| Test 1, 26th Dec 2007 - 30th Dec 2007 |
| Australia won the toss, elected to bat |
| Stadium | : | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Venue | : | Melbourne |
| Umpires | : | MR Benson and BF Bowden |
| TV Umpire | : | SJ Davis |
| Referee | : | MJ Procter | | Result | : | Australia won by 337 runs | | Man of the Match | : | M Hayden
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| | Days | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | | Score | Aus: 337/9 | Aus: 343/10; Ind: 196/10; Aus: 32/0 | Aus: 351/7d; Ind: 6/0 | Ind: 161/10 | |
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India 196 / 10 (71.5) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| R Dravid | lbw b S Clark |  | 5 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 7.58 | | W Jaffer | c A Gilchrist b B Lee | | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 14.81 | | V S Laxman | c R Ponting b B Lee | | 26 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 46.43 | | S Tendulkar | b S Clark | | 62 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 80.52 | | S Ganguly | b B Hogg | | 43 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 54.43 | | Y Singh | c A Gilchrist b S Clark | | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | M S Dhoni | lbw b S Clark | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | A Kumble | c A Gilchrist b B Lee | | 27 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 35.53 | | H Singh | c M Clarke b B Hogg | | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | | Z Khan | c A Gilchrist b B Lee | | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 78.57 | | R P Singh | not out | | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Extras: 14 (NB-7, WD-0, B-4, LB-3) | | Total : 196/10 (71.5) |
| Fall of Wickets: 4/1( W Jaffer(4)-8.3 overs),31/2( R Dravid(5)-21.4 overs),55/3( V S Laxman(26)-30.1 overs),120/4( S Tendulkar(62)-45.1 overs),122/5( Y Singh(0)-47.4 overs),122/6( M S Dhoni(0)-48 overs),166/7( S Ganguly(43)-60.1 overs),173/8( H Singh(2)-67 overs),193/9( A Kumble(27)-70 overs),196/10( Z Khan(11)-71.5 overs) |
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