India struggling on 61-2; Australia 604-7 decl.
ADELAID: Captains past and present ' Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke ' scored double tons and shared a record 386-run stand to give Australia the stranglehold after two days of the fourth and final test against India at the Adelaide Oval.
After Australia declared on 604-7, India struggled to 61-2 at stumps on Wednesday, still needing 343 runs to avoid the ignominy of following on.
Australia is well placed to push for a 4-0 series cleansweep following wins in the first three tests in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.
The 386-run fourth-wicket stand ranks fourth highest for Australia in all tests. Ponting scored 221 while Clarke made 210 runs.
At stumps, India opener Gautham Gambhir was on 30 and Sachin Tendulkar on 12.
Scoreboard:
Australia, 1st Innings
(Overnight 335-3)
Ed Cowan c Laxman b Ashwin 30
David Warner lbw b Khan 8
Shaun Marsh b Ashwin 3
Ricky Ponting c Tendulkar b Khan 221
Michael Clarke b Yadav 210
Michael Hussey run out 25
Brad Haddin not out 42
Peter Siddle c Saha b Ashwin 2
Ryan Harris not out 35
Extras: (3b, 17lb, 8w) 28
TOTAL: (for 7 wickets decl) 604
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-31, 3-84, 4-470, 5-520, 6-530, 7-533.
Overs: 157. Batting time: 636 minutes.
Did not bat: Ben Hilfenhaus, Nathan Lyon.
Bowling: Zaheer Khan 31-4-96-2 (3w), Umesh Yadav 26-1-136-1 (5w), Ravichandran Ashwin 53-6-194-3, Ishant Sharma 30-6-100-0, Virender Sehwag 16-0-55-0, Virat Kohli 1-0-3-0.
India, 1st Innings
Gautham Gambhir not out 30
Virender Sehwag c and b Siddle 18
Rahul Dravid b Hilfenhaus 1
Sachin Tendulkar not out 12
TOTAL: (for two wickets) 61
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-31.
Overs: 21. Batting time: 86 minutes.
To bat: V.V.S. Laxman, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav.
Bowling: Ryan Harris 6-2-18-0, Ben Hilfenhaus 6-1-21-1, Peter Siddle 3-0-13-1, Nathan Lyon 5-2-9-0, Michael Clarke 1-1-0.0
News Posted: 25 January, 2012
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