Match Details
Series
Toss
Australians , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
30 September 1,2 October 2004 (3-day match)
A little over eight years ago, a young Australian made a dream debut in Bangalore. Now he returns as captain
The Australian approach on the fourth day may have been negative or pointless to some but it was clear that lessons had been learnt from the debacles at Kolkata [2001] and Adelaide [2003]
Everything's peachy when Damien Martyn is finessing his square-cuts to the fence, but things weren't always so rosy
The wounds inflicted by the Australians are very fresh on Harbhajan Singh's mind
Both teams come in to this series with recent series wins under their belts, although New Zealand's victory over Bangladesh doesn't quite rate alongside a win in India