Border-Gavaskar TrophyMatch 3 · Test
India beat Australia by 72 runs - Match Info
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, . India won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Match 3, Test · Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2007/08
- Date
- (Wed 16 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, Australia
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 72 runs
- Player of the match
- Irfan Pathan
- Umpires
- Asad Rauf (Pakistan), Billy Bowden (New Zealand)
- TV umpire
- Bruce Oxenford (Australia)
- Reserve umpire
- JK Brookes
- 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
- Match 2 · Border-Gavaskar Trophy · AUS 463 & 401/7d v IND 532 & 210Australia won by 122 runs
- 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
Recent results (Test)
- W vs IND · AUS 463 & 401/7d v IND 532 & 210Australia won by 122 runs
- 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
- L vs AUS · AUS 463 & 401/7d v IND 532 & 210Australia won by 122 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
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 | 23 | 2102 | 241 | 55.32 | 61.77 |
| VVS Laxman IND | 18 | 1654 | 281 | 51.69 | 57.33 |
| Rahul Dravid IND | 20 | 1592 | 233 | 48.24 | 39.04 |
| Matthew Hayden AUS | 13 | 1551 | 203 | 64.63 | 67.55 |
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 17 | 1316 | 257 | 47.00 | 59.31 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Kumble IND | 16 | 103 | 3.07 |
| Harbhajan Singh IND | 10 | 63 | 3.25 |
| Glenn McGrath AUS | 11 | 51 | 2.23 |
| Shane Warne AUS | 14 | 43 | 3.10 |
| Brett Lee AUS | 6 | 34 | 3.62 |
Tests at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
- Matches
- 4
- Average 1st-innings score
- 340
- Won batting first
- 1
- Won chasing
- 3
- Highest total
- 735/6 by Australia ()