Australia vs India – 4th Test – Match Update- Clarke reached double hundred
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 batting through the entire first session of the 2nd Day to go into the lunch interval at 469 for 3, with the Kangaroos skipper bringing up a stupendous double hundred
at Adelaide, January 25th 2012.
It was another mammoth stand between the duo, who added 134 in the first two hours of play after resuming from the overnight score of 335 for 3. Their partnership in numbers read 385*, surpassing every record at the venue.
The second morning was all about damage control for the Men In Blue but the proceedings went from bad to worse as the tourists bowling lineup had no answer to the energy filled knock of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120, who rocketed to his double ton – remaining comfortably unbeaten
on 210.
The class of Ponting was truly evident as he looked clam and composed like the Punter of old. After all the troubles of the past 12 months, the veteran batsman was at his sublime best, cracking fours at will and looked eager to make the innings count by
piling on more runs.
The best the visitors could hope for was a lapse in concentration but it was their own bowlers, who now showed frailties after the only half chance which fell to pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566 was not capitalized. Sharma failed to act quickly on a sharp caught and
bowled opportunity presented by Ponting, who ended the session just two runs shy of his sixth career double century.
While many criticized the captaincy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 could do either. The flamboyant opener’s field setting was hardly encouraging for his bowlers as he too looked for
the batters to make a mistake - which remained a remote possibility given the form of the duo.
Clarke is now averaging an outrageous 557 which includes the unbeaten 329 at Sydney while his partner has also rejuvenated his career by scoring runs galore, including a first century in over two years. With plenty of batting to come, it remains another
tough day for the touring party.
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