First-Class Matches Australia 2005/06 and 2006/07 and South Africa 2006/07

AUSTRALIA A v INDIA A Played at Cazaly’s Stadium, Cairns, July 18, 19, 20, 21, 2006. Top End Series 2006 Match drawn. AUSTRALIA A R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s P.A.Jaques lbw b Venugopal Rao 240 331 488 21 - (2) c Badrinath b Venugopal Rao 117 103 137 7 5 C.J.L.Rogers c Badrinath b Chawla 55 123 196 4 - (1) c and b Venugopal Rao 64 87 127 2 2 M.J.Cosgrove c Patel b Paul 1 4 4 - - c Sharma b Venugopal Rao 18 25 41 2 - T.R.Birt run out (R.P.Singh) 130 210 275 10 1 c Badrinath b Chawla 10 15 18 - - S.E.Marsh not out 6 16 16 1 - c Patel b Venugopal Rao 1 4 5 - - S.R.Watson not out 1 7 5 - - c Venugopal Rao b Chawla 26 25 28 2 1 *†B.J.Haddin c Gambhir b T.P.Singh 15 23 18 1 - M.G.Johnson not out 7 6 9 - 1 B.R.Dorey not out 5 5 6 - - S.W.Tait D.J.Cullen Extras b 1, lb 8, w 5, nb 14 28 b 2, lb 3, w 1, nb 5 11 (4 wkts dec; 113 ov; 494 mins) 461 (7 wkts dec; 48 ov; 198 mins) 274 INDIA A R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s R.V.Uthappa c and b Watson 50 57 94 4 - not out 67 114 139 5 2 G.Gambhir c Dorey b Johnson 10 21 20 2 - not out 40 86 139 4 - T.P.Singh c Johnson b Watson 17 41 55 2 - *Y.Venugopal Rao c Watson b Johnson 19 41 61 - - S.Badrinath c Jaques b Tait 59 108 156 5 1 R.G.Sharma c Haddin b Watson 41 59 74 6 - †P.A.Patel c Jaques b Johnson 43 66 87 2 1 P.P.Chawla lbw b Tait 0 1 2 - - R.P.Singh c Watson b Johnson 2 20 29 - - S.S.Paul c Haddin b Tait 4 8 22 1 - S.K.Trivedi not out 0 4 5 - - Extras b 3, lb 3, nb 3 9 lb 8, nb 2 10 (70.3 ov; 307 mins) 254 (no wkt; 33 ov; 139 mins) 117 India A O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb Fall Aus Ind Aus Ind R.P.Singh 26.3 2 128 0 4 5 7 0 39 0 - 1 1 171 (2) 15 (2) 167 (1) Trivedi 25 4 88 0 - 2 6 0 36 0 - 2 2 172 (3) 62 (3) 189 (2) Venugopal Rao 12 4 34 1 - - (5) 12 0 79 4 - - 3 451 (4) 85 (1) 214 (4) Paul 16.3 1 59 1 1 7 (3) 4 0 30 0 1 2 4 455 (1) 115 (4) 216 (5) Chawla 25 2 111 1 - - (4) 13 0 55 2 - - 5 183 (6) 229 (3) T.P.Singh 8 1 32 0 - - (7) 2 0 12 1 - - 6 210 (5) 261 (7) Sharma (6) 4 0 18 0 - - 7 210 (8) 262 (6) 8 227 (9) Australia A O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb 9 250 (7) Johnson 16 4 45 4 - 3 7 0 36 0 - 1 10 254 (10) Dorey 15 3 53 0 - - (3) 8 3 20 0 - 1 Tait 15.3 2 67 3 - - (2) 6 2 23 0 - - Watson 12 1 39 3 - - 7 2 12 0 - - Cullen 12 2 44 0 - - (6) 3 0 13 0 - - Cosgrove (5) 2 0 5 0 - - Umpires: R.L.Parry and P.R.Reiffel. Referee: D.J.Harper. Toss: India A Close of Play: 1st day: Australia A (1) 361-2 (Jaques 199, Birt 82, 90 overs); 2nd day: India A (1) 221-7 (Patel 18, R.P.Singh 1, 64 overs); 3rd day: India A (2) 117-0 (Uthappa 67, Gambhir 40, 33 overs) There was no play on the final day. . P.A.Jaques passed 8,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 227 in the first innings. T.R.Birt passed 2,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13 in the first innings. 52 Australia in 2006