Dhoni's flop show in Australia continues

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's [ Images ] miserable showing with the bat in Tests in Australia [ Images ] continued with yet another failure, in the first innings of the first Test in Melbourne [ Images ], on Wednesday.

Dhoni made just six before he was caught at gully off pacer Ben Hilfenhaus [ Images ] on day three at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

In nine Test innings in Australia, the India [ Images ] captain has not yet scored a half-century. He aggregates 147 runs at an average of 16.33 with a highest of 38 in Australia, which is his worst performance in any country.

Incidentally, Dhoni averages 45.40 in the sub-continent and 29.74 outside the sub-continent.

Dhoni's performance in each country:

	Mts	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100s	50s
in Bangladesh	3	4	193	89	96.50	0	2
in New Zealand [ Images ]	2	3	155	56*	77.50	0	2
in Pakistan	3	3	179	148	59.66	1	0
in India	30	44	1634	144	43.00	4	11
in England [ Images ]	7	13	429	92	39.00	0	4
in Sri Lanka [ Images ]	3	4	128	76	32.00	0	1
in South Africa [ Images ]	5	9	283	90	31.44	0	1
in West Indies [ Images ]	7	12	265	74	22.08	0	2
in Australia	5	9	147	38	16.33	0	0
TOTAL	65	101	3413	148	37.92	5	23
In the sub-continent	39	55	2134	148	45.40	5	14
Outside the sub-continent	26	46	1279	92	29.74	0	9