Pattinson's pace propels Australia to top
January 4, 2012, Wednesday
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JAMES Pattinson took four wickets as Australia bundled out India for 191 on the opening day of the second test in Sydney yesterday, before coming through a top order crisis of its own to finish a frenetic day on 116 for three.
Michael Clarke (47) and Ricky Ponting (44) put on 79 for the fourth wicket to put Australia 75 runs behind after India's Zaheer Khan had removed its top three batsmen with just 37 runs on the board.
As in its 122-run first test victory in Melbourne last week, Australia had pace bowlers Pattinson (4-43), Peter Siddle (3-55) and Ben Hilfenhaus (3-51) to thank for constricting the Indian batting line-up.
Siddle ended the India innings with his 100th test wicket after Hilfenhaus had mopped up most of the tail but it was 21-year-old Pattinson who again caught the eye in just his fourth test.
Bowling with genuine pace, Pattinson took just three balls of the morning to take the wicket of Gautam Gambhir before adding those of the other opener Virender Sehwag and dangermen VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar.
"I'm loving it," Pattinson said. "I'm honored to be out there playing against some of the best batsmen in the world and getting Sachin out is something I'll remember for the rest of my life, it's an amazing feeling."
Tendulkar came out to a huge ovation and had looked by far the most comfortable Indian batsman before he chopped a widish Pattinson delivery onto his stumps for 41, as he was thwarted in his latest quest for a 100th international century.
Good toss
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who hit a team-high 57 not out, won the toss and elected to bat on a hot, sunny morning at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
It was, perhaps, a good toss to lose as Pattinson, Siddle and Hilfenhaus reprised their Melbourne barrage of pacey, good length deliveries on a pitch with a slight green tinge to it.
"I think we have to give the Australian bowlers credit today, they bowled some good line and length and put our batsmen under pressure," India coach Duncan Fletcher said.
"We did that first up but Ponting and Clarke batted well at the end. It's important that we get back to those lines and lengths tomorrow."
Embattled opener Gambhir will be disappointed with the jab at a Pattinson delivery that had him caught in the slips for a duck but he was not alone.
Rahul Dravid (5), a jittery-looking Sehwag (30) and Laxman (2) quickly followed the lefthander back to the pavilion to leave the tourists languishing on 59-4.
Virat Kohli and Tendulkar combined to ease the crisis before they were separated by a peach of a delivery from Siddle, which Kohli edged to Brad Haddin behind the stumps for 23.
Tendulkar, whose average at the SCG was a shade over 221 runs per innings, continued to pick his shots but back came the irrepressible Pattinson to end the 38-year-old's innings.
Dhoni and Ravi Ashwin put on 54 for the seventh wicket before Hilfenhaus finally got reward for his efforts with the wickets of Ashwin (20) and Zaheer (0) from successive balls. After missing out on the hat-trick, the dependable quick soon had Ishant Sharma out for a duck and Siddle performed the coup de grace on Umesh Yadav (0).
Michael Clarke (47) and Ricky Ponting (44) put on 79 for the fourth wicket to put Australia 75 runs behind after India's Zaheer Khan had removed its top three batsmen with just 37 runs on the board.
As in its 122-run first test victory in Melbourne last week, Australia had pace bowlers Pattinson (4-43), Peter Siddle (3-55) and Ben Hilfenhaus (3-51) to thank for constricting the Indian batting line-up.
Siddle ended the India innings with his 100th test wicket after Hilfenhaus had mopped up most of the tail but it was 21-year-old Pattinson who again caught the eye in just his fourth test.
Bowling with genuine pace, Pattinson took just three balls of the morning to take the wicket of Gautam Gambhir before adding those of the other opener Virender Sehwag and dangermen VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar.
"I'm loving it," Pattinson said. "I'm honored to be out there playing against some of the best batsmen in the world and getting Sachin out is something I'll remember for the rest of my life, it's an amazing feeling."
Tendulkar came out to a huge ovation and had looked by far the most comfortable Indian batsman before he chopped a widish Pattinson delivery onto his stumps for 41, as he was thwarted in his latest quest for a 100th international century.
Good toss
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who hit a team-high 57 not out, won the toss and elected to bat on a hot, sunny morning at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
It was, perhaps, a good toss to lose as Pattinson, Siddle and Hilfenhaus reprised their Melbourne barrage of pacey, good length deliveries on a pitch with a slight green tinge to it.
"I think we have to give the Australian bowlers credit today, they bowled some good line and length and put our batsmen under pressure," India coach Duncan Fletcher said.
"We did that first up but Ponting and Clarke batted well at the end. It's important that we get back to those lines and lengths tomorrow."
Embattled opener Gambhir will be disappointed with the jab at a Pattinson delivery that had him caught in the slips for a duck but he was not alone.
Rahul Dravid (5), a jittery-looking Sehwag (30) and Laxman (2) quickly followed the lefthander back to the pavilion to leave the tourists languishing on 59-4.
Virat Kohli and Tendulkar combined to ease the crisis before they were separated by a peach of a delivery from Siddle, which Kohli edged to Brad Haddin behind the stumps for 23.
Tendulkar, whose average at the SCG was a shade over 221 runs per innings, continued to pick his shots but back came the irrepressible Pattinson to end the 38-year-old's innings.
Dhoni and Ravi Ashwin put on 54 for the seventh wicket before Hilfenhaus finally got reward for his efforts with the wickets of Ashwin (20) and Zaheer (0) from successive balls. After missing out on the hat-trick, the dependable quick soon had Ishant Sharma out for a duck and Siddle performed the coup de grace on Umesh Yadav (0).
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