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David Warner’s brilliant century helped Australia into the driver’s seat in the first Test against India at the Adelaide Oval. Australia finished day four on Friday at 290 for 5 and are leading by 363 runs.
Steven Smith and Brad Haddin were batting on 52 and 14 respectively when stumps were called The hosts may declare the innings early on Saturday leaving India with the task of batting out the fifth day to save the match.
In the morning session, spinner Nathan Lyon took his sixth five-wicket haul in Test cricket as India collapsed to be bowled out for 444 runs in their first innings after resuming the day at 369 for 5.
Rohit Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha, the overnight batsmen, fought well for first hour or so and took the score to 399 for 5 before things just fell apart. Rohit scored 43 runs off 89 balls, hitting 5 fours before he chipped one back to the bowler.
Lyon then snapped up Saha (25) and Ishant (0) in the space of three balls – the former seemed not out as the ball seemed to have missed his inside edge but umpire Ian Gould didn’t notice.
At the other end, Siddle bowled Karn (4) in his maiden Test innings, even as the 400-run mark came up in the 109th over. The batting was largely disappointing, but Mohammed Shami’s entertaining 34 pumped some life into the game and helped India post 444 on board.
Virat Kohli introduced spin early in the innings as well and Karn Sharma managed to get rid off Chris Rogers early, but it was the Warner show all the way. At tea, Australia had extended their lead to 212 runs and were 139 for 1 with first-innings century-maker Warner on 69 and Watson not out 33.
Warner, who had crossed the 1000-run landmark in the calendar year before lunch, consolidated Australia’s position by adding 102 runs for the second wicket with Watson, who was bowled by Mohammed Shami right after tea.
Warner also provided some spice to the day’s proceedings when he got involved in an altercation with Varun Aaron as the batsman was called back by the umpire after being bowled off a no-ball by the Indian pacer. Tempers flared up as a result with Aaron, Warner,
Shane Watson and Shikhar Dhawan getting involved, and the umpires had to step in to resolve the situation.
Indian bowlers however produced a good display after the tea-break. They bowled with control unseen before in this match so far and made sure that Australia weren’t in a position to declare this evening itself. Much credit for that goes to Shami and Aaron for using the reversing ball to good effect, after the two bowlers had been nearly kept away from the attack in the post-lunch session.
Michael Clarke was dismissed by Aaron for seven.
Warner and Steven Smith then added some useful runs and Warner brought up his second century of th Test in style, hitting Karn for four. Warner got to his ton in the 54th over, after facing 154 balls, hitting 11 fours as well as one six. He was finally dismissed by Karn attempting a reverse sweep which went horribly wrong.
Smith was then joined by Mitchell Marsh, who entertained the crowd with his come of 40 from 26 balls. He was severe on the legspinner, smacking 24 runs off the 64th over, as Australia extended their lead past 300 runs. He along with Smith put on 53 runs for the fifth wicket in 5.3 overs before holding out in the deep. Smith then finally got his fifty and ended the day at 52 in the company of Brad Haddin.
David Warner’s brilliant century helped Australia into the driver’s seat in the first Test against India at the Adelaide Oval. Australia finished day four on Friday at 290 for 5 and are leading by 363 runs.
Steven Smith and Brad Haddin were batting on 52 and 14 respectively when stumps were called The hosts may declare the innings early on Saturday leaving India with the task of batting out the fifth day to save the match.
In the morning session, spinner Nathan Lyon took his sixth five-wicket haul in Test cricket as India collapsed to be bowled out for 444 runs in their first innings after resuming the day at 369 for 5.
Rohit Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha, the overnight batsmen, fought well for first hour or so and took the score to 399 for 5 before things just fell apart. Rohit scored 43 runs off 89 balls, hitting 5 fours before he chipped one back to the bowler.
Lyon then snapped up Saha (25) and Ishant (0) in the space of three balls – the former seemed not out as the ball seemed to have missed his inside edge but umpire Ian Gould didn’t notice.
At the other end, Siddle bowled Karn (4) in his maiden Test innings, even as the 400-run mark came up in the 109th over. The batting was largely disappointing, but Mohammed Shami’s entertaining 34 pumped some life into the game and helped India post 444 on board.
Virat Kohli introduced spin early in the innings as well and Karn Sharma managed to get rid off Chris Rogers early, but it was the Warner show all the way. At tea, Australia had extended their lead to 212 runs and were 139 for 1 with first-innings century-maker Warner on 69 and Watson not out 33.
Warner, who had crossed the 1000-run landmark in the calendar year before lunch, consolidated Australia’s position by adding 102 runs for the second wicket with Watson, who was bowled by Mohammed Shami right after tea.
Warner also provided some spice to the day’s proceedings when he got involved in an altercation with Varun Aaron as the batsman was called back by the umpire after being bowled off a no-ball by the Indian pacer. Tempers flared up as a result with Aaron, Warner,
Shane Watson and Shikhar Dhawan getting involved, and the umpires had to step in to resolve the situation.
Indian bowlers however produced a good display after the tea-break. They bowled with control unseen before in this match so far and made sure that Australia weren’t in a position to declare this evening itself. Much credit for that goes to Shami and Aaron for using the reversing ball to good effect, after the two bowlers had been nearly kept away from the attack in the post-lunch session.
Michael Clarke was dismissed by Aaron for seven.
Warner and Steven Smith then added some useful runs and Warner brought up his second century of th Test in style, hitting Karn for four. Warner got to his ton in the 54th over, after facing 154 balls, hitting 11 fours as well as one six. He was finally dismissed by Karn attempting a reverse sweep which went horribly wrong.
Smith was then joined by Mitchell Marsh, who entertained the crowd with his come of 40 from 26 balls. He was severe on the legspinner, smacking 24 runs off the 64th over, as Australia extended their lead past 300 runs. He along with Smith put on 53 runs for the fifth wicket in 5.3 overs before holding out in the deep. Smith then finally got his fifty and ended the day at 52 in the company of Brad Haddin.
