st innings 313/8 (Z Khan 35*, A Kumble 0*, 101 ov)
Day 4 : Australia 2nd Innings 193/5 (SR Watson 32*, BJ Haddin 28*, 68 ov)
Day 5 : India 2nd innings 177/4 (73 ov) - end of match

Teams:
India Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni, Ishant Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman, Zaheer Khan
Australia Ricky Ponting, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden, Cameron White, Brett Lee, Brad Haddin, Shane Watson, Simon Katich, Stuart Clark
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