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Australia's pace spearhead Peter Siddle has played down the talks that he has got hold on India’s little batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, rather he said that he was lucky enough to claim the big http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Douglas-Fisher-c63819 twice at Melbourne.
The 27-year-old Victorian pacer had dismissed the master blaster in both innings of the opening Test of four-match series at Melbourne Cricket Ground last month prompting the Australian vice-captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 to claim that the in-form pace bowler had found
a c***k in Sachin’s batting, who is yet to score his much awaited ton of international tons.
But Siddle said that there was nothing like that and he was simply fortunate enough to take Sachin’s wicket twice in the Boxing Day Test.
"The times I've bowled to Sachin, I probably have (been fortunate),” said Siddle speaking to the media ahead of the third Test of series starting at Perth this Friday.
“I'm probably lucky enough I've got him two times in Melbourne. But in Sydney a couple of other blokes got him," Haddin said here today,” he added further.
In the Sydney Test, the iconic Indian batsman was dismissed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 got him in the second innings.
The star studded Indian bating line has been brutally exposed by the Australian pace attack in the series so far, as the former world number one side is trailing the relatively new-look Australian attack 0-2 in the series, with the former players and pundits
predicting a 4-0 whitewash for the tourists.
Siddle said that they were building pressure against the visitors and it was not against a specific player in opposition’s camp.
"We're building the pressure and whether it's against Sachin or against Dravid, or any of their batters, if I can build the pressure and it happens from the other end, we're going to get the breakthrough," he said.
He also rubbished the common perspective that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 tour to achieve the milestone.
"He is still averaging about 70 or 80 so he's still not doing too bad. It's going to be around the corner and hopefully about in three Tests time when he's not here,” said Siddle.
The third Test is scheduled to begin at WACA in Perth on January 13, 2012.
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