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Summary Australia beat India Thursday by 122 runs on fourth day of first Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
India, chasing 292 for victory, collapsed to be all out for 169.Australia added 61 runs for their two remaining wickets before they were dismissed for 240 in their second innings.But it was a lead well beyond Indias reach and once Sachin Tendulkar fell for 32 in the 27th over their remote chances of winning went with him.Australias fast bowlers, James Pattinson, Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle, all did the damage reducing India to 81 for six on Tendulkars dismissal.The victory gave Australia first blood in the four-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy series with the second Test beginning in Sydney on Tuesday.Match scores: Australia 333 and 240; India 282 and 169. --AFP
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