Yuvraj cleared of dissent charge
Yuvraj Singh has been found not guilty of breaching the Code of Conduct during the second day of India's first Test against Australia in Melbourne
25/12Result
1st Test, India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-29 2007
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![Australia]( "Australia")
343 & 351/7d -
![India]( "India")
196 & 161 (74 ov)
Player of the Match
25/12Result
1st Test, India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-29 2007
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![Australia]( "Australia")
343 & 351/7d -
![India]( "India")
196 & 161 (74 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 3
India's revival with the ball
Although Indian bowlers gave their all on the third day after their batsmen had faltered, the match still hangs heavily in Australia's favour
Yuvraj charged with dissent
Yuvraj Singh has been charged with dissent for standing his ground after his dismissal on the second day of the Melbourne Test
Day 2
Menacing, miserly and masterly
Peter English looks at the decimation of India by Australia's fast-bowling trio
Tendulkar defends India's tactics
Sachin Tendulkar refused to blame India's new opening combination for the poor start to the innings as they were facing a "brilliant" spell of bowling
Day 1
Ponting's rare failure
Stats highlights from the third day of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and India
Australia extend MCG dominance
Stats highlights from the fourth day of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and India
Kumble's first-day heroics, and home bully Hayden
Stats highlights from the first day of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and India
A timely revival of the jet-lagged
Tale of the Indian revival from a point of sleepwalking on the field to grabbing nine Australian wickets on the first day of the first Test at the MCG
Kumble's arrival and Warne's revival
Peter English and Siddhartha Vaidyanathan present the remarkable events of the first day of the first Test between Australia and India at the MCG
Others
Australia wrap up 15th straight win
India needed a record score to win but instead Australia edged closer to a milestone of their own, posting their 15th consecutive Test victory as they wrapped up the Boxing Day Test within four days
Clark's spark fires Australia
In the lead-up to Boxing Day Australia were certain they had a much more mature attack than last time India visited for Tests and within two days at the MCG Stuart Clark and Brett Lee proved that confidence was justified
Australia crumble to Kumble
India were the last team to seriously threaten Australia in Tests at home and it took only one day in Melbourne for Anil Kumble to reignite the spark. Kumble was the architect and builder of the Indian challenge, grabbing 5 for 84
India set 499 to win in Melbourne
You broke it, you fix it. That might well be the message from India's bowlers to their batsmen after Australia set them 499 to win despite being challenged again by India's attack at the MCG. At the close India had reached 0 for 6 with Rahul Dravid on 3 a
'Reverse-swing will play a part' - Clarke
Michael Clarke believes reverse-swing holds the key to wrapping up the first Test as Australia eye a four-day victory at the MCG
Jumping Jaques and a singing Harbhajan
Here are the Plays of the day for the third day of the first Test between Australia and India in Melbourne
Australia on the verge of another record
The Australians insist the record of 16 consecutive Test wins, which was set by Steve Waugh's sides between 1999 and 2001, has not been discussed at all
Clark silences the doubters
In a pace attack that complemented each other, restricting runs without negating the aggression, Clark caused the most problems
Johnson relieved to hold his own
Mitchell Johnson ended a Test he was not sure he would play in with anenhanced reputation and the hope India's batsmen would see him as a threat for the rest of the series
Milestone in pink
Here are the Plays of the day for day two of the first Test between India and Australia in Melbourne
399 and counting for Gilchrist
Adam Gilchrist beat Ian Healy's Australian record for most dismissals in Tests
Choking to win
India weren't blasted out of this Test, as a 337-run margin would suggest, but squeezed out of it
'Gilchrist can go on a lot longer' - Healy
Ian Healy was delighted after Adam Gilchrist caught Zaheer Khan off Brett Lee to equal Healy's Australian record of 395 dismissals
'It's not the time for drastic changes' - Rajput
In terms of runs it was India's worst defeat in Australia but the side is giving off vibes of being confident enough to bounce back
'One of my best hundreds' - Hayden
Matthew Hayden conquered the MCG with his sixth Test hundred in the stadium before calling it the toughest surface he had batted on for two years
Kumble rates MCG effort as his best spell
Anil Kumble has termed his five-wicket haul on the first day in Melbourne as the best spell he's bowled overseas
A grand total, and a pitch glitch
The Plays of the day for the fourth day of the first Test between Australia and India at the MCG
Pleasing everyone at once
Peter English considers the effects of Australia being challenged on the first day at the MCG
Declaration shuts India out
Ricky Ponting waited until Australia's lead was nearly 500 before declaring but Australia have plenty of time to bowl India out
Patient Hogg upstages India
Hogg's Australia's best spin option and can be satisfied that he out-performed Symonds and troubled one of the game's most accomplished players of spin
Openers cause headaches for Kumble
It's ironic that a year that began with India celebrating a new openingcombination has ended with them grappling over the choice of their top two
A century for Ganguly
Sourav Ganguly became the 8th, and oldest, Indian to play a 100 Tests
Australia v India, 1st Test, Melbourne
Match home for the first Test between Australia and India at the MCG
Ponting calls for tempered approach
Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble look ahead to the first Test at the MCG, though in contrasting styles
Australia look to continue winning streaks
A stats preview to the first Test between Australia and India in Melbourne
Australia all set for MCG dominance
Boxing Day will see 70,000 people gathered to witness the first Test between Australia and India at the MCG where the home side has not lost a Test for nine years