LIVE - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 – 3rd Test – First Session Recap
After losing early wickets, the Aussies stabilized the proceedings on the opening session of the first day, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470 grinding out the Sri Lankan bowling attack, putting 63 on the board. The third Test is being played at the Sinhalese
Sports Club Ground, today, September 16, 2011.
On Lunch, Punter was batting on 25 with the left-hander looking good on 26.
After a delayed start due to the wet outfield, it was the Sri Lankans, who won the toss and decided to bowl first.
There were a few changes to both sides as Kangaroos left out http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PM-Siddle-c2197.
The Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Samaraweera-c2712.
It was a perfect start for the bowling side with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ranasinghe-Arachchige-Suranga-Lakmal-c83928 cleaned up left-hander, Philip Hughes, who failed to trouble the scorer.
With a cautious fiddle outside the off-stump, Hughes disappointingly got the slightest of inside edges hitting the top of the off-stump.
This brought Marsh on to the crease, fresh from his debut century in the previous Test. The player looked impressive with his technique and weathered out the new ball with limited difficulty.
On the other end, it took http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 9 balls to open his account, clipping Welegedara of his pads to get three. In the same over, Marsh then hit a text book cover drive to break the shackles.
However, Watto’s disappointing tour with the bat continued when he gave debutant, Eranga his first wicket of his International career on his very first ball.
A delivery, which the all-rounder played on the up, only to see skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 take a easy catch at the point region. The visitors had lost 2 wickets in the first hour, having posted just 22 on the broad.
This left http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362 and veteran Ricky Ponting, who moved down the order, to guide the team out of a worrying position.
Both went slow, accumulating steady runs when on offer, with the game sparkling to life in the 18th over. While facing Welegedara, Ponting pushed at a ball close to his pads, which made a genuine noise.
Finding http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aleem-Sarwar-Dar-c43094 not interested, the Sri lankans referred the decision to the TV umpire, only to see that the bat had hit the player’s pad. The veteran then hit two beautiful drives off the same bowler, taking the teams total to 50.
Spin was introduced with Herath, who troubled the batters with a few turning balls. Dilshan also tried his luck in the final over before lunch but failed to trouble the duo.
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