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TESTS AT SYDNEY FROM 1882 TO 1998

Summary of Results

  Played Won Lost Draw
Australia 85 43 26 16
England 51 20 24 7
India 6 1 2 3
New Zealand 2 - 1 1
Pakistan 5 2 2 1
South Africa 8 1 5 2
West Indies 13 2 9 2
Sri Lanka - - - -
Zimbabwe - - - -


Summary of Matches Played between Australia and India
Number Start Date End Date Result
1 12th Dec 1947 18th Dec 1947 Drawn
2 26th Jan 1968 31st Jan 1968 Aus 144 runs
3 7th Jan 1978 12th Jan 1978 Ind inn & 2 runs
4 2nd Jan 1981 4th Jan 1981 Aus inn & 4 runs
5 2nd Jan 1986 6th Jan 1986 Drawn
6 2nd Jan 1992 6th Jan 1992 Drawn


Highest Team Scores
Total For v. Inn. Series
659-8d Australia England 1st 1946-47
636 England Australia 1st 1928-29
619 Australia West Indies 1st 1968-69
606 West Indies Australia 1st 1992-93
600-4d India Australia 1st 1985-86


Highest against India
Total For v. Inn. Series
406 Australia India 1st 1980-81


Lowest Team Scores
Total For v. Inn. Series
42 Australia England 1st 1887-88
45 England Australia 1st 1886-87
65 England Australia 1st 1894-95


Lowest against India
Total For v. Inn. Series
107 Australia India 1st 1947-48


Lowest for India
Total For v. Inn. Series
188 India Australia 1st 1947-48


Highest Individual Scores
  Runs For v. Inn. Series
RE Foster 287 England Australia 1st 1903-04
BC Lara 277 WI Australia 1st 1992-93
WR Hammond 251 England Australia 1st 1928-29
KD Walters 242 Australia WI 1st 1968-69
DG Bradman 234 Australia England 1st 1946-47
SG Barnes 234 Australia England 1st 1946-47
WR Hammond 231* England Australia 1st 1936-37
RJ Shastri 206 India Australia 1st 1991-92
GS Chappell 204 Australia India 1st 1980-81
SE Gregory 201 Australia England 1st 1894-95
Note: In all 122 hundreds have been scored at this ground

Hundreds against India (4)
  Runs For v. Inn. Series
GS Chappell 204 Australia India 1st 1980-81
RM Cowper 165 Australia India 2nd 1967-68
DC Boon 131 Australia India 1st 1985-86
DC Boon 129* Australia India 1st 1991-92


Hundreds for India (5)
  Runs For v. Inn. Series
RJ Shastri 206 India Australia 1st 1991-92
SM Gavaskar 172 India Australia 1st 1985-86
SR Tendulkar 148* India Australia 1st 1991-92
M Amarnath 138 India Australia 1st 1985-86
K Srikkanth 116 India Australia 1st 1985-86


Best Partnerships for each Wicket
  Wicket Runs For v. Inn. Series
RW Barber & G Boycott 1st 234 England Australia 1st 1965-66
W Bardsley & C Hill 2nd 224 Australia SA 1st 1910-11
SM Gavaskar & M Amarnath 2nd 224 India Australia 1st 1985-86
RB Richardson & BC Lara 3rd 293 WI Australia 1st 1992-93
WM Lawry & KD Walters 4th 336 Australia WI 1st 1968-69
SG Barnes & DG Bradman 5th 405 Australia England 1st 1946-47
C Kelleway & WW Armstrong 6th 187 Australia England 2nd 1920-21
R Benaud & GD McKenzie 7th 160 Australia SA 2nd 1963-64
GJ Bonnor & SP Jones 8th 154 Australia England 1st 1884-85
SE Gregory & JM Blackham 9th 154 Australia England 1st 1894-95
RE Foster & W Rhodes 10th 130 England Australia 1st 1903-04


Best Partnerships for each wicket against India
  Wicket Runs For v. Inn. Series
DC Boon & GR Marsh 1st 217 Australia India 1st 1985-86
MA Taylor & DC Boon 2nd 95 Australia India 1st 1991-92
AP Sheahan & KD Walters 3rd 83 Australia India 1st 1967-68
DC Boon & DM Jones 4th 83 Australia India 1st 1991-92
GS Chappell & KD Walters 5th 172 Australia India 1st 1980-81
SR Waugh & GRJ Matthews 6th 18 Australia India 1st 1985-86
AR Border & MG Hughes 7th 50 Australia India 2nd 1991-92
PM Toohey & WM Clark 8th 27 Australia India 2nd 1977-78
DC Boon & SK Warne 9th 44 Australia India 1st 1991-92
KD Walters & JW Gleeson 10th 40 Australia India 1st 1967-68


Best Partnerships for each Wicket for India
  Wicket Runs For v. Inn. Series
SM Gavaskar & K Srikkanth 1st 191 India Australia 1st 1985-86
SM Gavaskar & M Amarnath 2nd 224 India Australia 1st 1985-86
RJ Shastri & DB Vengsarkar 3rd 111 India Australia 1st 1991-92
DB Vengsarkar & GR Viswanath 4th 125 India Australia 1st 1977-78
RJ Shastri & SR Tendulkar 5th 196 India Australia 1st 1991-92
SM Patil & Kapil Dev 6th 67 India Australia 1st 1980-81
SMH Kirmani & KD Ghavri 7th 81 India Australia 1st 1977-78
KD Ghavri & EAS Prasanna 8th 51 India Australia 1st 1977-78
SMH Kirmani & KD Ghavri 9th 57 India Australia 2nd 1980-81
SR Tendulkar & J Srinath 10th 9 India Australia 1st 1991-92


Best Bowling in an Innings
  Wkts Runs For v. Inn. Series
GA Lohmann 8 35 England Australia 1st 1886-87
GA Lohmann 8 58 England Australia 1st 1891-92
T Richardson 8 94 England Australia 1st 1897-98
RG Barlow 7 40 England Australia 2nd 1882-83
JA Snow 7 40 England Australia 2nd 1970-71
CTB Turner 7 43 Australia England 2nd 1887-88
FR Spofforth 7 44 Australia England 2nd 1882-83
AR Border 7 46 Australia West Indies 1st 1988-89
SCG MacGill 7 50 Australia England 2nd 1998-99


Best bowling performance against India
  Wkts Runs For v. 1st Series
RB Simpson 5 59 Australia India 2nd 1967-68


Best bowling performance for India
  Wkts Runs For v. Inn. Series
Kapil Dev 5 97 India Australia 1st 1980-81
NS Yadav 5 99 India Australia 1st 1985-86
KD Ghavri 5 107 India Australia 1st 1980-81


Best Bowling in a Match
  Wkts Runs For v. Series 1st 2nd
CTB Turner 12 87 Australia England 1887-88 5/44 7/43
SCG MacGill 12 107 Australia England 1998-99 5/57 7/50
SK Warne 12 128 Australia South Africa 1993-94 7/56 5/72
Imran Khan 12 165 Pakistan Australia 1976-77 6/102 6/63
HV Hordern 12 175 Australia England 1911-12 5/85 7/90


Best bowling performance against India in a match
  Wkts Runs For v. Series 1st 2nd
RB Simpson 8 97 Australia India 1967-68 3/38 5/59


Best bowling performance for India in a match
  Wkts Runs For v. Series 1st 2nd
NS Yadav 8 118 India Australia 1985-86 5/99 3/19

Mohandas Menon

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