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Test No. 2025

India tour of Australia 2011/12
2011-12 season
Australia vs India - 1st Test
26-29 December, 2011 (5-day match)

Australia led the 4-match series 1-0

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 122 runs


Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Ed Cowan c Dhoni b Ashwin
68 
177 
7 
0
38.42 
»
 David Warner c Dhoni b Yadav
37 
49 
4 
1
75.51 
»
 Shaun Marsh c Kohli b Yadav
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Laxman b Yadav
62 
94 
6 
0
65.96 
»
 Michael Clarke b Khan
31 
68 
5 
0
45.59 
»
 Michael Hussey c Dhoni b Khan
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Brad Haddin c Sehwag b Khan
27 
70 
1 
0
38.57 
»
 Peter Siddle c Dhoni b Khan
41 
99 
4 
0
41.41 
»
 James Pattinson Not Out
18 
54 
2 
0
33.33 
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus c Kohli b Ashwin
19 
32 
3 
0
59.38 
»
 Nathan Lyon b Ashwin
6 
11 
1 
0
54.55 
Extras LB 21, W 2, N 1
24
Total : (all out in 110.0 overs)
333
 RR : 3.03

Fall of wickets : 1-46 (Warner, 13.1 ov), 2-46 (Marsh, 15.1 ov), 3-159 (Ponting, 48.3 ov), 4-205 (Clarke, 64.2 ov), 5-205 (Hussey, 64.3 ov), 6-214 (Cowan, 67.1 ov), 7-286 (Haddin, 90.6 ov), 8-291 (Siddle, 96.1 ov), 9-318 (Hilfenhaus, 105.4 ov), 10-333 (Lyon, 109.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Zaheer Khan
31
6 
77 
4
2.48
1
1
»
 Ishant Sharma
24
7 
48 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Umesh Yadav
26
5 
106 
3
4.08
0
1
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin
29
3 
81 
3
2.79
0
0

India 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Gautam Gambhir c Haddin b Hilfenhaus
3 
23 
0 
0
13.04 
»
 Virender Sehwag b Pattinson
67 
83 
7 
0
80.72 
»
 Rahul Dravid b Hilfenhaus
68 
187 
6 
0
36.36 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar b Siddle
73 
98 
8 
1
74.49 
»
 Ishant Sharma c Haddin b Hilfenhaus
11 
69 
0 
0
15.94 
»
 VVS Laxman c Haddin b Siddle
2 
22 
0 
0
9.09 
»
 Virat Kohli c Haddin b Hilfenhaus
11 
21 
1 
0
52.38 
»
 MS Dhoni c MEK Hussey b Hilfenhaus
6 
8 
0 
0
75.00 
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin c Haddin b Siddle
31 
35 
3 
1
88.57 
»
 Zaheer Khan b Pattinson
4 
6 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Umesh Yadav Not Out
2 
16 
0 
0
12.50 
Extras W 1, N 3
4
Total : (all out in 94.1 overs)
282
 RR : 2.99

Fall of wickets : 1-22 (Gambhir, 7.5 ov), 2-97 (Sehwag, 28.2 ov), 3-214 (Tendulkar, 64.3 ov), 4-214 (Dravid, 65.2 ov), 5-221 (Laxman, 72.4 ov), 6-238 (Kohli, 79.2 ov), 7-245 (Dhoni, 81.4 ov), 8-254 (Sharma, 87.2 ov), 9-259 (Khan, 88.6 ov), 10-282 (Ashwin, 94.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Pattinson
23
6 
55 
2
2.39
0
1
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus
26
5 
75 
5
2.88
1
0
»
 Peter Siddle
21
 .1
2 
63 
3
2.98
2
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
17
2 
66 
0
3.88
0
0
»
 Michael Hussey
5
0 
15 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 David Warner
2
0 
8 
0
4.00
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 David Warner b Yadav
5 
27 
0 
0
18.52 
»
 Ed Cowan lbw b Yadav
8 
17 
1 
0
47.06 
»
 Shaun Marsh b Yadav
3 
11 
0 
0
27.27 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Sehwag b Khan
60 
97 
3 
0
61.86 
»
 Michael Clarke b Sharma
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Michael Hussey c Dhoni b Khan
89 
151 
9 
0
58.94 
»
 Brad Haddin c Laxman b Khan
6 
14 
0 
0
42.86 
»
 Peter Siddle c Dhoni b Yadav
4 
22 
0 
0
18.18 
»
 Nathan Lyon lbw b Ashwin
0 
11 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 James Pattinson Not Out
37 
81 
4 
0
45.68 
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus c Laxman b Sharma
14 
29 
2 
0
48.28 
Extras B 5, LB 2, W 1, N 5
13
Total : (all out in 76.3 overs)
240
 RR : 3.14

Fall of wickets : 1-13 (Warner, 7.1 ov), 2-16 (Cowan, 7.4 ov), 3-24 (Marsh, 11.3 ov), 4-27 (Clarke, 12.5 ov), 5-142 (Ponting, 40.2 ov), 6-148 (Haddin, 42.5 ov), 7-163 (Siddle, 50.6 ov), 8-166 (Lyon, 53.6 ov), 9-197 (Hussey, 66.5 ov), 10-240 (Hilfenhaus, 76.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Zaheer Khan
20
4 
53 
3
2.65
3
1
»
 Umesh Yadav
20
4 
70 
4
3.50
0
0
»
 Ishant Sharma
12
 .3
0 
43 
2
3.44
2
0
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin
22
4 
60 
1
2.73
0
0
»
 Virender Sehwag
2
0 
7 
0
3.50
0
0

India 2nd innings
(Target: 292 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Gautam Gambhir c Ponting b Siddle
13 
46 
1 
0
28.26 
»
 Virender Sehwag c MEK Hussey b Hilfenhaus
7 
12 
1 
0
58.33 
»
 Rahul Dravid b Pattinson
10 
29 
1 
0
34.48 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar c Clarke b Siddle
32 
46 
4 
0
69.57 
»
 VVS Laxman c Cowan b Pattinson
1 
14 
0 
0
7.14 
»
 Virat Kohli lbw b Hilfenhaus
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 MS Dhoni b Pattinson
23 
44 
0 
1
52.27 
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin c
30 
35 
5 
0
85.71 
»
 Zaheer Khan c Cowan b Pattinson
13 
22 
1 
1
59.09 
»
 Ishant Sharma Not Out
6 
14 
0 
0
42.86 
»
 Umesh Yadav c Warner b Lyon
21 
25 
2 
1
84.00 
Extras LB 10, W 2, N 1
13
Total : (all out in 47.5 overs)
169
 RR : 3.53

Fall of wickets : 1-17 (Sehwag, 5.6 ov), 2-39 (Gambhir, 12.1 ov), 3-58 (Dravid, 18.6 ov), 4-68 (Laxman, 22.6 ov), 5-69 (Kohli, 23.3 ov), 6-81 (Tendulkar, 26.1 ov), 7-117 (Ashwin, 34.6 ov), 8-141 (Khan, 40.5 ov), 9-142 (Dhoni, 42.2 ov), 10-169 (Yadav, 47.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Pattinson
15
2 
53 
4
3.53
1
1
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus
18
4 
39 
2
2.17
0
1
»
 Peter Siddle
9
1 
42 
3
4.67
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
5
 .5
0 
25 
1
4.29
0
0

Match details
Debuts: EJM Cowan (Australia)
Man of the Match: JL Pattinson (Australia)
Umpires : M Erasmus (South Africa) and IJ Gould (England)
Third Umpire: PR Reiffel (Australia)
Referee : RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: AJ Barrow (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st innings - 277/6 (BJ Haddin 21*, PM Siddle 34*, 89 ov)
Day 2 : India 1st innings - 214/3 (R Dravid 68*, I Sharma 0*, 65 ov)
Day 3 : Australia 2nd innings - 179/8 (MEK Hussey 79*, JL Pattinson 3*, 60 ov)
Day 4 : India 2nd innings - 169 (I Sharma 6*, 47.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Ed Cowan, David Warner, Michael Clarke (Capt.), Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nathan Lyon
India Gautam Gambhir, Ishant Sharma, MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Rahul Dravid, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sachin Tendulkar, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Zaheer Khan
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