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Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Ian Gould (England)
Match Result : Australia won by 122 runs to lead the 4-Test Series 1-0
Man of the Match : James Pattinson
Australia 1st Innings
Ed Cowan c Dhoni b Ashwin 68 (177) 7 ‘4s’
David Warner c Dhoni b Yadav 37 (49) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Shaun Marsh c Kohli b Yadav 0 (6)
Ricky Ponting c Laxman b Yadav 62 (94) 6 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke (C) b Zaheer Khan 32 (68) 5 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey c Dhoni b Zaheer Khan 0 (1)
Brad Haddin (WK) c Sehwag b Zaheer Khan 27 (70) 1 ‘4s’
Peter Siddle c Dhoni b Zaheer Khan 41 (99) 4 ‘4s’
James Pattinson not out 18 (54) 2 ‘4s’
Ben Hilfenhaus c Kohli b Ashwin 19 (32) 3 ‘4s’
Nathan Lyon b Ashwin 6 (11) 1 ‘4s’
Extras : 24 (21 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)
Total : 333 all out (110.0 Overs)
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)
India Bowling
Zaheer Khan 31-6-77-4 (1w 1nb)
Ishant Sharma 24-7-48-0
Umesh Yadav 26-5-106-3 (1w)
R Ashwin 29-3-81-3
India 1st Innings
Gautam Gambhir c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 3 (23)
Virender Sehwag b Pattinson 67 (83) 7 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid b Hilfenhaus 68 (187) 6 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar b Siddle 73 (98) 8 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ishant Sharma c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 11 (69)
VVS Laxman c Haddin b Siddle 2 (22)
Virat Kohli c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 11 (21) 1 ‘4s’
MS Dhoni (C&WK) c Hussey b Hilfenhaus 6 (8)
R Ashwin c Haddin b Siddle 31 (35) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Zaheer Khan b Pattinson 4 (6) 1 ‘4s’
Umesh Yadav not out 2 (16)
Extras : 4 (3 nb, 1 w)
Total : 282 all out (94.1 Overs)
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 (Ishant Sharma, 87.2 ov), 9-259 (Zaheer Khan, 88.6 ov), 10-282 (Ashwin, 94.1 ov)
Australia Bowling
James Pattinson 23-6-55-2 (1w)
Ben Hilfenhaus 26-5-75-5 (1nb)
Peter Siddle 21.1-2-63-3 (2nb)
Nathan Lyon 17-2-66-0
Michael Hussey 5-0-15-0
David Warner 2-0-8-0
Australia 2nd Innings
David Warner b Yadav 5 (27)
Ed Cowan lbw b Yadav 8 (17) 1 ‘4s’
Shaun Marsh b Yadav 3 (11)
Ricky Ponting c Sehwag b Zaheer Khan 60 (97) 4 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke (C) b Ishant Sharma 1 (4)
Michael Hussey c Dhoni b Zaheer Khan 89 (151) 9 ‘4s’
Brad Haddin (WK) c Laxman b Zaheer Khan 6 (14)
Peter Siddle c Dhoni b Yadav 4 (22)
Nathan Lyon lbw b Ashwin 0 (11)
James Pattinson not out 37 (81) 4 ‘4s’
Ben Hilfenhaus c Laxman b Ishant Sharma 14 (29) 3 ‘4s’
Extras : 13 (5 b, 2 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)
Total : 240 all out (76.3 Overs)
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)
India Bowling
Zaheer Khan 20-4-53-3 (1w 3nb)
Umesh Yadav 20-4-70-4
Ishant Sharma 12.3-0-43-2 (2nb)
R Ashwin 22-4-60-1
Virender Sehwag 2-0-7-0
India 2nd Innings (Target : 292)
Gautam Gambhir c Ponting b Siddle 13 (46) 1 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Warner b Hilfenhaus 7 (12) 1 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid b Pattinson 10 (29) 1 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar c Hussey b Siddle 32 (46) 4 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman c Cowan b Pattinson 1 (14)
Virat Kohli lbw b Hilfenhaus 0 (1)
MS Dhoni (C&WK) b Pattinson 23 (44) 1 ‘6s’
R Ashwin c Cowan b Siddle 30 (35) 5 ‘4s’
Zaheer Khan c Cowan b Pattinson 13 (22) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ishant Sharma not out 6 (14)
Umesh Yadav c Warner b Lyon 21 (25) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Extras : 13 (10 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)
Total : 169 all out (47.5 Overs)
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 (Zaheer Khan, 40.5 ov), 9-142 (Dhoni, 42.2 ov), 10-169 (Yadav, 47.5 ov)
Australia Bowling
James Pattinson 15-2-53-4 (1w 1nb)
Ben Hilfenhaus 18-4-39-2 (1w)
Peter Siddle 9-1-42-3
Nathan Lyon 5.5-0-25-1
- Test Debut for Ed Cowan (Australia)