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BANGALORE, India, Friday (Reuters) - Australia took a firm grip on the first test against India after Glenn McGrath took four wickets to help establish a big lead on Friday.

Fast bowlers McGrath and Jason Gillespie ran through the tail with the new ball to dismiss India for 246, 228 runs behind in reply to their 474 all out.

Australia opted against the follow-on and reached 127 for four in their second innings at close, an overall lead of 355.

Openers Justin Langer (0), Matthew Hayden (30), Simon Katich (39) and Darren Lehmann (14) were the batsmen dismissed.

McGrath, back in the side after an injury lay-off, finished with four for 55 as India, resuming day three on 150 for six, were bowled out close to tea.

Wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel (46) and tail-ender Irfan Pathan (31) clung on to add 60 runs for the seventh wicket to prevent a total collapse.

Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz finished with two wickets apiece as the fast bowlers shared eight wickets.

Leg-spinner Shane Warne took the other two.

The other three tests will be played in Madras, Nagpur and Bombay.

AUSTRALIA - 1ST INNINGS 474
(M. Clarke 151, A. Gilchrist 104, H. Singh 5-146)

INDIA - 1ST INNINGS

(Overnight 150-6)
A. Chopra lbw b McGrath                    	0
V. Sehwag c Langer b Kasprowicz           	39
R. Dravid b McGrath                        	0
S. Ganguly c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz       	45
V. Laxman b Warne                         	31
Y. Singh c Gilchrist b McGrath             	5
P. Patel b Gillespie                      	46
I. Pathan c Gilchrist b Warne             	31
A. Kumble b Gillespie                     	26
H. Singh c Lehmann b McGrath               	8
Z. Khan not out                            	0
Extras (b-5 lb-2 nb-3 w-5)               	15

TOTAL (all out, 89.2 overs)             		246

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 2-4 3-87 4-98 5-124 6-136 7-196 8-227 9-244

BOWLING: McGrath 25-8-55-4 (nb-1), Gillespie 16.2-3-63-2
(w-5), Warne 28-4-78-2, Kasprowicz 20-4-43-2 (nb-2)

AUSTRALIA - 2ND INNINGS

J. Langer lbw b Pathan                     	0
M. Hayden run out                         	30
S. Katich c Dravid b Kumble               	39
D. Martyn not out                         	29
D. Lehmann c Chopra b Harbhajan           	14
M. Clarke not out                         	11
Extras (b-2 nb-1 w-1)                     	4

TOTAL (four wickets, 42 overs)          	127

TO BAT: A. Gilchrist, S. Warne, J. Gillespie, M. Kasprowicz,
G. McGrath

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0 2-65 3-86 4-104

BOWLING (to date): Pathan 9-2-29-1 (w-1), Zaheer 7-1-27-0,
Harbhajan 15-2-43-1, Kumble 11-2-26-1 (nb-1).

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