| Indian cricket team in Australia in 2011–12 | |||||
| Australia | India | ||||
| Dates | 15 December 2011 – 3 February 2012 | ||||
| Captains | Michael Clarke | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | |||
| Test series | |||||
| Twenty20 series | |||||
The Indian cricket team is touring Australia from 15 December 2011 to 3 February 2012.[1] The tour includes four Tests, to contest the Border–Gavaskar Trophy (held by India at the start of the tour),[2] and two Twenty20s (T20Is).[3][4] India will also compete in the Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series with Australia and Sri Lanka.[5]
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The Australian Test team is captained by Michael Clarke, India is led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Sachin Tendulkar is playing his fifth Test series in Australia, 20 years after his first.[6] At the beginning of the tour, Tendulkar had scored 99 centuries in international cricket; the tour thus gave him the opportunity to become the first player in the history of the sport to reach 100.[7]
Australia had drawn an away Test series against South Africa in November 2011. In December they drew the two-Test home series with New Zealand, 1–1.[8] India had most recently won a three-Test home series against the West Indies, 2–0, in November.
Australian made a few changes to it's lineup, opening batsman Ed Cowan was selected to make his Test debut, replacing Phillip Hughes; batsman Shaun Marsh returned from the side after recovering from injury, replacing Usman Khawaja; and fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus was recalled to the team in place of Mitchell Starc, who was named twelfth man.
India made two changes to its bowling attack from the third test of the West Indies series, with pacemen Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav replacing paceman Varun Aaron and spinner Pragyan Ojha, and fielded an unchanged batting line-up. Harbhajan Singh took the wicket of Ponting ten times, but he wasn't picked.
| 15–16 December Scorecard |
Cricket Australia Chairman's XI 398/6d (86 overs) |
v | Indians 320/6 (83.1 overs) |
Match Drawn Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Mick Martell and John Ward |
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| Tom Cooper 182* (194) Umesh Yadav 3/39 (15 overs) |
Sachin Tendulkar (ret.) 92 (132) Cameron Boyce 2/72 (18 overs) |
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| 19–21 December Scorecard |
Indians 269 (79.1 overs) |
v | Cricket Australia Chairman's XI 215/7d (59 overs) |
Match Drawn Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Mick Martell and John Ward |
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| Virat Kohli 132 (171) Peter George 2/62 (17 overs) |
Ed Cowan 109 (154) Ravichandran Ashwin 3/52 (14 overs) |
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| 90/2d (30 overs) | 100/0 (30 overs) | ||||
| Gautam Gambhir 42* (98) Peter George 1/12 (7 overs) |
Usman Khawaja 56* (84) Umesh Yadav 0/11 (3 overs) |
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Entering the series, India held the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after winning the previous two Test series between the countries, both of which were held in India: 2–0 from four Tests in 2008–09, and 2–0 from two Tests in 2010–11.
The series was played without the players having access to the decision review system (DRS). At the time, the DRS could be used in any Test series at the agreement of both participating cricket boards, but the Board of Control for Cricket in India opposed its use in this series. Umpires could still initiate reviews to the third umpire for run out, stumping and no ball decisions.[11]
| 26–30 December Scorecard |
Australia 333 (110 Overs) |
v | India 282 (94.1 Overs) |
Australia won by 122 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the Match: James Pattinson (Aus) |
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| Ed Cowan 68 (177) Zaheer Khan 4/77 (31 Overs) |
Sachin Tendulkar 73 (98) Ben Hilfenhaus 5/75 (26 Overs) |
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| 240 (76.3 Overs) | 169 (47.5 overs) | ||||
| Michael Hussey 89 (134) Umesh Yadav 4/49 (15 Overs) |
Sachin Tendulkar 32 (46) James Pattinson 4/53 (15 Overs) |
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Day 1: Over 70,000 people attended the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the first day of the Boxing Day Test. Australia won the toss and batted first. Play was interrupted for around forty minutes after the lunch break, but only one over was lost after the day's play was extended. Ed Cowan scored 68 runs on debut; Ricky Ponting scored 62.[12] Australia suffered a middle order collapse, falling at one stage from 3/205 to 6/214, but Australia steadied to reach 6/277 at the end of Day 1. Television replays and technology cast doubt on the umpires' decisions to dismiss Cowan and Michael Hussey caught behind on the first day.
Day 2: Australia reached 333 before being bowled out before lunch. India started well in its first innings, with three of its senior batsmen — Virender Sehwag (67), Rahul Dravid (68) and Sachin Tendulkar (73) — making half-centuries before Peter Siddle claimed Tendulkar's wicket in the last over of the day's play, with India 214/3 at stumps.[13]
Day 3: India then suffered a batting collapse on the third morning, losing 68/7 in the morning session to be bowled out for 282. Ben Hilfenhaus collected the first five-wicket haul of his Test career (5/75).[14] Australia took a 51-run lead into the second innings, but suffered a top order collapse, falling to 27/4. Umesh Yadav took three of the early wickets, finishing the match with seven. Ricky Ponting (60) and Michael Hussey (89), both under pressure to maintain their positions in the team, salvaged the innings after the collapse, combining for a partnership of 115, but three more quick wickets in the afternoon saw Australia 179/8 at stumps. A strong contribution from the tail, most notably James Pattinson (37 not out).
Day 4: Australia added a further 61 runs, to be dismissed for 240, a lead of 291 runs. India fell 123 runs short of the target, dismissed inside fifty overs on the fourth day for 169. Tendulkar was the top scorer with 32, and India was unable to compile any significant partnerships. All of the Australian fast bowlers took wickets, with four to Pattinson, three to Peter Siddle and two to Hilfenhaus.
James Pattinson was named player of the match, with bowling figures of 2/55 and 4/53, and useful batting contributions of 18* and 37*. It was Pattinson's second player of the match award in only his third career Test match.[15]
Australia now leads the Test series 1–0-0, having won this test.
| 3–7 January Scorecard |
India 191 (59.3 Overs) |
v | Australia 482/4 (116 Overs) |
Stumps, Day 2 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA) and Ian Gould (Eng) |
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| Mahendra Singh Dhoni 57* (77) James Pattinson 4/43 (14 Overs) |
Michael Clarke 251* (342) Zaheer Khan 3/106 (26 Overs) |
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| 13–17 January Scorecard |
Australia | v | India | WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri) |
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| 24–28 January Scorecard |
Australia | v | India | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri) |
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| 1 February Scorecard |
Australia |
v | India |
Stadium Australia, Sydney |
| 3 February Scorecard |
Australia |
v | India |
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
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