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Australia fight back to take control of Perth test match

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

16 January 2007

Indian Captain won the toss and had no hesitation of batting first on the WACA track which by all reports had the pace and bounce to trouble the Indian batsmen. Virender Sehwag who was brought in side in place of Yuvraj Singh started Indian batting charge on Perth wicket with a breezy 29 runs. In process he was responsible for Indias best opening stand of the series with his partner Wasim Jaffer. Sehwag was out cutting a rising delivery of Jhonson and giving simple catch to Adam Gilchrist. Wasim Jaffer soon followed Sehwag with edging the ball outside off stump.
At this moment India had a bit of luck when Dravid was put down at first slip by Micheal Clarke and then Dravid and Tendulkar put on century partnership to get India to safety and strong position going into tea. After tea India lost Tendulkar early to a dubious LBW decision by umpire Asad Rauf and then Ganguly was caught brilliantly in gully by Hussey.
With team in trouble Dravid and Laxman looked to taking India to strong close for the day when Dravid played uncharacteristic shot to get out at score of 92 and giving Andrew Symmonds another wicket for the series when Ponting was looking for quick overs to make for the over rate which was poor due to 4 fast bowlers bowling throughout the day. Dravid dismissal was soon followed by dismissal of Laxman and in the end India finished the day 297-6 from 94 overs with Dhoni and Pathan on crease.
Australia will like to quickly grab the remaining wickets tomorrow and try and bat India out of the game while India on the other hand will be trying to get past score of 350 and then restrict Austrlaia on what will be the best batting conditions in the test match.

posted by Sid @ 4:05 PM

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