| Tour of India 2004-05 Captain: Ricky Ponting | |
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| Australia’s 76th Test tour (September- November 2004) Ninth Test-playing tour
of India
by Australia (previous
tour of India 2000-01) | Cricket Australia
threatened to cancel the tour if the matter of television rights was not
resolved Skipper Ricky Ponting broke his
thumb and was unable to play in the first three Tests of the series so the
honour of leading Australia
to their first series victory in India since 1969 fell to his
stand-in Adam Gilchrist. His injury also allowed Michael Clarke to come into
the side and he made a century on his Test debut, although Damian Martyn
proved to be the highest run-scorer in the side. Jason Gillespie was Australia’s leading bowler but Glenn McGrath, determined
to come back strongly from a foot injury, troubled India with the old ball as well
as the new. Shane Warne while mostly in a supporting role took six vital
wickets at Chennai. Injury kept him out of the final Test on a pitch where
the ball spun and leapt, but Michael Clarke stood in and was helped to six
wickets for 9 runs mostly by bad batting.
However, India
defended a target of only 107 on the wicket at Mumbai and snatched a narrow
13-run win. Australia’s 2-1
victory was generally attributed to Buchanan’s careful preparation for the
challenge of Indian conditions which had been their downfall in previous
series. | Other
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tour Sri Lanka 2003-04 Next
tour New Zealand 2004-05 Next
tour of India 2010-11 | |
| Members
of the Test tour party (16 + 1) Opening batsmen Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer Middle-order batsmen: Darren
Lehmann, Damien Martyn, Simon Katich, Michael Clarke, Ricky
Ponting (replaced byBrad Hodge). Wicket-keeper:Adam
Gilchrist All-rounder: Shane Watson Spin bowlers: Shane Warne Nathan Hauritz, Cameron White Fast bowlers:Jason
Gillespie, Glenn McGrath. Brett Lee, Michael Kasprowicz. | M J Clarke | NSW | 23 | RHB SLA orthodox | | | A C Gilchrist | WA | 32 | LHB WK vice-captain | | | J N
Gillespie | SA | 29 | RF | | | N M Hauritz | Qld | 22 | OB | | | M L Hayden | Qld | 32 | LHB opener | | | B J Hodge added | Vic | 29 | RHB | | | M S Kasprowicz | Qld | 32 | RFM | | | S M Katich | NSW | 29 | LHB SLA unorthodox | | | J L Langer | WA | 33 | LHB opener | | | B Lee | NSW | 27 | RF | | | D S Lehmann | SA | 34 | LHB (SLA)
deputy vice-captain | | | G D McGrath | NSW | 34 | RFM | | | D R Martyn | WA | 32 | RHB | | | R T Ponting | Tas | 29 | RHB captain | | | S K Warne | Vic | 35 | LBG | | | S R Watson | Qld | 23 | RHB RMF | | | C L White | Vic | 21 | RHB LBG | | |
| State representation Pura Cup
teams NSW New
South Wales (4) Qld Queensland
(4) SA South
Australia (2) Tas Tasmania
(1) Vic Victoria
(3) WA Western
Australia (3) Average age of team at time of first Test match (6 October 2004) : 30 yrs 4
months ODIs: none | |
| Test
Appearances made before the tour | Warne 112, McGrath
97, Ponting 79, Langer 76,
Gilchrist 56, Hayden 55, Gillespie 54, Martyn 44,
Lee 37, Kasprowicz 22, Lehmann 20,
Katich 9, Clarke 0 Hauritz 0,
Hodge 0, Watson 0, White 0. | | |
| ⋆ Tour
Officials (photo)
| Steve Bernard | Manager | John Buchanan | Coach | Errol Alcott | Physiotherapist | Jock Campbell | Fitness adviser | Tim Nielsen | Assistant coach & performance analyst | Lucy Frostick | Massage therapist | Kate Turner | Yoga Trainer | Jonathan Rose | Media manager | Reg Dickason | Security manager |
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| Selectors | Trevor Hohns (chairman), David Boon,
Allan Border, Andrew Hilditch. The selectors said they would review the composition of their
squad after the second Test match. | | |
| Selection | Unavailable: none Tour Party Announced: 9 September 2004 Not selected : Stuart
MacGill, Shaun Tait. Ricky Ponting broke his left thumb in the Champions Trophy in England
and on 23 September Brad Hodge was
added to the tour party. Darren
Lehmann took over as vice-captain. Ponting joined the tour late. | Time between selection and departure from Australia 12 days (9 - 21 September) | |
| Travel Melbourne/Sydney Q Mumbai London Q Mumbai | Players not involved in September’s
Champions Trophy in England
assembled in Singapore.
Simon Katich, Nathan Hauritz and chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns flew from
Sydney on 21 September and Justin Langer from Perth. They arrived in Mumbai on Friday 24
September. Shane Warne and the reserve Cameron White missed the plane at Singapore because of the late arrival of their
flight from Melbourne. The Champions Trophy squad flew
to India direct from London on 24 September
2004 and reached Mumbai in the early hours of Saturday 25 September. Darren Lehmann flew on so he could visit his sick mother in Adelaide and Ricky Ponting to Sydney for treatment to his broken thumb.
Lehmann’s flight to re-join the team in India
was delayed by fog at Melbourne
and he did not arrive in Mumbai until 7 October. New yoga trainer Kate Turner had arrived in Mumbai on 27
September. There was an eight-day break
between the second and third Test matches. The squad disbanded on 18 October,
Adam Gilchrist flying to Singapore
while some players went to the beaches of Goa or Kerala before re-assembling
in Mumbai to go to Nagpur. Ponting rejoined the side during this interval but
did not play until the fourth Test. | Time spent in India 42 days (25 September - 6 November) | |
| On-tour
selection | Ricky Ponting
(captain), John Buchanan (coach), Adam Gilchrist (vice-captain) Darren Lehmann. | | |
| Reinforcements | None. Darren Lehmann
tore his hamstring in the third Test. Like Shane Warne who broke his right thumb batting in the nets he was
unable to play in the final Test match. Stuart MacGill was the stand-by spin
bowler but there was no time to call him up. | | |
| Fixtures/Results The opening fixture was
shifted from Uppal, Hyderabad,
to Mumbai because the ground was not ready | a | Mumbai | Mumbai (Ranji Trophy champions) | Drawn | b | BANGALORE | INDIA First Test | WON 217 r | c | CHENNAI | INDIA Second Test | DRAWN | d | NAGPUR | INDIA Third Test | WON 342 r | e | MUMBAI | INDIA Fourth Test | LOST 13 r |
| Time
spent in India
before First Test: 11 days (25 September - 6 October) | |
| Test
appearances on tour | 4 - Clarke,
Gilchrist, Gillespie, Hayden,
Kasprowicz, Katich, Langer,
McGrath, Martyn. 3 - Lehmann,
Warne 1 - Hauritz,
Ponting. 0 - Hodge,
Lee, Watson, White. | | |
| Match
appearances 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 | | a | b | c | d | e | M J Clarke | x | T | T | T | T | A C Gilchrist | x | T | T | T | T | J N Gillespie | | T | T | T | T | N M Hauritz | x | | | | T | M L Hayden | x | T | T | T | T | B J Hodge | x | | | | | M S Kasprowicz | | T | T | T | T | S M Katich | x | T | T | T | T | J L Langer | x | T | T | T | T | B Lee | x | | | | | D S Lehmann | | T | T | T | | G D McGrath | x | T | T | T | T | D R Martyn | x | T | T | T | T | R T Ponting | | | | | T | S K Warne | | T | T | T | | S R Watson | x | | | | | C L White | | | | | | RESULTS
| D | W | D | W | L |
| Australia’s six previous Test tour results: in Sri Lanka 2003-04 (3 Tests) - won 3-0 in West Indies 2003 (4 Tests) - won 3-1 in UAE v Pakistan 2002 (3 Tests) - won 3-0 in South Africa 2001-02 (3 Tests) - won 2-1 in England 2001 (5 Tests) - won 4-1 in India 2000-01 (3 Tests) - lost 1-2 | |
| Highlights | • Michael Clarke scored a hundred (151) on his
Test debut at Bangalore,
sharing century stands with Katich and Gilchrist. • Shane Warne took six wickets for 125 at
Chennai to prevent India
leading by too many runs • Damien Martyn scored 114 at Chennai, and
then at Nagpur
coupled innings of 114 and 97. • On a fast pitch at Nagpur Jason Gillespie
took 5-56 and 4-24 • Michael Clarke returned figures of 6-9 in India’s
second innings at Mumbai • Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne took 14
wickets each, while Gillespie had 20 at an average of 16. | | |
| Tour
Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | Other first-class matches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | ϯ Minor matches | 0 | - | - | - | - | § One-day internationals | 0 | - | - | - | - | All Matches | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
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| Return
to Australia Mumbai Q Sydney | Cameron White and Brad Hodge were released from the squad when
Hauritz was selected for the final Test, so they were able to play for Victoria in the ING
Cup. Lehmann and Warne flew home early because of injury The fourth Test ended on 5 November and the team flew home from
Mumbai next day | Time away from Australia
47
days (21 September - 7 November) | |
| Finances | ….. | | |
| Postscript | | | |