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Sublime centuries from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 pounded a lacklustre India on the opening day of the 4th Test, at the Adelaide Oval, January 24, 2012.
Both remained unbeaten on 137 and 140 respectively to end on 335 for 3, as the tourists lost control of the game after striking early blows.
With temperatures on the higher side, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392, the left-armer pacer.
The match followed the Sydney script after the host’s lost three quick wickets, two of which scooped up by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739
and got rid of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470 – bowling the left-hander through his defences.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 lbw, which for the time being put his side in the ascendency.
However, it was the best the tourists could conjure up as Ponting and Clarke then took the task of ending a perfect batting day on a near perfect note.
Following a similar pattern of their mammoth partnership at Sydney where the Kangaroos skipper went on to make a maiden triple hundred, while Punter brushed aside his poor form to register a century, both men again clobbered their opponents with relative
ease, ending the second session by adding 130.
The final session brought little luck for the Men In Blue as Ponting thrashed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 to the point boundary to bring his ton. His innings was crafty by all means, becoming among a handful of players to make 13000 Test runs.
His partnership with the skipper looked ominous and while he showed a few nerves in the nineties, Clarke brought up his three figure score in effortless fashion, striking consecutive fours off pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625 to punch the air in delight.
The Indians looked shell shocked and even failed to contain the duo, who ended the day with another unbroken stand in excess of 200.
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