How often can a batsmen say he has got more wickets than runs in a Test match? Step forward Michael Clarke whose incredible over with eight minutes remaining sealed a dramatic win for the Aussies at the SCG.

Three wickets and one run, now that's what I call contributing. When I went to bed, the Indians were about to start the run chase of 333 or more likely close up shop to get a good draw. When I got up they were seven down but hardly in any trouble. Then Ricky Ponting threw the ball to Clarke.

The Aussies' relentless march to a world record of 17 wins on the bounce seems unstoppable. Since their Ashes defeat in England 28 months ago they have won every Test played. True, in this game, as Sportingo's Indian cricket writers have pointed out, they were helped by some dreadful umpiring (Mark Benson is simply not up to the job. He should be taken off the Test panel immediately), but you don't win 16 Tests running unless you are a special team.

'The problem with India is that heads go down too quickly when the going gets tough'

Despite this amazing run, the Aussies have a major problem. Brad Hogg was wicketless on a fifth-day wicket taking spin. Now if Clarke can bag three in an over how come Hogg can't bag any in 14 overs? The answer my friends is ...Shane Warne could make a ball blow, fizz and turn in the wind or sun. Hogg is a journeyman with the ball, and with no Stuart MacGill or indeed any promising youngster in the wings, they will go to Perth hoping to get paceman Shaun Tait back.

As for India, this is a game they should never have lost. Scoring 500-plus should guarantee a draw (as it should have for England in Adelaide a year ago). But the problem with India is that heads go down too quickly when the going gets tough. It's not asking much to bat out two sessions and yes, even with lousy umpiring, this game was a shoe-in draw at lunch. Had they managed it, the Indians were still well in the series.

One thing Anil Kumble can learn from Ponting is that defence is not a form of attack in cricket. Putting men round the boundary when the Aussies needed quick runs did not stop the flow - putting five men round the bat might have done. That said, Kumble is a captain who works well on the instincts of his immense knowledge of the game. It's not beyond the Indians to come back strongly, but don't bet against a 17th straight win for Ponting and Co.