Chris Tremlett fires as Australia stutters
Chris Tremlett’s double strike puts England on top on the opening day of the third Ashes Test at WACA in Perth. Tremlett’s impressive comeback to Test cricket earned England the advantage as Australia crumbled for a grim score of 65 runs for the loss of
four wickets.
Australia, which made three considerable changes for the ongoing Perth Test, found it difficult to cope up with the pace and bounce of WACA. Resultantly, two of the top order batsmen for the home team scored their runs in single figures.
Phillip Hughes’s return to Test cricket wasn’t as impressive as Tremlett’s comeback. The Australian opening batsman fell in the second over of the third Test, adding just two runs to the team total. Wickets continued to fell in quick successions as England
lost their first four wickets in space of just 36 runs.
Ricky Ponting the Australian captain continued to struggle with the bat as he managed 12 runs. Ponting, who is renowned to play well on bouncy wickets, had no clue about the bounce of WACA as the England bowlers made him look like a walking wicket.
Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 failed to make an impression with the willow and in doing so; he pushed Australia into further slump as the score card read 28 runs for the loss of three wickets. In the process, the right-handed batsman went back to the pavilion, scoring
just 4 runs in a dismal manner.
Shane Watson was the final wicket to fell in the first session. In the first half of play, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 played watchfully as he picked the length of the ball early, though couldn’t survive the onslaught of the English bowlers as he fell for a bleak score of 13.
It was again up to Michael Hussey to revive Australia’s innings. Hussey has been in supreme form throughout the series as he is the top run-scorer for the home team. The left hand batsman led the revival of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s innings as he remained unbeaten for
his 28 runs.
Furthermore, where every Australian player failed to make an impact with the bat, Hussey, However, played with great authority. He displayed great technique and composure in his innings in order to survive the session. Hussey mixed attack with defence as
he hammered every poor delivery to score his runs.
Steve Smith, the youngster has joined Hussey to provide him with a valuable support. The Australian all-rounder is currently batting on a bleak score of 5 runs. Smith has replaced the out-of-form Marcus North, so he will be looking to make an all-round impact.
Adding to his batting skills, he can trouble the opposition batsmen with gritty leg-spin bowling.
Bowling for England has been superb as they grabbed four top order wickets in the morning session. The English seam bowlers bowled a perfect length at Perth as they forced the opposition batsmen into false stroke-play.
Chris Tremlett has been the pick of the bowlers for the visiting team as he has grabbed two frontline wickets. The tall fast bowler used his height to good effect as he extracted extra bounce off the surface in order to trouble the batsmen. His persistent
seam bowling earned him healthy dividends as he collected significant figures of 2/19 in 9 incisive overs.
James Anderson swung the ball upfront and as a result he scalped the prize wicket of Ricky Ponting with brilliant delivery. England’s premier strike bowler bowled nagging line and length as he registered decent figures of 1/16.
Steven Finn was a bit expensive early on in the innings as he conceded 28 runs in his seven overs. However, Finn grabbed the important wicket of Watson with an in-swinging Yorker.
Australia is looking down the barrel as they have lost their top order in the first session, so the partnership between Hussey and Smith will be a deciding factor as this Test match progresses.
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