By IANS,
Melbourne : Scoreboard at stumps on the first day of the first cricket Test between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Monday.
Australia 1st Innings:
Ed Cowan c Dhoni b Ashwin 68
David Warner c Dhoni b Yadav 37
Shaun Marsh c Kohli b Yadav 0
Ricky Ponting c Laxman b Yadav 62
Michael Clarke b Khan 31
Michael Hussey c Dhoni b Khan 0
Brad Haddin batting 21
Peter Siddle batting 34
Extras (lb 21, w 2, nb 1): 24
Total (for six wickets in 89 overs): 277
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Warner, 13.1 overs), 2-46 (Marsh, 15.1), 3-159 (Ponting, 48.3), 4-205 (Clarke, 64.2), 5-205 (Hussey, 64.3), 6-214 (Cowan, 67.1)
Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 23-5-49-2
Ishant Sharma 20-6-40-0
Umesh Yadav 20-4-96-3
Ravichandran Ashwin 26-2-71-1
Toss: Australia, who chose to bat
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Ian Gould (England)
TV umpire: Paul Reiffel (Australia)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)