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Australia v India @ Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
26th, 27th, 28th, 29th December 2011
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: M Erasmus, IJ Gould
Third Umpire: PR Reiffel
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: Australia won by 122 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Ed Cowan | c MS Dhoni b Ravichandran Ashwin | 68 | 177 | 294 | 7 | - |
| 2. David Warner | c MS Dhoni b Umesh Yadav | 37 | 49 | 59 | 4 | 1 |
| 3. Shaun Marsh | c Virat Kohli b Umesh Yadav | 0 | 6 | 11 | - | - |
| 4. Ricky Ponting | c VVS Laxman b Umesh Yadav | 62 | 94 | 148 | 6 | - |
| *5. Michael Clarke | b Zaheer Khan | 31 | 68 | 57 | 5 | - |
| 6. Michael Hussey | c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| +7. Brad Haddin | c Virender Sehwag b Zaheer Khan | 27 | 70 | 119 | 1 | - |
| 8. Peter Siddle | c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan | 41 | 99 | 131 | 4 | - |
| 9. James Pattinson | not out | 18 | 54 | 86 | 2 | - |
| 10. Ben Hilfenhaus | c Virat Kohli b Ravichandran Ashwin | 19 | 32 | 46 | 3 | - |
| 11. Nathan Lyon | b Ravichandran Ashwin | 6 | 11 | 15 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-46 (David Warner), 2-46 (Shaun Marsh), 3-159 (Ricky Ponting), 4-205 (Michael Clarke), 5-205 (Michael Hussey), 6-214 (Ed Cowan), 7-286 (Brad Haddin), 8-291 (Peter Siddle), 9-318 (Ben Hilfenhaus), 10-333 (Nathan Lyon). |
| Extras | 0b, 21lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 110 ovs, 488 mins) 333 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Zaheer Khan | 31 | 6 | 77 | 4 | (1w,1nb) |
| Ishant Sharma | 24 | 7 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Umesh Yadav | 26 | 5 | 106 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 29 | 3 | 81 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gautam Gambhir | c Brad Haddin b Ben Hilfenhaus | 3 | 23 | 35 | - | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | b James Pattinson | 67 | 83 | 127 | 7 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | b Ben Hilfenhaus | 68 | 187 | 249 | 6 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | b Peter Siddle | 73 | 98 | 151 | 8 | 1 |
| 5. Ishant Sharma | c Brad Haddin b Ben Hilfenhaus | 11 | 69 | 106 | - | - |
| 6. VVS Laxman | c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle | 2 | 22 | 30 | - | - |
| 7. Virat Kohli | c Brad Haddin b Ben Hilfenhaus | 11 | 21 | 28 | 1 | - |
| *+8. MS Dhoni | c Michael Hussey b Ben Hilfenhaus | 6 | 8 | 13 | - | - |
| 9. Ravichandran Ashwin | c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle | 31 | 35 | 57 | 3 | 1 |
| 10. Zaheer Khan | b James Pattinson | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 11. Umesh Yadav | not out | 2 | 16 | 22 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-22 (Gautam Gambhir), 2-97 (Virender Sehwag), 3-214 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-214 (Rahul Dravid), 5-221 (VVS Laxman), 6-238 (Virat Kohli), 7-245 (MS Dhoni), 8-254 (Ishant Sharma), 9-259 (Zaheer Khan), 10-282 (Ravichandran Ashwin). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 94.1 ovs, 417 mins) 282 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| James Pattinson | 23 | 6 | 55 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 26 | 5 | 75 | 5 | (0w,1nb) |
| Peter Siddle | 21.1 | 2 | 63 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Nathan Lyon | 17 | 2 | 66 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Hussey | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Warner | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. David Warner | b Umesh Yadav | 5 | 27 | 28 | - | - |
| 2. Ed Cowan | lbw b Umesh Yadav | 8 | 17 | 33 | 1 | - |
| 3. Shaun Marsh | b Umesh Yadav | 3 | 11 | 25 | - | - |
| 4. Ricky Ponting | c Virender Sehwag b Zaheer Khan | 60 | 97 | 151 | 3 | - |
| *5. Michael Clarke | b Ishant Sharma | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| 6. Michael Hussey | c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan | 89 | 151 | 227 | 9 | - |
| +7. Brad Haddin | c VVS Laxman b Zaheer Khan | 6 | 14 | 11 | - | - |
| 8. Peter Siddle | c MS Dhoni b Umesh Yadav | 4 | 22 | 29 | - | - |
| 9. Nathan Lyon | lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin | 0 | 11 | 9 | - | - |
| 10. James Pattinson | not out | 37 | 81 | 97 | 4 | - |
| 11. Ben Hilfenhaus | c VVS Laxman b Ishant Sharma | 14 | 29 | 45 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-13 (David Warner), 2-16 (Ed Cowan), 3-24 (Shaun Marsh), 4-27 (Michael Clarke), 5-142 (Ricky Ponting), 6-148 (Brad Haddin), 7-163 (Peter Siddle), 8-166 (Nathan Lyon), 9-197 (Michael Hussey), 10-240 (Ben Hilfenhaus). |
| Extras | 5b, 2lb, 1w, 5nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 76.3 ovs, 335 mins) 240 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Zaheer Khan | 20 | 4 | 53 | 3 | (1w,3nb) |
| Umesh Yadav | 20 | 4 | 70 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ishant Sharma | 12.3 | 0 | 43 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 22 | 4 | 60 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gautam Gambhir | c Ricky Ponting b Peter Siddle | 13 | 46 | 52 | 1 | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Michael Hussey b Ben Hilfenhaus | 7 | 12 | 25 | 1 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | b James Pattinson | 10 | 29 | 59 | 1 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | c Michael Hussey b Peter Siddle | 32 | 46 | 73 | 4 | - |
| 5. VVS Laxman | c Ed Cowan b James Pattinson | 1 | 14 | 22 | - | - |
| 6. Virat Kohli | lbw b Ben Hilfenhaus | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| *+7. MS Dhoni | b James Pattinson | 23 | 44 | 88 | - | 1 |
| 8. Ravichandran Ashwin | c Ed Cowan b Peter Siddle | 30 | 35 | 38 | 5 | - |
| 9. Zaheer Khan | c Ed Cowan b James Pattinson | 13 | 22 | 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Ishant Sharma | not out | 6 | 14 | 33 | - | - |
| 11. Umesh Yadav | c David Warner b Nathan Lyon | 21 | 25 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
| FOW | 1-17 (Virender Sehwag), 2-39 (Gautam Gambhir), 3-58 (Rahul Dravid), 4-68 (VVS Laxman), 5-69 (Virat Kohli), 6-81 (Sachin Tendulkar), 7-117 (Ravichandran Ashwin), 8-141 (Zaheer Khan), 9-142 (MS Dhoni), 10-169 (Umesh Yadav). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.5 ovs, 228 mins) 169 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| James Pattinson | 15 | 2 | 53 | 4 | (1w,1nb) |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 18 | 4 | 39 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Peter Siddle | 9 | 1 | 42 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Lyon | 5.5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Ben Hilfenhaus