- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras10 (b 1, lb 7, nb 2)TOTAL398/6d (86 Overs, RR: 4.62)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Ryan Broad, 9.3 ov), 2-45 (Joe Burns, 22.3 ov), 3-271 (Wes Robinson, 69.4 ov), 4-363 (Alex Doolan, 82.4 ov), 5-363 (Glenn Maxwell, 82.6 ov), 6-398 (Dean Solway, 85.5 ov)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras8 (b 4, lb 2, nb 2)TOTAL320/6 (83.1 Overs, RR: 3.84)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Ajinkya Rahane, 1.5 ov), 2-74 (Gautam Gambhir, 20.4 ov), 3-107 (Rahul Dravid, 32.2 ov), 4-240 (Sachin Tendulkar, 60.6 ov), 5-240 (VVS Laxman, 60.6 ov), 6-246 (Virat Kohli, 64.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PR George 19 7 38 0 2 0 0 JA Haberfield 12 3 54 1 4.5 0 0 JK Lalor 12 1 45 0 3.75 0 2 GJ Maxwell 17 2 84 1 4.94 0 0 CJ Boyce 18 1 74 2 4.11 0 0 WM Robinson 3 0 8 0 2.66 0 0 JA Burns 2.1 0 11 0 5.07 0 0
Match Details
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Close of Play
- Thu, 15 Dec - day 1 - Cricket Australia Chairman's XI 1st innings 398/6 (TLW Cooper 182*, TP Ludeman 0*, 86 ov)
- Fri, 16 Dec - day 2 - Indians 1st innings 320/6 (83.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Lunch: Cricket Australia Chairman's XI 1st innings 53/2 (WM Robinson 19*, TLW Cooper 2*, 26 ov)
- Tea: Cricket Australia Chairman's XI 1st innings 186/2 (WM Robinson 80*, TLW Cooper 71*, 57 ov)
India tour of Australia 2011-12 News
Seventy-eight days later
From Brisbane to Sydney and back again. Must be the CB Series then
Ian v Greg at the Chappell backyard
The Chappell brothers' has to be the ideal childhood, one every lover of cricket would commit heinous crimes to enjoy
'Indians weren't really interested in Test cricket' - Greg Chappell
Greg Chappell, India's former coach, has said that India "weren't really in Test cricket" on their tour to Australia, and that "Test cricket is pretty tough for them"
Time for Tendulkar to introspect
Ian Chappell, writing in Mid-Day , says as India's tour of Australia wore on, Tendulkar's form deteriorated; the Australian bowlers eventually got inside his mind and along with thoughts of his century this was too much for him to process.
Player-media rift not good for Indian cricket
Boria Majumdar, writing in the Times of India , says the time has come for the BCCI to have a proper media policy and appoint a professional media manager following differences emerging between the press and the players during the Australian tour.
