Australia Reach 254-5 at Close
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Friday 27th February, 2009 JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Australia’s in making three runs, and fell to a recovery proceeded resolutely in the superb, diving one-handed catch final session on the first day of the first First day of first Test against South Africa by Neil McKenzie off Steyn. test against South Africa as debutant The Australians were in a Marcus North hit a composed 47 not out spot of bother on 38-3 when and added a useful 72 with Brad Haddin Michael Hussey (four) was well (37 not out) to take their team to 254-5 at held by Jacques Kallis at second the close. Australia reach slip, to give Morne Morkel his 50th Umpires Steve Bucknor and Billy test wicket. Bowden offered the light to the batsmen Fast bowler Steyn rocked 17 overs into the final session with flood- Australia in the first hour, dismiss- lights failing to lift the gloom sufficient- ing debutant opening batsman ly. Shortly after the players left the field, Hughes with the it also began to drizzle and play was fourth ball called off for the day. 254-5 at close of the The sixth-wicket partnership, cou- match and tak- pled with the fourth-wicket stand of 113 his pads before crashing into the stumps. Ponting survived some torrid bowl- ing two wickets for between captain Ricky Ponting (83) and Unfortunately for the touring side ing before lunch, too, and was struck five runs in a fiery opening Michael Clarke (68), lifted the Clarke was out to an extravagant drive with a blow on the right forearm by fast spell. At the close Steyn’s fig- Australians’ mood after they had been off Dale Steyn moments before tea. bowler Morne Morkel with the score on ures were 3-82. under severe pressure in the morning Clarke’s departure, caught behind after 36-2. Conditions had been good session upon opting to bat first. hitting 10 fours, took some of the shine Debutant Phillip Hughes, who is for the bowlers, particularly in North hit two half-centuries in a off a decent showing in the second ses- stepping into the shoes of the retired the first two sessions, but warm-up game which ended on Sunday, sion of the day. Matthew Hayden as opening batsman, Australia managed to turn the and he looked comfortable Thursday in Ponting hit 11 fours and a six, and faced the first ball of the match from match around as the day pro- hitting six fours in his innings. Haddin, although his strokeplay was up to his Steyn, but was back in the pavilion for gressed. who also hit six boundaries, had joined high standard, the South African attack a duck three deliveries later. Hughes’s South African all- North at the wicket with the score on 182- often had him and Clarke under pres- downfall came when he played an rounder Jacques Kallis 5 and the innings still in need of some sure. ungainly attempted cut shot off a ball bowled in the first session, reconstruction. Immediately after lunch, though, the which he could easily have left alone, and but suffered a back Ponting and Clarke had started the experienced Australian pair took advan- got a bottom edge to wicketkeeper Mark strain. He did field recovery process, although the Australia tage of some loose bowling to add 58 runs Boucher. during the second captain had been fortunate to be dropped in the first hour of the second session. Hughes’ fellow opener Simon Katich session, but is on 40 by the Proteas captain Graeme hung around expected to Smith shortly before lunch. Their stand for 42 minutes bat. saw runs added at more than four per SCOREBOARD over, and the overall scoring rate of 3.73 Australia 1st innings Still to bat: M. Johnson, B. ensured that Australia did not let the P. Hughes c Boucher b Steyn 0 Hilfenhaus, P. Siddle, game get away. S. Katich c McKenzie b Steyn 3 A. McDonald.. Australian captain Ricky Ponting looks back Ponting’s stand was invaluable after R. Ponting b Ntini 83 Bowling: Steyn 19-2-83-3 (1nb), as he leaves the crease after being bowled M. Hussey c Kallis b Morkel 4 Ntini 16-4-53-1, out by South Africa’s Makhaya Ntini, unseen, his side had limped to 38-3. He survived M. Clarke c Boucher b Steyn 68 Morkel 16-2 65-1 (3nb 1w), Kallis for 83 runs during the first day of the first Test the referral of an appeal to the television M. North not out 47 4-0-19-0, Harris 11-2-18-0, match at Wanderers stadium Johannesburg, umpire in his 70s when the ball was B. Haddin not out 37 Duminy 2-0-10-0. South Africa, Thursday Feb. 26, 2009. shown to have hit his trouser pocket and Extras: (7lb, 1w, 4nb) 12 Toss: Australia. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) not his bat but was eventually out to a TOTAL: (for five wickets) 254 Umpires: S. Bucknor (WI) and B. peach of a ball from Makhaya Ntini on Overs: 68. Bowden (NZ). 83, with the score on 151. Ponting did not Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-18, 3-38, 4- TV umpire: A. Rauf (Pak). offer a shot to the swinging delivery 151, 5-182. Match referee: J. Crowe (NZ). which cut back off the pitch and brushed Inter-Provincial Cricket – 2009 Sri Lankan team held up at Karachi airport Basnahira South trouble Rex Clementine PCB Abdul Qadir, the former leg- spinner announced that the same reporting from Karachi North with fine start squad of 15 players have been by Revata retained for the second Test Match The Sri Lankan cricket team S. Silva was held up for close to two hours at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. at the Karachi airport after the air- The Pakistani selectors have also craft they were to fly to Lahore named five reserves for the Test Struggling in the tour- experienced technical failures. Match in Shahid Afridi, Saeed nament after two matches, The team was supposed to leave Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir, Abdur Rauf Basnahira South, led by the Karachi airport at 3pm local and Nasir Jamshed. Chamara Silva, could put time, but after the aircraft experi- The Sri Lankans will be return- behind their woes, at least enced technical failures, the pas- ing to what has been a successful for the time being, as their sengers had to be evacuated and hunting ground for them as it was two openers gave them a put on a new aircraft. at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore scintillating start with a “The PIA 304 aircraft experi- they won the game’s greatest prize 207-run stand in their 3rd enced technical failures before 13 years ago beating Australia by encounter which began take off. We are told that the fault Match was Pakistan captain Indian captain by just one ranking seven wickets in the final. against present table lead- was with the landing gear. So the Younis Khan, who became the point. So far Sri Lanka has played ers, Basnahira North, at R. players of both Pakistan and Sri third Pakistani after Hanif During his marathon 13 hour three Tests at Lahore and won one, Premadasa Int’l Stadium, Colombo, on Thursday (26). Lanka teams had to shift aircrafts Mohammad and Inzamam-ul-Haq vigil, Younis faced 568 balls and hit lost one and drawn the other. The quicker succession at Basnahira North captain and take another flight,” a to score a triple hundred. 27 boundaries and four sixes. victory came in the final of the Kurunegala as Wayamba lost Thilina Kandamby used nine spokesman of the Pakistan His career best 313 also helped Younis took over the Pakistani Asian Test Championship in 2002 nine for a modest 253 in their bowlers including himself but Cricket Board (PCB) told ‘The him to climb up the ICC Player captaincy from Shoaib Malik against Pakistan. It was also there game against Ruhuna, another none brought results as Lahiru Island’. Rankings and he’s now the highest ahead of the Test series against last month they handed Pakistan a side sans any win in the tourney Thirimanne struck a patient 126 The first Test between the coun- ranked batsmen in the world the Sri Lankans. 234 run defeat to win the three so far. n.o. while facing 295 deliveries tries ended in a high scoring draw replacing Guyanese Shivnariene Sri Lanka captain Mahela match ODI series 2-1. It was As Jehan Mubarak (Wayamba) hitting 13 fours and a six. at the National Stadium in Chanderpaul. Jayawardene is ranked at number Pakistan’s heaviest defeat by any and Indika de Saram (Ruhuna) His opening partner Yohan de Karachi as Sri Lanka posted a Younis was ranked seventh in four, just behind team-mate and opponent and their total of 75 all now have to lead their teams to a Silva made a 175-ball 98 before mammoth 644 for seven and the official Rankings, but after his vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara, out is their fourth lowest total in much needed first win in the tour- Kandamby eventually struck Pakistan replied with 765 for six. exploits this week, he’s now top of Chanderpaul and Younis. ODIs. It was also Sri Lanka’s third nament, Wayamba stood third in with his leg-breaks scalping de The highlight during the Test the table ahead of the former West Meanwhile, Chief Selector of biggest victory in ODIs. the five-team points table after Silva to end a fine innings that drawing their only game, played contained 10 fours and a six.