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| Venue | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 13th, 14th, 15th January 2012 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Australia won by an innings and 37 runs |
| Umpires | Aleem Dar (Pakistan), HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) |
| TV umpire | PR Reiffel |
| Referee | RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) |
| Scorers | J Crawshaw, SA Wheeler |
| Reserve Umpire | MD Martell |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 149/0 (Cowan 40*, Warner 104*; 23 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | India (2) 88/4 (Dravid 32*, Kohli 21*; 32 overs) |
| Man of the Match | DA Warner |
| Articles | Australia three-up in series with innings victory |
| Record-setter Warner and pacers dominate India | |
| Picture galleries | 3rd Test, Thunder From Down Under 2011/12, 15 Jan 2012 - day 3 pictures |
| 3rd Test, Thunder From Down Under 2011/12, 14 Jan 2012 - day 2 pictures | |
| 3nd Test, Thunder From Down Under 2011/12, 13 Jan 2012 - day 1 pictures |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Gambhir | c Haddin b Hilfenhaus | 31 | 82 | 112 | 3 | - | |
| V Sehwag | c Ponting b Hilfenhaus | 0 | 4 | 15 | - | - | |
| RS Dravid | b Siddle | 9 | 35 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | lbw b Harris | 15 | 25 | 46 | 3 | - | |
| VVS Laxman | c Clarke b Siddle | 31 | 86 | 124 | 5 | - | |
| V Kohli | c Warner b Siddle | 44 | 81 | 107 | 6 | - | |
| *+MS Dhoni | c Ponting b Hilfenhaus | 12 | 22 | 30 | 2 | - | |
| R Vinay Kumar | lbw b Starc | 5 | 4 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| Z Khan | c Clarke b Hilfenhaus | 2 | 11 | 14 | - | - | |
| I Sharma | c Haddin b Starc | 3 | 8 | 13 | - | - | |
| UT Yadav | not out | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 268 minutes, 60.2 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Sehwag, 3.2 ov), 2-32 (Dravid, 13.5 ov), 3-59 (Tendulkar, 24.1 ov), 4-63 (Gambhir, 25.1 ov), 5-131 (Kohli, 50.6 ov), 6-138 (Laxman, 52.5 ov), 7-152 (Vinay Kumar, 56.1 ov), 8-152 (Dhoni, 57.2 ov), 9-157 (Khan, 59.2 ov), 10-161 (Sharma, 60.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Harris | 18 | 6 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hilfenhaus | 18 | 5 | 43 | 4 | - | - | |
| Starc | 12.2 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Siddle | 12 | 3 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EJM Cowan | b Yadav | 74 | 120 | 182 | 10 | - | |
| DA Warner | c Yadav b Sharma | 180 | 159 | 261 | 20 | 5 | |
| SE Marsh | c Laxman b Yadav | 11 | 19 | 20 | 2 | - | |
| RT Ponting | b Yadav | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| *MJ Clarke | c Dhoni b Khan | 18 | 38 | 64 | 3 | - | |
| MEK Hussey | c Sehwag b Vinay Kumar | 14 | 29 | 62 | 2 | - | |
| +BJ Haddin | c Dhoni b Khan | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - | |
| PM Siddle | b Yadav | 30 | 31 | 41 | 4 | - | |
| RJ Harris | c Gambhir b Yadav | 9 | 17 | 24 | - | - | |
| MA Starc | not out | 15 | 27 | 28 | 3 | - | |
| BW Hilfenhaus | c Kohli b Sehwag | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 362 minutes, 76.2 overs) | 369 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-214 (Cowan, 38.5 ov), 2-230 (Marsh, 42.6 ov), 3-242 (Ponting, 44.5 ov), 4-290 (Warner, 55.1 ov), 5-301 (Clarke, 58.4 ov), 6-303 (Haddin, 60.1 ov), 7-339 (Hussey, 67.1 ov), 8-343 (Siddle, 68.2 ov), 9-357 (Harris, 73.2 ov), 10-369 (Hilfenhaus, 76.2 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Khan | 21 | 3 | 91 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Yadav | 17 | 2 | 93 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| Vinay Kumar | 13 | 0 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sharma | 18 | 0 | 89 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sehwag | 7.2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Gambhir | c Hussey b Starc | 14 | 37 | 40 | 3 | - | |
| V Sehwag | c Haddin b Siddle | 10 | 28 | 48 | 1 | - | |
| RS Dravid | b Harris | 47 | 114 | 177 | 8 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | lbw b Starc | 8 | 16 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| VVS Laxman | c Marsh b Hilfenhaus | 0 | 9 | 11 | - | - | |
| V Kohli | c Haddin b Siddle | 75 | 136 | 191 | 9 | - | |
| *+MS Dhoni | c Ponting b Siddle | 2 | 16 | 20 | - | - | |
| R Vinay Kumar | c Clarke b Hilfenhaus | 6 | 20 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| Z Khan | c Clarke b Hilfenhaus | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| I Sharma | c Cowan b Hilfenhaus | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| UT Yadav | not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 3 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 278 minutes, 63.2 overs) | 171 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24 (Gambhir, 10.2 ov), 2-25 (Sehwag, 11.3 ov), 3-42 (Tendulkar, 16.1 ov), 4-51 (Laxman, 19.1 ov), 5-135 (Dravid, 50.5 ov), 6-148 (Dhoni, 55.4 ov), 7-171 (Vinay Kumar, 62.1 ov), 8-171 (Khan, 62.2 ov), 9-171 (Sharma, 62.5 ov), 10-171 (Kohli, 63.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Harris | 16 | 3 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hilfenhaus | 18 | 6 | 54 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Starc | 12 | 4 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Siddle | 15.2 | 5 | 43 | 3 | 2 | - | |
| Hussey | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |