Come now, I will test you with mirth

As pundits from Punjab to Pooncarrie prepare for the provenient Ashes programme, we offer a statistical snapshot of all Tests at the Sydney Cricket Ground. This venue analysis is amassed from the incalculable resources of the Vomer sports database.

SCG 1876-2006
Matches: 94
Avge 1st innings score: 308
Avge 2nd innings score: 301
Avge runs per match: 987
Avge runs per wicket: 29.8
50s: 384
100s: 135
200s: 13
5WI: 139
10WM: 27
Highest total: 7d-705 by India, Jan 2004 #
Lowest total: 42, Aus v Eng, Feb 1888
Highest successful run chase: 2/288, Aus v SAf, Jan 2006

# This was S Waugh's final match, and a fitting end to a series that confirmed the august status of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Following tradition in matches that I attend, the touring side played in a statistically contrariwise fashion, and an opposition player (this time Tendulkar) rediscovered the magic. Kumble's 8/141 was the 4th best innings bowling performance, and Tendulkar's 241* the 5th highest knock, in all tests at the SCG.
Magilla's match figures were 0/211, Bracks returned 0/133, and The Kat chimed in with 0/84.
And as Steve said, "it remains to be seen whether Ricky Ponting and his men will realise my unfinished dream of beating India in India."