Australia v India, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia 343/10 & 351/7

India 196/10 & 161/10

Australia won by 337 runs

Australia v India 2007 · 1st Test Melbourne Cricket Ground 26–29 Dec 2007

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 1051 runs at 28.4 per wicket.

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

A Kumble5/84

SR Clark4/28

B Lee4/46

Z Khan4/94

Top score

124

ML Hayden · Australia

Biggest stand

135

1st wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · India

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 337 runs

Length4 days

Australia

343 /10 (92.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PA Jaques	st MS Dhoni b A Kumble	66	108	8	0	61.11
ML Hayden	c R Dravid b Z Khan	124	183	9	0	67.76
RT Ponting	b Z Khan	4	13	0	0	30.77
MEK Hussey	lbw b A Kumble	2	3	0	0	66.67
MJ Clarke	c VVS Laxman b RP Singh	20	60	0	0	33.33
A Symonds	c KD Karthik b A Kumble	35	42	5	0	83.33
AC Gilchrist	c Sachin Tendulkar b A Kumble	23	42	1	0	54.76
GB Hogg	c R Dravid b Z Khan	17	44	0	0	38.64
B Lee	lbw b A Kumble	0	12	0	0	0.00
MG Johnson*	not out	15	35	1	1	42.86
SR Clark	c Harbhajan Singh b Z Khan	21	23	4	0	91.30

Extras 16 (lb 5, w 2, nb 9)

Total 343/10 (92.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	23.4	2	94	4	3.97
RP Singh	20.0	3	82	1	4.10
Harbhajan Singh	20.0	3	61	0	3.05
SC Ganguly	3.0	1	15	0	5.00
A Kumble	25.0	4	84	5	3.36
Sachin Tendulkar	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-135 (PA Jaques, 33.4)·2-162 (RT Ponting, 38.5)·3-165 (MEK Hussey, 39.3)·4-225 (MJ Clarke, 59.1)·5-241 (ML Hayden, 62.3)·6-281 (A Symonds, 71.4)·7-288 (AC Gilchrist, 75.3)·8-294 (B Lee, 79.2)·9-312 (GB Hogg, 86.1)·10-343 (SR Clark, 92.4)

India

196 /10 (71.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	4	27	0	0	14.81
R Dravid	lbw b SR Clark	5	66	0	0	7.58
VVS Laxman	c RT Ponting b B Lee	26	56	1	0	46.43
Sachin Tendulkar	b SR Clark	62	77	8	1	80.52
SC Ganguly	b GB Hogg	43	79	1	1	54.43
Yuvraj Singh	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	0	11	0	0	0.00
MS Dhoni	lbw b SR Clark	0	2	0	0	0.00
A Kumble	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	27	76	4	0	35.53
Harbhajan Singh	c MJ Clarke b GB Hogg	2	24	0	0	8.33
Z Khan	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	11	14	2	0	78.57
RP Singh*	not out	2	6	0	0	33.33

Extras 14 (b 4, lb 3, nb 7)

Total 196/10 (71.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	19.5	6	46	4	2.32
MG Johnson	13.0	5	25	0	1.92
A Symonds	3.0	1	8	0	2.67
SR Clark	15.0	4	28	4	1.87
GB Hogg	21.0	3	82	2	3.90

Fall of wickets

1-4 (W Jaffer, 8.3)·2-31 (R Dravid, 21.4)·3-55 (VVS Laxman, 30.1)·4-120 (Sachin Tendulkar, 45.1)·5-122 (Yuvraj Singh, 47.4)·6-122 (MS Dhoni, 47.6)·7-166 (SC Ganguly, 60.1)·8-173 (Harbhajan Singh, 66.6)·9-193 (A Kumble, 69.7)·10-196 (Z Khan, 71.5)

Australia

351 /7 (88.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PA Jaques	c & b A Kumble	51	103	5	0	49.51
ML Hayden	c SC Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh	47	54	6	0	87.04
RT Ponting	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	3	7	0	0	42.86
MEK Hussey	c Sachin Tendulkar b RP Singh	36	84	0	0	42.86
MJ Clarke	st MS Dhoni b A Kumble	73	113	6	0	64.60
A Symonds	lbw b Z Khan	44	52	4	2	84.62
AC Gilchrist	c RP Singh b Harbhajan Singh	35	59	4	0	59.32
GB Hogg*	not out	35	50	1	2	70.00
B Lee*	not out	11	19	1	0	57.89

Extras 16 (lb 3, nb 13)

Total 351/7 (88.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	20.0	2	93	1	4.65
RP Singh	16.0	1	50	1	3.12
A Kumble	25.1	2	102	2	4.05
Harbhajan Singh	26.0	0	101	3	3.88
Sachin Tendulkar	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-83 (ML Hayden, 18.5)·2-89 (RT Ponting, 20.2)·3-139 (PA Jaques, 38.2)·4-161 (MEK Hussey, 45.1)·5-243 (A Symonds, 61.5)·6-288 (MJ Clarke, 73.1)·7-316 (AC Gilchrist, 80.5)

India

161 /10 (74.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
R Dravid	lbw b A Symonds	16	114	2	14.04
W Jaffer	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	15	40	2	37.50
VVS Laxman	c MJ Clarke b SR Clark	42	112	6	37.50
Sachin Tendulkar	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	15	21	1	71.43
SC Ganguly	c RT Ponting b GB Hogg	40	78	5	51.28
Yuvraj Singh	lbw b GB Hogg	5	10	1	50.00
MS Dhoni	c AC Gilchrist b MG Johnson	11	32	2	34.38
A Kumble	c AC Gilchrist b MG Johnson	8	21	1	38.10
RP Singh	b MG Johnson	2	20	0	10.00
Z Khan*	not out	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 1, nb 6)

Total 161/10 (74.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	14.0	3	43	2	3.07
MG Johnson	15.0	6	21	3	1.40
SR Clark	15.0	9	20	1	1.33
GB Hogg	17.0	3	51	2	3.00
A Symonds	13.0	5	25	1	1.92

Fall of wickets

1-26 (W Jaffer, 15.4)·2-54 (R Dravid, 34.3)·3-77 (Sachin Tendulkar, 41.3)·4-118 (VVS Laxman, 53.4)·5-125 (Yuvraj Singh, 56.2)·6-144 (MS Dhoni, 63.6)·7-157 (A Kumble, 69.7)·8-157 (Harbhajan Singh, 70.1)·9-157 (SC Ganguly, 70.3)·10-161 (RP Singh, 73.7)