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India vs Australia Day 1 Statistical Highlights 4th Test Adelaide 2012

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:07 PM PST

Statistical highlights of the first day’s play in the fourth and final cricket Test between India and Australia on Tuesday.

# Michael Clarke (140 not out off 188 balls) has posted his fifth Test hundred against India – his 19th in Tests.

# Clarke’s aforesaid innings is his eleventh century in 41 Tests in Australia. He is averaging 58.46 in 63 innings in Australia, aggregating 3157 runs.

# In the course of his brilliant knock, Clarke has completed his 1,000 runs as an Australian skipper, aggregating 1105 at an average of 65.00 in 19 innings, including five hundreds and a fifty.

# Clarke, for the first time, has managed 500 runs in a Test series, aggregating 519 at an average of 173.00 in five innings, including a career-best, an unbeaten 329 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

# Clarke’s previous best performance in a Test series was 448 (ave 64.00) runs in five Tests against England in 2009.

# Apart from the above two Test series, Clarke had made exactly 400 (ave 57.14) in four Tests against India in 2004-05, which was his debut series.

# Clarke is the fourth Australian to make 500 runs or more in a Test series as captain against India. He has joined Don Bradman – 715 (ave 178.75) in five Tests in 1947-48, Kim Hughes – 594 (ave 59.40) in six Tests in 1979-80 and Bobby Simpson – 539 (ave 53.90) in five Tests in 1977-78 in Australia).

# With his marvellous 41st Test hundred, Ponting has equalled Jacques Kallis’ century tally. Only Sachin Tendulkar has recorded more centuries (51) than Kallis and Ponting.

# Ponting has outstripped West Indian, Clive Lloyd’s tally of 2344 (ave 58.60) in 28 Tests against India. His present tally is 2411 runs at an average of 52.41 in 29 Tests – the most by a batsman against India in Tests.

# Ponting has become the second batsman to make 400 runs or more in the present rubber, aggregating 400 at an average of 100.00, including two hundreds and two fifties.

# Ponting is the first batsman to manage 1500 runs at Adelaide Oval, taking his tally to 1579 at an average of 60.73 in 16 Tests.

# Ponting has posted two hundreds in a Test rubber against India for the third time. He had first accomplished the feat in 1999-00 and then in the 2003-04 Test series.

# Since recording two hundreds in the 2006-07 series against England in Australia, Ponting has posted two hundreds for the first time in a Test series.

# Ponting’s feat of 23 hundreds in 89 Tests on Australian soil is a record for most centuries at home, eclipsing the 22 each by Tendulkar and Kallis.

# Ponting (13056 runs at an average of 53.07) is the first Australian batsman and the third in Test Cricket to complete 13,000 runs, joining Sachin Tendulkar (15,432) and Rahul Dravid (13,262).

# Ponting has taken 162 matches for his 13,000 Test runs – the second fastest, next only to Dravid (160). Tendulkar took 163 Tests to complete 13,000 runs. He had taken 275 innings – the second quickest in Tests, next only to Sachin Tendulkar’s 266 innings. Dravid had taken 277 innings to reach 13,000 runs.

# Ponting is the leading centurion at Adelaide (6), emulating his tally at SCG.

# Ponting has accomplished another feat — a century each against India in all the four Tests at Adelaide Oval. His sequence of scores being 125 & 21 in 1999-00; 242 & 0 in 2003-04, 140 in 2007-08 and 137 not out in 2011-12.

# Garry Sobers, Vivian Richards and Ponting jointly share a record for most hundreds (8) against India.

# With their invaluable 251-run unbroken partnership, Ponting and clarke have established an Australian record for the highest stand for any wicket against India at Adelaide, bettering the 239 between Ponting and Steve Waugh for the fifth wicket in 1999-2000.

# Clarke and Ponting have posted successive stands of 200-plus. The pair had shared a stand of 288 in the second Test at SCG.

# Australia, for the third time, have posted four stands of 200 or more in a series – the first two occasions were against the West Indies – in the 1954-55 series in the West Indies and the 1968-69 series in Australia

# Australia have posted four partnerships of 200 or more in a Test series against India for the first time – two at SCG and one each at Perth and Adelaide.

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Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:02 PM PST

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Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:00 AM PST

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Pakistan Vs England 2nd Test Abu Dhabi 2012: Preview

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:40 AM PST

England need a quick solution to their frailties against off-spinner Saeed Ajmal when they face Pakistan in the second Test at the Abu Dhabi Stadium starting on Wednesday.

Andrew Strauss's men, who are in danger of losing their first Test series after being unbeaten in the last nine, were mauled by the 34-year-old spinner in the first match in Dubai, where they lost by 10 wickets inside three days.

Ajmal took a career-best 7-55 to demolish England for 192 in the first innings, before half-centuries from Mohammad Hafeez, Taufiq Umar, Adnan Akmal and Misbah-ul-Haq gave Pakistan a lead of 146.

Paceman Umar Gul, who took four early wickets, then combined with Ajmal and left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman to wreck England a second time for 160 before the openers knocked off the 15 runs needed to go one up in the three-Test series.

England can take solace from the fact that Abu Dhabi's pitch offers very slow turn and both the Tests played here ended in draws, the latest in October last year when Pakistan let off Sri Lanka by dropping seven second innings catches.

Despite the slowness of the pitch, Ajmal will again be a big threat but the England skipper was confident his players could stage a fightback.

"I don't think it is a huge challenge, there will be a huge feeling that we haven't given a good account of ourselves and that will be a good motivation for us to come back stronger," said Strauss, whose England side last lost a Test series 2009, in the West Indies.

The double capitulation in Dubai prompted questions about the tourists' approach to Ajmal, and Strauss admitted his batsmen had made mistakes against the spinner.

"I think couple of us contributed and allowed him to put even more pressure on the batsmen coming in the first innings. The ball wasn't turning a huge amount," he said of the Dubai pitch where England's Graeme Swann managed 4-107.

England, currently the number one ranked side in the world, have not lost two Tests in a row since 2008 and Strauss said the team was determined to bounce back in Abu Dhabi.

Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar missed out in Dubai, and England look likely to go with the same combination in Abu Dhabi of three pacemen and lone spinner Swann.

Pakistan may consider replacing batsman Asad Shafiq with the more aggressive Umar Akmal.

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq played down a row around Ajmal's bowling action, triggered by former England paceman Bob Willis. Ajmal's action was reported in 2009 before it was cleared by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

"He is cleared by the ICC and he is now playing for almost four-five years in international cricket," said Misbah, whose side are the "home" team in the series, which is being played in the United Arab Emirates over security fears in Pakistan.

"Everyone should just admit now that he is a very good bowler and has certain variations which he is bowling."

Misbah said his team will be ready for England's backlash.

"When you are number one team in the world there is something that makes you number one in the world, they have good quality cricketers and they are fighters and they can really come hard, but we are ready for that," he said.

The third and final Test will be played in Dubai from February 3-7. The Tests will be followed by four one-day and three Twenty20 internationals.

Teams:

England (Probable): Andrew Strauss (c), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Graham Onions, Chris Tremlett, James Anderson, Steven Finn, Steve Davies, Monty Panesar and Ravi Bopara.

Pakistan (Probable): Misbah-ul Haq (c), Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Taufiq Umar, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Adnan Akmal (wk), Umar Gul, Junaid Khan, Aizaz Cheema, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Talha, Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman.

Umpires: Steve Davis (Australia) and Bruce Oxenford (Australia)

TV Umpire: Billy Bowden (New Zealand)

Match referee: Javagal Srinath (India)

Time: 15.00 IST (11.00 GMT)

Ponting, Clarke thrash India on Day 1 of Adelaide Test

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:55 AM PST

The old firm of Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke put India’s hapless bowlers to the sword with contrasting centuries as Australia took command of the fourth and final cricket Test on the opening day itself on Tuesday at Adelaide Oval.

Ponting (137) and Clarke (140), both of whom tormented India in the second Test in Sydney with centuries, joined hands once again for an unbroken 251-run fourth wicket stand which took the hosts to a comfortable 335 for three after a shaky start.

Australia have already clinched the series with a 3-0 lead and India are desperately hoping to avoid a whitewash.

The effort was not all that bad to start with as India struck two blows inside the first 10 overs after the hosts opted to bat first.

Zaheer Khan removed David Warner (8) with a delivery which came in and Ravichandran Ashwin, surprisingly introduced as early as in the fourth over, bowled a delivery which came in with the arm and clipped the off-stump of an out of form Shaun Marsh’s (3) hesitant forward prod.

Ashwin snared another victim before the lunch-break, opener Ed Cowan (30) driving little uppishly into short covers and VVS Laxman snapped a brilliant low catch.

After that, it was former captain Ponting and current skipper Clarke for the rest of the day.

Ponting smashed the 41st century of his 162-Test career, his eighth against India which put him at par with Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Vivian Richards as the batsmen who has scored maximum tons against the sub-continental team.

It is also his 23rd century at home which is one more than what Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis have scored in their glittering careers. During his knock, he also crossed the 13,000 run landmark.
For Clarke, this was his 19th century in his 80th Test, his second of the series after a mammoth 329 at the SCG early this month.

Their stand is also far better than the 210 these two put together for the fourth wicket at this very ground against India four years ago.

Ponting now has as many as six centuries from 16 Tests at this venue and four out of four against India.

In this match, Ponting has so far concentrated for 254 balls and struck 13 fours in his flawless innings.

Clarke has been the more flamboyant one, staying put for four hours and 18 minutes and 188 balls, smashing 19 fours and a six.

Ponting had batted freely in the morning session to be 43 not out at break but it was Clarke who shifted a gear or two in the afternoon. Both reached their half centuries off 69 balls with Clarke slamming eight fours to Ponting’s seven.

Resuming at 98 for three in the afternoon, Ponting and Clarke were steady to begin with against the bowling pair of Zaheer and Umesh Yadav but it wasn’t long before the big shots began booming off their bat.

Clarke shifted gears in Yadav’s second over when he pulled the youngster from the meat of his bat for four. Then Zaheer twice drifted down on to the pads and both Clarke and Ponting helped themselves to a boundary each.

Yadav was removed after four expensive overs for 26 runs which gave him embarrassing figures of none for 67 from his nine overs.

Now it was the turn of the other two frontline bowlers to face the music at the hands of the Australian pair.

Clarke went after Ishant Sharma, driving him through the covers but then edged him dangerously between the keeper and the widish slip for a four.

Ponting took the cue and chopped Sharma off the front foot past the point boundary.

The Australian skipper now turned his attention on Ashwin, pulling him ferociously and then coming down the track to lift the off-spinner over his head.

It also raised the half century for Clarke, made off 69 balls and inclusive of eight fours.

Ponting now swept Ashwin for a single to raise his 13,000 runs in Test cricket. Another drive into covers off Ishant brought the century stand for the fourth wicket.

As the tea break neared, Clarke only turned more ruthless against Ashwin. A flighted delivery was sent soaring to long off fence.

Ashwin twice bowled short at him and on both occasions, Clarke laid back to square cut him for fours. Before the over was out, Clarke had hit him over covers for yet another boundary.

Ponting brought up his century with a square drive for four off Zaheer Khan and Clarke raised his own, a little later, with a back cut past point boundary.

Ponting’s landmark took him 164 balls while Clarke’s was raised over 133 balls. The Australian skipper had 14 fours to Ponting’s 11 besides an enormous six.

As a little cloud cover came over the Oval, Indians took the second new ball in the 86th over. Ishant Sharma claimed the red cherry with Australia on 325 for 3.

Almost immediately, Sharma had a chance to claim Clarke as the batsman edged it to a vacant third slip and a valiant attempt by VVS Laxman at second slip didn’t bear fruit.

Umesh Yadav was the most disappointing of all Indian bowlers, going for 67 runs in his first nine overs and generally did no better than allow batsmen to feed off some easy runs.

Zaheer Khan did more of a containment job after his first spell and Ashwin was unrecognisable from the bowler who exercised control in his first spell. Sharma bowled too wide and much against his field.

Virender Sehwag, in his first serious day in the office as a captain, was disappointing. The team was without any intent or purpose and after a stage, players were not even bending to pick up a ball.

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Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:05 PM PST

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