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Contrary to what i said in my last blog the day began with Rahul Dravid's wicket on the 2nd ball of the morning which triggered a collapse. Bowler of the day for the Aussies was the comeback boy Hilfenhaus who picked up 5 wickets. India lost its last 8 wickets for a paltry 68 with Ashwin being the highest contributor with gutsy 31 runs to his name. VVS,Dhoni and Virat could not add much to the total perishing to good bowling from both Siddle and Hilfenhaus. Last wicket stand of 23 between Ashwin and Yadav reduced the deficit to 51.
Australian opening pair looked a bit uncomfortable against the opening bowlers this time around. Umesh bowled a fiery spell getting the trio of the openers and Marsh. Soon Aussies were tottering at the score of 27/4 before the old stalwarts Ponting and Hussey dug in and added another century partnership to there names before Ponting drove a full widish delivery from Zaheer to gully. While all this was happening Hussey was going on steady though some adventurous shot making from Haddin given the situation Aussies were in might prove costly to his future in the squad.
At the end of the day Aussies were reduced to 179/8 with a lead of 230 till now. Indians will be happy with their bowling for sure except for the missed chance at slips when Dravid dropped Hussey while he was on 65.Except for Ponting and Hussey all scored in single digits. Indian bowlers will look to wrap up this innings as soon as possible not letting the lead reach above 250 which will anyway be a tricky one for the Indians.
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Till then
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Contrary to what i said in my last blog the day began with Rahul Dravid's wicket on the 2nd ball of the morning which triggered a collapse. Bowler of the day for the Aussies was the comeback boy Hilfenhaus who picked up 5 wickets. India lost its last 8 wickets for a paltry 68 with Ashwin being the highest contributor with gutsy 31 runs to his name. VVS,Dhoni and Virat could not add much to the total perishing to good bowling from both Siddle and Hilfenhaus. Last wicket stand of 23 between Ashwin and Yadav reduced the deficit to 51.
Australian opening pair looked a bit uncomfortable against the opening bowlers this time around. Umesh bowled a fiery spell getting the trio of the openers and Marsh. Soon Aussies were tottering at the score of 27/4 before the old stalwarts Ponting and Hussey dug in and added another century partnership to there names before Ponting drove a full widish delivery from Zaheer to gully. While all this was happening Hussey was going on steady though some adventurous shot making from Haddin given the situation Aussies were in might prove costly to his future in the squad.
At the end of the day Aussies were reduced to 179/8 with a lead of 230 till now. Indians will be happy with their bowling for sure except for the missed chance at slips when Dravid dropped Hussey while he was on 65.Except for Ponting and Hussey all scored in single digits. Indian bowlers will look to wrap up this innings as soon as possible not letting the lead reach above 250 which will anyway be a tricky one for the Indians.
will be back with more
Till then
Bye
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