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Test Cricket Tours - Australia to India 2004-05

 

 

Tour of India 2004-05                Captain: Ricky Ponting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Australian Tours

 

 

 

Previous 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

 

 

 

 

 

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

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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Postscript

 

 

 

 




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