The fall of Adam Gilchrist's wicket with just six runs on the board brought
Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden together. If India thought their early
success was a sign of things to come they were forced to think again.
Coming off a lean trot, Ricky Ponting played carefully, sensibly and
flowered in the company of Matthew Hayden. The pair blunted the Indian
bowling spinners and pacemen alike and put together a mammoth 219
partnership for the second wicket.