Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> SR Waugh (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 66
--> RT Ponting (1) passed 1000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 42
--> MS Kasprowicz (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 21
--> P Wilson made his debut in Test Matches
--> VVS Laxman (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 64
--> NS Sidhu (1) passed 3000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 67
--> SR Tendulkar (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 31
--> M Azharuddin (1) passed 5500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 24
--> SC Ganguly achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches in the Australia first innings (previous best was 3-71)
--> A Kumble reached 550 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed SR Waugh, his 5th wicket in the Australia second innings
Lunch: Australia 67/4 (SR Waugh 29*, Ponting 20*; 29 overs) Tea: Australia 175/7 (SR Waugh 79*, Robertson 0*; 58 overs) Srinath took two wickets in the opening over of the Test, only the second such instance (prev. SJ Snooke, South Africa v England at Cape Town, 1909-10) SR Waugh used a runner (Blewett) due to injury from over 55, when 74*. He was dismissed when the runner was caught out of his ground attempting a single. Lunch: India 95/0 (Laxman 47*, Sidhu 42*; 29 overs) Tea: India 228/2 (Dravid 16*, Tendulkar 12*; 58 overs)
