Hussey, seeing things drift away, pushed more firmly in the last stages before bad light brought an early end to the proceedings. For the Indians, tomorrow is an important day — Kumble is two short of 600 wickets, and maybe India can spoil the Australian record of consecutive wins.

Scoreboard

Australia 1st innings 463

India 1st innings 532

Australia 2nd innings (overnight 13/0)

P Jaques c Yuvraj b Kumble 42

M Hayden c Jaffer b Kumble 123

R Ponting c Laxman b Harbhajan 1

M Hussey batting 87

M Clarke c Dravid b Kumble 0

A Symonds batting 14

Extras (b-3, lb-3, w-2, nb-7) 15

Total (for 4 wkts; 83 overs) 282

Fall of wickets: 1-85, 2-90, 3-250, 4-250

Bowling: RP Singh 14-2-47-0, Ishant 8-1-37-0,Harbhajan 28-5-65-1, Kumble 29-3-110-3, Tendulkar 2-0-6-0, Yuvraj 2-0-11-0

DAY 4 DATA

• Anil Kumble became the first Indian and 12th bowler overall to take 100 wickets against Australia in Tests. The champion leg- spinner achieved this feat in his 16th Test, by dismissing opening batsman Phil Jaques, caught by Yuvraj Singh on the fourth day of the second Test match at Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday

• Matthew Hayden's century was his fifth in 26 innings off 13 Tests against India and 29th in the 93 Tests he has played so far . Hayden became the joint sixth highest century maker in Tests (Australian Don Bradman and South Africa’s Jacques Kallis have scored 29 centuries )

• Hayden became the second Australian after Allan Border to score more than 1500 runs against India.

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