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Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day

Quick wickets swing momentum Australia's way

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Chris Rogers cherishes his first baggy green, Australia v India, 3rd Test, 1st day, Perth, January 16, 2008

Chris Rogers received his first baggy green as he took Matthew Hayden's opening slot at his home ground

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Chris Rogers makes his Test debut, Australia v India, 3rd Test, 1st day, Perth, January 16, 2008

Rogers was the 399th player to represent Australia in Tests

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Brett Lee thinks he's got Virender Sehwag ... but he hasn't, Australia v India, 3rd Test, 1st day, Perth, January 16, 2008

Brett Lee beat Virender Sehwag a couple of times but was taken off after four expensive overs ...

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Virender Sehwag made 29 on return to Test cricket, Australia v India, 3rd Test, 1st day, Perth, January 16, 2008

... as the recalled opener started with some typically aggressive shots on a hard pitch

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Virender Sehwag drives one through the off, Australia v India, 3rd Test, 1st day, Perth, January 16, 2008

Sehwag helped India beat their previous best opening stand of the series, 26, in a refreshing manner

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Mitchell Johnson gave Australia the breakthrough, Australia v India, 3rd Test, 1st day, Perth, January 16, 2008

Mitchell Johnson gave Australia the breakthrough, snapping up Sehwag with the score on 57

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Mitchell Johnson gets some appreciation for his breakthrough effort, Australia v India, 3rd Test, 1st day, Perth, January 16, 2008

Johnson gets some appreciation for his effort ...

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Virender Sehwag trudges off for 29, Australia v India, 3rd Test, 1st day, Perth, January 16, 2008

... while Sehwag trudged off for 29

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Adam Gilchrist dives to take what he thinks is a catch off Wasim Jaffer, Australia v India, 3rd Test, 1st day, Perth, January 16, 2008

Adam Gilchrist dived to take what he thought was a catch from Wasim Jaffer, but it came off the batsman's arm guard

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Stuart Clark belts out an appeal, Australia v India, 3rd Test, 1st day, Perth, January 16, 2008

Stuart Clark bowled 15 overs without claiming a wicket

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Brett Lee picked up Wasim Jaffer's wicket, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, January 16, 2008

Lee picked up Jaffer's wicket to cue a period of defence from India's two new batsmen

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Rahul Dravid lets a short ball pass, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, January 16, 2008

Rahul Dravid was careful but not as dour as in the first two Tests

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Sachin Tendulkar sways out of the way of a bouncer, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, January 16, 2008

Sachin Tendulkar got his eye in against Australia's four-man pace attack ...

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Sachin Tendulkar chips one over Adam Gilchrist, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, January 16, 2008

... and used the bounce to his advantage, chipping Lee over the wicketkeeper for four

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Shaun Tait in action at the WACA, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, January 16, 2008

Shaun Tait was back in the Test team for the first time since the 2005 Ashes ...

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Sachin Tendulkar drives towards point, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, January 16, 2008

... but Australia's fast men could not remove Tendulkar, who reached a half-century

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Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid added 139 for the third wicket, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, January 16, 2008

Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid added 139 for the third wicket...

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Rahul Dravid pulls during his half-century, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, January 16, 2008

... while Dravid grew in confidence throughout his innings

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Brett Lee appeals for lbw against Sachin Tendulkar, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, January 16, 2008

Lee managed to remove Tendulkar, but it was a lucky lbw decision as the ball would have passed well over the stumps

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Rahul Dravid holed out on 93, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, January 16, 2008

Dravid holed out on 93, when he tried to hit Andrew Symonds to the boundary but skied a catch to extra cover

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VVS Laxman mis-hit a pull to mid-off, Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, January 16, 2008

VVS Laxman's wicket - he mis-hit a pull off Lee to mid-off - in the final moments of the day, gave Australia the edge

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Brett Lee is elated after dismissing VVS Laxman, Australia v India, 3rd Test, 1st day, Perth, January 16, 2008

Lee, with figures of 3 for 64 off 19 overs, was the stand-out bowler on the day

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