Australia A defeated India A by 7 wickets in the first unofficial test. Australia A started playing from a score of 139/3 on Sunday and easily achieved the target of 225 runs. Captain Nathan McSweeney (88*) and Beau Webster (61*) made an unbeaten match-winning partnership of 141 runs for the fourth wicket. There was a controversy in the match regarding changing the ball. Actually, on the fourth day, umpire Shawn Craig changed the ball. He took this step citing scratch marks on the ball, due to which the Indian players argued with the umpire. However, no conclusion came out of it.