http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s fight-back to a position of strength as Tremlett announces his return
Chris Tremlett’s brilliant display of seam bowling earned England the upper hand on the opening day of the third Ashes Test at WACA in Perth. So far, the day has belonged to the visitors as they bowled superbly on the bouncy track of Perth to rattle the
Australian top order.
Resultantly, Australia jogged to tea on a score-line of 179 runs for the loss of six wickets. The second session hung in a balance as England scalped two crucial wickets and on the other hand, the home team amassed 114 runs.
Michael Hussey led Australia’s revival as he struck a resolute half-century. The left hander continued his brilliant form as he mixed attack with defence in order to avoid further debacle as previously, the home team slumped to 4/36 in the first hour.
Moreover, Hussey played watchfully in the start of his innings as he picked the length of the ball quite early. His counter-attacking display of 61 runs ensured Australia a competent position ahead of the final session.
Steven Smith found it difficult to cope up with the extra bounce and pace posed by the wicket at WACA. Resultantly, the young all-rounder fell just after lunch, adding only 7 runs to the team’s total.
Brad Haddin combined with Hussey to revive Australia’s innings. In doing so, the pair, once more revived the Australian innings as they mustered a 68-run defiant partnership. The pair gathered at the crease with Australian stuttering on a grim score of 69/5,
stabilized the innings to a certain extent.
Adding to England’s frustration, Mitchell Johnson and Haddin assembled a 42-run partnership for the seventh wicket, anchoring the home team to a competent position at 179/6. In the process, Haddin remained unbeaten for his resilient half-century. In his
knock of 52 runs, the wicket keeper batsmen struck six crisp boundaries and a towering six.
Moreover, Johnson provided his senior partner with a valuable support as he collected 25 runs resiliently. From the start of his innings, the left hander was in a positive frame of mind as he gathered his runs aggressively.
On the contrary, England bowled superbly on the fast and bouncy surface of WACA as they bagged 6 wickets in order to baffle the hosts. The quick bowlers took complete advantage of a wicket that was offering a fair bit of assistance to the seam bowlers.
In doing so, the Englishmen enticed the opposition batsmen into a false zone, and as a result, the opposition players had no clue about the persistent bowling from the visitors.
Chris Tremlett was the pick of the bowlers for the touring team as he troubled the opposition batsmen with his height and steep bounce, scalping three wickets in the process. Tremlett’s comeback has been impressive as he put England on course for an emphatic
win to retain the Ashes.
Early on in the innings, James Anderson displayed a brilliant spell of swing bowling as he posed great threat with the red cherry, though he grabbed only one wicket.
Steven Finn was the only bowler, who has struggled to find an appropriate length in order to trouble the willower. However, the right-arm bowler grabbed a crucial wicket as he dismissed Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 with a remarkable in-swinging Yorker.
Graeme Swann flighted the red cherry in order to force the batsmen into a false stroke-play. His nagging off-spin bowling earned him the prize scalp of Michael Hussey, who was looking to take the game away from England.
Haddin and Johnson will start the proceedings for Australia in the last session of the opening day. The duo is the last recognized pair, so the stand between them is going to be crucial for Australia.
Nevertheless, England will look to dominate the final session of play as they would like to finish the opening day on a high note.
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