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Australia handed 241 victory target in second Test
HOBART: Australia bowled New Zealand out for 226 in their second innings to bring up lunch on the third day of the second Test on Sunday and give themselves a victory target of 241.
Australian paceman Peter Siddle and James Pattinson bowled superbly to end up with three wickets each and help restrict the Blacks Caps to just 87 runs in the extended morning session.
New Zealand had resumed on 139 for three on a cool morning at Bellerive Oval looking to build a big lead with a first test victory on Australian soil since 1985 to level up the series a realistic target.
Australia struck early with Siddle removing Kane Williamson for 34 with the third ball of the day to break up the New Zealander's 66-run partnership with his skipper Ross Taylor.
Newspaper:Times Of India,11th Dec
HOBART: Australia bowled New Zealand out for 226 in their second innings to bring up lunch on the third day of the second Test on Sunday and give themselves a victory target of 241.
Australian paceman Peter Siddle and James Pattinson bowled superbly to end up with three wickets each and help restrict the Blacks Caps to just 87 runs in the extended morning session.
New Zealand had resumed on 139 for three on a cool morning at Bellerive Oval looking to build a big lead with a first test victory on Australian soil since 1985 to level up the series a realistic target.
Australia struck early with Siddle removing Kane Williamson for 34 with the third ball of the day to break up the New Zealander's 66-run partnership with his skipper Ross Taylor.
Newspaper:Times Of India,11th Dec
NZ pacer Chris Martin makes his birthday special with a three-wicket haul
New Zealand pacer Chris Martin makes it a memorable day as Australia get dismissed for 136 on bowler-friendly Hobart pitch; visitors gain 14-run lead.
Journeyman New Zealand paceman Chris Martin got the perfect birthday gift on Saturday with a bowler-friendly Hobart pitch to help rout Australia for 136 in the second Test. Martin celebrated his 37th birthday with three for 46 as the Black Caps took a 14-run first innings buffer and swelled it to 153 with seven second innings wickets intact after the second day's play at Bellerive Ova
It has been a Test match for the bowlers so far, with 23 wickets tumbling in just two days and batsmen finding it hard to score runs on a drying greentop pitch. Martin is savouring the Bellerive wicket and said he would like to bundle it up and take it with him around the world's other Test cricket venues. "It's been a long time to have a pitch like this one in a Test match," said the 64-Test veteran.
Newspaper:Mid Day, 11th Dec
New Zealand pacer Chris Martin makes it a memorable day as Australia get dismissed for 136 on bowler-friendly Hobart pitch; visitors gain 14-run lead.
Journeyman New Zealand paceman Chris Martin got the perfect birthday gift on Saturday with a bowler-friendly Hobart pitch to help rout Australia for 136 in the second Test. Martin celebrated his 37th birthday with three for 46 as the Black Caps took a 14-run first innings buffer and swelled it to 153 with seven second innings wickets intact after the second day's play at Bellerive Ova
It has been a Test match for the bowlers so far, with 23 wickets tumbling in just two days and batsmen finding it hard to score runs on a drying greentop pitch. Martin is savouring the Bellerive wicket and said he would like to bundle it up and take it with him around the world's other Test cricket venues. "It's been a long time to have a pitch like this one in a Test match," said the 64-Test veteran.
Newspaper:Mid Day, 11th Dec
Australia 72/0 chasing 241 for victory against NZ
Hobart: Chasing 241 to win the second Test, Australia got underway confidently with openers David Warner and Phillip Hughes combining in an unbroken 72-run stand on Sunday leading up to tea on day three.
New Zealand were dismissed for 226 moments before lunch — an overall lead of 240 — leaving Australia eight sessions to score the runs required to clinch a 2-0 series win.
Warner struck eight boundaries and faced 50 balls for his unbeaten 47, while under-pressure Hughes overcame some early trouble to remain not out 20 at the break.
Hughes survived a loud appeal for caught behind in the third over before he'd scored, but umpires ruled it not out. It was a big reprieve for Hughes, who needs a good score to retain his place in the team after a series of batting failures and persistent questions about his technique.
Source:cricnext
Hobart: Chasing 241 to win the second Test, Australia got underway confidently with openers David Warner and Phillip Hughes combining in an unbroken 72-run stand on Sunday leading up to tea on day three.
New Zealand were dismissed for 226 moments before lunch — an overall lead of 240 — leaving Australia eight sessions to score the runs required to clinch a 2-0 series win.
Warner struck eight boundaries and faced 50 balls for his unbeaten 47, while under-pressure Hughes overcame some early trouble to remain not out 20 at the break.
Hughes survived a loud appeal for caught behind in the third over before he'd scored, but umpires ruled it not out. It was a big reprieve for Hughes, who needs a good score to retain his place in the team after a series of batting failures and persistent questions about his technique.
Source:cricnext
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