UNSEEN Matthew Hayden's 1st Test 100 vs India 119 (4s-18, 6s-1) in 2001 #MatthewHaydenHits #Haydos
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Date: 2024-02-20

1st Test, Mumbai, Feb 27 - Mar 1 2001, Australia tour of India

RESULT - Australia won by 10 wickets
Man of the Match - Adam Gilchrist

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INDIA 176/10 (71.3 overs) 1ST INNINGS
Sachin Tendulkar 76 (114), Nayan Mongia 26* (76)
Shane Warne 4/47 (22), Glenn McGrath 3/19 (19)

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AUSTRALIA 349/10 (73.2 overs) 1ST INNINGS
Adam Gilchrist 122 (112), Matthew Hayden 119 (172)
Harbhajan Singh 4/121 (28), Javagal Srinath 2/60 (16)

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INDIA 219/10 (94.1 overs) 2ND INNINGS
Sachin Tendulkar 65 (107), Sadagoppan Ramesh 44 (84)
Jason Gillespie 3/45 (19), Mark Waugh 3/40 (15)

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AUSTRALIA 47/0 (7 overs) 2ND INNINGS
Matthew Hayden 28* (21), Michael Slater 19* (21)
Harbhajan Singh 0/11 (2), Rahul Sanghvi 0/11 (2)

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It was a day Sourav Ganguly would love to forget and Steve Waugh would remember for a long time to come. While Waugh led the rampaging Aussies to a crushing ten wicket victory over India in the first Test at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai in under three days, his counterpart could contribute little in terms of captaincy and less with the bat. The contrast in styles of leadership and indeed approach and ability were glaring in the whitewash. Waugh juggled his bowlers well, giving them the fields they wanted and kept up the pressure incessantly. Ganguly in turn failed to rise to the occasion and could do little but watch helplessly even as the Australians took a 1-0 lead in the three Test series.

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Beginning the day on 58/2, India needed to bat positively, yet solidly, to bring the momentum back in their favour. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid had their task cut out for them. Starting off well, Dravid and Tendulkar seemed to know exactly what was required of them. Stonewalling against some hostile fast bowling from Jason Gillespie in particular, the pair defied the Australians. Going through to lunch at 116/2 the two might well have been pleased with their efforts. If they were, it was premature.

The post lunch session started with a bang. Tendulkar helped himself to a couple of sizzling boundaries and set the pulses of the crowd racing. However, it was not to last long enough to get India out of the woods. Tendulkar, pulling a Mark Waugh long hop hard, found Justin Langer's shoulder at forward short leg. The ball ballooned up in the air towards no man's land. No man's land? Not really. Ricky Ponting, searing across the turf at midwicket, leapt full length and perfectly parallel to the ground at full stretch and pulled off a sensational catch. It was exactly the inspirational effort Australia needed. Tendulkar made 65 (107 balls, 11 fours) in addition to his first innings 76. A lone hand it was from the man from Mumbai.

At 154/3 India were still in a position from which they could have at least given the Aussies a run for their money. Unfortunately a string of low scores - Ganguly (1), Laxman (12), Agarkar (0) put paid to any such hopes. Ganguly needlessly ran himself out, a nervous Laxman edged to the keeper and Agarkar picked up his seventh consecutive duck against the Aussies. Dravid, who toiled hard, made things out to be a bit more difficult than they actually were. Painfully compiling runs, the Karnataka middle order bat played all over a Shane Warne legspinner wide outside the leg stump and was bowled around the legs. Dravid made 39 off 196 balls.
At that stage it was all over, with the Aussies moving in for the kill. Javagal Srinath batting one handed provided some comic relief but served no real purpose. All out for 219, India set Australia a paltry target of 47 for victory. Matthew Hayden (28, 21 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) and Michael Slater (19, 21 balls, 4 fours) knocked off the required runs in just seven overs. The elation in the Australian dressing room was plain for all to see. Man of the match Adam Gilchrist ran from captain to coach giving them high fives and embraces. And why not? It was after all the vice captain's quickfire 122 that set up a memorable Australian victory. This win makes it sixteen in a row for the Australians. When the winning streak is finally broken, it will be a formidable figure.