Australia v India, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Test, India tour of Australia, 2007
India tour of Australia 1st Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, December 25, 2007

Australia
AUS
343/10 (92.4) & 351/7d (88)

India
IND
196/10 (71.5) & 161/10 (74)
Finished
AUS won by 337 runs
Australia inningAUS inn.343/10 (92.4 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Jaques | st MS Dhoni b A Kumble | 66 | 108 | 8 | 0 | 61.11 |
st MS Dhoni b A Kumble | ||||||
| Matthew Hayden | c R Dravid b Z Khan | 124 | 183 | 9 | 0 | 67.75 |
c R Dravid b Z Khan | ||||||
| Ricky Ponting(C) | b Z Khan | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 |
b Z Khan | ||||||
| Michael Hussey | lbw b A Kumble | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
lbw b A Kumble | ||||||
| Michael Clarke | c VVS Laxman b RP Singh | 20 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
c VVS Laxman b RP Singh | ||||||
| Andrew Symonds | c (sub D Karthik) b A Kumble | 35 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 83.33 |
c (sub D Karthik) b A Kumble | ||||||
| Adam Gilchrist(WK) | c SR Tendulkar b A Kumble | 23 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 54.76 |
c SR Tendulkar b A Kumble | ||||||
| Brad Hogg | c R Dravid b Z Khan | 17 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 38.63 |
c R Dravid b Z Khan | ||||||
| Brett Lee | lbw b A Kumble | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b A Kumble | ||||||
| Mitchell Johnson | Not out | 15 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 42.85 |
Not out | ||||||
| Stuart Clark | c H Singh b Z Khan | 21 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 91.30 |
c H Singh b Z Khan | ||||||
| Extra | 16 (b 0, w 2, nb 9, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 343/10 (92.4) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 23.4 | 1 | 94 | 4 | 3.97 |
| RP Singh | 20 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 4.10 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 20 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 3.05 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Anil Kumble | 25 | 4 | 84 | 5 | 3.36 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-135 (P Jaques - 33.4 ov), 2-162 (Ricky Ponting - 38.5 ov), 3-165 (MEK Hussey - 39.3 ov), 4-225 (M Clarke - 59.1 ov), 5-241 (ML Hayden - 62.3 ov), 6-281 (A Symonds - 71.4 ov), 7-288 (AC Gilchrist - 75.3 ov), 8-294 (B Lee - 79.2 ov), 9-312 (B Hogg - 86.1 ov), 10-343 (SR Clark - 92.4 ov)
India inningIND inn.196/10 (71.5 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasim Jaffer | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 14.81 |
c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | ||||||
| Rahul Dravid | lbw b SR Clark | 5 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 7.57 |
lbw b SR Clark | ||||||
| VVS Laxman | c Ricky Ponting b B Lee | 26 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 46.42 |
c Ricky Ponting b B Lee | ||||||
| Sachin Tendulkar | b SR Clark | 62 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 80.51 |
b SR Clark | ||||||
| Sourav Ganguly | b B Hogg | 43 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 54.43 |
b B Hogg | ||||||
| Yuvraj Singh | c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark | ||||||
| MS Dhoni(WK) | lbw b SR Clark | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b SR Clark | ||||||
| Anil Kumble(C) | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 27 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 35.52 |
c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | ||||||
| Harbhajan Singh | c M Clarke b B Hogg | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 |
c M Clarke b B Hogg | ||||||
| Zaheer Khan | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 78.57 |
c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | ||||||
| RP Singh | Not out | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 14 (b 4, w 0, nb 7, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 196/10 (71.5) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lee | 19.5 | 6 | 46 | 4 | 2.31 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 13 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1.92 |
| Andrew Symonds | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.66 |
| Stuart Clark | 15 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 1.86 |
| Brad Hogg | 21 | 3 | 82 | 2 | 3.90 |
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (W Jaffer - 8.3 ov), 2-31 (R Dravid - 21.4 ov), 3-55 (VVS Laxman - 30.1 ov), 4-120 (SR Tendulkar - 45.1 ov), 5-122 (Y Singh - 47.4 ov), 6-122 (MS Dhoni - 47.6 ov), 7-166 (Sourav Ganguly - 60.1 ov), 8-173 (H Singh - 66.6 ov), 9-193 (A Kumble - 69.6 ov), 10-196 (Z Khan - 71.5 ov)
Australia inningAUS inn.351/7 (88 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Jaques | c & b A Kumble | 51 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 49.51 |
c & b A Kumble | ||||||
| Matthew Hayden | c Sourav Ganguly b H Singh | 47 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 87.03 |
c Sourav Ganguly b H Singh | ||||||
| Ricky Ponting(C) | c R Dravid b H Singh | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 |
c R Dravid b H Singh | ||||||
| Michael Hussey | c SR Tendulkar b RP Singh | 36 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 |
c SR Tendulkar b RP Singh | ||||||
| Michael Clarke | st MS Dhoni b A Kumble | 73 | 113 | 5 | 0 | 64.60 |
st MS Dhoni b A Kumble | ||||||
| Andrew Symonds | lbw b Z Khan | 44 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 84.61 |
lbw b Z Khan | ||||||
| Adam Gilchrist(WK) | c RP Singh b H Singh | 35 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 59.32 |
c RP Singh b H Singh | ||||||
| Brad Hogg | Not out | 35 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 70.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Brett Lee | Not out | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 57.89 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 16 (b 0, w 0, nb 13, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 351/7 (88) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 20 | 2 | 93 | 1 | 4.65 |
| RP Singh | 16 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 3.12 |
| Anil Kumble | 25 | 2 | 102 | 2 | 4.08 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 26 | 0 | 101 | 3 | 3.88 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-83 (ML Hayden - 18.5 ov), 2-89 (Ricky Ponting - 20.2 ov), 3-139 (P Jaques - 38.2 ov), 4-161 (MEK Hussey - 45.1 ov), 5-243 (A Symonds - 61.5 ov), 6-288 (M Clarke - 73.1 ov), 7-316 (AC Gilchrist - 80.5 ov)
India inningIND inn.161/10 (74 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahul Dravid | lbw b A Symonds | 16 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 14.03 |
lbw b A Symonds | ||||||
| Wasim Jaffer | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 15 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 37.50 |
c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | ||||||
| VVS Laxman | c M Clarke b SR Clark | 42 | 112 | 6 | 0 | 37.50 |
c M Clarke b SR Clark | ||||||
| Sachin Tendulkar | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 15 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 |
c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | ||||||
| Sourav Ganguly | c Ricky Ponting b B Hogg | 40 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 51.28 |
c Ricky Ponting b B Hogg | ||||||
| Yuvraj Singh | lbw b B Hogg | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
lbw b B Hogg | ||||||
| MS Dhoni(WK) | c AC Gilchrist b M Johnson | 11 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 34.37 |
c AC Gilchrist b M Johnson | ||||||
| Anil Kumble(C) | c AC Gilchrist b M Johnson | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 38.09 |
c AC Gilchrist b M Johnson | ||||||
| Harbhajan Singh | runout (B Hogg / MEK Hussey) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
runout (B Hogg / MEK Hussey) | ||||||
| Zaheer Khan | Not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| RP Singh | b M Johnson | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
b M Johnson | ||||||
| Extra | 7 (b 1, w 0, nb 6, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 161/10 (74) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lee | 14 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 3.07 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 15 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 1.40 |
| Stuart Clark | 15 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1.33 |
| Brad Hogg | 17 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 3.00 |
| Andrew Symonds | 13 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1.92 |
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (W Jaffer - 15.3 ov), 2-54 (R Dravid - 34.3 ov), 3-77 (SR Tendulkar - 41.3 ov), 4-118 (VVS Laxman - 53.4 ov), 5-125 (Y Singh - 56.2 ov), 6-144 (MS Dhoni - 63.6 ov), 7-157 (A Kumble - 69.6 ov), 8-157 (H Singh - 70.1 ov), 9-157 (Sourav Ganguly - 70.3 ov), 10-161 (RP Singh - 73.6 ov)
Man of the Match
Date
2007-12-26 05:00 AM
Venue
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss
Australia elected to bat
Umpires
- Mark Benson
- Billy Bowden
Tv Umpires
- Steve Davis
Match Referee
- Mike Procter
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