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By Scott last year, at the end of December Leave a comment on this post
Australia wrapped up the First Test against India today, winning by 337 runs in a commanding display. It would have been especially satisfying for Ricky Ponting and his merry men because it was done on a pitch which was tailor-made for Indian tastes, being slow, low, and having turn. But India’s batsmen were never able to come to grips with the tightness of Australia’s bowling, and so they were strangled to death by persistent bowling.
India’s bowling was honest, with Kumble in particular bowling some fine spells. But India’s efforts were totally sabotaged by the pathetic support that they got from the field. Time and again poor fielding from India turned ones into twos, and twos into threes. Over the course of the match, Australia probably stole close to 100 runs through poor Indian fielding, and saved close to another 100 through the excellence of their own fielding.
So Australia take a 1-0 lead. India must turn things around quickly as the Second Test in Sydney starts on the 2nd of January; only four days away. India made a present of this Test for Australia, and it remains to be seen how much more generous the Indians are prepared to be to the Australians; a team who don’t particularly need the gifts of their opponents.
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