Australian cricket team in India in 2004–05

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.

Australia in India in 2004-05
 
  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)

Tour match

First class: Mumbai v Australians
30 September-2 October
Scorecard
v
302/7d (101 overs)
Damien Martyn 71 (150)
Ramesh Powar 2/104 (29 overs)
255 (92.2 overs)
Amol Muzumdar 52 (96)
Glenn McGrath 4/25 (21.2 overs)
207/2 (54 overs)
Justin Langer 108 (151)
Ramesh Powar 1/85 (16 overs)
Match drawn
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Tej Handu (Ind) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind)
  • 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
Scorecard
v
474 (130 overs)
Michael Clarke 151 (248)
Harbhajan Singh 5/146 (49 overs
246 (89.2 overs)
Parthiv Patel 46 (125)
Glenn McGrath 4/55 (25 overs)
228 (78.1 overs)
Damien Martyn 45 (139)
Harbhajan Singh 6/78 (30.1 overs)
239 (87.4 overs)
Rahul Dravid 60 (188)
Jason Gillespie 3/33 (14.4 overs)
Australia won by 217 runs
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Player of the match: Michael Clarke (Aus)
  • 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
Scorecard
v
235 (71.3 overs)
Justin Langer 71 (113)
Anil Kumble 7/48 (17.3 overs)
376 (134.3 overs)
Virender Sehwag 155 (221)
Shane Warne 6/125 (42.3 overs)
369 (133.5 overs)
Damien Martyn 104 (210)
Anil Kumble 6/133 (47 overs)
19/0 (3 overs)
Virender Sehwag 12* (10)
Match drawn
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Anil Kumble (Ind)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No play was possible on day 5.

3rd Test
26 October 2004
Scorecard
v
398 (100.2 overs)
Damien Martyn 114 (165)
Zaheer Khan 4/95 (26.2 overs)
185 (91.5 overs)
Mohammad Kaif 55 (151)
Jason Gillespie 5/56 (22.5 overs)
329/5 dec (98.1 overs)
Simon Katich 99 (157)
Zaheer Khan 2/64 (21.1 overs)
200 (53.3 overs)
Virender Sehwag 58 (94)
Jason Gillespie 4/24 (16 overs)
Australia won by 342 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Damien Martyn (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

4th Test
3 November 2004
Scorecard
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104 (41.3 overs)
Rahul Dravid 31* (104)
Jason Gillespie 4/29 (12 overs)
203 (61.3 overs)
Damien Martyn 55 (114)
Anil Kumble 5/90 (19 overs)
205 (68.2 overs)
VVS Laxman 69 (127)
Michael Clarke 6/9 (6.2 overs)
93 (30.5 overs)
Matthew Hayden 24 (30)
Harbhajan Singh 5/29 (10.5 overs)
India won by 13 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Murali Kartik (Ind)

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