Australia v India, Sydney Cricket Ground

India 191/10 & 400/10

Australia 659/4

Australia won by 68 runs

Australia v India 2011 · 2nd Test Sydney Cricket Ground 3–6 Jan 2012

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than Australia.

India

0.94× -6%

Australia

1.14× +14%

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

MJ Clarke Australia

329 +420

RT Ponting Australia

134 +195

MEK Hussey Australia

150 +187

Sachin Tendulkar India

121 +162

MS Dhoni India

59 +140

Best bowling

Top match figures

BW Hilfenhaus5/106

JL Pattinson4/43

BW Hilfenhaus3/51

PM Siddle3/55

Top score

329*

MJ Clarke · Australia

Biggest stand

288

4th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–13

3 wkts for 13 · India

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 68 runs

Length4 days

India

191 /10 (59.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
G Gambhir	c MJ Clarke b JL Pattinson	0	3	0	0.00
R Dravid	c EJM Cowan b PM Siddle	5	33	1	15.15
V Sehwag	c BJ Haddin b JL Pattinson	30	51	4	58.82
Sachin Tendulkar	b JL Pattinson	41	89	8	46.07
VVS Laxman	c SE Marsh b JL Pattinson	2	9	0	22.22
Virat Kohli	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	23	41	3	56.10
MS Dhoni*	not out	57	77	9	74.03
R Ashwin	c MJ Clarke b BW Hilfenhaus	20	39	1	51.28
Z Khan	c EJM Cowan b BW Hilfenhaus	0	1	0	0.00
I Sharma	c EJM Cowan b BW Hilfenhaus	0	6	0	0.00
UT Yadav	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	0	10	0	0.00

Extras 13 (b 3, lb 6, w 2, nb 2)

Total 191/10 (59.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JL Pattinson	14.0	3	43	4	3.07
BW Hilfenhaus	22.0	9	51	3	2.32
PM Siddle	13.3	3	55	3	4.07
MEK Hussey	2.0	0	8	0	4.00
NM Lyon	8.0	0	25	0	3.12

Fall of wickets

1-0 (G Gambhir, 0.3)·2-30 (R Dravid, 10.3)·3-55 (V Sehwag, 18.2)·4-59 (VVS Laxman, 20.5)·5-96 (Virat Kohli, 32.6)·6-124 (Sachin Tendulkar, 40.6)·7-178 (R Ashwin, 54.2)·8-178 (Z Khan, 54.3)·9-186 (I Sharma, 56.3)·10-191 (UT Yadav, 59.3)

Australia

659 /4 (163.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c Sachin Tendulkar b Z Khan	8	6	2	0	133.33
EJM Cowan	lbw b Z Khan	16	28	2	0	57.14
SE Marsh	c VVS Laxman b Z Khan	0	1	0	0	0.00
RT Ponting	c Sachin Tendulkar b I Sharma	134	225	14	0	59.56
MJ Clarke*	not out	329	468	39	1	70.30
MEK Hussey*	not out	150	253	16	1	59.29

Extras 22 (b 2, lb 13, w 4, nb 3)

Total 659/4 (163.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	31.0	4	122	3	3.94
UT Yadav	24.0	2	123	0	5.12
I Sharma	33.0	2	144	1	4.36
R Ashwin	44.0	5	157	0	3.57
V Sehwag	23.0	1	75	0	3.26
Virat Kohli	8.0	0	23	0	2.88

Fall of wickets

1-8 (David Warner, 0.6)·2-8 (SE Marsh, 2.1)·3-37 (EJM Cowan, 8.5)·4-325 (RT Ponting, 83.4)

India

400 /10 (110.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c David Warner b PM Siddle	83	142	11	0	58.45
V Sehwag	c David Warner b BW Hilfenhaus	4	8	1	0	50.00
R Dravid	b BW Hilfenhaus	29	73	6	0	39.73
Sachin Tendulkar	c MEK Hussey b MJ Clarke	80	141	9	0	56.74
VVS Laxman	b BW Hilfenhaus	66	119	7	0	55.46
Virat Kohli	lbw b JL Pattinson	9	24	2	0	37.50
MS Dhoni	c & b BW Hilfenhaus	2	11	0	0	18.18
Z Khan	c SE Marsh b PM Siddle	35	26	5	1	134.62
R Ashwin	c NM Lyon b BW Hilfenhaus	62	76	9	1	81.58
I Sharma	lbw b NM Lyon	11	35	2	0	31.43
UT Yadav*	not out	0	14	0	0	0.00

Extras 19 (b 6, lb 3, w 2, nb 8)

Total 400/10 (110.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JL Pattinson	23.0	4	106	1	4.61
BW Hilfenhaus	32.5	8	106	5	3.23
PM Siddle	24.0	8	88	2	3.67
NM Lyon	20.0	2	64	1	3.20
MJ Clarke	9.0	0	22	1	2.44
MEK Hussey	2.0	0	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-18 (V Sehwag, 3.3)·2-100 (R Dravid, 26.3)·3-168 (G Gambhir, 48.2)·4-271 (Sachin Tendulkar, 78.2)·5-276 (VVS Laxman, 82.1)·6-286 (MS Dhoni, 84.6)·7-286 (Virat Kohli, 85.5)·8-342 (Z Khan, 93.5)·9-384 (I Sharma, 105.1)·10-400 (R Ashwin, 110.5)