Sydney, Jan 5: Triple-ton. That rare achievement that illuminates a Test cricketer’s record and places him forever in the elite company of a celebrated few. Michael Clarke’s unbeaten 329 was everything a landmark innings was meant to be: brilliantly executed, scored in the interest of the team and the new yardstick with which the success of others will be measured. All the numbers from Day 3 at the SCG arrange themselves in a fitting tribute to Clarke. Take a look. Michael Clarke established many records during his mammoth, unbeaten innings of 329. Here are some of them:

· On 152 he made his highest score against India, obliterating the 151 he made on Test debut (at Bangalore in 2004-‘05).

· On 152 he also made his highest score as Australia’s captain, beating his 151 against South Africa at Cape Town in November 2011.

· On 167 he made his highest score in a Test match in Australia, overtaking his 166 against Pakistan at Hobart in 2009-‘10.

· On 169 he set his highest score in Test cricket, obliterating his 168 against New Zealand at Wellington in 2009-‘10.

· On 200 he became the 34th Australian to score a double century on the 63rd occasion of this feat being achieved.

· On 205 he set the highest score by an Australian captain against India, beating Greg Chappell’s 204 at this same ground in 1980-‘81

· On 234 he made the highest score by a No. 5 batsman against India, bettering Carl Hooper’s 233 for West Indies at Georgetown in 2001-‘02.

· On 243 he made the highest score by an Australian batsman at Sydney, obliterating Doug Walters’ 242 against West Indies at Sydney in 1968-‘69.

· On 258 he set the highest score by an Australian against India, expunging Ricky Ponting’s 257 at Melbourne in 2003-‘04.

· On 271 he established the highest score by a captain on Australian soil, beating Don Bradman’s 270 against England at Melbourne in 1936-‘37.

· On 288 he made the highest score by any batsman at Sydney, beating England’s Tip Foster’s 287 in 1903-‘04.

· On 300 he became the 21st batsman to score a triple-century in Test cricket. It was the 25th triple century in Test cricket – the seventh for Australia and the third by any batsman against India.

· On 305 he made the highest score by a No. 5 batsman in Test annals, getting past Don Bradman’s 304 made against England at Leeds in 1934.

· On 329 he ended with the fourth-highest score by an Australian in Test cricket, behind Matthew Hayden’s 380 (v Zimbabwe), Mark Taylor’s 334* (v Pakistan) and Don Bradman’s 334 (v England).

• Clarke outscored India by 138 runs. He just failed to beat the all-time record of highest difference between an individual and India’s total. The record is of 141 runs held by AB de Villiers – 217* v India's 76 at Ahmedabad in 2008.

• Australia’s total of 659 for four declared was their second-highest total against India after 674 at Adelaide in 1947-‘48.

• The above total also equalled Australia’s highest total at this ground. They had made 659 for eight declared against England in 1946-‘47. Incidentally, the highest total by any team at this ground still remains India’s 705 for seven declared in 2003-‘04.

• Nos. 4, 5 and 6 in the Australian innings contributed 613 runs – another record. The previous highest contribution by Nos. 4, 5 and 6 was 480 by Pakistan’s Javed Miandad (260), Salim Malik (102) & Imran Khan (118) against England at The Oval in 1987.

• The unbroken 334-run partnership between Clarke and Hussey is Australia’s highest partnership for any wicket against India. The pair bettered the 288-run fourth-wicket partnership involving Ponting and Clarke earlier in the innings. Incidentally, Australia’s previous highest fifth-wicket partnership against India was 239 between Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting at Adelaide in 1999-‘00.

• The above partnership is also the highest fifth-wicket partnership by any side against India. West Indies’ Carl Hooper and S Chanderpaul had added 293 runs at Georgetown in 2001-‘02.

• Australia’s innings featured two 250-plus partnerships – a 288 run-partnership between Ponting and Clarke for the fourth wicket and an unbroken 334-run partnership between Clarke and Hussey for the fifth wicket. This provided the first instance in Test history of a side posting two 250-plus partnerships in the same innings.

• Australia’s total is also the highest for a side losing their first three wickets with less than 50 runs on the board.The previous highest was West Indies’ 631, also against India, at Delhi in 1948-‘49.

• The 468-run lead conceded by India is the fourth highest they have conceded in a Test. This was the seventh time that India have conceded a lead of 400 runs. Four of them have come since 2008. Of the previous six such occasions, India went on to lose five Tests by an innings’ margin. The only draw was against Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS in 1997-‘98 when Arjuna Ranatunga preferred to keep batting.

• Rahul Dravid was dismissed bowled for the 52nd time in his Test career. Only Allan Border (53) has been bowled on more occasions.

• Incidentally, Dravid has now been bowled six times in his last nine innings.

• India can take some solace from the fact that on the 24 previous occasions that a batsman has scored a triple hundred, his team has gone on to win the Test only eight times. This gives Australia only a 33.33 percent chances of forcing a win.