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The following table lists out the teams which have lost five or more tests on away and neutral soil. India leads the table with 17 losses during the period 04 Jun 1959 to 26 Jan 1968

RT Ponting’s 221 and 60 not out in the final test against India at Adelaide provide the 37^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty and a double hundred in a test. All the 37 such occasions are listed below

RT Ponting’s 221 and 60 not out in this test provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty and a double hundred against India which are listed below. RT Ponting became the second Australian batsman to perform the feat against Australia after KJ Hughes who had scored 213 and 53 at Adelaide in Jan 1981. It is interesting to note that both KJ Hughes and RT Ponting chose Adelaide to perform the feat against India. GA Gooch, A Flower and Younis Khan are the other three batsman to score a fifty and double hundred against India

The following table lists out the Australian batsmen scoring a 50 and 200 runs in a test match. RT Ponting is the only batsman to perform the feat twice – against Pakistan {209 and 89} at Hobart in Jan 2010 and against India {221 and 60*} at Adelaide in Jan 2012

It was an all Indian batsmen’s affair when we look into this statistics of batsmen scoring 50 and 200 in a test on two or more occasions before RT Ponting entered the record books.  R Dravid {thrice}, SM Gavaskar {twice}, SR Tendulkar {twice} and VVS Laxman {twice} were the Indian batsmen.

MJ Clarke’s feat of scoring two double hundreds against India in the ongoing test series {he scored 329 not out at Sydney and 210 at Adelaide} provide the 15^th occasion of a batsman scoring two or more double hundreds in a test series. All the fifteen such occasions are listed below

MJ Clarke became the third captain to achieve the feat of scoring two double hundreds in a test series. Others are DG Bradman against England in 1936-37 and GC Smith of South Africa against England in 2003

MJ Clarke’s feat of scoring  329 not out at Sydney and 210 at Adelaide makes him the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to achieve the feat of scoring a triple hundred and a double hundred in a test series. Others are DG Bradman of Australia and WR Hammond of England His feat provides the fourth such occasion – with DG Bradman achieving the feat twice.

RT Ponting and MJ Clarke added 386 runs for the fourth wicket in this test providing the 82^nd occasion of a team posting a 300 plus runs partnership in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. This stand also represents the 23^rd occasion of a team posting 375 plus runs in a test innings

This stand also represents the sixth occasion of Australian batsmen posting 350 plus runs in a test innings and first such stand against India. This stand provides the second occasion of 350 plus runs stand on Australian soil, the first being the 405 runs partnership between SG Barnes and DG Bradman for the fifth wicket against England at Sydney in Dec 1946.

This stand also represent the second stand of 350 plus runs for the fourth wicket by Australian batsmen, the other being the 388 run partnership between DG Bradman and WH Ponsford at Leeds in Jul 1934.

This stand represents the third occasion of a team posting 350 plus runs by a team against India. All the three such stands are furnished below

This stand constitutes a ground record for Adelaide. The previous best was 341 runs stand for the third wicket between EJ Barlow and RG Pollock of South Africa against Australia in Jan 1964. This stand also represents a ground record for the fourth wicket at Adelaide. The previous best was 310 runs for the fourth wicket between PD Collingwood and KP Pietersen of England against Australia in Dec 2004

It is interesting to note that this is the first occasion of Australia posting a 375 plus partnership at Adelaide, while on all the other three occasions; it was at the receiving end.

This stand represents the tenth occasion of a team posting a 300 plus runs partnership against India. All the ten occasions are listed below

This stand represents the highest partnership by Australian batamen against India and the second occasion of a 300 plus runs stand by Australian batsmen against India. The previous best was 334 runs unfinished partnership between MJ Clarke and MEK Hussey at Sydney in Jan 2012

This series witnessed two 300 plus runs partnerships by Australian batsmen – 334 runs unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket at Sydney in Jan 2012 and 386 runs partnership for the fourth wicket between MJ Clarke and RT Ponting at Adelaide in Jan 2012 providing the fourth occasion of a serie witnessing a team posting  two 300 plus runs partnerships in a series

It is interesting to note that Indian batsmen have chosen Adelaide and Sydeny as the grounds for posting 300 plus partnerships against Australia in 2003-04 test series and Australian batsmen have chosen the same Adelaide and Sydney grounds to post 300 plus runs partnerships in 2011-12 test series        

MJ Clarke and RT Ponting added 386 runs in this test providing the fourth occasion of 350 plus runs partnership on Australian soil. All the four occasions are listed below. It represents the second highest partnership on Australian soil

RT Ponting {221} and MJ Clarke {210} scored double hundreds in this game providing the 16^th occasion of two batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test innings in the annals of test cricket.

This feat also provides the fourth occasion of Australian batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test innings.

It also provides the fourth such occasion against India and the fist such feat by Australian batsmen against India