Australia v India
4th Test · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 24 Jan 2012 – 28 Jan 2012
Australia won by 298 runs
Australia 1st innings604/7d157 overs
India 1st innings27295.1 overs
Australia 2nd innings167/5d45.5 overs
India 2nd innings20169.4 overs
Australia 1st innings 604/7d (157 ov)
Did not bat: NM Lyon, BW Hilfenhaus
Fall of wickets: 26-1 (DA Warner, 6.5 ov), 31-2 (SE Marsh, 9.6 ov), 84-3 (EJM Cowan, 25.5 ov), 470-4 (MJ Clarke, 120.3 ov), 520-5 (MEK Hussey, 133.6 ov), 530-6 (RT Ponting, 136.1 ov), 533-7 (PM Siddle, 139.6 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 26 | 41 | EJM Cowan 13, DA Warner 8 |
| 2 | 5 | 19 | EJM Cowan 2, SE Marsh 3 |
| 3 | 53 | 95 | EJM Cowan 15, RT Ponting 37 |
| 4 | 386 | 568 | RT Ponting 162, MJ Clarke 210 |
| 5 | 50 | 81 | RT Ponting 21, MEK Hussey 25 |
| 6 | 10 | 13 | RT Ponting 1, BJ Haddin 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 23 | BJ Haddin 1, PM Siddle 2 |
| Unbroken | 71 | 102 | BJ Haddin 35, RJ Harris 35 |
India 1st innings 272 (95.1 ov)
Fall of wickets: 26-1 (V Sehwag, 5.1 ov), 31-2 (R Dravid, 6.6 ov), 78-3 (SR Tendulkar, 31.2 ov), 87-4 (G Gambhir, 33.5 ov), 111-5 (VVS Laxman, 46.1 ov), 225-6 (WP Saha, 84.4 ov), 230-7 (R Ashwin, 87.1 ov), 230-8 (Z Khan, 87.2 ov), 263-9 (I Sharma, 93.6 ov), 272-10 (V Kohli, 95.1 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 26 | 31 | G Gambhir 8, V Sehwag 18 |
| 2 | 5 | 11 | G Gambhir 4, R Dravid 1 |
| 3 | 47 | 146 | G Gambhir 22, SR Tendulkar 25 |
| 4 | 9 | 15 | G Gambhir 0, VVS Laxman 9 |
| 5 | 24 | 74 | VVS Laxman 9, V Kohli 15 |
| 6 | 114 | 231 | V Kohli 76, WP Saha 35 |
| 7 | 5 | 15 | V Kohli 0, R Ashwin 5 |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | V Kohli 0, Z Khan 0 |
| 9 | 33 | 40 | V Kohli 16, I Sharma 16 |
| 10 | 9 | 7 | V Kohli 9, UT Yadav 0 |
Australia 2nd innings 167/5d (45.5 ov)
Did not bat: RJ Harris, NM Lyon, PM Siddle, BW Hilfenhaus
Fall of wickets: 39-1 (DA Warner, 9.6 ov), 40-2 (SE Marsh, 10.6 ov), 40-3 (EJM Cowan, 11.4 ov), 111-4 (MJ Clarke, 28.2 ov), 147-5 (MEK Hussey, 38.5 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 39 | 60 | DA Warner 28, EJM Cowan 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | EJM Cowan 1, SE Marsh 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | EJM Cowan 0, RT Ponting 0 |
| 4 | 71 | 99 | RT Ponting 34, MJ Clarke 37 |
| 5 | 36 | 63 | RT Ponting 17, MEK Hussey 15 |
| Unbroken | 20 | 43 | RT Ponting 9, BJ Haddin 11 |
India 2nd innings 201 (69.4 ov)
| Batter | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|
| G Gambhir | c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| V Sehwag | c RT Ponting b NM Lyon | 62 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 117.0 |
| R Dravid | c MEK Hussey b RJ Harris | 25 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 35.2 |
| SR Tendulkar | c EJM Cowan b NM Lyon | 13 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 38.2 |
| VVS Laxman | c SE Marsh b NM Lyon | 35 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 39.8 |
| V Kohli | run out (BW Hilfenhaus) | 22 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 35.5 |
| I Sharma | c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| WP Saha | c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| R Ashwin | not out | 15 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 48.4 |
| Z Khan | c DA Warner b BW Hilfenhaus | 15 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 83.3 |
| UT Yadav | c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 |
| Extras | | 5 | |
| Total | all out, 69.4 overs | 201 | |
Fall of wickets: 14-1 (G Gambhir, 4.3 ov), 80-2 (V Sehwag, 19.1 ov), 100-3 (R Dravid, 28.1 ov), 110-4 (SR Tendulkar, 31.4 ov), 162-5 (VVS Laxman, 53.2 ov), 166-6 (V Kohli, 54.6 ov), 166-7 (I Sharma, 58.2 ov), 170-8 (WP Saha, 59.5 ov), 193-9 (Z Khan, 66.2 ov), 201-10 (UT Yadav, 69.4 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 14 | 27 | G Gambhir 3, V Sehwag 10 |
| 2 | 66 | 88 | V Sehwag 52, R Dravid 14 |
| 3 | 20 | 54 | R Dravid 11, SR Tendulkar 9 |
| 4 | 10 | 21 | SR Tendulkar 4, VVS Laxman 6 |
| 5 | 52 | 130 | VVS Laxman 29, V Kohli 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 10 | V Kohli 2, I Sharma 2 |
| 7 | 0 | 20 | I Sharma 0, WP Saha 0 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | WP Saha 3, R Ashwin 1 |
| 9 | 23 | 39 | R Ashwin 8, Z Khan 15 |
| 10 | 8 | 20 | R Ashwin 6, UT Yadav 1 |
Match details
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Season
- 2011/12
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar, HDPK Dharmasena
- Match referee
- RS Madugalle