http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 – 1st T20 – Toss and Match Update – Australia make aggressive start after put into bat
Australia have made an impressive start courtesy of their aggressive openers after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 opted to field first in the first ever cricket match held at the Stadium Australia, Sydney, February 1, 2012.
More than halfway through their innings, the hosts have put on a healthy 123 for the loss of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Travis-Birt-c2707.
The decision of the tourist’s skipper was majorly influenced by the cloud covered over the multipurpose venue where rain was scheduled to play an important role in the latter parts of the game.
The Men In Blue had a much changed, young looking side which had likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-Sharma-c83352 all coming in as replacement for their Test specialists.
The initial proceedings were all dominated by David Warner, hitting a couple of humongous sixes to turn on the fireworks. It all came in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228’s second over where the left-hander executed a sublime switch hit shot, which went sailing into the right hander’s leg stump boundary.
After hitting the very next ball to the cover point, Warner, typically, lofted another hit for a maximum which too straight went effortlessly into the sight screen.
That gave momentum to the side and despite Warner perishing in the next over off Vinay Kumar, after making a quick 25, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Wade-c1933 kept the score board ticking.
Wade was given the nod ahead of the more experienced, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143, to motor along to an highly imposing half-century.
In between his impressive effort, the tourists managed to also take out Birt with Ashwin taking his wicket and Raina, taking his second catch of the game after assisting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Vinay-Kumar-c2237 in the first dismissal as the hosts maintained their supremacy.
Early, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804 also made to the lineup as the second spinner.
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