Henriques delays Australia defeat

An unbeaten 75 from debutant Moises Henriques averted a fourth-day defeat for Australia, who closed just 40 ahead of India at 232-9 in the first Test. The tourists looked set to lose by an innings after slumping to 170-8, 17 runs short of making India bat again. But Henriques, who made 68 in the first innings, hit eight boundaries and put on 57 with last man Nathan Lyon (8). India had resumed on 515-8 and Mahendra Dhoni added 18 to his overnight 206 before his team were all out for 572. Dhoni eipsed Sachin Tendulkar's record for the highest score by an Indian Test captain, stepping down the wicket to thump Lyon ruthlessly over long-on for six. But he fell eight runs short of Andy Flower's landmark as the highest scoring wicketkeeper in an innings when he gloved a James Pattinson bouncer in the sixth over of the morning, the Australian paceman securing his third five-wicket haul in only his eighth Test.