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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
343 & 351-7d
Series badge IND
196 & 161
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Overs: 88.0 RR: 3.99 vs spin: 3.98
vs seam: 3.97
Overs: 74.0 RR: 2.18 vs spin: 2.53
vs seam: 1.91
Tue 25/12/07 Australia v India, 1st Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 337 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 343 (92.4; RR: 3.70)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PA Jaques st Dhoni b Kumble 66 108 8 0 61.11
ML Hayden c Dravid b Khan 124 183 9 0 67.76
RT Ponting b Khan 4 13 0 0 30.77
MEK Hussey lbw b Kumble 2 3 0 0 66.67
MJ Clarke c Laxman b Singh 20 60 0 0 33.33
A Symonds c b Kumble 35 42 5 0 83.33
AC Gilchrist c Tendulkar b Kumble 23 42 1 0 54.76
GB Hogg c Dravid b Khan 17 44 0 0 38.64
B Lee lbw b Kumble 0 12 0 0 0.00
MG Johnson not out 15 35 1 1 42.86
SR Clark c Singh b Khan 21 23 4 0 91.30
Extras (0b, 5lb, 2w, 9nb) 16  
TOTAL 343 all out (92.4 overs; RR: 3.70)

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)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Z Khan 23.4 1 94 4 4.09 1 8
RP Singh 20.0 3 82 1 4.10 1 0
Harbhajan Singh 20.0 3 61 0 3.05 0 0
SC Ganguly 3.0 1 15 0 5.00 0 1
A Kumble 25.0 4 84 5 3.36 0 0
SR Tendulkar 1.0 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

India - 1st Inns 196 (71.5; RR: 2.73)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
W Jaffer c Gilchrist b Lee 4 27 0 0 14.81
RS Dravid lbw b Clark 5 66 0 0 7.58
VVS Laxman c Ponting b Lee 26 56 1 0 46.43
SR Tendulkar b Clark 62 77 8 1 80.52
SC Ganguly b Hogg 43 79 1 1 54.43
Yuvraj Singh c Gilchrist b Clark 0 11 0 0 0.00
MS Dhoni lbw b Clark 0 2 0 0 0.00
A Kumble c Gilchrist b Lee 27 76 4 0 35.53
Harbhajan Singh c Clarke b Hogg 2 24 0 0 8.33
Z Khan c Gilchrist b Lee 11 14 2 0 78.57
RP Singh not out 2 6 0 0 33.33
Extras (4b, 3lb, 0w, 7nb) 14  
TOTAL 196 all out (71.5 overs; RR: 2.73)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (W Jaffer 8.3 ov), 31-2 (RS 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)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
B Lee 19.5 6 46 4 2.42 0 6
MG Johnson 13.0 5 25 0 1.92 0 1
A Symonds 3.0 1 8 0 2.67 0 0
SR Clark 15.0 4 28 4 1.87 0 0
GB Hogg 21.0 3 82 2 3.90 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 351-7 (88.0; RR: 3.99)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PA Jaques c & b Kumble 51 103 5 0 49.51
ML Hayden c Ganguly b Singh 47 54 6 0 87.04
RT Ponting c Dravid b Singh 3 7 0 0 42.86
MEK Hussey c Tendulkar b Singh 36 84 0 0 42.86
MJ Clarke st Dhoni b Kumble 73 113 5 0 64.60
A Symonds lbw b Khan 44 52 4 2 84.62
AC Gilchrist c Singh b Singh 35 59 4 0 59.32
GB Hogg not out 35 49 1 2 71.43
B Lee not out 11 19 1 0 57.89
MG Johnson  
SR Clark  
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 13nb) 16  
TOTAL 351-7 (88.0 overs; RR: 3.99)

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)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Z Khan 20.0 2 93 1 4.65 0 12
RP Singh 16.0 1 50 1 3.13 0 0
A Kumble 25.0 2 102 2 4.08 0 0
Harbhajan Singh 26.0 0 101 3 3.88 0 0
SR Tendulkar 1.0 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 161 (74.0; RR: 2.18)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RS Dravid lbw b Symonds 16 114 2 0 14.04
W Jaffer c Gilchrist b Lee 15 40 2 0 37.50
VVS Laxman c Clarke b Clark 42 112 6 0 37.50
SR Tendulkar c Gilchrist b Lee 15 21 1 0 71.43
SC Ganguly c Ponting b Hogg 40 78 5 0 51.28
Yuvraj Singh lbw b Hogg 5 10 1 0 50.00
MS Dhoni c Gilchrist b Johnson 11 32 2 0 34.38
A Kumble c Gilchrist b Johnson 8 21 1 0 38.10
Harbhajan Singh run out 0 0 0 0
Z Khan not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
RP Singh b Johnson 2 20 0 0 10.00
Extras (1b, 0lb, 0w, 6nb) 7  
TOTAL 161 all out (74.0 overs; RR: 2.18)

Fall of wickets

26-1 (W Jaffer 15.3 ov), 54-2 (RS 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 74.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
B Lee 14.0 3 43 2 3.07 0 4
MG Johnson 15.0 6 21 3 1.40 0 2
SR Clark 15.0 9 20 1 1.33 0 0
GB Hogg 17.0 3 51 2 3.00 0 0
A Symonds 13.0 5 25 1 1.92 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v India at Melbourne, 1st Test

Date

Tuesday December 25, 2007

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

11:30pm UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

MR Benson, BF Bowden

Australia Team

Playing XI

ML Hayden, RT Ponting, GB Hogg, AC Gilchrist, A Symonds, B Lee, MEK Hussey, SR Clark, MJ Clarke, MG Johnson, PA Jaques

India Team

Playing XI

SR Tendulkar, A Kumble, SC Ganguly, RS Dravid, VVS Laxman, W Jaffer, Harbhajan Singh, MS Dhoni, Z Khan, Yuvraj Singh, RP Singh