Jonathan Trott continues to dominate http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AS-Peter-c46174 Siddle takes six
Jonathan Trott dominated the scene at the MCG, and as a result, England amassed a massive first innings total of 513 runs in order to tighten their grip on the ongoing fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne. On the other hand, Peter Siddle bowled exceptionally well
for his six-wicket haul in order to restore some pride for the Australians.
The first session of play belonged to Australia; however, England still managed to push their score over 500, giving away five wickets. In the pre-lunch session, the visitors scored 69 runs and pushed their lead by a massive margin of 415 runs.
Peter Siddle was the pick of the bowlers for Australia. In today’s play, Siddle probed and his nagging line and length earned him healthy dividends. Resultantly, the right-arm quick bowler scalped three wickets in the first session to finish off the England
innings.
Overall, Siddle registered significant figures of 6/75 on his home ground. In doing so, he recorded a six-wicket haul for the second time in the series.
Later in the innings, Ben Hilfenhaus provided his senior bowler with a valuable support as he chipped in with two wickets. Ben bowled a persistent channel, around the off-stump, picking up 2/83, in the action.
For England, Jonathan Trott was the star performer with the willow. The right-hand willower remained unbeaten for his epic 168-run innings and, in the process, he enabled England to record a massive first innings lead.
Furthermore, Trott was ruthless and he played shots all around the park. He was harsh on anything that was aimed at his pads and, in his remarkable display; the right hander struck 13 crisp boundaries.
The tourists started off their innings on an overnight score of 444 runs for the loss of five wickets. Matt Prior and Trott assembled a superb 173-run partnership in order to boost their team’s final total. The pair joined each other just before tea on day
two. England lost couple of wickets in the middle overs and they were stuttering on a score of 286/5.
In the run-fest, the wicket-keeper posted his highest Ashes score of 85 runs. In his display, Prior collected 11 scintillating boundaries and, more importantly, he scored his runs at a brilliant strike rate of 71 runs per 100 balls.
Previously, Australia was bundled out for a poor score of 98 runs. In addition, the Australian batsmen failed to make impression with the bat on the first day of the fourth Test. Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 was the top scorer for his team with 20 runs.
On the other hand, the English bowlers wreaked havoc for the opposition batsmen and needed only 43 overs to bowl Australia out. Second time around http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 has to play out of their skins to save the Test match.
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