Brisbane, India's stiffest Test
Stats preview of the second Test between India and Australia at the Gabba
India have played five Tests in Brisbane, lost four and drawn one. Among the five Australian grounds where India have played Tests, the Gabba is the only venue where India have not won a single Test. However, India played only one Test at the Gabba between 1992 and 2013, despite having been on four tours in the period. That solitary drawn Test was during the 2003-04 tour.
Venue | Mat | Won | Lost | Draw |
Melbourne | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Adelaide | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Sydney | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Perth | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Brisbane | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Australia, on the other hand, have not lost a Test at the Gabba in more than 25 years. West Indies were the last team to win here, by nine wickets, in 1988. Australia's performance at the Gabba over the last 25 years is the best by any team at a home or neutral venue, though India have not lost a Test in Delhi either, but having played only 10 matches. Australia have played 24 Tests, won 18 and drawn six.
Team | Venue | Mat | Won | Lost | Draw | W/L Ratio |
Australia | Brisbane | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | - |
India | Delhi | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | - |
Australia | Hobart | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
South Africa | Centurion | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
India | Chennai | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Nine of the 10 overseas bowlers who have taken the most wickets at the Gabba are pacers, with West Indies' Lance Gibbs the only spinner to figure in that list. Even among Australians, 18 of the top 20 wicket-takers are pacers, though Shane Warne is the leading wicket-taker at the venue with 68 wickets.
Venue | Mat | Wkts | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 |
Perth | 41 | 1071 | 30.12 | 3.03 | 59.5 | 51 | 8 |
Brisbane | 56 | 1207 | 29.93 | 2.84 | 63.1 | 54 | 6 |
Melbourne | 106 | 2111 | 28.67 | 2.66 | 64.6 | 104 | 17 |
Sydney | 102 | 1827 | 29.04 | 2.69 | 64.6 | 75 | 14 |
Hobart | 11 | 224 | 36.90 | 3.15 | 70.2 | 7 | 0 |
Adelaide | 73 | 1434 | 33.96 | 2.82 | 72.0 | 59 | 4 |
Venue | Mat | Wkts | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 |
Hobart | 11 | 105 | 29.71 | 2.92 | 61.0 | 8 | 0 |
Sydney | 102 | 1095 | 32.08 | 2.52 | 76.1 | 58 | 12 |
Melbourne | 105 | 925 | 33.52 | 2.56 | 78.4 | 40 | 7 |
Perth | 41 | 211 | 42.84 | 2.95 | 86.9 | 6 | 1 |
Brisbane | 56 | 421 | 38.53 | 2.49 | 92.6 | 18 | 2 |
Adelaide | 73 | 722 | 42.14 | 2.65 | 95.3 | 35 | 9 |
Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant