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It was a tour match, Derbyshire vs India back in 1996. Dean Jones captained the English county side in that 3 day game, whose scorecard read : India 229, Derbyshire 409.. then, India 192 in second Innings which gave Derbyshire a winning target of 13 runs--

Devon Melcom - former England fast bowler (who rarely batted anywhere but no.11) was sent out as opener with Tim Tweats to achieve the target. in other words, Dean Jones had reminded Indians of their comprehensive defeat straight on their face!

In short, in days gone by - Indian cricket teams were never good on overseas tour, frequently losing to country sides and county sides or invitation XI.

11 years later, situation has reverted. Rahul Dravid lead India to test series victory in West Indies & England whereas Sourav Ganguly's boys won in Pakistan and nearly beat Australia in Australia 4 years ago.

Now, another overseas tour starts. with Indians vs Victoria tour match, from 20th December to 22nd. This might end Aussie dominance, or it will be another record performance by Team of Oz.

Notes : India vs Victoria tour match
** On 2003-04 tour of Australia, India had lost their warm up match against same Victorian side, which has been domestic champions 26 times in all!
**Junction Oval ground in Melbourne will host this warmup match, whereas first India vs Australia test match will be played at MCG. Junction Obal is the home ground of Victoria team, whom once Dean Jones represented!
** Brad Hodge is the present captain of Victoria (who were the national champions in 2003-04 season) but due to back problems, the right hander is unlikely to play this tour match against Indians. Rest of Victoria squad - Robert Quiney, Michael Klinger, Aiden Blizzard, David Hussey (capt), Andrew McDonald, Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade (wk), Adam Crosthwaite (wk), John Hastings, Bryce McGain, Dirk Nannes, Peter Siddle.
** This match will be shown live in India by Channel Starcricket. Its not common for a broadcaster to show tour or warm-up match live but Starcricket brings this exclusive deal for its viewers. mind you - this same channel is also showing Australia's domestic cricket this year! Sadly, Doordarshan will not telecast this match and its also not sure DD1 would get the feeds of following 4 test match series between India and Australia.
** Itsonlycricket will bring you updates of this India vs Victoria tour match and you can try of one these websites for match live scores. The match will be starting 5.30am India time and 4 pm a day before in California in USA.

Preview : India's warm-up match against Victoria

One last test of Dhoni's abilities!

Day 1 : Rainy welcome to raging Indians

48 overs & India ready for Melbourne