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Wednesday 29th December, 2010

SCOREBOARD 1st Innings: 98 1st Innings: (Overnight: 444 for five ) A. Strauss c Hussey b Siddle 69 England on brink A. Cook c Watson b Siddle 82 J. Trott 168 K. Pietersen lbw Siddle 51 P. Collingwood c Siddle b Johnson 8 I. Bell c Siddle b Johnson 1 M. Prior c Ponting b Siddle 85 T. Bresnan c Haddin b Siddle 4 G. Swann c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 22 of Ashes win C. Tremlett b Hilfenhaus 4 BY NEIL FRANKLAND Watson was trapped lbw for 54 straight J. Anderson b Siddle 1 after tea when tempted by a swinging Extras: (10b, 2lb, 3w, 3nb) 18 Bresnan . TOTAL: (All out) 513 , Australia (AP) - Australia Ponting, who made Overs: 159.1 Paceman claimed three early just 10 runs in Australia’s disastrous first Fall of wickets: 1-159, 2-170, 3-262, 4-281, innings, was unable to make amends and wickets to scuttle Australia’s unlikely sec- 5-286, 6-459, 7-465, 8-508, 9-512, 10-513. managed 20 in the second before being ond-innings -chase and leave England Bowling: Hilfenhaus 37-13-83-2 (1w), bowled by Bresnan. on the brink of an Ashes victory in the Harris 28.4-9-91-0, Johnson 29-2-134-2 fourth Test on Tuesday. Hussey failed to reprise his usual role (2w, 2nb), Siddle 31.1-10-70-6 (1nb), Australia ended the third day at 169-6 as anchor of the Australian middle order, after Bresnan claimed the crucial wickets departing for a after skying a catch Watson 10-1-34-0, Smith 18-3-71-0, Clarke of , and to at short extra-cover. 3.2-0-13-0. shortly after tea. The Michael Clarke also failed to con- Australia 2nd Innings home side still trails by 246, after England tribute, making 13 runs before being S. Watson lbw Bresnan 54 was out for 513 at lunch. England dis- caught by at second slip P. Hughes run out 23 missed Australia for a paltry 98 on the off a delivery.Steven R. Ponting b Bresnan 20 first day. Smith was bowled by James Anderson for M. Clarke c Strauss b Swann 13 Bresnan, who replaced in 38 shortly before stumps. M. Hussey c Bell b Bresnan 0 Earlier, seam bowler (6-75) England’s bowling attack for the fourth S. Smith b Anderson 38 continued to carry the Australian attack, Test, ended the day with figures of 3-26 off B. Haddin not out 11 claiming Anderson (1) as his sixth 15 overs with 7 maidens. M. Johnson not out 6 will resume the fourth with the final ball before lunch as England Extras: (1b, 2lb, 1w) 4 day on 11 with on 6. ended its first innings with a massive 415- With just four wickets remaining and two run lead. TOTAL: (For six wickets) 169 days still to play, a loss appears still dominated the Overs: 66 inescapable. Australian bowlers, ending the innings on Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-99, 3-102, 4-104, 5- With a win, England will take a 2-1 lead an unbeaten 168 after resuming the day on 134, 6-158. into the final match starting on Sunday at 141. He appeared untroubled by a knock to England’s Timim Bresnan,Bresnan, thirdthird left,left, getsgets thethe wicketwicket Still to bat: R. Harris, P. Siddle, B. his knee from an inside edge Monday, and , but as Ashes-holder needs only to of Australia’s Shane Watson, (LBW) second right, Hilfenhaus. draw the series to retain the urn. England played his shots with ease. Bowling: Anderson 16-1-62-1 (1w), during the third day of the fourth Ashes Test at the hasn’t defended on Australian Siddle had Matt Prior caught for 85 by Tremlett 13-3-55-0, Swann 22-11-23-1, Ponting at mid-on to end a 173-run part- soil since the 1986/1987 series. MCG in Melbourne, Tuesday,, Dec.Dec. 28,28, 2010.2010. (AP) Bresnan 15-7-26-3. nership with Trott for the sixth wicket. The Australian openers made a bright Toss: England Siddle took his fifth-wicket four overs later start to the second innings and scored con- Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak), Tony Hill (NZ) fidently in a 53-run partnership until when he had Bresnan caught behind for 4. Chris Tremlett for 4. ankle while running in to Bresnan. Harris TV Umpire: Marais Erasmus (SA) was run out in the 12th (2-83) took just his Australia’s bowling stocks took a major sank to the ground before limping from over after Watson hesitated between the third wicket of the series when Swann blow when paceman Ryan Harris broke the field with Australia medical staff. It is Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL) wickets while looking for a single. was caught behind on 22. He then bowled down with a stress fracture to his left unknown if he will bat this innings. Series: 1-1

Embattled Australian captain It’s not just emotional cricket captain has been littered with con- Ricky Ponting got off lightly for his tragics in the outer who are calling troversy and a near paranoid sense eight-minute argument with for Ponting’s head. Former long- of injustice, with the street brawler Proteas make 111-3 chasing 303 umpires on Monday and should be time Victorian wicket keeper and of his early years never really suspended from playing, says for- SEN commentator Darren Berry being banished. mer Australian captain Ian had no room for Ponting, or his out- “Just as Ponting’s frustrations BY GERALD IMRAY was 12 not out and AB de Chappell. of-form vice-captain Michael seemed focused by the decision, Villiers 17 not out. Ponting was fined 40 per cent of Clarke, in the team for the fifth Test Australian cricket fans seem to DURBAN, (AP) - Earlier, VVS Laxman made 96 to guide India his match fee for his finger-pointing in Sydney, seeking to promote have vented their growing disillu- removed South Africa’s top three batsmen in to 228 all out in its second innings and take the rant following the rejected referral , , sionment upon the captain, with the final session on Tuesday to edge toward a lead past 300. of an appeal for caught behind and . most ABC listeners on Monday series-levelling win against . Measured Age columnist Greg afternoon slamming his lengthy dis- in the second Test Chappell felt Ponting was let off Baum says Ponting should be play of anger.” at Kingsmead. SCOREBOARD lightly. retained, as the team will need a Former England opening great, Shanthakuma- “If I was adjudicating, I’d think “stalwart” as it tries new faces dur- and Australian nemesis, Geoff India 1st Innings: 205 all out 15-1-47-3 (4w), Tsotsobe 13-3-43-3 (1w), ran Sreesanth took a suspension would be in order as ing its rebuilding phase over the Boycott, was relatively gentle in his 2-30 and Harbhajan South Africa 1st Innings: 131 all out Kallis 13-2-30-1 (1w), Harris 14-2-36-1. the ICC has to get tough about this next two years. However, he criticism. Singh 1-29 as South India 2nd Innings South Africa 2nd Innings sort of thing,” he told the BBC. Africa was 111-3 in (Overnight: 92-4) G. Smith c Dhoni b Sreesanth 37 Chappell earlier told Cricinfo that Ponting’s outburst was “ridicu- its second innings A. Petersen c Pujara b Harbhajan 26 lous”, though he didn’t agree that at stumps on day Ponting outburst warrants V. Sehwag c Boucher b Tsotsobe 32 H. Amla c Dhoni b Sreesanth 16 the incident was indicative of three, still 192 runs M. Vijay c Amla b Morkel 9 J. Kallis not out 12 Ponting succumbing to the pressure short of a chal- R. Dravid c Boucher b Tsotsobe 2 AB de Villiers not out 17 of leading a faltering Australian suspension – Chappell lenging victory tar- S. Tendulkar c de Villiers b Steyn 6 Extras: (3nb) 3 team. get of 303. “I’m not sure it’s a sign of crack- VVS Laxman c Boucher b Steyn 96 TOTAL: (for 3 wickets) 111. Sreesanth broke ing,” he said. “I think its just a bad “You cannot challenge the a 63-run opening C. Pujara b Morkel 10 Overs: 27. habit that Ricky has, that he likes umpire the way Ponting did. Ricky partnership when M. Singh Dhoni c Boucher b Tsotsobe 21 Fall of wickets: 1-63, 2-82, 3-82. to argue judgement calls with had so much disbelief in the tech- top- H. Singh c Kallis b Morkel 4 Bowling: Khan 6-2-25-0, Sharma 5-0-21-0 umpires and, as I say, it should have nology available. It was all born out edged a hook shot Z. Khan c de Villiers b Harris 27 (3nb), Sreesanth 7-0-30-2, Singh 8-0-29-1, been stopped long ago.” of his frustration at seeing the and was caught by Ponting’s record backs Ashes disappearing.” I. Sharma c Amla b Kallis 0 Tendulkar 1-0-6-0. Mahendra Singh Chappell’s comments: he has been But Vic Marks (six Tests, 11 Dhoni for 37. S. Sreesanth not out 0 Toss: South Africa. fined four times in four years for wickets at 44) in The Guardian Alviro Petersen Extras: (8b, 4lb, 9w) 21 Series: South Africa leads 1-0 in three- dissent by the ICC. called for such displays of temper (26) and Hashim TOTAL: (all out) 228. match series. Most other onlookers felt the to be curtailed. Amla (16) were also Overs: 70.5 Umpires: Asad Rauf, Pakistan, and Steve tirade was a of Ponting’s “Let the footballers have their increasing frustration as the Ashes histrionic public arguments with out to leave the Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-44, 3-48, 4-56, 5- Davis, Australia. home team hang- series drifts away from Australia, the officials, if they must, but not 93, 6-141, 7-148, 8-218, 9-223, 10-228. TV umpire: Johan Cloete, South Africa. with Ponting nursing a broken fin- the cricketers.” ing on in the Chappell Ponting Bowling: Steyn 15.5-1-60-2 (2w), Morkel Match referee: Andy Pycroft, Zimbabwe. ger, and a series average “The Australia captain may have match. more suited to a tailender. believes Ponting should give up the felt genuinely aggrieved but to most Former England captain Mike captaincy, retire from one-day crick- onlookers his display of anger was Gatting, infamous for a finger-wag- et, and drop down the order to num- not only unseemly, it was also ging confrontation with Pakistan ber five. unjustified.” umpire Shakoor Rana in 1987, did- “For a guy who is good enough, “Ponting’s anger was sparked by n’t hold back. 36 is not too old ...I’d like to see the interpretation of the technolo- “You can question the umpire him play just ,” he said. gy. Had there been no review sys- once but Ricky has gone and ques- Chappell is sympathetic to the tem we would have been spared an tioned the umpire again,” he said. plight of the selectors, saying ugly exchange between players and “He’s really frustrated, I’m sure, Clarke is so out of form that there umpires, which we would all prefer and he’s a passionate guy, but we is no obvious short-term replace- not to see on a cricket field. But can’t have that, especially when the ment for Ponting if he is demoted. that is no argument to scrap the umpire review system has been “They’ve got to make a decision system. In the heat of the moment brought into place.” – are we now selecting more for the and when at a very low ebb, Ponting Readers of The Age were hardly future? And if they are, if they are lost it for a few minutes.” getting behind Ponting either. going to go to a newish-look team, Former England captains Ricky Ponting’s captaincy skills then I don’t see any point in having and Nasser need to be questioned - he has led Ricky Ponting as captain. Because Hussain, both on the receiving end Australian Cricket to new depths, if you are moving in another direc- of thrashings from the Australians, this is not the first series he has tion, then its time to find another took pleasure in Ponting’s woes. stuffed up!” wrote Fatboy, echoing captain, a new captain.” “Don’t think Santa brought fan sentiment Former England all-rounder Ponting the Barbie he asked for. Albervin wanted change. Derek Pringle, (30 Tests, 70 wickets Apparently he got the horse riding “The old wood needs to be cut at 35, 695 runs at 15) opining in one instead of the princess and he’s out and that means Ponting. Never ’s Daily Telegraph, still sulking,” joked Flintoff via should have been captain!” described Ponting as a “despairing Twitter. A caller to SEN sports radio this captain in desperate need of a Writing in the Daily Mail, morning suggested that Ponting cause to keep him and his team Nasser Hussain was scathing of was in need of the Swisse supple- going until a bitter end that cannot Ponting, dismissing the enormous ments that he promotes, pointing now be far away for either. pressure he’s been under because of out that the national team’s leader “Ponting has enjoyed a glorious his poor form and that of his team seems “tired and stressed.” career as a player but his tenure as as a factor. (AAP)

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