By IANS
Perth : India defeated Australia by 72 runs on the fourth day of the third Test here Saturday to keep the series alive. India now trail 1-2 in the four-match series, with the final Test to be played in Adelaide.
Chasing 413 for a win, Australia were all out for 340 in 86.5 overs at the Western Australian Cricket Association ground. They had made 212 in their first innings while Anil Kumble’s Team India scored 330 and 294.
Ricky Ponting’s Australia were attempting to win their 17th successive Test for a world record, and had not lost any of the last 25 Tests at home.
Interestingly, the last time Australia had lost a Test at home was also to India, in December 2003 in Adelaide when Sourav Ganguly was the captain.
The fourth Test starts in Adelaide Thursday. India will play a one-off Twenty20 International against Australia Feb 1.
India will also play a One-Day International triangular series in Australia, beginning Feb 3, with Sri Lanka joining the two teams.
Scoreboard
Third Test, Day 4, India vs. Australia, Western Australian Cricket Association Ground, Perth (stumps), Jan 19
India (1st innings):
Wasim Jaffer c Gilchrist b Lee 16
Virender Sehwag c Gilchrist b Johnson 29
Rahul Dravid c Ponting b Symonds 93
Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Lee 71
Sourav Ganguly c Hussey b Johnson 9
V.V.S. Laxman c Tait b Lee 27
Mahendra Singh Dhoni lbw b Clark 19
Irfan Pathan lbw b Johnson 28
Anil Kumble c Rogers b Clark 1
Rudra Pratap Singh c Hussey b Johnson 0
Ishant Sharma not out 0
Extras: (lb 19, w 9, nb 9) 37
Total: (all out in 98.2 overs) 330
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Sehwag, 16.4 overs), 2-59 (Jaffer, 19.2), 3-198 (Tendulkar, 57.4), 4-214 (Ganguly, 60.5), 5-278 (77.6), 6-284 (Laxman, 81.4), 7-328 (Dhoni, 95.4), 8-330 (Pathan, 96.6), 9-330 (Kumble, 97.1)
Bowling:
Brett Lee 24 5 71 3 (6nb, 1w)
Mitchell Johnson 28.2 7 86 4 (2w)
Stuart Clark 17 4 45 2 (1w)
Shaun Tait 13 1 59 0 (3nb, 1w)
Andrew Symonds 10 1 36 1
Michael Clarke 6 1 14 0
Australia (1st innings):
Phil Jaques c Laxman b Pathan 8
Chris Rogers lbw b Pathan 4
Ricky Ponting c Dravid b Sharma 20
Mike Hussey c Dhoni b Singh 0
Michael Clarke c Dhoni b Singh 23
Andrew Symonds c Dravid b Kumble 66
Adam Gilchrist c Dhoni b Singh 55
Brett Lee c Dhoni b Singh 11
Michael Johnson not out 6
Stuart Clark c Dhoni b Singh 0
Shaun Tait c and b Kumble 8
Extras: (b 4, lb 1, w 4, nb 2) 11
Total: (all out in 50 overs) 212
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Rogers, 3.3 overs), 2-13 (Jaques, 3.5), 3-14 (Hussey, 6.2), 4-43 (Ponting, 14.3), 5-61 (Clarke, 18.2), 6-163 (Symonds, 35.4), 7-192 (Gilchrist, 42.4), 8-195 (Lee, 46.3), 9-195 (Clark, 46.6)
Bowling:
Rudra Pratap Singh 14 2 68 4 (1w)
Irfan Pathan 17 2 63 2 (2w)
Ishant Sharma 7 0 34 2 (1w)
Anil Kumble 12 1 42 2 (2nb)
India (2nd innings):
Wasim Jaffer c Hussey b Clark 11
Virender Sehwag b Clark 43
Irfan Pathan c Ponting b Clark 46
Rahul Dravid c Gilchrist b Lee 3
Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Lee 13
Sourav Ganguly c Clarke b Johnson 0
V.V.S. Laxman c Gilchrist b Lee 79
Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Gilchrist b Symonds 38
Anil Kumble c Clarke b Symonds 0
Rudra Pratap Singh c Gilchrist b Clark 30
Ishant Sharma not out 4
Extras: (lb 14, w 5, nb 8) 27
Total: (all out in 80.4 overs) 294
Fall of wicket: 1-45 (Jaffer, 9.3 overs), 2-79 (Sehwag, 17.3), 3-82 (Dravid, 18.2), 4-116 (Tendulkar, 24.4), 5-125 (Ganguly, 25.5), 6-160 (Pathan, 34.3), 7-235 (Dhoni, 62.1), 8-235 (Kumble, 62.5), 9-286 (Singh, 79.5)
Bowling:
Brett Lee 20.4 4 54 3 (4nb, 1w)
Mitchell Johnson 10 0 58 1
Stuart Clark 19 4 61 4 (2w)
Shaun Tait 8 0 33 0 (4nb, 2w)
Michael Clarke 13 2 38 0
Andrew Symonds 10 2 36 2
Australia (2nd innings): (overnight, 65/2)
Chris Rogers c Dhoni b Pathan 15
Phil Jaques c Jaffer b Pathan 16
Ricky Ponting c Dravid b Sharma 45
Mike Hussey lbw b Singh 46
Michael Clarke st Dhoni b Kumble 81
Andrew Symonds lbw b Kumble 12
Adam Gilchrist b Sehwag 15
Brett Lee c Laxman b Sehwag 0
Mitchell Johnson not out 50
Stuart Clark c Dhoni b Pathan 32
Shaun Tait b Singh 4
Extras (lb 6, w 8, nb 10) 24
Total (all out; 86.5 overs) 340 (3.91 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Rogers, 5.1 ov), 2-43 (Jaques, 9.4), 3-117 (Ponting, 33.1), 4-159 (Hussey, 44.6), 5-177 (Symonds, 49.4), 6-227 (Gilchrist, 60.3), 7-229 (Lee, 62.2), 8-253 (Clarke, 71.1), 9-326 (Clark, 83.6), 10-340 (Tait, 86.5)
Bowling:
Rudra Pratap Singh 21.5-4-95-2 (3w)
Irfan Pathan 16-2-54-3
Ishant Sharma 17-0-63-1 (7nb, 1w)
Anil Kumble 24-2-98-2 (3nb)
Virender Sehwag 8-1-24-2
Result: India won by 72 runs
Series: Australia lead four-match series 2-1
Toss: India
Umpires: Billy Bowden (New Zealand) and Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
Match Referee: Mike Procter (South Africa)