Snapshot of day one of the fourth cricket Test between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.

SCORE: Australia 3-335 after winning the toss.

MAN OF THE MOMENT: Take your pick of Ricky Ponting (137 not out) or Michael Clarke (140 not out), but it’s hard to split their superb unbeaten tons.

KEY MOMENT: Clarke, on 35, edges a cut shot from Ishant Sharma and the ball sails between wicketkeeper and floating second slip. If a first slip was in place, Australia would have been a wobbly 4-160 – but there wasn’t, and the Indians didn’t take another wicket all day.

STAT OF THE DAY: 251. The number of runs Ponting and Clarke have made in their unbroken fourth-wicket partnership.

SUMMARY: Indian spirits were soaring with Australia 3-84, only for Ponting and Clarke to return Australia to a position of utter dominance.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “They (Ponting and Clarke) played magnificently well. It was great to watch – a real spectacle.” Australian batting coach Justin Langer.