TestNo. 2571Men

Australia v India

Australia won by 184 runs

India tour of Australia, Match 426 December 2024 to 30 December 2024Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Australiabatted first

474 & 23483.4 ov

India

369 & 15579.1 ov

Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match PJ Cummins

Australia innings

474122.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
S Konstas	lbw b RA Jadeja	60	65	6	2	92.3
UT Khawaja	c KL Rahul b JJ Bumrah	57	121	6	0	47.1
M Labuschagne	c V Kohli b Washington Sundar	72	145	7	0	49.7
SPD Smith	b Akash Deep	140	197	13	3	71.1
TM Head	b JJ Bumrah	0	7	0	0	0.0
MR Marsh	c RR Pant b JJ Bumrah	4	13	1	0	30.8
AT Carey	c RR Pant b Akash Deep	31	41	0	1	75.6
PJ Cummins	c Nithish Kumar Reddy b RA Jadeja	49	63	7	0	77.8
MA Starc	b RA Jadeja	15	36	0	1	41.7
NM Lyon	lbw b JJ Bumrah	13	18	1	0	72.2
SM Boland	not out	6*	36	0	0	16.7
Extras	lb 11, w 10, nb 6	27
Total	all out, 122.4 overs, run rate 3.86	474

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-89 S Konstas2-154 UT Khawaja3-237 M Labuschagne4-240 TM Head5-246 MR Marsh6-299 AT Carey7-411 PJ Cummins8-455 MA Starc9-455 SPD Smith10-474 NM Lyon

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JJ Bumrah	28.4	9	99	4	3.45	131	7	4	0	3
Mohammed Siraj	23	3	122	0	5.30	83	10	2	2	0
Akash Deep	26	8	94	2	3.62	110	10	0	0	2
RA Jadeja	23	4	78	3	3.39	95	10	0	0	0
Nithish Kumar Reddy	7	0	21	0	3.00	24	1	0	0	0
Washington Sundar	15	2	49	1	3.27	60	3	1	0	1

India innings

369119.3 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	run out (AT Carey, PJ Cummins)	82	118	11	1	69.5
RG Sharma	c SM Boland b PJ Cummins	3	5	0	0	60.0
KL Rahul	b PJ Cummins	24	42	3	0	57.1
V Kohli	c AT Carey b SM Boland	36	86	4	0	41.9
Akash Deep	c NM Lyon b SM Boland	0	13	0	0	0.0
RR Pant	c NM Lyon b SM Boland	28	37	3	0	75.7
RA Jadeja	lbw b NM Lyon	17	51	3	0	33.3
Nithish Kumar Reddy	c MA Starc b NM Lyon	114	189	11	1	60.3
Washington Sundar	c SPD Smith b NM Lyon	50	162	1	0	30.9
JJ Bumrah	c UT Khawaja b PJ Cummins	0	3	0	0	0.0
Mohammed Siraj	not out	4*	15	0	0	26.7
Extras	lb 2, w 5, nb 4	11
Total	all out, 119.3 overs, run rate 3.09	369

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-8 RG Sharma2-51 KL Rahul3-153 YBK Jaiswal4-154 V Kohli5-159 Akash Deep6-191 RR Pant7-221 RA Jadeja8-348 Washington Sundar9-350 JJ Bumrah10-369 Nithish Kumar Reddy

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	25	2	86	0	3.44	112	10	0	0	3
PJ Cummins	29	6	89	3	3.07	131	10	0	1	0
SM Boland	27	7	57	3	2.11	132	6	0	0	0
NM Lyon	28.3	4	96	3	3.37	111	6	1	0	0
MR Marsh	7	1	28	0	4.00	30	3	1	0	1
TM Head	3	0	11	0	3.67	10	1	0	0	0

Australia innings

23483.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
S Konstas	b JJ Bumrah	8	18	1	0	44.4
UT Khawaja	b Mohammed Siraj	21	65	2	0	32.3
M Labuschagne	lbw b Mohammed Siraj	70	139	3	0	50.4
SPD Smith	c RR Pant b Mohammed Siraj	13	41	1	0	31.7
TM Head	c Nithish Kumar Reddy b JJ Bumrah	1	2	0	0	50.0
MR Marsh	c RR Pant b JJ Bumrah	0	4	0	0	0.0
AT Carey	b JJ Bumrah	2	7	0	0	28.6
PJ Cummins	c RG Sharma b RA Jadeja	41	90	4	0	45.6
MA Starc	run out (RR Pant, Nithish Kumar Reddy)	5	13	0	0	38.5
NM Lyon	b JJ Bumrah	41	55	5	0	74.5
SM Boland	not out	15*	74	2	0	20.3
Extras	lb 10, w 1, nb 6	17
Total	all out, 83.4 overs, run rate 2.80	234

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-20 S Konstas2-43 UT Khawaja3-80 SPD Smith4-85 TM Head5-85 MR Marsh6-91 AT Carey7-148 M Labuschagne8-156 MA Starc9-173 PJ Cummins10-234 NM Lyon

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
JJ Bumrah	24.4	7	57	5	2.31	118	6	0	4
Akash Deep	17	4	53	0	3.12	76	5	0	1
Mohammed Siraj	23	4	70	3	3.04	100	4	1	0
RA Jadeja	14	2	33	1	2.36	65	3	0	1
Nithish Kumar Reddy	1	0	4	0	4.00	4	0	0	0
Washington Sundar	4	0	7	0	1.75	18	0	0	0

India innings

15579.1 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	84	208	8	0	40.4
RG Sharma	c MR Marsh b PJ Cummins	9	40	0	0	22.5
KL Rahul	c UT Khawaja b PJ Cummins	0	5	0	0	0.0
V Kohli	c UT Khawaja b MA Starc	5	29	0	0	17.2
RR Pant	c MR Marsh b TM Head	30	104	2	0	28.8
RA Jadeja	c AT Carey b SM Boland	2	14	0	0	14.3
Nithish Kumar Reddy	c SPD Smith b NM Lyon	1	5	0	0	20.0
Washington Sundar	not out	5*	45	0	0	11.1
Akash Deep	c TM Head b SM Boland	7	17	1	0	41.2
JJ Bumrah	c SPD Smith b SM Boland	0	8	0	0	0.0
Mohammed Siraj	lbw b NM Lyon	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 5, lb 5, nb 2	12
Total	all out, 79.1 overs, run rate 1.96	155

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-25 RG Sharma2-25 KL Rahul3-33 V Kohli4-121 RR Pant5-127 RA Jadeja6-130 Nithish Kumar Reddy7-140 YBK Jaiswal8-150 Akash Deep9-154 JJ Bumrah10-155 Mohammed Siraj

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
MA Starc	16	8	25	1	1.56	84	3	0
PJ Cummins	18	5	28	3	1.56	88	1	1
SM Boland	16	7	39	3	2.44	77	5	1
MR Marsh	3	2	2	0	0.67	16	0	0
NM Lyon	20.1	6	37	2	1.83	96	2	0
TM Head	5	0	14	1	2.80	16	0	0
M Labuschagne	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0

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Player of the match

PJ CumminsAustralia

49off 63 balls, 7 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 77.8

3-89in 29 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2571
Competition: India tour of Australia
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Umpires: JS Wilson and MA Gough
TV umpire: Sharfuddoula
Match referee: AJ Pycroft
Season: 2024/25

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 33 / 18°C, 0.4 mm rain
Day 2: 21 / 14°C, 0.8 mm rain
Day 3: 24 / 13°C, 1.7 mm rain
Day 4: 24 / 13°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 5: 28 / 15°C, dry

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