Australia 333 & 179/8 (60.0 ov) India 282

Australia 333 & 179/8 (60.0 ov)

India 282

Australia lead by 230 runs with 2 wickets remaining

Stumps - Day 3

• Border-Gavaskar Trophy - 1st Test
• Test no. 2025 | 2011/12 season
• Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
• 26,27,28,29,30 December 2011 (5-day match)

	Australia 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	EJM Cowan	c †Dhoni b Ashwin	68	177	7	0	38.41
	DA Warner	c †Dhoni b Yadav	37	49	4	1	75.51
	SE Marsh	c Kohli b Yadav	0	6	0	0	0.00
	RT Ponting	c Laxman b Yadav	62	94	6	0	65.95
	MJ Clarke*	b Khan	31	68	5	0	45.58
	MEK Hussey	c †Dhoni b Khan	0	1	0	0	0.00
	BJ Haddin†	c Sehwag b Khan	27	70	1	0	38.57
	PM Siddle	c †Dhoni b Khan	41	99	4	0	41.41
	JL Pattinson	not out	18	54	2	0	33.33
	BW Hilfenhaus	c Kohli b Ashwin	19	32	3	0	59.37
	NM Lyon	b Ashwin	6	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	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Gambhir	c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus	3	23	0	0	13.04
	V Sehwag	b Pattinson	67	83	7	0	80.72
	R Dravid	b Hilfenhaus	68	187	6	0	36.36
	SR Tendulkar	b Siddle	73	98	8	1	74.48
	I Sharma	c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus	11	69	0	0	15.94
	VVS Laxman	c †Haddin b Siddle	2	22	0	0	9.09
	V Kohli	c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus	11	21	1	0	52.38
	MS Dhoni*†	c Hussey b Hilfenhaus	6	8	0	0	75.00
	R Ashwin	c †Haddin b Siddle	31	35	3	1	88.57
	Z Khan	b Pattinson	4	6	1	0	66.66
	U Yadav	not out	2	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	B	4s	6s	SR
	DA Warner	b Yadav	5	27	0	0	18.51
	EJM Cowan	lbw b Yadav	8	17	1	0	47.05
	SE Marsh	b Yadav	3	11	0	0	27.27
	RT Ponting	c Sehwag b Khan	60	97	3	0	61.85
	MJ Clarke*	b Sharma	1	4	0	0	25.00
	MEK Hussey	not out	79	134	7	0	58.95
	BJ Haddin†	c Laxman b Khan	6	14	0	0	42.85
	PM Siddle	c †Dhoni b Yadav	4	22	0	0	18.18
	NM Lyon	lbw b Ashwin	0	11	0	0	0.00
	JL Pattinson	not out	3	26	0	0	11.53
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 3)	10
	Total	(8 wickets; 60 overs)	179	(2.98 runs per over)

To bat BW Hilfenhaus

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)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	13	1	32	2	2.46	(1nb, 1w)
	U Yadav	15	3	49	4	3.26
	I Sharma	11	0	41	1	3.72	(2nb)
	R Ashwin	19	4	44	1	2.31
	V Sehwag	2	0	7	0	3.50

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat

Test debut EJM Cowan (Australia) Player of the match tba

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 - 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)

Match notes

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Drinks: India - 238/6 in 79.2 overs (I Sharma 11) New Ball Taken: India 243/6 after 81.1 overs (I Sharma 11, MS Dhoni 4) India: 250 runs in 86.1 overs (520 balls), Extras 4 Lunch: India - 282/10 in 94.1 overs (U Yadav 2) Drinks: Australia - 27/4 in 12.5 overs (RT Ponting 9) Australia: 50 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 1 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (RT Ponting 22, MEK Hussey 28, Ex 1) Tea: Australia - 81/4 in 26.0 overs (RT Ponting 33, MEK Hussey 29) Australia: 100 runs in 31.1 overs (188 balls), Extras 3 RT Ponting: 50 off 84 balls (3 x 4) MEK Hussey: 50 off 73 balls (5 x 4) 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 144 balls (RT Ponting 42, MEK Hussey 54, Ex 4) Drinks: Australia - 142/5 in 40.2 overs (MEK Hussey 59) Australia: 150 runs in 44.4 overs (271 balls), Extras 7 End Of Day: Australia - 179/8 in 60.0 overs (MEK Hussey 79, JL Pattinson 3)