Australia v India
2nd Test · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 2 Jan 2008 – 6 Jan 2008
Australia won by 122 runs
Australia 1st innings463112.3 overs
India 1st innings532138.2 overs
Australia 2nd innings401/7d107 overs
India 2nd innings21070.5 overs
Australia 1st innings 463 (112.3 ov)
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (PA Jaques, 2.3 ov), 27-2 (ML Hayden, 8.4 ov), 119-3 (RT Ponting, 29.5 ov), 119-4 (MEK Hussey, 30.1 ov), 121-5 (MJ Clarke, 31.4 ov), 134-6 (AC Gilchrist, 34.5 ov), 307-7 (GB Hogg, 71.1 ov), 421-8 (B Lee, 102.5 ov), 461-9 (MG Johnson, 110.6 ov), 463-10 (SR Clark, 112.3 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 0 | 15 | PA Jaques 0, ML Hayden 0 |
| 2 | 27 | 37 | ML Hayden 13, RT Ponting 12 |
| 3 | 92 | 127 | RT Ponting 43, MEK Hussey 41 |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | MEK Hussey 0, MJ Clarke 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 9 | MJ Clarke 1, A Symonds 1 |
| 6 | 13 | 19 | A Symonds 6, AC Gilchrist 7 |
| 7 | 173 | 218 | A Symonds 94, GB Hogg 79 |
| 8 | 114 | 190 | A Symonds 47, B Lee 59 |
| 9 | 40 | 49 | A Symonds 12, MG Johnson 28 |
| 10 | 2 | 9 | A Symonds 2, SR Clark 0 |
India 1st innings 532 (138.2 ov)
Fall of wickets: 8-1 (W Jaffer, 6.4 ov), 183-2 (R Dravid, 52.6 ov), 185-3 (VVS Laxman, 53.6 ov), 293-4 (SC Ganguly, 77.6 ov), 321-5 (Yuvraj Singh, 86.5 ov), 330-6 (MS Dhoni, 90.6 ov), 345-7 (A Kumble, 92.5 ov), 474-8 (Harbhajan Singh, 122.1 ov), 501-9 (RP Singh, 129.3 ov), 532-10 (I Sharma, 138.2 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 8 | 40 | W Jaffer 3, R Dravid 5 |
| 2 | 175 | 278 | R Dravid 48, VVS Laxman 108 |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | VVS Laxman 1, SR Tendulkar 1 |
| 4 | 108 | 144 | SR Tendulkar 35, SC Ganguly 67 |
| 5 | 28 | 53 | SR Tendulkar 15, Yuvraj Singh 12 |
| 6 | 9 | 25 | SR Tendulkar 6, MS Dhoni 2 |
| 7 | 15 | 11 | SR Tendulkar 12, A Kumble 2 |
| 8 | 129 | 176 | SR Tendulkar 64, Harbhajan Singh 63 |
| 9 | 27 | 44 | SR Tendulkar 13, RP Singh 13 |
| 10 | 31 | 53 | SR Tendulkar 8, I Sharma 23 |
Australia 2nd innings 401/7d (107 ov)
| Batter | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|
| PA Jaques | c Yuvraj Singh b A Kumble | 42 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 51.2 |
| ML Hayden | c W Jaffer b A Kumble | 123 | 196 | 12 | 0 | 62.8 |
| RT Ponting | c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| MEK Hussey | not out | 145 | 259 | 16 | 0 | 56.0 |
| MJ Clarke | c R Dravid b A Kumble | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| A Symonds | c MS Dhoni b RP Singh | 61 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 61.0 |
| AC Gilchrist | c Yuvraj Singh b A Kumble | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| GB Hogg | c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| B Lee | not out | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133.3 |
| Extras | | 23 | |
| Total | 7 wickets declared, 107 overs | 401 | |
Did not bat: SR Clark, MG Johnson
Fall of wickets: 85-1 (PA Jaques, 25.1 ov), 90-2 (RT Ponting, 26.4 ov), 250-3 (ML Hayden, 70.4 ov), 250-4 (MJ Clarke, 70.5 ov), 378-5 (A Symonds, 104.1 ov), 393-6 (AC Gilchrist, 105.4 ov), 395-7 (GB Hogg, 106.1 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 85 | 151 | PA Jaques 42, ML Hayden 36 |
| 2 | 5 | 9 | ML Hayden 3, RT Ponting 1 |
| 3 | 160 | 264 | ML Hayden 84, MEK Hussey 70 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | MEK Hussey 0, MJ Clarke 0 |
| 5 | 128 | 200 | MEK Hussey 60, A Symonds 61 |
| 6 | 15 | 9 | MEK Hussey 12, AC Gilchrist 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | MEK Hussey 1, GB Hogg 1 |
| Unbroken | 6 | 5 | MEK Hussey 2, B Lee 4 |
India 2nd innings 210 (70.5 ov)
Fall of wickets: 3-1 (W Jaffer, 0.5 ov), 34-2 (VVS Laxman, 11.5 ov), 54-3 (SR Tendulkar, 17.4 ov), 115-4 (R Dravid, 33.1 ov), 115-5 (Yuvraj Singh, 33.4 ov), 137-6 (SC Ganguly, 40.2 ov), 185-7 (MS Dhoni, 61.2 ov), 210-8 (Harbhajan Singh, 70.1 ov), 210-9 (RP Singh, 70.2 ov), 210-10 (I Sharma, 70.5 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 3 | 5 | R Dravid 3, W Jaffer 0 |
| 2 | 31 | 66 | R Dravid 9, VVS Laxman 20 |
| 3 | 20 | 35 | R Dravid 8, SR Tendulkar 12 |
| 4 | 61 | 93 | R Dravid 18, SC Ganguly 43 |
| 5 | 0 | 3 | SC Ganguly 0, Yuvraj Singh 0 |
| 6 | 22 | 40 | SC Ganguly 8, MS Dhoni 14 |
| 7 | 48 | 126 | MS Dhoni 21, A Kumble 27 |
| 8 | 25 | 53 | A Kumble 18, Harbhajan Singh 7 |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | A Kumble 0, RP Singh 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 3 | A Kumble 0, I Sharma 0 |
Match details
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Season
- 2007/08
- Umpires
- MR Benson, SA Bucknor
- Match referee
- MJ Procter