The perils of spongy bounce
The pitch was expected to assist the bowlers on the first day, and then become a good batting wicket on days two and three, before helping the bowlers for the rest of the game
Indian
batsmen - Day 1
(balls) |
Australian
batsmen - Day 2
(balls) |
|
Mistimed |
7
|
8
|
Edge |
19
|
23
|
Beaten the bat |
16
|
17
|
Not in control |
71 (546)
|
87 (459)
|
Delivery
|
Right-hand
batsmen
(balls) |
Left-hand
batsmen
(balls) |
Legbreaks |
45
|
28
|
Googlies |
28
|
45
|
Australian batsmen against Indian bowlers
|
Kumble
|
Other Indian bowlers
|
|
34 (23.2% of total balls bowled)
|
53 (17.7% of total balls bowled)
|
Batsmen | Tests | Innings | Runs | 100's | Average |
Ricky Ponting |
19
|
27
|
2076
|
10
|
86.5
|
Matthew Hayden |
19
|
30
|
1984
|
9
|
73.5
|
Rahul Dravid |
10
|
18
|
990
|
3
|
70.71
|
Graeme Smith |
17
|
26
|
1539
|
5
|
61.56
|
Michael Vaughan |
17
|
32
|
1408
|
5
|
45.41
|