Australian cricket team in India in 2004–05

Australia in India in 2004-05

	India	Australia
Dates	October – November 2004
Test series
Result	Australia won the 4-match series 2–1

The Australia national cricket team toured India in the 2004–05 season and played a four-match Test series, during October and November 2004, against India, Australia winning the series 2–1 with one match drawn, their first series win on Indian soil since their 1969-70 tour. The future Australian Test captain, Michael Clarke, made his Test debut in the first match, scoring 151 in the first innings. In the fourth match of the series, Clarke took 6 wickets for 9 runs in the second innings.

Series summary

1st Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – Australia won by 217 runs^[1]
2nd Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai – match drawn^[2]
3rd Test at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur – Australia won by 342 runs^[3]
4th Test at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai – India won by 13 runs^[4]

Test series

1st Test

6 October 2004
Scorecard

Australia	v	India
474 (130 overs) Michael Clarke 151 (248) Harbhajan Singh 5/146 (41 overs)		246 (89.2 overs) Parthiv Patel 46 (125) Glenn McGrath 4/55 (25 overs)
228 (78.1 overs) Damien Martyn 45 (139) Harbhajan Singh 6/78 (30.1 overs)		239 (87.4 overs) Rahul Dravid 60 (188) Jason Gillespie 3/33 (14.4 overs)

Australia won by 217 runs
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Player of the match: Michael Clarke (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Michael Clarke (Aus) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

14 October 2004
Scorecard

Australia	v	India
235 (71.3 overs) Justin Langer 71 (113) Anil Kumble 7/48 (17.3 overs)		376 (134.3 overs) Virender Sehwag 155 (221) Shane Warne 6/125 (42.3 overs)
369 (133.5 overs) Damien Martyn 104 (210) Anil Kumble 6/133 (47 overs)		19/0 (3 overs) Virender Sehwag 12* (10)

Match drawn
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Anil Kumble (Ind)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on day 5.

3rd Test

26 October 2004
Scorecard

Australia	v	India
398 (100.2 overs) Damien Martyn 114 (165) Zaheer Khan 4/95 (26.2 overs)		185 (91.5 overs) Mohammad Kaif 55 (151) Jason Gillespie 5/56 (22.5 overs)
329/5 dec (98.1 overs) Simon Katich 99 (157) Zaheer Khan 2/64 (21.1 overs)		200 (53.3 overs) Virender Sehwag 58 (94) Jason Gillespie 4/24 (16 overs)

Australia won by 342 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Damien Martyn (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

4th Test

3 November 2004
Scorecard

India	v	Australia
104 (41.3 overs) Rahul Dravid 31* (104) Jason Gillespie 4/29 (12 overs)		203 (61.3 overs) Damien Martyn 55 (114) Anil Kumble 5/90 (19 overs)
205 (68.2 overs) VVS Laxman 69 (127) Michael Clarke 6/9 (6.2 overs)		93 (30.5 overs) Matthew Hayden 24 (30) Harbhajan Singh 5/29 (10.5 overs)

India won by 13 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Murali Kartik (Ind)

India won the toss and elected to bat.
Nathan Hauritz (Aus), Dinesh Karthik (Ind) and Gautam Gambhir (Ind) made their Test debuts.

References

External links

Series home on CricInfo

International cricket in 2004–05

Preceding season: International cricket in 2004

September 2004	Paktel Cup

October 2004	Australia in India New Zealand in Bangladesh Sri Lanka in Pakistan

November 2004	New Zealand in Australia (Chappell–Hadlee Trophy) South Africa in India England in Zimbabwe

December 2004	India in Bangladesh Pakistan in Australia England in South Africa

January 2005	VB Series Zimbabwe in Bangladesh

February 2005	Australia in New Zealand Zimbabwe in South Africa

March 2005	South Africa in West Indies Pakistan in India

April 2005	Sri Lanka in New Zealand

Following season: International cricket in 2005

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