Australia wins the first test by 122 runs against India

Melbourne Cricket Ground
December 29, 2011

Australia won the first test of the four-match home series against India by 122 runs. James Pattinson picked up 4 wickets in the second innings.

Scorecard

Australia vs India - First Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
December 26 - 30, 2011

Result: Australia won by 122 runs
Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to bat first.
Australia led the four-match test series 1-0
Player of the match: James Pattinson

First Innings

Australia Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Ed Cowan	c MS Dhoni b Ravichandran Ashwin	68	177	7	0	38.41
David Warner	c MS Dhoni b Umesh Yadav	37	49	4	1	75.51
Shaun Marsh	c Virat Kohli b Umesh Yadav	0	6	0	0	0.00
Ricky Ponting	c VVS Laxman b Umesh Yadav	62	94	6	0	65.95
Michael Clarke (captain)	b Zaheer Khan	31	68	5	0	45.58
Michael Hussey	c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan	0	1	0	0	0.00
Brad Haddin (wk)	c Virender Sehwag b Zaheer Khan	27	70	1	0	38.57
Peter Siddle	c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan	41	99	4	0	41.41
James Pattinson	not out	18	54	2	0	33.33
Ben Hilfenhaus	c Virat Kohli b Ravichandran Ashwin	19	32	3	0	59.37
Nathan Lyon	b Ravichandran Ashwin	6	11	1	0	54.54
Extras	lb 21, w 2, nb 1	24
		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)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
Zaheer Khan	31.0	6	77	4	2.48	1nb, 1w
Ishant Sharma	24.0	7	48	0	2.00
Umesh Yadav	26.0	5	106	3	4.07	1w
Ravichandran Ashwin	29.0	3	81	3	2.79

India Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	c Brad Haddin b Ben Hilfenhaus	3	23	0	0	13.04
Virender Sehwag	b James Pattinson	67	83	7	0	80.72
Rahul Dravid	b Ben Hilfenhaus	68	187	6	0	36.36
Sachin Tendulkar	b Peter Siddle	73	98	8	1	74.48
Ishant Sharma	c Brad Haddin b Ben Hilfenhaus	11	69	0	0	15.94
VVS Laxman	c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle	2	22	0	0	9.09
Virat Kohli	c Brad Haddin b Ben Hilfenhaus	11	21	1	0	52.38
MS Dhoni (captain, wk)	c Michael Hussey b Ben Hilfenhaus	6	8	0	0	75.00
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle	31	35	3	1	88.57
Zaheer Khan	b James Pattinson	4	6	1	0	66.66
Umesh Yadav	not out	2	16	0	0	12.50
Extras	w 1, nb 3	4
		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 (Sharma, 87.2 ov)
9-259 (Khan, 88.6 ov)	10-282 (Ashwin, 94.1 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
James Pattinson	23.0	6	55	2	2.39	1w
Ben Hilfenhaus	26.0	5	75	5	2.88	1nb
Peter Siddle	21.1	2	63	3	2.97	2nb
Nathan Lyon	17.0	2	66	0	3.88
Michael Hussey	5.0	0	15	0	3.00
David Warner	2.0	0	8	0	4.00

Second Innings

Australia Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	b Umesh Yadav	5	27	0	0	18.51
Ed Cowan	lbw Umesh Yadav	8	17	1	0	47.05
Shaun Marsh	b Umesh Yadav	3	11	0	0	27.27
Ricky Ponting	c Virender Sehwag b Zaheer Khan	60	97	3	0	61.85
Michael Clarke (captain)	b Ishant Sharma	1	4	0	0	25.00
Michael Hussey	c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan	89	151	9	0	58.94
Brad Haddin (wk)	c VVS Laxman b Zaheer Khan	6	14	0	0	42.85
Peter Siddle	c MS Dhoni b Umesh Yadav	4	22	0	0	18.18
Nathan Lyon	lbw Ravichandran Ashwin	0	11	0	0	0.00
James Pattinson	not out	37	81	4	0	45.67
Ben Hilfenhaus	c VVS Laxman b Ishant Sharma	14	29	2	0	48.27
Extras	b 5, lb 2, w 1, nb 5	13
		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)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
Zaheer Khan	20.0	4	53	3	2.65	3nb, 1w
Umesh Yadav	20.0	4	70	4	3.50
Ishant Sharma	12.3	0	43	2	3.44	2nb
Ravichandran Ashwin	22.0	4	60	1	2.72
Virender Sehwag	2.0	0	7	0	3.50

India Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	c Ricky Ponting b Peter Siddle	13	46	1	0	28.26
Virender Sehwag	c Michael Hussey b Ben Hilfenhaus	7	12	1	0	58.33
Rahul Dravid	b James Pattinson	10	29	1	0	34.48
Sachin Tendulkar	c Michael Hussey b Peter Siddle	32	46	4	0	69.56
VVS Laxman	c Ed Cowan b James Pattinson	1	14	0	0	7.14
Virat Kohli	lbw Ben Hilfenhaus	0	1	0	0	0.00
MS Dhoni (captain, wk)	b James Pattinson	23	44	0	1	52.27
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Ed Cowan b Peter Siddle	30	35	5	0	85.71
Zaheer Khan	c Ed Cowan b James Pattinson	13	22	1	1	59.09
Ishant Sharma	not out	6	14	0	0	42.85
Umesh Yadav	c David Warner b Nathan Lyon	21	25	2	1	84.00
Extras	lb 10, w 2, nb 1	13
		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 (Khan, 40.5 ov)
9-142 (Dhoni, 42.2 ov)	10-169 (Yadav, 47.5 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
James Pattinson	15.0	2	53	4	3.53	1nb, 1w
Ben Hilfenhaus	18.0	4	39	2	2.16	1w
Peter Siddle	9.0	1	42	3	4.66
Nathan Lyon	5.5	0	25	1	4.28

Umpires	Marais Erasmus, Ian Gould
TV Umpire	Paul Reiffel
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle
Reserve Umpire	Ashley Barrow

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