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Australia's all-round strength came to their rescue as Colin McCool played the innings of his life, 104 not out, adding 63 with Don Tallon (35) and leaving Australia 253/6 at the end of the day. Edrich returned to the fray in the first over of the second day and had Tallon caught behind in the first over, but Bruce Dooland (19) "defended ...
England's first innings was dominated by Ian Botham's 138 off 174 balls - his last test century. He was especially severe on Australian Bowler Merv Hughes, playing in only his second Test. [2] Important also was the return to form of Gower (51) and Captain Gatting (61). A rain-shortened first day meant that Australia was 1–33 by the start of ...
Shortly after lunch, Rahane's innings came to an end as he was caught by Green while on 89. [38] Thakur managed to complete his fifty, but his dismissal triggered a collapse in India's score, concluding at 296 and trailing by 173 runs. Australia's second innings commenced with an early setback, as Warner was caught behind off Siraj's bowling.
Australia was the losing team on all three occasions. Harbhajan's first innings hat-trick was the first ever by an Indian in Test cricket. [16] Laxman's innings of 281 was the highest, at the time, by an Indian in Tests, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar's record of 236 not out. [17] Dravid's innings of 180 was his ninth Test century and first against ...
(i.e. score-team1-inns1, score-team1-inns2, etc.) Team n's total for the mth innings, in the format "[runs]/[wickets] ([overs] overs)" (or "[wickets]/[runs] ([overs] overs)" in Australia). runs-team n-inns m Batting team's top run-scorer in the innings. (Tiebreaker: fewer balls faced) wickets-team n-inns m Bowling team's top wicket-taker in the ...
Collingwood increased his score to a personal best innings of 206, becoming only the third Englishman to score a double-century in Australia, and the first in 70 years. He was out caught behind by Gilchrist from an outswinging Clark delivery on the final ball before tea. After the interval, Pietersen went on to make 158 before being run out.
Shamar Joseph braved a toe injury and grabbed 7-68 as the young fast bowler inspired the West Indies to its first win in Australia in 27 years in a gripping conclusion to the day-night test at the ...
Australia increased their lead with a second innings score of 395, thanks again to Steve Waugh's century, 116 runs on this occasion. His 14th century made him the first Australian batsman to score a hundred in both innings since 1989, and the first instance of this feat in a Test between Australia and England since Arthur Morris and Denis ...