Australia v India, Melbourne

India 443/7 & 106/8

Australia 151/10 & 261/10

India won by 137 runs

Australia v India 2018 · 3rd Test Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 26–30 Dec 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it tougher than Australia.

India

0.91× -9%

Australia

0.98× -2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, India led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

MA Agarwal India

118 +141

CA Pujara India

106 +121

PJ Cummins Australia

80 +120

RR Pant India

72 +89

Virat Kohli India

82 +86

Best bowling

Top match figures

PJ Cummins6/27

JJ Bumrah6/33

JJ Bumrah3/53

PJ Cummins3/72

Top score

106

CA Pujara · India

Biggest stand

170

3rd wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · India

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultIndia won by 137 runs

Length5 days

India

443 /7 (169.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Vihari	c AJ Finch b PJ Cummins	8	66	0	0	12.12
MA Agarwal	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	76	161	8	1	47.20
CA Pujara	b PJ Cummins	106	319	10	0	33.23
Virat Kohli	c AJ Finch b MA Starc	82	204	9	0	40.20
AM Rahane	lbw b NM Lyon	34	76	2	0	44.74
Rohit Sharma*	not out	63	114	5	0	55.26
RR Pant	c UT Khawaja b MA Starc	39	76	3	0	51.32
RA Jadeja	c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood	4	3	1	0	133.33

Extras 31 (b 15, lb 14, w 1, nb 1)

Total 443/7 (169.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	28.0	7	87	2	3.11
JR Hazlewood	31.4	10	86	1	2.72
NM Lyon	48.0	7	110	1	2.29
PJ Cummins	34.0	10	72	3	2.12
MR Marsh	26.0	4	51	0	1.96
AJ Finch	2.0	0	8	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-40 (GH Vihari, 18.5)·2-123 (MA Agarwal, 54.5)·3-293 (Virat Kohli, 122.5)·4-299 (CA Pujara, 125.4)·5-361 (AM Rahane, 148.6)·6-437 (RR Pant, 168.5)·7-443 (RA Jadeja, 169.4)

Australia

151 /10 (66.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
MS Harris	c I Sharma b JJ Bumrah	22	35	2	62.86
AJ Finch	c MA Agarwal b I Sharma	8	36	1	22.22
UT Khawaja	c MA Agarwal b RA Jadeja	21	32	3	65.62
SE Marsh	lbw b JJ Bumrah	19	61	1	31.15
TM Head	b JJ Bumrah	20	48	2	41.67
MR Marsh	c AM Rahane b RA Jadeja	9	36	1	25.00
TD Paine	c RR Pant b JJ Bumrah	22	85	1	25.88
PJ Cummins	b Mohammed Shami	17	48	2	35.42
MA Starc*	not out	7	13	1	53.85
NM Lyon	lbw b JJ Bumrah	0	5	0	0.00
JR Hazlewood	b JJ Bumrah	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 6 (b 4, w 1, nb 1)

Total 151/10 (66.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
I Sharma	13.0	2	41	1	3.15
JJ Bumrah	15.5	5	33	6	2.08
RA Jadeja	25.0	8	45	2	1.80
Mohammed Shami	10.0	2	27	1	2.70
GH Vihari	3.0	2	1	0	0.33

Fall of wickets

1-24 (AJ Finch, 10.3)·2-36 (MS Harris, 13.3)·3-53 (UT Khawaja, 19.5)·4-89 (SE Marsh, 32.6)·5-92 (TM Head, 36.4)·6-102 (MR Marsh, 43.3)·7-138 (PJ Cummins, 60.6)·8-147 (TD Paine, 64.3)·9-151 (NM Lyon, 66.2)·10-151 (JR Hazlewood, 66.5)

India

106 /8 (37.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Vihari	c UT Khawaja b PJ Cummins	13	45	1	0	28.89
MA Agarwal	b PJ Cummins	42	102	4	2	41.18
CA Pujara	c MS Harris b PJ Cummins	0	2	0	0	0.00
Virat Kohli	c MS Harris b PJ Cummins	0	4	0	0	0.00
AM Rahane	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	1	2	0	0	50.00
Rohit Sharma	c SE Marsh b JR Hazlewood	5	18	0	0	27.78
RR Pant	c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood	33	43	3	1	76.74
RA Jadeja	c UT Khawaja b PJ Cummins	5	6	1	0	83.33
Mohammed Shami*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 5, lb 1, w 1)

Total 106/8 (37.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	3.0	1	11	0	3.67
JR Hazlewood	10.3	3	22	2	2.10
NM Lyon	13.0	1	40	0	3.08
PJ Cummins	11.0	3	27	6	2.45

Fall of wickets

1-28 (GH Vihari, 12.6)·2-28 (CA Pujara, 14.2)·3-28 (Virat Kohli, 14.6)·4-32 (AM Rahane, 16.1)·5-44 (Rohit Sharma, 22.5)·6-83 (MA Agarwal, 32.6)·7-100 (RA Jadeja, 36.3)·8-106 (RR Pant, 37.3)

Australia

261 /10 (89.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Harris	c MA Agarwal b RA Jadeja	13	27	1	0	48.15
AJ Finch	c Virat Kohli b JJ Bumrah	3	4	0	0	75.00
UT Khawaja	lbw b Mohammed Shami	33	59	4	1	55.93
SE Marsh	lbw b JJ Bumrah	44	72	4	1	61.11
TM Head	b I Sharma	34	92	2	0	36.96
MR Marsh	c Virat Kohli b RA Jadeja	10	21	0	1	47.62
TD Paine	c RR Pant b RA Jadeja	26	67	4	0	38.81
PJ Cummins	c CA Pujara b JJ Bumrah	63	114	5	1	55.26
MA Starc	b Mohammed Shami	18	27	2	0	66.67
NM Lyon	c RR Pant b I Sharma	7	50	0	0	14.00
JR Hazlewood*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (b 2, lb 6, w 2)

Total 261/10 (89.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
I Sharma	14.3	2	40	2	2.76
JJ Bumrah	19.0	3	53	3	2.79
RA Jadeja	32.0	6	82	3	2.56
Mohammed Shami	21.0	2	71	2	3.38
GH Vihari	3.0	1	7	0	2.33

Fall of wickets

1-6 (AJ Finch, 1.2)·2-33 (MS Harris, 9.2)·3-63 (UT Khawaja, 20.6)·4-114 (SE Marsh, 32.2)·5-135 (MR Marsh, 39.1)·6-157 (TM Head, 50.3)·7-176 (TD Paine, 61.3)·8-215 (MA Starc, 70.5)·9-261 (PJ Cummins, 88.2)·10-261 (NM Lyon, 89.3)