Clarke and Ponting centuries, India in trouble again

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at 12:00 pm , filed under News by Forrester Gavin

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Twin centuries from Aussie captain Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting powered Australia to 335 for 3 by the end of days play on 4 and final test.

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting scored his 41st Test century, just after completing his 13,000 Test runs. There by Ponting have become the 3rd batsmen after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid to reach the 13,000 run landmark Test cricket. Ponting has now scored a century in all three of the Test he has played against India in Adelaide, including 242 in a losing cause in 2003.

Australia continued to pound India after their early losses they continue to dominate in each session. Ponting and Clarke certainly reached their centuries, for the second time in the series. Aussie dictated the terms after tea as the runs came by even easier than they had post-lunch.

Earlier in the second session, Australia had been on the back foot after losing top three wickets. But Ponting and Clarke grabbed the upper hand as they added 116 runs. Both looked in good touch from the start, displaying excellent foot movement to negate any seam or spin in a flat Adelaide track.

India’s pace bowlers tried everything they could to dismiss Australian duo, but they completely dominated them throughout the day. Umesh Yadav had a day to forget as he was smashed all over the park by the Australian batsmen. Clarke had a lucky escape on 39 as edge went flying from middle of keeper and second slip surprisingly 1^st slip was missing.

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