The Two Great Test Match Turnarounds

How Dravid, Laxman & co socked it to the world champions, session by session

Updated on: 7 February 2024 7:04 pm

Test No. 1535 Eden Gardens, Calcutta Mar 11-15, 2001

	Lunch	Tea	Close of Play
Day 1	Australia 88/0 in 26 overs Slater 41* Hayden 41* Toss: Australia	Australia 193/1 in 53 overs Hayden 97* Langer 45*	Australia 291/8 in 90 overs Harbhajan Hat-trick
Day 2	Aus 383/8 in 117 overs Waugh 82* Gillespie 38*	Aus: 445 all out Waugh: 110, Hayden 97 Harbhajan 7/123 India 32/1 in 11 overs Das 20* Dravid 9*	India 128/8 in 46 overs
Day 3	India: 171 all out McGrath: 4/18 India 45/0 in 12 overs (2nd inn) Das 14* Ramesh 30*	India 122/3 in 40 overs Laxman 31* Ganguly 4*	India 254/4 in 75 overs Laxman 109* Dravid 7*
Day 4	India 376/4 in 104 overs Laxman 171* Dravid 50*	India 491/4 in 133 overs Laxman 227* Dravid 106*	India 589/4 in 165 overs Laxman 275* Dravid 155*
Day 5	Ind: 657/7 decl Laxman: 281, Dravid 180 Aus 24/0 (2nd inn) Hayden 10* Slater 14*	Aus 161/3 Hayden 59* Waugh 23*	Aus 212 all out India win by 171 runs. Square 3-Test series 1-1 Harbhajan 6/73 Tendulkar 3/31

Scores: Aus 445 and 212 India 171 and 657 Total: 1,585 runs

Test No. 1673 Adelaide, Australia Dec 12-16, 2003

Day 1	Australia 135/2 in 27 overs Ponting 60* Martyn 0* Toss: Australia	Australia 241/3 in 51 overs Ponting 110* Waugh 24	Aus 400/5 in 90 overs Ponting 176*
Day 2	Aus 523/7 in 119 overs Ponting 228* Gillespie 29*	Aus: 556 in 127 overs Ponting: 242, Katich 75 Kumble 5/154 India 81/2 in 17 overs Dravid 5* Tendulkar 0*	India 180/4 in 51 overs Dravid 43* Laxman 55*
Day 3	India 252/4 in 83 overs Dravid 83* Laxman 87*	India 388/5 in 106.3 overs Dravid 158*	India 477/7 in 143 overs Dravid 199* Kumble 1*
Day 4	India 523 all out in 161.5 overs Dravid 233, Laxman 148 Aus 21/2 in 8 overs (2nd inn) Hayden 9* Martyn 2*	Aus 112/5 in 30.3 overs Katich 2*	Aus 196 all out Agarkar 6/41 India 37/0 in 10 overs Sehwag 25* Chopra 10*
Day 5	India 108/2 in 37 overs Dravid 17* Tendulkar 17*	India 216/4 Dravid 62* Laxman 32*	India win by four wickets. Lead 4-Test series 1-0 Dravid 72*

Scores: Aus 556 and 196 India 523 and 233 Total: 1,508 runs