Ind vs Aus Day 3 Live
A pure see-saw cricket match going out there at Melbourne. Day 1 belonged to both the teams whereas Day 2 belonged to the Indian team. It seemed India will go ahead to register atleast a lead of 100 runs to put pressure on the Australians. But things went the other way round. Any Indian who woke up at around 7 o' clock in the morning would have been shocked to see India bowled out at the stroke of lunch.
India's batting debacle resulted due to brilliant bowling performance by the Australian quickies. Dravid left for 68 runs and wickets fell tumbling after his departure. Laxman (2), Kohli (11) and Dhoni (6); a lot was expected from these three. Only batsman to hold his nerve and battle out there was Ashwin who managed valuable 31 runs from 35 balls. Hilfenhaus took 5 wickets for 75 runs. Siddle took 3 while Pattinson took 2.
Suddenly the Australians looked on top and the cricket fans speculated an emphatic win for Australia after long time. But Indian bowlers had something else in their minds. In no time Australian scorecard showed 4 down for 27 runs! 3 wickets were bowled and one was leg before wicket. Umesh Yadav has got a dream start in Australia. He took 3 wickets while Ishant had one to his name. Warner was bowled by Yadav for 5. Cowan lbw by Yadav on 8. Marsh again bowled by Yadav for 3 runs. Clarke bowled by Ishant just for 1 runs. He didn't trouble the scorers much.
Australian cricket fans will now have a lot of hopes on experienced Ponting and Hussey as they should anchor the innings towards a respectable and defendable score. MCG pitch is providing a good support to the bowlers so an overall lead of 200 would provide a fight back opportunity for Australian bowlers.
A pure see-saw cricket match going out there at Melbourne. Day 1 belonged to both the teams whereas Day 2 belonged to the Indian team. It seemed India will go ahead to register atleast a lead of 100 runs to put pressure on the Australians. But things went the other way round. Any Indian who woke up at around 7 o' clock in the morning would have been shocked to see India bowled out at the stroke of lunch.
India's batting debacle resulted due to brilliant bowling performance by the Australian quickies. Dravid left for 68 runs and wickets fell tumbling after his departure. Laxman (2), Kohli (11) and Dhoni (6); a lot was expected from these three. Only batsman to hold his nerve and battle out there was Ashwin who managed valuable 31 runs from 35 balls. Hilfenhaus took 5 wickets for 75 runs. Siddle took 3 while Pattinson took 2.
Suddenly the Australians looked on top and the cricket fans speculated an emphatic win for Australia after long time. But Indian bowlers had something else in their minds. In no time Australian scorecard showed 4 down for 27 runs! 3 wickets were bowled and one was leg before wicket. Umesh Yadav has got a dream start in Australia. He took 3 wickets while Ishant had one to his name. Warner was bowled by Yadav for 5. Cowan lbw by Yadav on 8. Marsh again bowled by Yadav for 3 runs. Clarke bowled by Ishant just for 1 runs. He didn't trouble the scorers much.
Australian cricket fans will now have a lot of hopes on experienced Ponting and Hussey as they should anchor the innings towards a respectable and defendable score. MCG pitch is providing a good support to the bowlers so an overall lead of 200 would provide a fight back opportunity for Australian bowlers.
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