Australian cricket team in India in 2004–05
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India | Australia | ||
Dates | October – November 2004 | ||
Captains |
Sourav Ganguly (1st and 2nd Tests) Rahul Dravid (3rd and 4th Tests) |
Adam Gilchrist (1st-3rd Tests) Ricky Ponting (4th Test) | |
Test series | |||
Result | Australia won the 4-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Virender Sehwag (299) | Damien Martyn (444) | |
Most wickets | Anil Kumble (27) | Jason Gillespie (20) | |
Player of the series | Damien Martyn (Aus) |
The Australia national cricket team toured India in the 2004–05 season and played a four-match Test series, during October and November 2004, against India, Australia winning the series 2–1 with one match drawn, their first series win on Indian soil since their 1969-70 tour. The future Australian Test captain, Michael Clarke, made his Test debut in the first match, scoring 151 in the first innings. In the fourth match of the series, Clarke took 6 wickets for 9 runs in the second innings.
Tour match[]
First class: Mumbai v Australians[]
30 September-2 October
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- Australians won the toss and elected to bat
- Rain on Day 4 prevented play until 13:40
- First class debut for VA Indulkar (Ind)
Test series[]
1st Test[]
6 October 2004
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Michael Clarke (Aus) made his Test debut and scored his first century in Tests.
2nd Test[]
14 October 2004
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19/0 (3 overs)
Virender Sehwag 12* (10) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 5.
- Anil Kumble became the second India player to claim 400 wickets in Tests.[1]
3rd Test[]
4th Test[]
3 November 2004
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nathan Hauritz (Aus), Dinesh Karthik (Ind) and Gautam Gambhir (Ind) made their Test debuts.
References[]
- ^ "Kumble joins 400 club". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2004 in Australian cricket
- 2004 in Indian cricket
- Australian cricket tours of India
- Indian cricket seasons from 2000–01
- International cricket competitions in 2004–05