Australia will host India in the New Year’s Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground after taking a lead in the series in the Boxing Day Test with a spot in the World Test Championship Final on the line.

India has not lost a Border Gavaskar Trophy series since 2017 and will look to retain the series for the fourth time in a row and also stay alive in the race to the final of the WTC to be played at the Lord’s later in 2025.

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As the sides take on each other for one final time in the hardly fought series over the last 40 days, let us have a look at the records and venue details of the SCG.

How many Test matches has the Sydney Cricket Ground hosted?

Sydney has hosted 112 Test matches so far where 47 have been won by teams batting first and 42 by the teams bowling first.

How many spectators can the Sydney Cricket Ground hold?

The Sydney Cricket Ground has a seating capacity upto 48,000 spectators.

The Sydney Cricket Ground: Pitch Report

Sydney Cricket Ground is tradtionally known for a good batting track and unlike most venues in Australia offers spins to the bowlers. Expect long sessions of batting with matches going to the final days of play.

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What happened in the previous Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground?

The last match at the venue was played between Australia and Pakistan in January 2024 where Australia won the match by 8 wickets with Pat Cummins getting 6 and Josh Hazlewood getting 5 wickets in the match.

Mohammad Rizwan and Aamer Jamal got 80s for Pakistan with the bat while Marnus Labusschagne and Mitchell Marsh scored fifties for the Aussies. Jamal also took a six-fer in the first innings to get his name on the SCG honors board.

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David Warner scored 57 (75) in his farewell innings for the Aussies as they chased down 130 runs alongside Marnus’ 62(73)

What is the highest score by a team at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Tests?

India scored 705/7 in the first innings of the fourth Test of the 2003/04 series when Sachin Tendulkar got his famous 241(436) without playing a cover drive. VVS Laxman also got 178(298) in the innings.

India famously reversed the batting lineup opened the innings with Irfan Pathan and Ajit Agarkar while Virender Sehwag and Aakash Chopra batted at 8 and 9 with Rahul Dravid at 7.

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What is the lowest score by a team at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Tests?

Australia got bowled out for 42 against England in the only Test of 1888 England-Australia match where George Lohmann and Bobby Peel took five each at the SCG.

They were all out on 82 in the second innings as well as England won the match by 126 runs

What is the highest individual score at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Tests?

Michael Clarke’s famous 329*(468) against India in January 2012 is the highest score at the SCG where they went on to win the match by an innings and 68 runs after piling up 659/4 declare in the first innings after India’s 191. 

What is the best bowling figure at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Tests?

England’s George Lohmann took 8/35 in the second Test of the 1887 Australia series, helping England bowling Australia out at 84 and eventually win the match by 71 runs.

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Which batter has the most runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Tests?

Former Australian captain, Ricky Ponting has 1480 runs at an average of 67.27 in 16 matches played at the SCG with 6 centuries and 6 fifties to his name.

In the current team Steve Smith has 1059 runs at an average of 70.60 in 11 matches with 4 hundreds and 7 fifties. Usman Khawaja famously averages 104 at the venue for his 832 runs in 12 innings and 4 centuries as well.

Which bowler has the most wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Tests?

The great Shane Warne took 64 wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 14 matches which is the record of the most wickets at the venue at an average of 28.12 with 4 five-fers. He is followed by Stuart MacGill with 53 wickets with 5 five-fers at an average of 24.47.

In the current players, Nathan Lyon has 48 wickets in 13 matches played in Sydney.

Australia vs India, 5th Test: Betting odds

According to Dafabet, Australia are the favorites to win the 5th Test match against India at the SCG.