Clarke's triple century makes it 2-0

Sydney Cricket Ground
January 06, 2012

Skipper Michael Clarke hits his highest score and a triple century, while former captain Ricky Ponting ended his century drought with a fine 134 as Australia won the second test match by an innings and 68 runs. Michael Hussey also scored a century 150*(253)

Scorecard

Australia vs India - Second Test
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
January 3 - 7, 2012

Result: Australia won by an innings and 68 runs
Toss: India won the toss and chose to bat first.
Australia led the four-match test series 2-0
Player of the match: Michael Clarke

First Innings

India Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	c Michael Clarke b James Pattinson	0	3	0	0	0.00
Virender Sehwag	c Brad Haddin b James Pattinson	30	51	4	0	58.82
Rahul Dravid	c Ed Cowan b Peter Siddle	5	33	1	0	15.15
Sachin Tendulkar	b James Pattinson	41	89	8	0	46.06
VVS Laxman	c Shaun Marsh b James Pattinson	2	9	0	0	22.22
Virat Kohli	c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle	23	41	3	0	56.09
MS Dhoni (captain, wk)	not out	57	77	8	0	74.02
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Michael Clarke b Ben Hilfenhaus	20	39	1	0	51.28
Zaheer Khan	c Ed Cowan b Ben Hilfenhaus	0	1	0	0	0.00
Ishant Sharma	c Ed Cowan b Ben Hilfenhaus	0	6	0	0	0.00
Umesh Yadav	c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle	0	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	b 3, lb 6, w 2, nb 2	13
		191 all out (59.3 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-0 (Gambhir, 0.3 ov)	2-30 (Dravid, 10.3 ov)
3-55 (Sehwag, 18.2 ov)	4-59 (Laxman, 20.5 ov)
5-96 (Kohli, 32.6 ov)	6-124 (Tendulkar, 40.5 ov)
7-178 (Ashwin, 54.2 ov)	8-178 (Khan, 54.3 ov)
9-186 (Sharma, 56.3 ov)	10-191 (Yadav, 59.3 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
James Pattinson	14.0	3	43	4	3.07	1nb, 2w
Ben Hilfenhaus	22.0	9	51	3	2.31
Peter Siddle	13.3	3	55	3	4.07	1nb
Michael Hussey	2.0	0	8	0	4.00
Nathan Lyon	8.0	0	25	0	3.12

Australia Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c Sachin Tendulkar b Zaheer Khan	8	6	1	0	133.33
Ed Cowan	lbw Zaheer Khan	16	28	2	0	57.14
Shaun Marsh	c VVS Laxman b Zaheer Khan	0	1	0	0	0.00
Ricky Ponting	c Sachin Tendulkar b Ishant Sharma	134	225	14	0	59.55
Michael Clarke (captain)	not out	329	468	39	1	70.29
Michael Hussey	not out	150	253	16	1	59.28
Brad Haddin (wk)
Peter Siddle
James Pattinson
Ben Hilfenhaus
Nathan Lyon
Extras	b 2, lb 13, w 4, nb 3	22
		659 / 4 dec. (163.0 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-8 (Warner, 0.6 ov)	2-8 (Marsh, 2.1 ov)
3-37 (Cowan, 8.5 ov)	4-325 (Ponting, 83.4 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
Zaheer Khan	31.0	4	122	3	3.93
Umesh Yadav	24.0	2	123	0	5.12	2w
Ishant Sharma	33.0	2	144	1	4.36	1nb, 1w
Ravichandran Ashwin	44.0	5	157	0	3.56	1w
Virender Sehwag	23.0	1	75	0	3.26	2nb
Virat Kohli	8.0	0	23	0	2.87

Second Innings

India Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	c David Warner b Peter Siddle	83	142	11	0	58.45
Virender Sehwag	c David Warner b Ben Hilfenhaus	4	8	1	0	50.00
Rahul Dravid	b Ben Hilfenhaus	29	73	6	0	39.72
Sachin Tendulkar	c Michael Hussey b Michael Clarke	80	141	9	0	56.73
VVS Laxman	b Ben Hilfenhaus	66	119	7	0	55.46
Virat Kohli	lbw James Pattinson	9	24	2	0	37.50
MS Dhoni (captain, wk)	c & b Ben Hilfenhaus	2	11	0	0	18.18
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Nathan Lyon b Ben Hilfenhaus	62	76	9	1	81.57
Zaheer Khan	c Shaun Marsh b Peter Siddle	35	26	5	1	134.61
Ishant Sharma	lbw Nathan Lyon	11	35	2	0	31.42
Umesh Yadav	not out	0	14	0	0	0.00
Extras	b 6, lb 3, w 2, nb 8	19
		400 all out (110.5 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-18 (Sehwag, 3.3 ov)	2-100 (Dravid, 26.3 ov)
3-168 (Gambhir, 48.2 ov)	4-271 (Tendulkar, 78.2 ov)
5-276 (Laxman, 82.1 ov)	6-286 (Dhoni, 84.6 ov)
7-286 (Kohli, 85.5 ov)	8-342 (Khan, 93.5 ov)
9-384 (Sharma, 105.1 ov)	10-400 (Ashwin, 110.5 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
James Pattinson	23.0	4	106	1	4.60	3nb, 1w
Ben Hilfenhaus	32.5	8	106	5	3.22	1w
Peter Siddle	24.0	8	88	2	3.66	1nb
Nathan Lyon	20.0	2	64	1	3.20
Michael Clarke	9.0	0	22	1	2.44
Michael Hussey	2.0	0	5	0	2.50

Umpires	Marais Erasmus, Ian Gould
TV Umpire	Bruce Oxenford
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle
Reserve Umpire	Gerard Abood

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