By IANS
Melbourne : The following is the opening day’s scoreboard Wednesday of the first Test match between India and Australia being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Scoreboard:
1st Test, Day I, India vs. Australia, Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne, Dec 26
Australia 1st innings
Phil Jaques st Dhoni b Kumble 66
Mathew Hayden c Dravid b Khan 124
Ricky Ponting b Khan 4
Michael Hussey lbw Kumble 2
Michael Clarke c Laxman b Singh 20
Andrew Symonds c sub (Karthik) b Kumble 35
Adam Gilchrist c Tendulkar b Kumble 23
Brad Hogg c Dravid b Khan 17
Brett Lee lbw b Kumble 0
Mitchell Johnson not out 10
Stuart Clark not out 21
Extras (lb 5, w 1, nb 9) 15
Total: (for nine wickets in 90 overs) 337
Fall of wickets: 1-135 (Jaques, 33.4 overs), 2-162 (Ponting, 38.5), 3-165 (Hussey, 39.3), 4-225 (Clarke, 59.1), 5-241 (Hayden, 62.3), 6-281 (Symonds, 71.4), 7-288 (Gilchrist, 75.3), 8-294 (Lee, 79.2), 9-312 (Hogg, 86.1)
Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 22 1 93 3 4.22 (8nb, 1w)
Rudra Pratap Singh 19 3 77 1 4.05
Harbhajan Singh 20 3 61 0 3.05
Sourav Ganguly 3 1 15 0 5.00 (1nb)
Anil Kumble 25 4 84 5 3.36
Sachin Tendulkar 1 0 2 0 2.00
Toss: Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Umpires: Mark Benson (England) and Billy Bowden (New Zealand)
TV umpire: Steve J. Davis (Australia)
Match referee: Mike Procter (South Africa)