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Australia v India @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
26, 27, 28, 29, 30 December 2007 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: MR Benson, BF Bowden
Third Umpire: Steve Davis
Match Referee: Mike Procter
Match Result: Australia won by 337 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Phil Jaques | st MS Dhoni b Anil Kumble | 66 | 108 | - | 8 | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Rahul Dravid b Zaheer Khan | 124 | 183 | - | 9 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | b Zaheer Khan | 4 | 13 | - | - | - |
| 4. Michael Hussey | lbw b Anil Kumble | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 5. Michael Clarke | c VVS Laxman b Wasim Jaffer | 20 | 60 | - | - | - |
| 6. Andrew Symonds | c sub b Anil Kumble | 35 | 42 | - | 5 | - |
| +7. Adam Gilchrist | c Sachin Tendulkar b Anil Kumble | 23 | 42 | - | 1 | - |
| 8. Brad Hogg | c Rahul Dravid b Zaheer Khan | 17 | 44 | - | - | - |
| 9. Brett Lee | lbw b Anil Kumble | 0 | 12 | - | - | - |
| 10. Mitchell Johnson | not out | 15 | 35 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 11. Stuart Clark | c Harbhajan Singh b Zaheer Khan | 21 | 23 | - | 3 | - |
| FOW | 1-135 (Phil Jaques), 2-162 (Ricky Ponting), 3-165 (Michael Hussey), 4-225 (Michael Clarke), 5-241 (Matthew Hayden), 6-281 (Andrew Symonds), 7-288 (Adam Gilchrist), 8-294 (Brett Lee), 9-312 (Brad Hogg), 343 (Stuart Clark). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 2w, 9nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 92.4 ovs) 343 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Zaheer Khan | 23.4 | 1 | 94 | 4 | (1w,8nb) |
| Rudra Singh | 20 | 3 | 82 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 20 | 3 | 61 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 25 | 4 | 84 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Wasim Jaffer | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 4 | 27 | - | - | - |
| 2. Rahul Dravid | lbw b Stuart Clark | 5 | 66 | - | - | - |
| 3. VVS Laxman | c Ricky Ponting b Brett Lee | 26 | 56 | - | 1 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | b Stuart Clark | 62 | 77 | - | 8 | 1 |
| 5. Sourav Ganguly | b Brad Hogg | 43 | 79 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 6. Yuvraj Singh | c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart Clark | 0 | 11 | - | - | - |
| +7. MS Dhoni | lbw b Stuart Clark | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| *8. Anil Kumble | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 27 | 76 | - | 4 | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | c Michael Clarke b Brad Hogg | 2 | 24 | - | - | - |
| 10. Zaheer Khan | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 11 | 14 | - | 2 | - |
| 11. Rudra Singh | not out | 2 | 6 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Wasim Jaffer), 2-31 (Rahul Dravid), 3-55 (VVS Laxman), 4-120 (Sachin Tendulkar), 5-122 (Yuvraj Singh), 6-122 (MS Dhoni), 7-166 (Sourav Ganguly), 8-173 (Harbhajan Singh), 9-193 (Anil Kumble), 196 (Zaheer Khan). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 71.5 ovs) 196 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 19.5 | 6 | 46 | 4 | (0w,6nb) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 13 | 5 | 25 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 15 | 4 | 28 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 21 | 3 | 82 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Phil Jaques | c & b Anil Kumble | 51 | 103 | - | 5 | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Sourav Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh | 47 | 54 | - | 6 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Rahul Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 3 | 7 | - | - | - |
| 4. Michael Hussey | c Sachin Tendulkar b Wasim Jaffer | 36 | 84 | - | - | - |
| 5. Michael Clarke | st MS Dhoni b Anil Kumble | 73 | 113 | - | 6 | - |
| 6. Andrew Symonds | lbw b Zaheer Khan | 44 | 52 | - | 4 | 2 |
| +7. Adam Gilchrist | c Rudra Singh b Harbhajan Singh | 35 | 59 | - | 4 | - |
| 8. Brad Hogg | not out | 35 | 50 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 9. Brett Lee | not out | 11 | 19 | - | 1 | - |
| 10. Stuart Clark | ||||||
| 11. Mitchell Johnson |
| FOW | 1-83 (Matthew Hayden), 2-89 (Ricky Ponting), 3-139 (Phil Jaques), 4-161 (Michael Hussey), 5-243 (Andrew Symonds), 6-288 (Michael Clarke), 7-316 (Adam Gilchrist). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 0w, 13nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 88 ovs) 351 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Zaheer Khan | 20 | 2 | 93 | 1 | (0w,12nb) |
| Rudra Singh | 16 | 1 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 25 | 2 | 102 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 26 | 0 | 101 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Rahul Dravid | lbw b Andrew Symonds | 16 | 114 | - | 2 | - |
| 2. Wasim Jaffer | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 15 | 40 | - | 2 | - |
| 3. VVS Laxman | c Michael Clarke b Stuart Clark | 42 | 112 | - | 6 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 15 | 21 | - | 1 | - |
| 5. Sourav Ganguly | c Ricky Ponting b Brad Hogg | 40 | 78 | - | 5 | - |
| 6. Yuvraj Singh | lbw b Brad Hogg | 5 | 10 | - | 1 | - |
| +7. MS Dhoni | c Adam Gilchrist b Mitchell Johnson | 11 | 32 | - | 2 | - |
| *8. Anil Kumble | c Adam Gilchrist b Mitchell Johnson | 8 | 21 | - | 1 | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | run out (Michael Hussey > Brad Hogg > ) | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Zaheer Khan | not out | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 11. Rudra Singh | b Mitchell Johnson | 2 | 20 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (Wasim Jaffer), 2-54 (Rahul Dravid), 3-77 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-118 (VVS Laxman), 5-125 (Yuvraj Singh), 6-144 (MS Dhoni), 7-157 (Anil Kumble), 8-157 (Harbhajan Singh), 9-157 (Sourav Ganguly). |
| Extras | 1b, 0lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 74 ovs) 161 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 14 | 3 | 43 | 2 | (0w,4nb) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 15 | 6 | 21 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 15 | 9 | 20 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 17 | 3 | 51 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 13 | 5 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Phil Jaques, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson