Friday, January 13, 2012

Australia won the toss at Perth

Australia won the toss and put India in to bat on the opening day of the third Test at the WACA, in Perth on Friday.Australia right on top first two hours of first day helped their bowler to clinch four wickets at India score of 63.Harri get wicket of Sachin, and followed by Gautam Gambhir out for 31,Laxman comes to the crease and Virat Kohli the next batsman in the field to prove his mettle.
At Lunch the two batman were 4 and 10 respectively. Hilfenhaus on his second ball of his second over, Virender Sehwag edges it, Ponting make no mistake and India loses its first wicket and it is 4 for 1.Rahul at score of 9  clean bowled by Peter Siddle.
 

India build with an all-pace attack with medium-pacer Ranganath Vinay Kumar coming in place of Ravichandran Ashwin.Australia predictably chosen four quicks on a green pitch with both Ryan Harris and Mitchell Starc in, supporting the established bowling pair of Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus.
Teams:
Australia: David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ryan Harris and Mitchel Starc.
India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Vinay Kumar.
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Kumara Dharmasena (Sri Lanka).
Third umpire: Paul Reiffel (Australia).
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle.

No comments: