Border-Gavaskar TrophyMatch 2 · Test
Australia beat India by 122 runs - Match Info
Sydney Cricket Ground, . Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Match 2, Test · Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2007/08
- Date
- (Wed 2 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 122 runs
- Player of the match
- Andrew Symonds
- Umpires
- Mark Benson, Steve Bucknor
- TV umpire
- Bruce Oxenford (Australia)
- Reserve umpire
- Rod Tucker (Australia)
- Match referee
- Mike Procter (South Africa)
Head to head (Test)
Played 112 · AUS won 48 · IND won 33 · Tied 1 · Drawn 30
Last 5 meetings
- 1st Test · India tour of Australia · AUS 343 & 351/7d v IND 196 & 161Australia won by 337 runs
- 4th Test · Australia tour of India · IND 104 & 205 v AUS 203 & 93India won by 13 runs
- 3rd Test · Australia tour of India · IND 185 & 200 v AUS 398 & 329/5Australia won by 342 runs
- 2nd Test · Australia tour of India · AUS 235 & 369 v IND 376 & 19/0Match drawn
- 1st Test · Australia tour of India · IND 246 & 239 v AUS 474 & 228Australia won by 217 runs
Recent results (Test)
- W vs IND · AUS 343 & 351/7d v IND 196 & 161Australia won by 337 runs
- W vs SL · AUS 542/5d & 210/2d v SL 246 & 410Australia won by 96 runs
- W vs SL · AUS 551/4d v SL 211 & 300Australia won by an innings and 40 runs
- W vs ENG · ENG 291 & 147 v AUS 393 & 46/0Australia won by 10 wickets
- W vs ENG · ENG 159 & 161 v AUS 419Australia won by an innings and 99 runs
- L vs AUS · AUS 343 & 351/7d v IND 196 & 161Australia won by 337 runs
- D vs PAK · IND 626 & 284/6d v PAK 537 & 162/7Match drawn
- D vs PAK · IND 616/5d & 184/4d v PAK 456 & 214/4Match drawn
- W vs PAK · PAK 231 & 247 v IND 276 & 203/4India won by 6 wickets
- D vs ENG · IND 664 & 180/6d v ENG 345 & 369/6Match drawn
Top players in this fixture
AUS v IND Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar IND | 22 | 1936 | 241 | 52.32 | 61.58 |
| VVS Laxman IND | 17 | 1525 | 281 | 50.83 | 56.29 |
| Rahul Dravid IND | 19 | 1501 | 233 | 48.42 | 39.34 |
| Matthew Hayden AUS | 12 | 1415 | 203 | 64.32 | 68.23 |
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 16 | 1260 | 257 | 48.46 | 58.71 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Kumble IND | 15 | 95 | 3.01 |
| Harbhajan Singh IND | 9 | 59 | 3.24 |
| Glenn McGrath AUS | 11 | 51 | 2.23 |
| Shane Warne AUS | 14 | 43 | 3.10 |
| Brett Lee AUS | 5 | 27 | 3.68 |
Tests at Sydney Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 95
- Average 1st-innings score
- 309
- Won batting first
- 41
- Won chasing
- 37
- Highest total
- 705/7 by India ()