Australia v India – 1st Test Melbourne 2011-2012 Series

Australia 333 & 240
India 282 & 169 (47.5 ov)

Australia won by 122 runs

• Border-Gavaskar Trophy – 1st Test
• Test no. 2025 | 2011/12 season
• Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
• 26,27,28,29 December 2011 (5-day match)

Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	EJM Cowan	c †Dhoni b Ashwin	68	285	177	7	0	38.41
	DA Warner	c †Dhoni b Yadav	37	54	49	4	1	75.51
	SE Marsh	c Kohli b Yadav	0	9	6	0	0	0.00
	RT Ponting	c Laxman b Yadav	62	145	94	6	0	65.95
	MJ Clarke*	b Khan	31	54	68	5	0	45.58
	MEK Hussey	c †Dhoni b Khan	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	BJ Haddin†	c Sehwag b Khan	27	117	70	1	0	38.57
	PM Siddle	c †Dhoni b Khan	41	128	99	4	0	41.41
JL Pattinson	not out	18	84	54	2	0	33.33
	BW Hilfenhaus	c Kohli b Ashwin	19	44	32	3	0	59.37
	NM Lyon	b Ashwin	6	15	11	1	0	54.54
Extras	(lb 21, w 2, nb 1)	24
Total	(all out; 110 overs)	333	(3.02 runs per over)

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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	31	6	77	4	2.48	(1nb, 1w)
I Sharma	24	7	48	0	2.00
	U Yadav	26	5	106	3	4.07	(1w)
	R Ashwin	29	3	81	3	2.79

India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Gambhir	c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus	3	36	23	0	0	13.04
	V Sehwag	b Pattinson	67	125	83	7	0	80.72
	R Dravid	b Hilfenhaus	68	246	187	6	0	36.36
	SR Tendulkar	b Siddle	73	148	98	8	1	74.48
	I Sharma	c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus	11	102	69	0	0	15.94
	VVS Laxman	c †Haddin b Siddle	2	28	22	0	0	9.09
	V Kohli	c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus	11	27	21	1	0	52.38
	MS Dhoni*†	c Hussey b Hilfenhaus	6	11	8	0	0	75.00
	R Ashwin	c †Haddin b Siddle	31	55	35	3	1	88.57
	Z Khan	b Pattinson	4	6	6	1	0	66.66
U Yadav	not out	2	20	16	0	0	12.50
Extras	(w 1, nb 3)	4
Total	(all out; 94.1 overs)	282	(2.99 runs per over)

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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JL Pattinson	23	6	55	2	2.39	(1w)
	BW Hilfenhaus	26	5	75	5	2.88	(1nb)
	PM Siddle	21.1	2	63	3	2.97	(2nb)
NM Lyon	17	2	66	0	3.88
MEK Hussey	5	0	15	0	3.00
DA Warner	2	0	8	0	4.00

Australia 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	DA Warner	b Yadav	5	28	27	0	0	18.51
	EJM Cowan	lbw b Yadav	8	32	17	1	0	47.05
	SE Marsh	b Yadav	3	22	11	0	0	27.27
	RT Ponting	c Sehwag b Khan	60	146	97	3	0	61.85
	MJ Clarke*	b Sharma	1	5	4	0	0	25.00
	MEK Hussey	c †Dhoni b Khan	89	219	151	9	0	58.94
	BJ Haddin†	c Laxman b Khan	6	8	14	0	0	42.85
	PM Siddle	c †Dhoni b Yadav	4	29	22	0	0	18.18
	NM Lyon	lbw b Ashwin	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
JL Pattinson	not out	37	94	81	4	0	45.67
	BW Hilfenhaus	c Laxman b Sharma	14	43	29	2	0	48.27
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, w 1, nb 5)	13
Total	(all out; 76.3 overs)	240	(3.13 runs per over)

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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	20	4	53	3	2.65	(3nb, 1w)
	U Yadav	20	4	70	4	3.50
	I Sharma	12.3	0	43	2	3.44	(2nb)
	R Ashwin	22	4	60	1	2.72
V Sehwag	2	0	7	0	3.50

India 2nd innings (target: 292 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Gambhir	c Ponting b Siddle	13	54	46	1	0	28.26
	V Sehwag	c Hussey b Hilfenhaus	7	24	12	1	0	58.33
	R Dravid	b Pattinson	10	58	29	1	0	34.48
	SR Tendulkar	c Hussey b Siddle	32	71	46	4	0	69.56
	VVS Laxman	c Cowan b Pattinson	1	20	14	0	0	7.14
	V Kohli	lbw b Hilfenhaus	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	MS Dhoni*†	b Pattinson	23	85	44	0	1	52.27
	R Ashwin	c Cowan b Siddle	30	36	35	5	0	85.71
	Z Khan	c Cowan b Pattinson	13	26	22	1	1	59.09
I Sharma	not out	6	33	14	0	0	42.85
	U Yadav	c Warner b Lyon	21	26	25	2	1	84.00
Extras	(lb 10, w 2, nb 1)	13
Total	(all out; 47.5 overs)	169	(3.53 runs per over)

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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JL Pattinson	15	2	53	4	3.53	(1nb, 1w)
	BW Hilfenhaus	18	4	39	2	2.16	(1w)
	PM Siddle	9	1	42	3	4.66
	NM Lyon	5.5	0	25	1	4.28

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 4-match series 1-0

Test debut EJM Cowan (Australia) Player of the match JL Pattinson (Australia)

Umpires M Erasmus (South Africa) and IJ Gould (England) TV umpire PR Reiffel Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire AJ Barrow

Close of play Mon, 26 Dec – day 1 – Australia 1st innings 277/6 (BJ Haddin 21*, PM Siddle 34*, 89 ov) Tue, 27 Dec – day 2 – India 1st innings 214/3 (R Dravid 68*, I Sharma 0*, 65 ov) Wed, 28 Dec – day 3 – Australia 2nd innings 179/8 (MEK Hussey 79*, JL Pattinson 3*, 60 ov) Thu, 29 Dec – day 4 – India 2nd innings 169 (47.5 ov) – end of match

Match notes

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Australia: 200 runs in 67.6 overs (412 balls), Extras 12 Drinks: Australia – 229/9 in 74.0 overs (JL Pattinson 34, BW Hilfenhaus 6) Innings Break: Australia – 240/10 in 76.3 overs (JL Pattinson 37) India 2nd innings Lunch: India – 24/1 in 9.0 overs (G Gambhir 6, R Dravid 5) India: 50 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 10 Drinks: India – 68/3 in 22.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 27, VVS Laxman 1) India: 100 runs in 30.6 overs (186 balls), Extras 10 Tea: India – 117/6 in 33.0 overs (MS Dhoni 14, R Ashwin 30) India: 150 runs in 44.1 overs (266 balls), Extras 13 Drinks: India – 163/9 in 47.0 overs (I Sharma 6, U Yadav 15) Crowd: 25,865 (aggregate 189,347)