Tour of India 2010-11              Captain: Ricky Ponting

86th Test tour

Ninth Test-playing tour of India by Australia

(September - October 2010)

Preparation of Mike Hussey and Doug Bollinger for the tour was disrupted owing to T20s

I N  P R E P A R A T I O N

Other Australian Tours

Previous tour

To England v Pakistan 2010

Next tour

Sri Lanka 2011

Next tour of India

 2012-13

Members of the Test tour party (14  + 2)

Opening batsmen  Philip Hughes, Simon Katich.

Middle-order batsmen  Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Steve Smith, Michael Hussey, Marcus North.

All-rounder  Shane Watson.

Wicket-keeper Tim Paine

Spinners   Nathan Hauritz,

Fast bowlers  Doug Bollinger, Peter George, Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitchell Johnson.

State representation

  Sheffield Shield teams

NSW   New South Wales (7)

Qld  Queensland (1)

SA   South Australia (1)

Tas   Tasmania (3)

Vic   Victoria (0)

WA  Western Australia (2)

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

(29 September 2010) :

 28  yrs 8 months

ODI

Test Appearances made before the tour

Ponting 146,  Clarke 62,  Hussey 52,  Katich 52,  Johnson 36,  Watson 20,  North 17,  Hauritz 15,  Hilfenhaus 11,  Bollinger 10,  Payne 2.   George  Hughes  Smith

Tour Officials

This was Steve Bernard’s last tour as team manager

Selectors

Andrew Hilditch (chairman),  David Boon,  Jamie Cox.

Selection

Unavailable :  Brad Haddin (elbow) and fast bowlers Peter Siddle (back) and Ryan Harris (cartilage in his right knee) recovering from injuries ; Shaun Tait

Nathan Hauritz had recovered sufficiently from stress fracture in foot that sent him back early from England

Test Tour Party Announced  1 September 2010.

Not selected  :  Clint McKay,  Usman Khawaja and  Steve O'Keefe, who were part of Australia's squad for the two Tests against Pakistan.

Withdrawal   Josh Hazlewood was diagnosed with a back stress fracture and withdrew on 18 September.

Stand-bys   Mitchell Starc (to accompany the team) and James Pattinson (playing in South Africa)

The ODI squad was announced on  5 October.

Ricky Ponting, Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson were rested ahead of the Australian domestic season

Time between selection and departure from Australia

  18 days

 (1 September -  19 September)

Travel   

Sydney   Q    Mumbai

The team flew from Sydney on 19 September 2010. 

20-year-old Mitchell Starc travelled with the team as fast bowling stand-by. 

The Australian players led by captain Ricky Ponting, arrived in Chandigarh via Mumbai and New Delhi on Monday 20 September.  On arrival persistent unseasonal rain prevented them from practicising

Peter George arrived on 23 September ; Doug Bollinger and Michael Hussey flew in on 28 September from playing in the  Champions League in South Africa.

Time spent in India

   approx 35 days

(20 September - 25? October)

On-tour selection

Reinforcements

On 18 September James Pattinson and Mitchell Starc were named to join the tour in place of Hazlewood.

On 10 October it was announced that John Hastings would join the one-day section of the tour when James Pattinson withdrew from the one-day team.

Fixtures/Results

⊕(T20)Twenty 20 international

§  one-day international

ϯ not first-class

Time spent in India before First Test:

 11 days

(20 September  - 1 October)

Test appearances on tour

2  -    Clarke,  Hauritz,  Hilfenhaus,  Hussey,  Johnson,  Katich,  North,  Paine,  Ponting,  Watson

1  -    Bollinger,  George.

0  -    Hughes, Pattinson,  Smith,  Starc.

Match appearances

  India 2010-11

T  Test match

o  one-day international 

x other match 

⊕ T/20 international

∙  played for opposition

 W won  L lost  D drawn   N no result   A abandoned   u unknown result

Australia’s six previous Test tour results:

in Englandv Pakistan 2010 

 - drawn 1-1   (2 Tests)

in New Zealand 2009-10 (2 Tests)

 - won 2-0

in England 2009 (5 Tests)

 - lost 1-2

in South Africa 2008-09 (3 Tests)

 - won 2-1

in India 2008-09 (4 Tests)

 - lost 0-2

in West Indies 2008 (3 Tests)

 - won 2-0

Highlights

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Tour Summary

Return to Australia

Mumbai    Q  Sydney

James Pattinson flew home with a back injury on approx 11 October

At end of Test series  Ricky Ponting, Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson were rested.  Ponting arrived in Sydney on Thursday 14 October.

Last match (abandoned)  24 October

Time away from Australia

  x days 

 (19 September to October)

Finances

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Accounts of the tour

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Postscript

Troy Cooley left the backroom team after the 2010-11 Ashes, to run the Australian Centre of Excellence in Brisbane.  In May 2011 Craig McDermott, the pace bowling coach at the Centre, was appointed Australia's bowling coach for a year, and Justin Langer re-appointed as batting coach for a further year.