India 272 all out; Australia batting again
ADELAIDE: Virat Kohli scored his maiden test century but could not prevent India being bowled out for 272 on day three of the fourth and final test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval.
Kohli's 116 was the standout innings in another disappointing India batting performance, while Australia paceman Peter Siddle was the pick of the bowlers with 5-49.
Australia led by 332 runs on first innings, but elected to bat again rather than enfore the follow-on, aiming to make the most of a batting-friendly pitch before it deteriorated.
India collapsed from 225-5 just before tea, losing its final five wickets for 47 runs to the second new ball as Siddle hurried the capitulation.
Scoreboard:
Australia, 1st Innings 604-7 decl.
India, 1st Innings
(Overnight 61-2)
Gautham Gambhir c Hussey b Siddle 34
Virender Sehwag c and b Siddle 18
Rahul Dravid b Hilfenhaus 1
Sachin Tendulkar c Ponting b Siddle 25
V.V.S. Laxman c Haddin b Lyon 18
Virat Kohli lbw b Hilfenhaus 116
Wriddhiman Saha b Harris 35
Ravichandran Ashwin lbw Siddle 5
Zaheer Khan c Haddin b Siddle 0
Ishant Sharma b Hilfenhaus 16
Umesh Yadav not out 0
Extras: (1b, 1w, 2nb) 4
TOTAL: (all out) 272
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-31, 3-78, 4-87, 5-111, 6-225, 7-230, 8-230, 9-263, 10-272.
Overs: 95.1. Batting time: 378 minutes.
Bowling: Ryan Harris 25-7-71-1, Ben Hilfenhaus 22.1-5-62-3 (2nb, 1w), Peter Siddle 15-2-49-5, Nathan Lyon 21-5-48-1, Michael Clarke 6-1-23-0, Michael Hussey 6-0-18-0.
ADELAIDE: Virat Kohli scored his maiden test century but could not prevent India being bowled out for 272 on day three of the fourth and final test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval.
Kohli's 116 was the standout innings in another disappointing India batting performance, while Australia paceman Peter Siddle was the pick of the bowlers with 5-49.
Australia led by 332 runs on first innings, but elected to bat again rather than enfore the follow-on, aiming to make the most of a batting-friendly pitch before it deteriorated.
India collapsed from 225-5 just before tea, losing its final five wickets for 47 runs to the second new ball as Siddle hurried the capitulation.
Scoreboard:
Australia, 1st Innings 604-7 decl.
India, 1st Innings
(Overnight 61-2)
Gautham Gambhir c Hussey b Siddle 34
Virender Sehwag c and b Siddle 18
Rahul Dravid b Hilfenhaus 1
Sachin Tendulkar c Ponting b Siddle 25
V.V.S. Laxman c Haddin b Lyon 18
Virat Kohli lbw b Hilfenhaus 116
Wriddhiman Saha b Harris 35
Ravichandran Ashwin lbw Siddle 5
Zaheer Khan c Haddin b Siddle 0
Ishant Sharma b Hilfenhaus 16
Umesh Yadav not out 0
Extras: (1b, 1w, 2nb) 4
TOTAL: (all out) 272
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-31, 3-78, 4-87, 5-111, 6-225, 7-230, 8-230, 9-263, 10-272.
Overs: 95.1. Batting time: 378 minutes.
Bowling: Ryan Harris 25-7-71-1, Ben Hilfenhaus 22.1-5-62-3 (2nb, 1w), Peter Siddle 15-2-49-5, Nathan Lyon 21-5-48-1, Michael Clarke 6-1-23-0, Michael Hussey 6-0-18-0.
News Posted: 26 January, 2012
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