By IANS
Sydney : Matthew Hayden (123) registered his 29th century, equalling Sir Donald Bradman and South African Jacques Kallis. The leading Test century-makers in Test cricket are Sachin Tendulkar (38), Sunil Gavaskar (34), Brian Lara (34), Ricky Ponting (33), Steve Waugh (32), Bradman (29), Kallis (29) and Hayden (29).
Hayden is the first batsman in the history of Test cricket to score 20 centuries at home.
Hayden has posted back-to-back hundreds – 124 & 47 at Melbourne and 13 & 123 at the SCG here – against India for the first time.
Michael Hussey’s unbeaten innings of 87 is his ninth Test fifty, his first against India. In the process, Hussey has completed 2,000 runs – 2,062 at an average of 82.48 in 20 Tests.
Only Bradman (15) and West Indian George Headley (17) took fewer Tests than Hussey to reach 2,000 runs.
During their 160-run partnership, Hayden and Hussey set a record for the third wicket against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground, obliterating the 97 between Justin Langer and Mark Waugh in January 2000.