India vs Australia – 1st Test – Live Cricket Score and Update
An aggressive opening burst from James Pattinson helped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 managed to halt the tourists on 380 during the opening session of the ongoing day 2 of the first Test, being played at Chennai, February 23, 2013.
It was still advantage Australia after they resumed from the overnight score of 316 for 7. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, with the help of the tail-enders, kept the Indians waiting and in affect added precious runs to the total. The Aussie skipper, who had reached a sublime century on the last ball of the previous day, added 27 more to his overnight to reach to 130.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 to play one of his lofted drive. This time, the Aussie skipper failed to get to the pitch of the ball, and was holed out at long-off.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 managed to grind 12 more overs before Ashwin struck to dismiss the latter, and finished with an impressive seven-wicket haul.
India began the reply after the lunch break but were halted by the sheer pace of Pattinson. Despite the pitch deteriorating with each passing minute, it did little to upset Pattinson’s rhythm, who cleaned up http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Vijay-c1867 with a yorker that clocked at 150. Replacing the out of form Guatam Gambhir, Vijay started confidently with a couple of boundaries but failed to negotiate a fullish delivery and departed for 12.
As for Sehwag, it was another Test failure which could prove significant in his own pursuit of holding a place in the Test side. The flamboyant batsman was slow to react as the ball clipped the leg-stumps.
It brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 to the crease and the Little Master looked in good nick as he raced to 12 with three fours in one over.
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