Australia A v India

At stumps on day 1 between the tour match between Australia 'A' and India at Belerive Oval in Hobart ended with Australia on top.

Winning the toss, Australia 'A' batted first with 'a' batsmen Michel Hussey and Chris Rogers - both of Western Australia, put on 119 before captain Sourav Ganguly dismissed Rogers for 70. With the score on 204, Ashish Nehra dismissed Michael Hussey for 67. 3 runs later Nehra bowled in-form Brad Hodge for 1.

Martin Love played well for 94 before cutting a ball too close from Irfan Pathan and was caught behind with the score on 279. Hussey soon closed the 'A' team's innings with the score on 311-5. Ashish Nehra was the pick of the Indian bowlers.

Matt Nicolson dismissed Sadagoppan Ramesh for 4 with the score on 5. India ended the day 1 down on 37.

At stumps on day 1 of the 3 day match between Australia 'A' and India at Bellerive Oval:

Australia A 311-5dec (Love 94, Rogers 70, M.Hussey 67; Nehra 2-33)
India 37-1 (Dasgupta 18*, Chopra 12*; Nicholson 1-10)

Posted by Craig