Close of play 26 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 138/3 (MJ Slater 64*, SR Waugh 5*, 48 ov) 27 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 332/5 (RT Ponting 59*, AC Gilchrist 77*, 93 ov) 28 Dec day 3 - India 1st innings 235/9 (A Kumble 26*, BKV Prasad 10*, 75 ov) 29 Dec day 4 - India 2nd innings 40/1 (S Ramesh 26*, R Dravid 10*, 21 ov) 30 Dec day 5 - India 2nd innings 195 (89.3 ov) - end of match
Match notes
12th Men: MS Kasprowicz (Aus) and R Vijay Bharadwaj (Ind)
Day 1:
Rain forced the abandonment of the first session, an early lunch was taken
Rain 11am-2pm, 2pm start
Australia 50 in 78 mins
Slater/ME Waugh 3rd wicket partnership 50 in 66 mins
Tea: Australia 97/2 (Slater 49*, ME Waugh 23*, 28 ov)
Australia 100 in 141 mins
Slater 50 in 141 mins
Attendance: 49,082
Bad Light stopped play at 5:48pm
Day 2:
Australia 1st innings: 2nd new ball taken after 80 overs
Australia 150 in 222 mins
Australia 200 in 290 mins
Australia 250 in 330 mins
Lunch: Australia 5/277 (Ponting 34*, Gilchrist 47*, 81 ov)
Tea: Australia 332/5 (Ponting 59*, Gilchrist 77*, 93 ov)
Rain started at 1.59pm, restart at 3.30 pm
Bad Light stopped play at 4.07 pm
Rain forced the abandonment of the third session
Attendance: 26,885
Day 3:
Lunch: India 11/1 (Laxman 5*, Dravid 0*, 6 ov)
Tea: India 83/3 (Tendulkar 39*, Ganguly 20*, 35 ov)
Bad Light stopped play at 7.11 pm
Attendance: 23,127
Day 4:
Rain at 10.52 am delays start, 11.24 am restart
Bad Light 11.43am, 12.29 am restart
Lunch: Australia 25/1 (Blewett 9*, Langer 9*, 11 ov)
Tea: Australia 147/4 (ME Waugh 27*, SR Waugh 16*, 44 ov)
Attendance: 19,133
Day 5:
Rain at 10.49 am, restart at 10.54 am
S Ramesh retired hurt at 40/1 [26 ov] (sore thumb)
India 50 in 110 mins
India 100 in 228 mins
Lunch: India 110/3 (Tendulkar 48*, 55.5 ov)
Tendulkar 50 142 mins
India 150 in 286 mins
Tea: India 186/8 (Kumble 9*, BKV Prasad 1*, 85 ov)