Hussey, Haddin manage to keep Aussies on track
Posted on Oct 03, 2008 at 09:28 | Updated Oct 03, 2008 at 23:23
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Hyderabad: Piyush Chawla laid bare Australia's utter discomfiture against quality spin and the gingerly visitors fumbled and faltered their way to 191 for four wickets on day two of their warm-up match against Board President's XI here on Friday.
The Aussie top-order developed cold feet against Chawla and their free-scoring flair was completely non-existent as they finished the day still 264 behind the 455 runs which Board President's XI had scored in their first essay.
Incidentally, Ricky Ponting's men got at least three LBW reprieves, but for which things could have been even worse.
Michael Hussey (54), one of the beneficiaries of the reprieves, and Brad Haddin (34) were in the middle when stumps were drawn and they have the onerous task of bridging the gap when play resumes on Saturday.
Earlier, Board President's XI added 84 runs to their overnight score of 371 for six before folding. Both overnight batsmen Parthiv Patel (62) and Irfan Pathan (56) duly completed their half-centuries before the side lost last three wickets over a 10-ball span to be 455 all out in their first essay.
Matthew Hayden (20) led Australia's riposte but was lucky to get a reprieve when umpire Shavir Tarapore turned down Manpreet Gony's appeal for what looked like a plumb leg before dismissal.
Hayden responded by hitting two boundaries off a Pathan over before poking at one and the left-arm seamer was ecstatic, having the last laugh in his duel against him.
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