Australia v India, 1st Test, Brisbane

India v Australia



Steve Waugh acknowledges the applause on reaching his last Test 50 at the Gabba


Steve Waugh plays a shot in his sleep


Damien Martyn hits one into the crowd


Steve Waugh (debut: 1985) shows Parthiv Patel (born: 1985) a trick of his trade


Sachin Tendulkar turns his arm over


Too old for Test cricket? Not me


Harbhajan Singh gets his man


Ricky Ponting gets a move on


Matthew Hayden mauling the Indian bowling


Matthew Hayden in imperious form


Who did you call a mere child? Take that!


This kid can bat. Parthiv Patel puts it away


Steve Waugh in a pensive mood


Sourav Ganguly acknowledges the applause


VVS Laxman shows the ball its place


The general with his troops


Sourav Ganguly on the drive


Short ball? No problem. Sourav Ganguly ducks


Akash Chopra sweeps


Sachin Tendulkar walks off as Jason Gillespie celebrates


Jason Gillespie appeals after rapping Sachin Tendulkar on the pads


My first time! Nathan Bracken rushes to Adam Gilchrist after picking up his first Test wicket


Nathan Bracken celebrates his first Test wicket


Steve Bucknor and Rudi Koertzen discuss the weather


Two Australian captains


Virender Sehwag keeps a short ball out


Who needs McGrath? Jason Gillespie about to let it rip


Nathan Bracken kept it tight on his Test debut


The covers come on


Stuart McGill gets high


Sourav Ganguly contemplates the weather


Steve Bucknor consults the light meter


Want to spend time in the middle? Be a groundsman


Ajit Agarkar lifts his body after lifting his game


Adam Gilchrist walks off with a duck to his name


VVS Laxman holds on to the edge from Adam Gilchrist


Adam Gilchrist wonders if VVS Laxman will drop this one


Groundsmen waiting to play Quidditch?


Steve Waugh begins the long walk back to the dressing room


Steve Waugh and some happy Indian players watch the replay of his dismissal


Look ma, no bail!


Steve Waugh walks out to bat in his last Test at the Gabba


Sourav Ganguly exults as Damien Martyn is run out


Ajit Agarkar appeals successfully for lbw against Justin Langer


Justin Langer reaches his hundred


Justin Langer sweeps on his way to a hundred


How do you like my war dance? asks Zaheer Khan


Acrobatics from Parthiv Patel as he tries to engineer a run-out


Ashish Nehra appeals in vain against Matthew Hayden


Steve Waugh and Sourav Ganguly make their way out for the toss