Aussies breaking records again with bat

Australia still have their worries at the top of the order, but their colossal first innings in the second Test against India at the SCG was a triumphant return to dominance with the bat.

Australia declared at 4-659 with Michael Clarke 329 not out and Michael Hussey unbeaten on 150, and with nearly two and a half days left in the Test, they really could have kept on going.

The 163-over effort at the crease was the equal second highest team total amassed at the SCG.

It was Australia’s biggest innings total since an Ashes Test against England in Cardiff back in 2009.

They scored 6-674 declared that day, but in more recent times Australia have found it a battle just to even get past 150.

To break the shackles will give the batting line-up a timely boost of confidence at a time when the bowling attack seems to have finally found the right balance and plan.

The two-day massacre of India at the SCG was also the first time since that same Ashes Test at Cardiff that three or more Australian batsmen have scored centuries in an innings.

Back in July 2009 it was Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting, Marcus North and Brad Haddin.

This time it was Clarke, Hussey and Ricky Ponting’s meaningful 134.

On day one and two, captains past and present, Ponting and Clarke, racked up a 288-run partnership.

It was a record partnership by Australian pairings against India, but it lasted less than 24 hours.

On day three Clarke and Hussey made short work of the 288 and turned it into a monstrous 334 not out – the fourth biggest ever compiled at the SCG in its landmark 100th Test.

Clarke’s 329 not out was the fourth highest innings by an Australian, fifth highest ever by a captain and the biggest score and first triple hundred seen at the SCG.

In November against South Africa in Cape Town, historians were struggling to keep up with the horrific second day which saw Australia lose 9-21 and be all out for a 102-year-low of 47.

That record highs and not record lows were being brought up at a rate of knots in Sydney just a month and a half later, can only be a good thing for Australia as they fight to reclaim the No.1 spot in the world Test rankings.

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