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Crikey! Australia Close On India Thrashing |
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With powder thrown all over their faces, the Aussies are now looking for a 4-0 series whitewash against the Indian’s, with whom they have Peter Siddle and Ricky Ponting to thank for their dominance. Australia decided to bat first as they won the toss, although their start didn’t go as planned as their first 3 batsman fell for a combined score of 41. But Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke came in and made the Indian team look like a bunch of school kids, with the former gaining a score of 221, with the latter scoring 210 (poor score from Clarke in comparison) before both being bowled out respectively. No one else got slightly close to the score of the two world class batsmen, but the Aussies declared on 604-7 to give the Indians a chance; but that was never to be as they were bowled all out on 272 with Peter Siddle gaining a five wicket haul. Sachin Tendulkar is still searching for his 100th test century as he was bowled by Siddle and caught by Ponting for 25, with the Indian team’s revival coming from Virat Kohli, who was playing in only his 8th test match and still managed to gain 116, his maiden test century. I think Sachin would’ve been very upset at Virat for switching the scoreboards at the end! The Australians resumed play and are currently on 50-3 after 14 overs. Could this be the whitewash that Australia were looking for to scare the English once again? Bring on The Ashes again! By Jason Barr |
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