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Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG

Honours even after Hayden ton and Kumble five

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Matthew Hayden started well in partnership with Phil Jaques, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Matthew Hayden started well with Phil Jaques, putting up a century opening stand

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Zaheer Khan bowled well without reward on the opening morning, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Zaheer Khan bowled well without reward in the first session

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Matthew Hayden collected runs in typically muscular fashion on the opening day, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Hayden collected runs in typically muscular fashion before bringing up his century in the second session

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Matthew Hayden flicks off his hips, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Australia went into lunch comfortably placed at 111 for no loss

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Anil Kumble celebrates dismissing Phil Jaques, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Kumble gave India the breakthrough soon after lunch

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Phil Jaques' fifty helped Australia set a good opening platform, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Jaques' fifty helped Australia set up a good opening platform...

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Gotcha! Mahendra Singh Dhoni is too quick for Phil Jaques, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

But he misread Kumble's googly and stepped out of the crease only to be stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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Zaheer Khan removed Ricky Ponting with a beauty, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Five overs later Zaheer bowled Ricky Ponting for four

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Anil Kumble's double wobbled Australia after lunch on the opening day, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Kumble made matters worse for Australia by removing Michael Hussey for two

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Anil Kumble celebrates the dismissal of Michael Hussey, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

From 135 for 0, Australia stumbled to 165 for 3

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Matthew Hayden celebrates his 28th Test hundred exuberantly, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Hayden, meanwhile, got to his century from 126 balls

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The golden arm: Anil Kumble took 5 for 84, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

After Hayden was dismissed for 124, Kumble returned to remove dangermen Andrew Symonds and Adam Gilchrist

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Andrew Symonds reaches out and launches one to the long-on boundary, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Symonds tried to pull a short one off Kumble ...

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Dinesh Karthik celebrates after taking a catch to remove Andrew Symonds, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

... and was caught by Dinesh Karthik for 35

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Adam Gilchrist gets down on one knee to slog-sweep, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Gilchrist attempted to slog-sweep Kumble but managed only to get the toe end of the bat to the ball

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Sachin Tendulkar lines up to take a catch to dismiss Adam Gilchrist, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

Sachin Tendulkar was waiting to take the simple but important catch

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India had an unusually good start to the series, Australia v India, 1st Test, MCG, December 26, 2007

At stumps India had reduced Australia to 337 for 9

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