MatchesMen's TestIndia tour of Australia 2007/08

Australia v India

1st Test · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 Dec 2007 – 29 Dec 2007

Australia won by 337 runs

Australia 1st innings34392.4 overs

India 1st innings19671.5 overs

Australia 2nd innings351/7d88.1 overs

India 2nd innings16174 overs

Australia 1st innings 343 (92.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PA Jaques	st MS Dhoni b A Kumble	66	108	8	0	61.1
ML Hayden	c R Dravid b Z Khan	124	183	9	0	67.8
RT Ponting	b Z Khan	4	13	0	0	30.8
MEK Hussey	lbw b A Kumble	2	3	0	0	66.7
MJ Clarke	c VVS Laxman b RP Singh	20	60	0	0	33.3
A Symonds	c KD Karthik b A Kumble	35	42	5	0	83.3
AC Gilchrist	c SR Tendulkar b A Kumble	23	42	1	0	54.8
GB Hogg	c R Dravid b Z Khan	17	44	0	0	38.6
B Lee	lbw b A Kumble	0	12	0	0	0.0
MG Johnson	not out	15	35	1	1	42.9
SR Clark	c Harbhajan Singh b Z Khan	21	23	3	0	91.3
Extras		16
Total	all out, 92.4 overs	343

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

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
Z Khan	23.4	1	94	4	3.97	98	1	8
RP Singh	20	3	82	1	4.10	83	1	0
Harbhajan Singh	20	3	61	0	3.05	86	0	0
SC Ganguly	3	1	15	0	5.00	11	0	1
A Kumble	25	4	84	5	3.36	100	0	0
SR Tendulkar	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	135	202	PA Jaques 66, ML Hayden 64
2	27	31	ML Hayden 23, RT Ponting 4
3	3	4	ML Hayden 1, MEK Hussey 2
4	60	118	ML Hayden 36, MJ Clarke 20
5	16	20	ML Hayden 0, A Symonds 15
6	40	55	A Symonds 20, AC Gilchrist 17
7	7	23	AC Gilchrist 6, GB Hogg 1
8	6	23	GB Hogg 5, B Lee 0
9	18	41	GB Hogg 11, MG Johnson 7
10	31	39	MG Johnson 8, SR Clark 21

India 1st innings 196 (71.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	4	27	0	0	14.8
R Dravid	lbw b SR Clark	5	66	0	0	7.6
VVS Laxman	c RT Ponting b B Lee	26	56	1	0	46.4
SR Tendulkar	b SR Clark	62	77	7	1	80.5
SC Ganguly	b GB Hogg	43	79	1	1	54.4
Yuvraj Singh	c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	0	11	0	0	0.0
MS Dhoni	lbw b SR Clark	0	2	0	0	0.0
A Kumble	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	27	76	4	0	35.5
Harbhajan Singh	c MJ Clarke b GB Hogg	2	24	0	0	8.3
Z Khan	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	11	14	2	0	78.6
RP Singh	not out	2	6	0	0	33.3
Extras		14
Total	all out, 71.5 overs	196

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (W Jaffer, 8.3 ov), 31-2 (R Dravid, 21.4 ov), 55-3 (VVS Laxman, 30.1 ov), 120-4 (SR Tendulkar, 45.1 ov), 122-5 (Yuvraj Singh, 47.4 ov), 122-6 (MS Dhoni, 47.6 ov), 166-7 (SC Ganguly, 60.1 ov), 173-8 (Harbhajan Singh, 66.6 ov), 193-9 (A Kumble, 69.6 ov), 196-10 (Z Khan, 71.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
B Lee	19.5	6	46	4	2.32	98	6
MG Johnson	13	5	25	0	1.92	66	1
A Symonds	3	1	8	0	2.67	14	0
SR Clark	15	4	28	4	1.87	73	0
GB Hogg	21	3	82	2	3.90	91	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	51	W Jaffer 4, R Dravid 0
2	27	79	R Dravid 5, VVS Laxman 21
3	24	51	VVS Laxman 5, SR Tendulkar 19
4	65	90	SR Tendulkar 43, SC Ganguly 19
5	2	15	SC Ganguly 2, Yuvraj Singh 0
6	0	2	SC Ganguly 0, MS Dhoni 0
7	44	73	SC Ganguly 22, A Kumble 22
8	7	41	A Kumble 0, Harbhajan Singh 2
9	20	18	A Kumble 5, Z Khan 10
10	3	11	Z Khan 1, RP Singh 2

Australia 2nd innings 351/7d (88.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PA Jaques	c & b A Kumble	51	103	5	0	49.5
ML Hayden	c SC Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh	47	54	6	0	87.0
RT Ponting	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	3	7	0	0	42.9
MEK Hussey	c SR Tendulkar b RP Singh	36	84	0	0	42.9
MJ Clarke	st MS Dhoni b A Kumble	73	113	5	0	64.6
A Symonds	lbw b Z Khan	44	52	4	2	84.6
AC Gilchrist	c RP Singh b Harbhajan Singh	35	59	4	0	59.3
GB Hogg	not out	35	50	1	2	70.0
B Lee	not out	11	19	1	0	57.9
Extras		16
Total	7 wickets declared, 88.1 overs	351

Did not bat: SR Clark, MG Johnson

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

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
Z Khan	20	2	93	1	4.65	83	13
RP Singh	16	1	50	1	3.13	71	0
A Kumble	25.1	2	102	2	4.05	95	0
Harbhajan Singh	26	0	101	3	3.88	96	0
SR Tendulkar	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	83	113	PA Jaques 31, ML Hayden 47
2	6	9	PA Jaques 2, RT Ponting 3
3	50	108	PA Jaques 18, MEK Hussey 31
4	22	41	MEK Hussey 5, MJ Clarke 16
5	82	100	MJ Clarke 33, A Symonds 44
6	45	68	MJ Clarke 24, AC Gilchrist 18
7	28	46	AC Gilchrist 17, GB Hogg 11
Unbroken	35	44	GB Hogg 24, B Lee 11

India 2nd innings 161 (74 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Dravid	lbw b A Symonds	16	114	2	0	14.0
W Jaffer	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	15	40	2	0	37.5
VVS Laxman	c MJ Clarke b SR Clark	42	112	6	0	37.5
SR Tendulkar	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	15	21	1	0	71.4
SC Ganguly	c RT Ponting b GB Hogg	40	78	5	0	51.3
Yuvraj Singh	lbw b GB Hogg	5	10	1	0	50.0
MS Dhoni	c AC Gilchrist b MG Johnson	11	32	2	0	34.4
A Kumble	c AC Gilchrist b MG Johnson	8	21	1	0	38.1
Harbhajan Singh	run out	0	0	0	0	–
Z Khan	not out	0	2	0	0	0.0
RP Singh	b MG Johnson	2	20	0	0	10.0
Extras		7
Total	all out, 74 overs	161

Fall of wickets: 26-1 (W Jaffer, 15.3 ov), 54-2 (R Dravid, 34.3 ov), 77-3 (SR Tendulkar, 41.3 ov), 118-4 (VVS Laxman, 53.4 ov), 125-5 (Yuvraj Singh, 56.2 ov), 144-6 (MS Dhoni, 63.6 ov), 157-7 (A Kumble, 69.6 ov), 157-8 (Harbhajan Singh, 70.1 ov), 157-9 (SC Ganguly, 70.3 ov), 161-10 (RP Singh, 73.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
B Lee	14	3	43	2	3.07	67	4
MG Johnson	15	6	21	3	1.40	80	2
SR Clark	15	9	20	1	1.33	82	0
GB Hogg	17	3	51	2	3.00	80	0
A Symonds	13	5	25	1	1.92	66	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	26	93	R Dravid 9, W Jaffer 15
2	28	114	R Dravid 7, VVS Laxman 21
3	23	42	VVS Laxman 6, SR Tendulkar 15
4	41	73	VVS Laxman 15, SC Ganguly 26
5	7	16	SC Ganguly 2, Yuvraj Singh 5
6	19	46	SC Ganguly 8, MS Dhoni 11
7	13	36	SC Ganguly 4, A Kumble 8
8	0	1	SC Ganguly 0, Harbhajan Singh 0
9	0	2	SC Ganguly 0, Z Khan 0
10	4	21	Z Khan 0, RP Singh 2

Match details

Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Player of the match: ML Hayden
Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
Season: 2007/08
Umpires: MR Benson, BF Bowden
Match referee: MJ Procter
Source: Cricsheet match 291351