Australia v India, Sydney Cricket Ground

Australia 463/10 & 401/7

India 532/10 & 210/10

Australia won by 122 runs

Australia v India 2007 · 2nd Test Sydney Cricket Ground 2–6 Jan 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.19× +19%

India

0.94× -6%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Australia's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Sachin Tendulkar India

166 +363

A Symonds Australia

223 +361

MEK Hussey Australia

186 +233

ML Hayden Australia

136 +180

VVS Laxman India

129 +145

Best bowling

Top match figures

B Lee5/119

A Kumble4/106

RP Singh4/124

A Kumble4/148

Top score

162*

A Symonds · Australia

Biggest stand

175

2nd wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–15

3 wkts for 15 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 122 runs

Length5 days

Australia

463 /10 (112.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PA Jaques	c MS Dhoni b RP Singh	0	9	0	0	0.00
ML Hayden	c Sachin Tendulkar b RP Singh	13	26	2	0	50.00
RT Ponting	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	55	69	9	0	79.71
MEK Hussey	c Sachin Tendulkar b RP Singh	41	79	3	0	51.90
MJ Clarke	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	1	4	0	0	25.00
A Symonds*	not out	162	226	18	2	71.68
AC Gilchrist	c Sachin Tendulkar b RP Singh	7	8	1	0	87.50
GB Hogg	c R Dravid b A Kumble	79	102	10	0	77.45
B Lee	lbw b A Kumble	59	121	10	0	48.76
MG Johnson	c SC Ganguly b A Kumble	28	30	5	0	93.33
SR Clark	lbw b A Kumble	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 18 (b 2, lb 9, w 4, nb 3)

Total 463/10 (112.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RP Singh	26.0	3	124	4	4.77
I Sharma	23.0	3	87	0	3.78
SC Ganguly	6.0	1	13	0	2.17
Harbhajan Singh	27.0	3	108	2	4.00
A Kumble	25.3	0	106	4	4.16
Sachin Tendulkar	5.0	0	14	0	2.80

Fall of wickets

1-0 (PA Jaques, 2.3)·2-27 (ML Hayden, 8.4)·3-119 (RT Ponting, 29.5)·4-119 (MEK Hussey, 30.1)·5-121 (MJ Clarke, 31.4)·6-134 (AC Gilchrist, 34.5)·7-307 (GB Hogg, 71.1)·8-421 (B Lee, 102.5)·9-461 (MG Johnson, 110.6)·10-463 (SR Clark, 112.3)

India

532 /10 (138.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	b B Lee	3	25	0	0	12.00
R Dravid	c ML Hayden b MG Johnson	53	160	9	0	33.12
VVS Laxman	c MEK Hussey b GB Hogg	109	142	18	0	76.76
Sachin Tendulkar*	not out	154	243	14	1	63.37
SC Ganguly	c MEK Hussey b GB Hogg	67	78	7	1	85.90
Yuvraj Singh	lbw b B Lee	12	24	2	0	50.00
MS Dhoni	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	2	13	0	0	15.38
A Kumble	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	2	5	0	0	40.00
Harbhajan Singh	c MEK Hussey b MG Johnson	63	92	8	0	68.48
RP Singh	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	13	22	2	0	59.09
I Sharma	c & b B Lee	23	34	5	0	67.65

Extras 31 (b 4, lb 13, w 6, nb 8)

Total 532/10 (138.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	32.2	6	119	5	3.68
MG Johnson	37.0	2	148	2	4.00
SR Clark	25.0	3	80	1	3.20
A Symonds	7.0	1	19	0	2.71
GB Hogg	30.0	2	121	2	4.03
MJ Clarke	7.0	1	28	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-8 (W Jaffer, 6.4)·2-183 (R Dravid, 52.6)·3-185 (VVS Laxman, 53.6)·4-293 (SC Ganguly, 77.6)·5-321 (Yuvraj Singh, 86.5)·6-330 (MS Dhoni, 90.7)·7-345 (A Kumble, 92.5)·8-474 (Harbhajan Singh, 122.1)·9-501 (RP Singh, 129.3)·10-532 (I Sharma, 138.2)

Australia

401 /7 (107.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
PA Jaques	c Yuvraj Singh b A Kumble	42	82	5	51.22
ML Hayden	c W Jaffer b A Kumble	123	196	12	62.76
RT Ponting	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	1	4	0	25.00
MEK Hussey*	not out	145	259	16	55.98
MJ Clarke	c R Dravid b A Kumble	0	1	0	0.00
A Symonds	c MS Dhoni b RP Singh	61	100	7	61.00
AC Gilchrist	c Yuvraj Singh b A Kumble	1	4	0	25.00
GB Hogg	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	1	2	0	50.00
B Lee*	not out	4	3	0	133.33

Extras 23 (b 3, lb 8, w 3, nb 9)

Total 401/7 (107.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RP Singh	16.0	2	74	1	4.62
I Sharma	14.0	2	59	0	4.21
Harbhajan Singh	33.0	6	92	2	2.79
A Kumble	40.0	3	148	4	3.70
Sachin Tendulkar	2.0	0	6	0	3.00
Yuvraj Singh	2.0	0	11	0	5.50

Fall of wickets

1-85 (PA Jaques, 25.1)·2-90 (RT Ponting, 26.4)·3-250 (ML Hayden, 70.4)·4-250 (MJ Clarke, 70.5)·5-378 (A Symonds, 104.1)·6-393 (AC Gilchrist, 105.4)·7-395 (GB Hogg, 106.1)

India

210 /10 (70.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
R Dravid	c AC Gilchrist b A Symonds	38	103	6	36.89
W Jaffer	c MJ Clarke b B Lee	0	4	0	0.00
VVS Laxman	lbw b SR Clark	20	34	3	58.82
Sachin Tendulkar	b SR Clark	12	16	3	75.00
SC Ganguly	c MJ Clarke b B Lee	51	56	9	91.07
Yuvraj Singh	c AC Gilchrist b A Symonds	0	3	0	0.00
MS Dhoni	lbw b A Symonds	35	82	6	42.68
A Kumble*	not out	45	111	7	40.54
Harbhajan Singh	c MEK Hussey b MJ Clarke	7	14	1	50.00
RP Singh	lbw b MJ Clarke	0	1	0	0.00
I Sharma	c MEK Hussey b MJ Clarke	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 2 (nb 2)

Total 210/10 (70.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	13.0	3	34	2	2.62
MG Johnson	11.0	4	33	0	3.00
SR Clark	12.0	4	32	2	2.67
GB Hogg	14.0	2	55	0	3.93
A Symonds	19.0	5	51	3	2.68
MJ Clarke	1.5	1	5	3	2.73

Fall of wickets

1-3 (W Jaffer, 0.5)·2-34 (VVS Laxman, 11.5)·3-54 (Sachin Tendulkar, 17.4)·4-115 (R Dravid, 33.1)·5-115 (Yuvraj Singh, 33.4)·6-137 (SC Ganguly, 40.2)·7-185 (MS Dhoni, 61.2)·8-210 (Harbhajan Singh, 70.1)·9-210 (RP Singh, 70.2)·10-210 (I Sharma, 70.5)