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Friday, 22 February 2013

1st Test (Day One)

hot and humid day in Chennai and Australians after winning the toss elected to bat first.
Out came the opening pair Cowan and Warner.Had a quick start hitting boundaries at regular intervals.
Meanwhile in the slip Sehwag dropped a catch of Warner when he was batting on 18.
The partnership soon raced to 64 runs before Cowan was stumped on a beautiful flighted delivery by Ravichandran Ashwin.




The second wicket fell soon as Phil Hughes was Out Played down by Ashwin.The score read 72/2.
Out came the man in form from Aussie side. Shane watson and Warner steered the ship to 126 runs with some good looking boundaries as the lunch was called.Just after lunch Watson was out LBW ye again by Ashwin.A wicket after lunch.Warner's stay didnt last too long as he too fell LBW yet again by Ashwin.
Out came Mathew Wade who along with Michael Clarke tried to rebuild the damage but Wade too couldn't    cope up with a solution to Ashwins superb bowling spell as he departed LBW bowled Ashwin.Now the score read 153/5 as came in the debutant from the Australian side Moises Henriques.
But Boy what a day is this local boy Ashwin having. His sixth 5 wicket haul in an innings.Beautiful day for  the Indians

                                                 Ashwin after dismissing Mathew Wade


Meanwhile the captain Clarke and henriques steered the ship and were making sure they do not suffer further damage.And the same happened as Henriques and Clarke took their home team to a safe total ensuring that they do not have to worry about getting out below 300.
The partnership between Clarke and Henriques grew tall and tall as Henriques reached hi first half century before getting dismissed by Ashwin on 66.But the Aussies were now in a rather comfortable state.But soon Jadeja who bowled really well dismissed Stark bringing back the Indians into the game.At the end of the day the score card read 319 at the loss of 7 wickets (316/7)
Meanwhile Clarke reached his Century,his sixth against India and 23rd in total and 9th as Australian skipper.
Clarke is not out on 103 and siddle on 1*.

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That's all for today.
Cheers guys


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