Australia 277/6 (89.0 ov)

India

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Stumps - Day 1

• Border-Gavaskar Trophy - 1st Test
• Test no. 2025 | 2011/12 season
• Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
• 26,27,28,29,30 December 2011 (5-day match)

	Australia 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	EJM Cowan	c †Dhoni b Ashwin	68	177	7	0	38.41
	DA Warner	c †Dhoni b Yadav	37	49	4	1	75.51
	SE Marsh	c Kohli b Yadav	0	6	0	0	0.00
	RT Ponting	c Laxman b Yadav	62	94	6	0	65.95
	MJ Clarke*	b Khan	31	68	5	0	45.58
	MEK Hussey	c †Dhoni b Khan	0	1	0	0	0.00
	BJ Haddin†	not out	21	60	0	0	35.00
	PM Siddle	not out	34	80	4	0	42.50
	Extras	(lb 21, w 2, nb 1)	24
	Total	(6 wickets; 89 overs)	277	(3.11 runs per over)

To bat JL Pattinson, BW Hilfenhaus, NM Lyon

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)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	23	5	49	2	2.13	(1nb, 1w)
	I Sharma	20	6	40	0	2.00
	U Yadav	20	4	96	3	4.80	(1w)
	R Ashwin	26	2	71	1	2.73

	India team

V Sehwag, G Gambhir, R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, V Kohli, MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, Z Khan, I Sharma, U Yadav

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat

Test debut EJM Cowan (Australia)

Umpires M Erasmus (South Africa) and IJ Gould (England) TV umpire PR Reiffel Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire AJ Barrow

Close of play Mon, 26 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 277/6 (BJ Haddin 21*, PM Siddle 3