Indian cricket team in Australia in 2011–12
| Indian cricket team in Australia in 2011–12 | |||
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| Australia | India | ||
| Dates | 15 December 2011 – 28 February 2012 | ||
| Captains |
Michael Clarke (Tests) George Bailey (T20Is) |
MS Dhoni (1st–3rd Tests/T20Is) Virender Sehwag (4th Test) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Australia won the 4-match series 4–0 | ||
| Most runs | Michael Clarke (626) | Virat Kohli (300) | |
| Most wickets | Ben Hilfenhaus (27) | Zaheer Khan (15) | |
| Player of the series | Michael Clarke (Aus) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Matthew Wade (104) | MS Dhoni (69) | |
| Most wickets |
Daniel Christian (2) David Hussey (2) Brad Hogg (2) | Rahul Sharma (3) | |
The Indian cricket team is currently touring Australia from 15 December 2011 to 28 February 2012.[1] The tour includes four Tests to contest the Border–Gavaskar Trophy (held by India at the start of the tour)[2] and two Twenty20s (T20Is).[3][4] India is also competing in the Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series with Australia and Sri Lanka.[5]
Australian won the four Test series in a 4–0 whitewash to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australian captain Michael Clarke was named the player of the series, having scored 626 runs at an average of 125.20. In the second Test match, Clarke, with 329 not out, scored the 25th triple century in Test match cricket. The third Test match saw David Warner bring up a century in just 69 deliveries, setting a new record for the fastest Test century by an opening batsman. In the fourth Test, Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke compiled a fourth wicket partnership of 386 runs, the highest partnership in Tests between Australia and India, or in Tests at the Adelaide Oval.
The T20Is were drawn at 1–1 with India finally picking up a win on tour.
Background
The Australian Test team was captained by Michael Clarke, India by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Sachin Tendulkar played his fifth Test series in Australia, 20 years after his first.[6] At the beginning of the tour, Tendulkar had scored 99 centuries in international cricket; the tour thus gave him the opportunity to become the first player in the history of the sport to reach 100.[7]
Australia had drawn an away Test series against South Africa in November 2011. In December they drew the two-Test home series with New Zealand, 1–1.[8] India had most recently won a three-Test home series against the West Indies, 2–0, in November.
Squads
Australian made a few changes to its lineup. Opening batsman Ed Cowan was selected to make his Test debut, replacing Phillip Hughes; batsman Shaun Marsh returned from the side after recovering from injury, replacing Usman Khawaja; and fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus was recalled to the team in place of Mitchell Starc, who was named twelfth man.
India made two changes to its bowling attack from the third test of the West Indies series, with pacemen Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav replacing paceman Varun Aaron and spinner Pragyan Ojha, and fielding an unchanged batting lineup. Harbhajan Singh, who had previously taken the wicket of Ponting ten times in his career, was not selected.
In the Limited Overs squad, India announced that Praveen Kumar would return to the squad after suffering a fractured rib. Sachin Tendulkar was also in the squad having not played an ODI since the final of the World Cup in April 2011.
Australia announced that 40-year-old Brad Hogg would come out of retirement to play the T20Is, and George Bailey would be the new T20 captain (replacing Cameron White). Bailey would also make his international debut in the T20Is.
- * James Pattinson missed the last two tests and was be replaced by fellow quick Mitchell Starc ahead of the third test in Perth.[9]
- ** Replaced Varun Aaron who was picked for the tour.[10]
- *** Replaced Praveen Kumar who was picked for the tour.[11]
Tour matches
Chairman's XI vs Indians
15–16 December
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- Indians won the toss and elected to field
- Match delayed by rain on Day 2
- Tendulkar and Laxman retired out on 92 and 57 respectively
Chairman's XI vs Indians
19–21 December
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- Indians won the toss and elected to bat
- Match delayed by rain and bad light on Day 1
Test series (Border-Gavaskar Trophy)
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Entering the series, India held the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after winning the previous two Test series between the countries, both of which were held in India: 2–0 from four Tests in 2008–09, and 2–0 from two Tests in 2010–11.
Decision Review System (DRS)
The series was played without the players having access to the decision review system (DRS). At the time, the DRS could be used in any Test series at the agreement of both participating cricket boards, but the Board of Control for Cricket in India opposed its use in this series. Umpires could still initiate reviews to the third umpire for run out, stumping and no ball decisions.[13]
1st Test
26–30 December
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Match delayed by rain on Day 1, one over lost
- Test debuts: Ed Cowan (Aus)
Match Report:
- Day 1
Australia won the toss and batted first. Play was interrupted for around forty minutes after the lunch break, but only one over was lost after the day's play was extended. Ed Cowan scored 68 runs on debut; Ricky Ponting scored 62.[14] Australia suffered a middle order collapse, falling at one stage from 3/205 to 6/214, but Australia steadied to reach 6/277 at the end of Day 1. Television replays and technology cast doubt on the umpires' decisions to dismiss Cowan and Michael Hussey caught behind on the first day. A total of over 70,000 people attended the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the first day of the Boxing Day Test.
- Day 2
Australia reached 333 before being bowled out before lunch. India started well in its first innings, with three of its senior batsmen — Virender Sehwag (67), Rahul Dravid (68) and Sachin Tendulkar (73) — making half-centuries before Peter Siddle claimed Tendulkar's wicket in the last over of the day's play, with India 214/3 at stumps.[15]
- Day 3
India then suffered a batting collapse on the third morning, losing 68/7 in the morning session to be bowled out for 282. Ben Hilfenhaus collected the first five-wicket haul of his Test career (5/75).[16] Australia took a 51-run lead into the second innings, but suffered a top order collapse, falling to 27/4. Umesh Yadav took three of the early wickets, finishing the match with seven. Ricky Ponting (60) and Michael Hussey (89), both under pressure to maintain their positions in the team, salvaged the innings after the collapse, combining for a partnership of 115, but three more quick wickets in the afternoon saw Australia 179/8 at stumps. A strong contribution from the tail, most notably James Pattinson (37 not out).
- Day 4
Australia added a further 61 runs, to be dismissed for 240, a lead of 291 runs. India fell 123 runs short of the target, dismissed inside fifty overs on the fourth day for 169. Tendulkar was the top scorer with 32, and India was unable to compile any significant partnerships. All of the Australian fast bowlers took wickets, with four to Pattinson, three to Peter Siddle and two to Hilfenhaus.
James Pattinson was named player of the match, with bowling figures of 2/55 and 4/53, and useful batting contributions of 18* and 37*. It was Pattinson's second player of the match award in only his third career Test match.[17]
2nd Test
Match Report:
- Day 1
Both teams were unchanged. India won the toss and chose to bat. The Australian bowlers dominated the Indian batsman, who lost wickets regularly through the day. The half-century partnership between Ravichandran Ashwin (20) and top-scorer MS Dhoni (57*) for the seventh wicket provided the only resistance, and India was dismissed for 191 after tea. James Pattinson (4/43) was the top bowler for Australia, taking the wickets of four of India's top five batsmen.
In reply, the Australian top order collapsed to 37/3, with Zaheer Khan taking all three wickets and at one point on a hat-trick. Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting then steadied the Australian innings, adding 79 runs without loss to take Australia to 116/3 at stumps.
- Day 2
Australian batting dominated the second day. Clarke and Ponting (134) batted together until after drinks in the afternoon session, adding a total of 288 runs for the fourth wicket before Ponting was caught at point. Michael Hussey and Clarke then batted for the rest of the day, guiding Australia to 482/4 at stumps. Altogether, Australia scored 366 runs for the loss of only one wicket during the day's play, at a healthy run rate of 4.07 runs per over. Clarke reached his first Test double century after the tea break, and finished the day 251*.
- Day 3
Clarke (329*) and Hussey (150*) continued to bat through the morning, and Clarke reached the twenty-fifth Test triple century after the lunch break. Clarke eventually declared midway through the afternoon session at 659/4, for a lead of 468 runs. The unbroken partnership between Clarke and Hussey was worth 334 runs.
After losing Virender Sehwag (4) early, Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid (29) added 82 runs for the second wicket, before Dravid was dismissed late in the day. India finished 114/2 at stumps, with Ben Hilfenhaus taking both third day wickets for Australia.
- Day 4
India added 129 runs for the loss of only Gambhir (83) in the morning session to go to lunch at 3/243. From the loss of Sachin Tendulkar (80), India collapsed from 271/3 to 286/7. India added 114 runs for the final three wickets, before being dismissed for 400 midway through the evening session, 68 runs short of making Australia bat again. Hilfenhaus (5/106) was the best of the Australian bowlers.
Michael Clarke was named man of the match for his career best of 329*. [18] Clarke's innings is the highest score and the first Test triple century at the SCG, and third-highest score by an Australian captain in Test cricket, behind Mark Taylor (334*) and Sir Donald Bradman (334). Clarke also took Tendulkar's wicket in the second innings.
Ricky Ponting's 134 broke a slump of 31 Test innings without a century.
3rd Test
On the eve of the test match, an Indian television network caught WACA ground staff drinking on the uncovered match pitch. Pitch curator Cameron Sutherland responded by claiming it was a traditional event for the ground staff which had occurred since Sutherland took over the job of curator.[19]
Both teams opted to play four fast bowlers, with Mitchell Starc and Ryan Harris replacing spinner Nathan Lyon and injured paceman James Pattinson for Australia, and debutante Vinay Kumar replacing spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for India.
Match Report:
- Day 1
Australia won the toss and chose to bowl on a greenish pitch. Australia bowled well, and was able to take wickets regularly to dismiss India for 161 shortly after the tea break. VVS Laxman (31) and top scorer Virat Kohli (44) compiled the only half-century partnership (68 runs for the fifth wicket), and India lost its final six wickets for only thirty runs. The Australian bowlers shared the wickets, with Ben Hilfenhaus (4/43) recording the best figures, and Peter Siddle taking three wickets. Australia limited India's run rate to only 2.66 runs per over.
In reply, Australia raced to 149/0 in just 23 overs before the close of play, at a run rate of 6.47 runs per over, with opener David Warner scoring a century from only 69 deliveries to finish on 104* at stumps; it set a new record for the fastest Test century by an opening batsman, breaking the previous record set by Chris Gayle (70 balls) at the same venue in 2009–10. The century matched Shivnarine Chanderpaul to become the equal-fourth fastest Test century scored at that time.[20]
- Day 2
Warner (180) and Cowan (74) batted for the first hour of the day's play, and reached 214 without loss, before Cowan was bowled shortly before drinks in the morning session. Australia then suffered a batting collapse, losing all ten wickets for only 155 runs, to be dismissed for 369 at tea, with a lead of 208. Umesh Yadav took five wickets for India, while tail-ender Peter Siddle (30) was the only Australian batsman other than the two openers to manage more than twenty runs.
In its second innings, India fell to 51/4 before finishing the day at 88/4, a deficit of 120 runs.[21]
- Day 3
India reached 165/6 at lunch after an even morning session, but lost its last four wickets for no score to be dismissed shortly after the break for 171, 37 runs short of making Australia bat a second time. After lunch, Hilfenhaus took three wickets in an over and Siddle finished the match by dismissing Kohli. Hilfenhaus and Siddle took four and three wickets respectively. Kohli (75) top-scored for the second time in the match for India.
The innings victory gave Australia a 3–0 lead in the series, ensuring that Australia would win the series and regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in 4 years.
David Warner was named Man of the Match.[22] MS Dhoni (the Captain of India) was suspended for one match after he was found guilty of a slow over-rate for the second time in twelve months. He was fined 40% of his match fee and the rest of the Indian team was fined 20%.[23]
4th Test
Match Report:
- Day 1
Australia made one change to their lineup, with spinner Nathan Lyon for paceman Mitchell Starc. India made two changes with Ravichandran Ashwin back replacing Vinay Kumar. The Indian captain MS Dhoni was replaced by Wriddhiman Saha and Virender Sehwag replaced him as captain.
Australia won the toss and chose to bat on a good pitch for batting. India reduced Australia to 3/84, with spinner Ravichandran Ashwin coming into the attack early and taking two wickets. Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting then combined to put on an unbeaten partnership of 251 before the end of the day, with both men making centuries. In the process, Ponting passed 13,000 Test runs, becoming the third batsman, and the first Australian batsman, to reach the milestone. Australia finished the day at 335/3.[24] Australia finished the first day at 335/3.
- Day 2
Ponting (221) and Clarke (210) put on a further 135 runs on Day 2, with both men making double centuries, before the partnership was broken. The 386-run partnership is the highest in Tests between Australia and India, the highest ever at the Adelaide Oval, and the highest Australian Test partnership to not feature Donald Bradman.[25] Australia continued to bat until early in the evening session, Michael Clarke declaring at 7/604. In reply, India lost two early wickets, to finish on 61/2 at stumps.
- Day 3
Australia reduced India to 122/5 at lunch on Day 3, with Peter Siddle taking three of the Indian top order wickets. A 114-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Virat Kohli and Wriddhiman Saha (35) took India to 225/5, before Saha was dismissed at tea. The final four wickets fell for 47 runs, and India was dismissed for 272, a deficit of 332 runs. Peter Siddle finished with 5/49, supported by Ben Hilfenhaus' 3/62, while Virat Kohli (116) scored his maiden Test century, and top-scored for the third consecutive innings.[26] Australia elected not to enforce the follow-on, and lost early wickets to finish 50/3 at stumps.
- Day 4
Australia batted until shortly after lunch on Day 4, declaring at 5/167, a lead of 499 runs. Ponting (60*) top-scored for the second time in the match; Ashwin's two wickets were the most by an Indian bowler. India finished the day at 166/6, with Virender Sehwag scoring a quick 62 from 53 deliveries, Nathan Lyon taking three wickets and Ryan Harris taking two.[27]
- Day 5
Australia took the remaining four wickets inside an hour of play, dismissing India for 201, for a 298-run victory. Nathan Lyon finished with four wickets, and Ryan Harris with three.[28]
Peter Siddle (5/49 & 1/47) won the Man of the Match award, after being the main wicket taker in the top order of India's first innings.
Player statistics
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| Player | Tests | Runs | Batting average | Wickets | Bowling average | ||||||
Michael Clarke  (c)
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4 | 626 | 125.20 | 1 | 54.00 | ||||||
Mahendra Singh Dhoni  (c/wk)
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3 | 102 | 20.40 | ||||||||
| Brad Haddin (vc/wk)
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4 | 86 | 28.66 | ||||||||
| Virender Sehwag (vc)
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4 | 198 | 24.75 | 1 | 157.00 | ||||||
| Ravichandran Ashwin
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3 | 163 | 32.60 | 9 | 62.77 | ||||||
| Ed Cowan
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4 | 206 | 34.33 | ||||||||
| Rahul Dravid
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4 | 194 | 24.25 | ||||||||
| Gautam Gambhir
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4 | 181 | 22.62 | ||||||||
| Ryan Harris
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2 | 44 | 44.00 | 6 | 29.83 | ||||||
| Ben Hilfenhaus
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4 | 39 | 13.00 | 27 | 17.22 | ||||||
| Michael Hussey
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4 | 293 | 58.60 | 0 | |||||||
| Zaheer Khan
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4 | 69 | 8.62 | 15 | 31.80 | ||||||
| Virat Kohli
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4 | 300 | 37.50 | 0 | |||||||
| VVS Laxman
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4 | 155 | 19.37 | ||||||||
| Nathan Lyon
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3 | 6 | 3.00 | 7 | 41.57 | ||||||
| Shaun Marsh
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4 | 17 | 2.83 | ||||||||
| James Pattinson
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2 | 55 | 11 | 23.36 | |||||||
| Ricky Ponting
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4 | 544 | 108.80 | ||||||||
| Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
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1 | 38 | 19.00 | ||||||||
| Ishant Sharma
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4 | 49 | 7.00 | 5 | 90.20 | ||||||
| Peter Siddle
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4 | 77 | 19.25 | 23 | 18.65 | ||||||
| Mitchell Starc
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1 | 15 | 4 | 17.50 | |||||||
| Sachin Tendulkar
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4 | 287 | 35.87 | ||||||||
| R Vinay Kumar
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1 | 11 | 5.50 | 1 | 73.00 | ||||||
| David Warner
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4 | 266 | 44.33 | 0 | |||||||
| Umesh Yadav
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4 | 28 | 9.33 | 13 | 39.35 | ||||||
Twenty20 series
1st T20I
1 February
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- India won the toss and chose to field.
- Match delayed by rain; but no time lost.
- T20I debuts: George Bailey (as captain), Xavier Doherty and James Faulkner (Aus); Rahul Sharma (Ind)
Match Report: [29]
2nd T20I
Match Report: [30]
As a result of winning this match, India ended a 16 away international win drought.
Commonwealth Bank Series
The 2011–12 edition of the Commonwealth Bank Series is an One Day International cricket tournament which is currently held in Australia. This is a tri-nation series between Australia, India, and Sri Lanka. This is the first tournament since 2007–08.
Group stage table
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| Pos | Team | P | W | L | T | NR | BP | Points | NRR | For | Against |
| 2 | India
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -0.672 | 1069/228.2 | 1242/232.0 |
| 1 | Australia
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | +0.433 | 1155/223.0 | 977/205.5 |
| 3 |  Sri Lanka
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | +0.323 | 847/174.1 | 852/187.4 |
Points System:[31]
- Won (W): 4
- Lost (L): 0
- No Result (NR): 2
- Tie (T): 2
- Bonus Points (BP): 1+
- *Net run rate (NRR): Runs per over scored less runs per over conceded, adjusting team batting first to overs of team batting second in rain rule matches, adjusting to team's full allocation if all out, and ignoring no result matches.
Group stage matches
1st Match
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- India won the toss and elected to field
- Match delayed by rain; 18 overs lost.
- ODI debuts: Matthew Wade and Daniel Christian (both Aus)
Match Report:
India won the toss and elected to field. Rain came after 11 overs at 35/2, it seemed never to go away, however after a patient couple of hours, the rain stopped making the match 32 overs a side. Post-rain, Australia amassed a total of 181 runs in 21 overs with the Hussey brothers mainly doing the damage and Matthew Wade reaching his half century. The Indian spinners were ineffective particularly Jadeja and Ashwin, while Rahul Sharma took the big scalp of Matthew Wade cutting way too close to the stumps. David Hussey and Daniel Christian both took the Australian innings close to 200, before the last over of the innings in which David Hussey scored 19 runs off Jadeja.
India's innings started in the most dreadful way possible with Tendulkar driving to a wide half volley off Mitchell Starc and the outside edge being caught by Ponting in the point region. Gambhir soon fell after a half-leave of a shot around the good length region which had troubled him in the Test series as well. There was some respite for the visitors, however, as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma built a counter-attacking half-century stand, before Clint McKay was introduced into the attack and took out both Kohli and Sharma in four balls. It was all downhill for India from then on, and Australia's consistent and probing bowling rewarded them with some tight fielding to build the pressure that the required run rate was beginning to get out of control. Suresh Raina, again, couldn't handle the short ball, Jadeja - executed a heave in the midwicket region only to be caught by Michael Hussey at deep midwicket. All hope was lost when MS Dhoni succumbed to a great catch in the deep by David Warner.[32]
This match again brought memories of the torrid One Day Series against England in 2011 and at this point out of India's previous 6 away ODI games, India didn't win any, but an interesting statistic arrived. All 6 were affected by rain.
2nd Match
Match Report: [33]
India decided to bring back batsman Virender Sehwag and paceman Zaheer Khan. This was also the first match were Mahela Jayawardene was captain since the resignation of Tillakaratne Dilshan.
4th Match
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
5th Match
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
7th Match
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat on a wicket with good batting conditions and assistance for the bowlers.
8th Match
10th Match
11th Match
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- ^ Hilfenhaus takes five in Australia's innings win
- ^ 'Traditional' pitch drinks caught on camera
- ^ Warner's blazing ton destroys India
- ^ Australia storming towards 3–0 lead
- ^ Australia demolish India by an innings Dhoni banned from Adelaide Test for slow over-rate
- ^ Dhoni banned from Adelaide Test for slow over-rate
- ^ Ponting and Clarke demoralise India again
- ^ Clarke and Ponting double-tons keep Australia on top
- ^ Australia in control despite Kohli ton
- ^ Australia four wickets from a 4–0 whitewash
- ^ Australia wrap up 4–0 whitewash
- ^ Matthew Wade fifty sets up Australia win
- ^ Sparkling India level T20 series
- ^ Commonwealth Bank Series 2011/12 Table
- ^ Wade sets up 65-run win for Australia
- ^ All-round Ashwin stars in hard-fought win