India v Australia, Bangalore

Australia 430/10 & 228/6

India 360/10 & 177/4

Match drawn

Australia v India 2008 · 1st Test M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 9–13 Oct 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

Australia

0.99× -1%

India

1.02× +2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

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

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

MEK Hussey Australia

177 +270

RT Ponting Australia

140 +164

Z Khan India

57 +112

SM Katich Australia

100 +104

SC Ganguly India

73 +89

Best bowling

Top match figures

Z Khan5/91

MG Johnson4/70

I Sharma4/77

I Sharma3/40

Top score

146

MEK Hussey · Australia

Biggest stand

166

2nd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–36

3 wkts for 36 · India

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

Australia

430 /10 (149.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c MS Dhoni b Z Khan	0	3	0	0	0.00
RT Ponting	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	123	243	13	0	50.62
SM Katich	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	66	149	7	0	44.30
MEK Hussey	b Z Khan	146	276	15	1	52.90
MJ Clarke	lbw b Z Khan	11	28	2	0	39.29
SR Watson	b I Sharma	2	14	0	0	14.29
BJ Haddin	c VVS Laxman b I Sharma	33	110	4	0	30.00
CL White	c Harbhajan Singh b I Sharma	6	13	1	0	46.15
B Lee	b Z Khan	27	61	4	0	44.26
MG Johnson	b Z Khan	1	4	0	0	25.00
SR Clark*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 15 (lb 11, w 1, nb 3)

Total 430/10 (149.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	29.5	5	91	5	3.05
I Sharma	30.0	7	77	4	2.57
Harbhajan Singh	41.0	8	103	1	2.51
A Kumble	43.0	6	129	0	3.00
V Sehwag	6.0	0	19	0	3.17

Fall of wickets

1-0 (ML Hayden, 0.3)·2-166 (SM Katich, 54.4)·3-226 (RT Ponting, 78.4)·4-254 (MJ Clarke, 89.2)·5-259 (SR Watson, 92.3)·6-350 (BJ Haddin, 122.6)·7-362 (CL White, 126.5)·8-421 (B Lee, 147.5)·9-429 (MG Johnson, 149.1)·10-430 (MEK Hussey, 149.5)

India

360 /10 (119.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b B Lee	21	61	3	34.43
V Sehwag	c ML Hayden b MG Johnson	45	64	7	70.31
R Dravid	lbw b SR Watson	51	104	7	49.04
Sachin Tendulkar	c CL White b MG Johnson	13	18	3	72.22
VVS Laxman	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	0	12	0	0.00
SC Ganguly	lbw b MG Johnson	47	115	3	40.87
MS Dhoni	b MJ Clarke	9	51	0	17.65
Harbhajan Singh	c BJ Haddin b SR Watson	54	110	5	49.09
Z Khan*	not out	57	121	7	47.11
A Kumble	lbw b SR Watson	5	33	0	15.15
I Sharma	b MJ Clarke	6	31	1	19.35

Extras 52 (b 23, lb 23, nb 6)

Total 360/10 (119.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	26.0	6	64	1	2.46
SR Clark	17.0	3	58	0	3.41
MG Johnson	27.0	4	70	4	2.59
SR Watson	19.0	4	45	3	2.37
CL White	13.0	2	39	0	3.00
MJ Clarke	17.0	3	38	2	2.24

Fall of wickets

1-70 (G Gambhir, 19.2)·2-76 (V Sehwag, 22.6)·3-94 (Sachin Tendulkar, 28.4)·4-106 (VVS Laxman, 32.6)·5-155 (R Dravid, 49.5)·6-195 (MS Dhoni, 65.4)·7-232 (SC Ganguly, 77.3)·8-312 (Harbhajan Singh, 99.3)·9-343 (A Kumble, 111.6)·10-360 (I Sharma, 118.6)

Australia

228 /6 (73.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
ML Hayden	lbw b Z Khan	13	40	1	32.50
SM Katich	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	34	140	3	24.29
RT Ponting	c VVS Laxman b I Sharma	17	34	2	50.00
MEK Hussey	b Harbhajan Singh	31	72	3	43.06
MJ Clarke	c V Sehwag b I Sharma	6	9	1	66.67
SR Watson	b I Sharma	41	72	6	56.94
BJ Haddin*	not out	35	61	3	57.38
CL White*	not out	18	14	2	128.57

Extras 33 (b 13, lb 10, w 6, nb 4)

Total 228/6 (73.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	17.0	4	46	1	2.71
I Sharma	14.0	3	40	3	2.86
Harbhajan Singh	27.0	5	76	2	2.81
V Sehwag	7.0	1	12	0	1.71
A Kumble	8.0	0	31	0	3.88

Fall of wickets

1-21 (ML Hayden, 12.2)·2-49 (RT Ponting, 22.2)·3-99 (SM Katich, 44.3)·4-115 (MJ Clarke, 47.6)·5-128 (MEK Hussey, 50.5)·6-203 (SR Watson, 69.2)

India

177 /4 (73.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
G Gambhir	b MG Johnson	29	81	4	35.80
V Sehwag	c ML Hayden b SR Clark	6	9	1	66.67
R Dravid	c RT Ponting b B Lee	5	13	1	38.46
Sachin Tendulkar	c MJ Clarke b CL White	49	126	4	38.89
VVS Laxman*	not out	42	142	5	29.58
SC Ganguly*	not out	26	68	2	38.24

Extras 20 (b 16, lb 3, nb 1)

Total 177/4 (73.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	11.0	3	26	1	2.36
SR Clark	11.0	6	12	1	1.09
SR Watson	5.0	2	8	0	1.60
MG Johnson	8.0	3	23	1	2.88
MJ Clarke	20.0	7	40	0	2.00
CL White	18.0	4	49	1	2.72

Fall of wickets

1-16 (V Sehwag, 5.1)·2-24 (R Dravid, 8.3)·3-77 (G Gambhir, 26.4)·4-138 (Sachin Tendulkar, 52.2)