It might be remembered as the Summer of the Bat – a Test series dominated by the willow like no other.

As the fourth Test between Australia and India ended in a draw at the SCG on Saturday, a number of run scoring records were set.

Placid pitches have conspired against the bowlers in every Test of this best-of-four series.

More than 5700 runs were scored in this series, the most ever in a four Test series, while both sides scored over 400 runs in the first innings of each Test for the first time ever in a single series.

As a result bowlers have conceded more than 100 runs in an innings 23 times in the series, which has never happened before.

Australian captain Steve Smith has set a new record for runs scored in a series against India, with 769 runs, eclipsing Don Bradman’s effort of the 1947-48 summer.

Indian captain Virat Kohli has become the leading scorer of runs for his country in a series against Australia with 692 runs.

Not once in this Test series have the Indians taken 20 Australian wickets in a Test and Sydney fans went out without witnessing a result for the first time since 2004.

The MCG pitch for the third Test was criticised for being too flat, with many claiming on the fifth day the wicket looked like a third day pitch, but Sydney didn’t produce anything much different.

Injured quick Mitchell Johnson expressed his displeasure at the benign nature of pitches prepared this summer in the lead-up to the SCG pitch, as Glenn McGrath said pre-match he hoped the SCG would finally bring some bounce and pace to the series for the bowlers.

India great VVS Laxman declared the 2015 SCG pitch was the flattest he has ever seen in Australia.

Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has also been an outspoken critic of the pitch.

“The pitches in this series have been too much in favour of the batsman,” the former Test batsman said on Channel Nine’s coverage on Saturday.

“There hasn’t been a fair contest between bat and ball.

“The ball hasn’t done anything off the (SCG) wicket all match.”