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Once again terrific performance by Mcgrath. It also goes to show how reliant Aussies are on McGrath and Warnie who are at fag-end of their careers. Once they retire, it is going to be an open season for opposing teams I tell you. Talk of Brett Lee sacricificng pace for line and length was no where to be seen when he was hammered for 40 runs in first 6 overs.
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AUS killing windies ....
Australia lead by 465 runs
HYden 108*
ponting 87*
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Two centuries in two innings for ponting.. dayum..
Sincerely,
Captain Lota
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*First Test, Brisbane, day three (close): Australia 435 & 283-2; West Indies 210 *
WI, dead and buried.
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Latest Score Day 4:
WI - 70/2 [2nd Innings]
Sarwan 21* & Lara 5* @ crease.
Target is 509
Bye Bye WI 
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WI distroyed ......
Australia won by 379 runs
Australia 435 & 283/2d
West Indies 210 & 129 (49.0 ov)
....
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Rout is the only word which comes to mind.
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:(
Wouldnt have had such a lead if Joel Garner had been arouund. :(
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Tino has to play. The fault lies primarily with the batting.
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**Aussie openers punish West Indies **](BBC SPORT | Cricket | Aussie openers punish West Indies)
Second Test, Hobart, day two (close): West Indies 149; Australia 256-1
Openers Mike Hussey and Matthew Hayden hit centuries as Australia tightened their grip on the second Test against West Indies in Hobart.
The pair shared a stand of 231 before Hayden was caught at mid-wicket off Corey Collymore for 110.
Hussey reached his maiden Test hundred off 163 balls and collected 18 fours in reaching 116 not out.
Australia were 256-1, a lead of 107, when bad light ended a day which was shortened to 48 overs by bad weather.
No play was possible before lunch, but once they made it out to the middle, Hussey and Hayden wasted no time in feasting on some undistinguished bowling by the West Indies seamers.
Only Collymore was able to exercise a measure of control and figures of 1-34 from 17 overs at stumps were in marked contrast to those of his team-mates.
Fidel Edwards, Daren Powell and Dwayne Bravo all leaked runs at a rate of almost five an over as the two left-handers moved their side past the West Indies total of 149 and laid the foundation for a massive first innings lead.
Hussey was the first to fifty, although it took him 11 balls more than his partner, and he was 62 not out in a score of 113-0 at tea.
The final session saw Australia lift their tempo even further with Hayden cruising to his 24th century - and his fourth in successive Tests - from 155 deliveries, with a six and 10 fours.
He was followed soon after by Hussey, who punched the air and whooped with joy after glancing a ball from Edwards to the fine leg boundary to bring up his hundred.
It was a moment of sheer exultation for the 30-year-old, who scored more than 15,000 first-class runs in 10 years as a professional cricketer before finally making his Test debut as a replacement for injured Justin Langer.
The loss of Hayden did not disturb his composure and with skipper Ricky Ponting settling in with an unbeaten 17, the Australians ended play in total control of the match. They are looking to clinch overall victory in the three-match series after winning the opening Test in Brisbane by 379 runs. Umpires said play will start one hour earlier on each of the scheduled remaining three days in a bid to make up for lost time.
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man this is agony to watch, ICC really needs to look into the test status of WI, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.
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^ I dont see that happening for WI as long as his majesty Sir Brian Charles Lara is in the team.
Seriously though what is wrong with WI? Wheres the passion wheres the spirit? Seems they dont like this game anymore. Maybe they need a half dozen Rashid Latif Cricket Academies there.
And to think theyre hosting the 2007 WC !
Sincerely,
Captain Lota
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Aussies In The Driving Seat](http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/051119/4/f0te.html)
Australia are in a commanding position in the second Test in Hobart after reducing the West Indies to 82 for four by stumps on day three.
Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee took two wickets apiece as the tourists set about reducing their first-innings deficit of 257 runs, which included a half-century from Brad Hodge (60) on his Test debut.
The tourists did manage to take nine Australian wickets for 150 runs, leaving them all out for 406, but the West Indies are still 175 runs adrift with four wickets already down in their second innings.
A typical McGrath delivery fizzed between bat and pad to remove Chris Gayle in the first over for just four and Devon Smith was caught by Ricky Ponting as the West Indies limped into tea at 27 for two.
Ramnaresh Sarwan (32) then provided some resistance but edged Lee behind to Adam Gilchrist, before Shivnarine Chanderpaul (10) followed suit.
Brian Lara remained unbeaten on 18, which moved him above Steve Waugh’s total of 10,927 to become the second-highest run scorer in Test history.
Lara will hope to close on Allan Border’s record of 11,174 on day four, when hopes of a West Indies recovery rest firmly on his shoulders.
The Aussies entered the day at 256 for one, but West Indies bowler Fidel Edwards claimed three wickets and Dwayne Bravo two as they desperately tried to stop the hosts.
Bravo finally removed the impressive Mike Hussey for 137, caught by Sarwan, and then accounted for Gilchrist (two), after Edwards had claimed the wickets of captain Ricky Ponting (17) and Michael Clarke (five).
Andrew Symonds (one) fell in controversial fashion when he was run out. The third umpire initially called not out, causing uproar among the tourists, but a second referral was made and this time the correct decision was made.
Shane Warne was removed cheaply by Daren Powell to leave Australia 324 for seven, but Hodge steadied the ship.
The debutant claimed his half-century before the interval alongside Lee, but 11 overs after the restart were enough for the West Indies to end the Aussies’ stand.
Lee (18) was removed by Edwards, for his third wicket of the day, and five overs later Corey Collymore claimed the wicket of Hodge lbw. The innings came to a close six overs later when McGrath was run out (14).
Australia are overwhelming favourites to seal the three-match series after winning the first Test by a massive margin of 379 runs. Light rain meant an early close of play and the tourists will be hoping for more of the same tomorrow if they are to retain serious hope of staying in the series.
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Symonds in the test team and was out cheaply. I miss our resident umar shareef's post :(
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Watched the Winides play in the second innings and thought something special was going to happen after seeing the aggrasive ingot nt shown by Both Lara and Serwan In particular, he was very very positive and started driving the ball from the first few balls bowled at him after the tea, but he got out playing that way to Lee, Lara on the other hand played the best shot of the series when he Drove Lee through covers off back foot, and then repeated the stroke in the next over.....
Just read a Mark Waugh's article about Lara on SMH and i have to agree with him that Lara is not even half of the batsman which he used to be the Technique is just not the same and he seems alot uncertian when he plays his stroke these day, specially the strokes are not there, which he used to play so masterfully, He is too much worried about short pitch bowling and it did look like as if all he was trying to do is to pick the bouncer from lee and Mcgrath and let them go, in looking out for the short stuff, he didnt even seem to be going for his treadmark strokes......
Sad but like evrry other great player Lara is almost at the end of his career too, and it was very visible watching him bat Last night.
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^ Did you see Lara bat the way he did in his last few tests? He blasted South African and Pakistani attacks, he is one of the leading run scorers in calendar year. He is just going through a bad patch.
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Lara gone for 45. It's probably his last tour to Aus. Would have been nice if he went with a bang.
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Australia need 78 runs on the last day to win the match.
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^ in other words, aus win despite a valiant effort from the windies lower order
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Bravo was impressive. The batting is good on paper, but they never seem to click at the same time. Aus by 9 wkts.