A NEW HIGH FOR SACHIN TENDULKAR

8226; Overall 39th hundred in 236 innings of 146 Tests.

8226; Previous record: Sunil Gavaskar 8 centuries in 31 innings of 20 Tests vs Australia.

8226; Landmark II: Tendulkar8217;s unbeaten 124 is also his 88th score of more than 50, second only to Australian Allan Border8217;s 90. While Border played 265 innings, Tendulkar has played just 236.

8226; 451: This also lifts Tendulkar8217;s aggregate in the series to 451, the first time Tendulkar has topped 450 in a single series. His previous highest was also against Australia, at home nearly 10 years back, when he destroyed Shane Warne on the way to scoring 446 in the three-Test series.

TENDULKAR8217;S HUNDREDS IN AUSTRALIA

8226; 148, Sydney, 1991-92 Draw

8226; 114, Perth, 1991-92 Aus won by 300 runs

8226; 116, Melbourne, 1999-2000 Aus won by 180 runs

8226; 241, Sydney, 2003-04 Draw

8226; 154, Sydney, 2007-08, Aus won by 122 runs

8226; 125, Adelaide, 2007-08 in progress