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| James Pattinson is congratulated after he bowled Rahul Dravid |
Melbourne, December 29: Australia's fat men put on a tremendous display to lead Australia to a 122-run victory over India in the 4th day of the first Test match on Thursday.
Australia set up a target of 292 runs but the tourists slumped to 81-6 before being dismissed for 169 after tea.
James Pattinson (4-53), Ben Hilfenhaus (2-39) and Peter Siddle (3-42) busted through Indian batting before Pattinson (37) and Hilfenhaus (14) frustrated Indian bowlers adding 43 runs for the last wicket in the morning session.
After Hilfenhaus dismissed Virender Sehwag before Lunch, India collapsed in the second session as none of the Indian batting heroes -Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman- survived Australian pace bowlers.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin attempted to lead a fight but failed as Ashvin (30) fell to Siddle before Pattinson bowled out Dhoni (23).
Australia captain Michael Clarke said his side had to maintain their intensity in the second Test, which starts in Sydney on 3 January.
"India are a fantastic team and it's great to get a win but we know they'll come back hard at us," he said.
"We deserve this win because of the amount of effort and time we've put into our preparation, but it means nothing come Sydney."
India captain Dhoni said: "You have to give credit to the Australian bowling attack because they bowled really well.
"We thought if we could get them out for 240 or 250-odd runs that's a very gettable score, but I felt 290-odd runs was also a score we should have achieved.
"The wicket was pretty good. It's not like there was too much wear and tear in the wicket. I think our batting line-up flopped in both the innings."
"For me it's a dream come true to play for Australia and to be out there on Boxing Day, and against India with that batting line-up," 21-year-old Pattinson said.
"I think I wasn't even born when Sachin started playing cricket, so to go out there and bowl against him, and have some success against their batsmen and get a win is even better."
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Australia captain Michael Clarke said his side had to maintain their intensity in the second Test, which starts in Sydney on 3 January.
"India are a fantastic team and it's great to get a win but we know they'll come back hard at us," he said.
"We deserve this win because of the amount of effort and time we've put into our preparation, but it means nothing come Sydney."
India captain Dhoni said: "You have to give credit to the Australian bowling attack because they bowled really well.
"We thought if we could get them out for 240 or 250-odd runs that's a very gettable score, but I felt 290-odd runs was also a score we should have achieved.
"The wicket was pretty good. It's not like there was too much wear and tear in the wicket. I think our batting line-up flopped in both the innings."
"For me it's a dream come true to play for Australia and to be out there on Boxing Day, and against India with that batting line-up," 21-year-old Pattinson said.
"I think I wasn't even born when Sachin started playing cricket, so to go out there and bowl against him, and have some success against their batsmen and get a win is even better."
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