| 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 161 / 10 (74.0) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| R Dravid | lbw b A Symonds |  | 16 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 14.04 | | W Jaffer | c A Gilchrist b B Lee | | 15 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 37.50 | | V S Laxman | c M Clarke b S Clark | | 42 | 112 | 6 | 0 | 37.50 | | S Tendulkar | c A Gilchrist b B Lee | | 15 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 71.43 | | S Ganguly | lbw b B Hogg | | 40 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 51.28 | | Y Singh | lbw b B Hogg | | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | | M S Dhoni | c A Gilchrist b M Johnson | | 11 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 34.38 | | A Kumble | c A Gilchrist b M Johnson | | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 38.10 | | H Singh | run out (M Hussey) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | Z Khan | not out | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | R P Singh | b M Johnson | | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Extras: 7 (NB-6, WD-0, B-1, LB-0) | | Total : 161/10 (74.0) |
| Fall of Wickets: 26/1( W Jaffer(15)-15.3 overs),54/2( R Dravid(16)-34.3 overs),77/3( S Tendulkar(15)-41.3 overs),118/4( V S Laxman(42)-53.4 overs),125/5( Y Singh(5)-56.2 overs),144/6( M S Dhoni(11)-64 overs),157/7( A Kumble(8)-70 overs),157/8( H Singh(0)-70.1 overs),157/9( S Ganguly(40)-70.3 overs),161/10( R P Singh(2)-74 overs) |
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