Men's Test · India tour of Australia · Match 1

Australia v India

26 Dec 2007 to 29 Dec 2007 · Melbourne Cricket Ground

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

Australia won by 337 runs

Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: ML Hayden

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
Australia (1)	343	92.4
India (2)	196	71.5
Australia (3)	351/7d	88.1
India (4)	161	74.0

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

India161 all out (74 ov)

India batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Dravidlbw b A Symonds	lbw b A Symonds	16	114	2	0	14.0
W Jaffercaught b B Lee	caught b B Lee	15	40	2	0	37.5
VVS Laxmancaught b SR Clark	caught b SR Clark	42	112	6	0	37.5
SR Tendulkarcaught b B Lee	caught b B Lee	15	21	1	0	71.4
SC Gangulycaught b GB Hogg	caught b GB Hogg	40	78	5	0	51.3
Yuvraj Singhlbw b GB Hogg	lbw b GB Hogg	5	10	1	0	50.0
MS Dhonicaught b MG Johnson	caught b MG Johnson	11	32	2	0	34.4
A Kumblecaught b MG Johnson	caught b MG Johnson	8	21	1	0	38.1
Harbhajan Singhrun out	run out	0	0	0	0	–
Z Khan*not out	not out	0	2	0	0	0.0
RP Singhb MG Johnson	b MG Johnson	2	20	0	0	10.0
Extras	7 (b 1, nb 6)
Total	161 all out (74 ov)

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 (Yuvraj Singh, 56.2 ov), 6-144 (MS Dhoni, 63.6 ov), 7-157 (A Kumble, 69.6 ov), 8-157 (Harbhajan Singh, 70.1 ov), 9-157 (SC Ganguly, 70.3 ov), 10-161 (RP Singh, 73.6 ov)

Australia bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
B Lee	14	3	43	2	3.07	4
MG Johnson	15	6	21	3	1.40	2
SR Clark	15	9	20	1	1.33	0
GB Hogg	17	3	51	2	3.00	0
A Symonds	13	5	25	1	1.92	0

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.