http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 – 4th Test – Match Update
Indians grabbed three wickets in the first session of the 4th Test, but Australian revived thereafter as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 scored compelling half-centuries to maintain dominancy at Adelaide, January 24th 2012.
On a batting friendly track, Clarke happily opted to bat first but his top three again showed inconsistencies – getting troubled by the spin of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470.
With temperatures peaking, the hosts started brightly to put 24 inside the first six overs. Stand in skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 quickly introduced his premier spinner to stem the flow of runs.
That did the trick as David Warner’s aggressive nature was curbed, resulting in pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379, trapping the left-hander in front of the stumps.
Entered Shaun Marsh and with career at stake, was keen to put on a notable show after a string of poor outings in the series. However, he again disappointed - bowled through his defences by Ashwin. The left-hander played for the turn but the ball held his
line to scrape pass the room between bat and pad – it further left room for a potential axe with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 slated to return after his troublesome period with injuries.
With 31 for 2, the Aussies then reconstructed their innings through a composed partnership of 53 between Cowan and Ricky Ponting, who looked in ominous touch from the start. Punter was confident in his movement, scoring the bulk of his runs in boundaries
with the main recipient being http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625.
With lunch almost around the corner, the Indians managed to get one more after Cowan’s tame lunge forward resulted in an easy catch for the cover fielder, giving Ashwin his second scalp of the session.
Australia went into lunch with a few nerves at 98 for 3, but resumption restored parity for the hosts as Ponting and Clarke easily dealt with the opponents bowling line up, scoring at a brisk rate.
The Kangaroos veteran reached an assured fifty and continued to play with the same aggression, while his partner also grew in stature.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 then also started to motor along to complete his half-century as the Indian bowlers fell flat in the second session.
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