http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 – 1st Test – Live Cricket Score and Match Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 have steered India into a commanding position on Day 2 of the 1st Test at the MCG, with both players reaching half centuries against an under pressure Australian attack.
The Men In Blue veterans piled on pressure in final session, scoring freely to all parks of the ground. The two added unbeaten 76 in 20 overs, as the little maestro kicked-off the post tea interval with an elegant upper cut off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PM-Siddle-c2197, which went sailing
over the third man boundary.
With the hosts short of a fifth bowler option, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 kept probing with his gentle medium pacers but failed to kept the scoring rate under check, as the experience hands rotated the strike with ease.
Siddle fiery nature was restrained by the class of Tendulkar, who guided another to the vacant third man region before climbing onto a half-volley to hit a picture perfect cover drive.
Hilfenhaus replaced Hussey but he too was greeted with boundaries galore from the bat of the little genius, perfecting another cover drive before driving the ball through the mid-on region. His partner kept on playing his usual self, happy to rotate the
strike when offered.
With Indians renowned players of spin, Nathan Lyon’s threat never posed any sort of problem for the duo as they made easy work of the spinner. With both men going neck on neck, it was Dravid who reached his fifty first with a four off Hilfenhaus.
The next over, Tendulkar than got his hand to a yet another score of fifty but the packed MCG crowd still waits for the veteran to reach his elusive hundredth ton. Seemingly in cruise control, the safest bet remains on him to finally bag the ultimate milestone
of his career.
Earlier, the proceedings of the first two session restored parity between the side after the Aussies made 333 in their first innings, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228, who grabbed three scalps.
The Indians initially stumbled after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 (67) kept his side to counter the threat posed by the Aussie attack.
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