http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 – Sri Lanka tour of Australia (1st Test) – Live Cricket Score and Match Update – Australia declare at 450
Led by centurion http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942, Australia worked their way up to a sizeable first innings total of 450 for 5, after which they decided to declare, close to tea on the second day of their ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka, being played at the Bellerive
Oval in Hobart today on December 15.
The first day had resulted in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Graham-Downton-c44379 Cowan had found himself dismissed
early by the Lankan seamer in the 6th over after a mere 4-run contribution, but the team had continued to move forward, courtesy their new number three batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phillip-Hughes-c2185, who anchored the innings with a vital 86.
Hughes established a 79-run partnership with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 (30) for an 86-run stand for the third wicket. By this point, the team total had
reached 183, but Welegedara struck again, taking http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 out of the game, and following it up with Hughes’ dismissal 8 overs later.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 and Michael Hussey were the next batsmen to step up to the pitch, and set up a promising century-stand, which got the team up to 299 for 4 by stumps on day one.
Day two saw the 106-run partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ranaweera-Mudiyanselage-Shaminda-Eranga-c83939 (25-5-90-1) as his first wicket of the match. Hussey, however, held firm at the crease,
building up a middle-order fortress which the Lankan bowlers were unable to penetrate.
Hussey was joined by wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Wade-c1933 (68*) after the captain’s departure, for yet another century stand, and both batsmen stuck it out together for a massive unbeaten 146-run sixth wicket partnership. Their combined efforts got the hosts
up to a total of 450 for 5 shortly before tea, after which the team decided to declare.
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