The wake-up call
After the rain break, Umesh Yadav overcame a sloppy start and turned the game around in two overs, dismissing Warner and Shaun Marsh. Out came Ponting, going through the longest rut of his career. The second ball he faced from Umesh was too quick for him.
As he shaped for a pull, the ball hit his forearm and crashed into his helmet. He had the presence of mind to kick the ball away from the stumps. In the 1999 series, when Javagal Srinath struck him in the face, an angry young Ponting yelled at him to go back and bowl. This time, a mellow veteran took the blow quietly and got down to repairing the innings.
After the rain break, Umesh Yadav overcame a sloppy start and turned the game around in two overs, dismissing Warner and Shaun Marsh. Out came Ponting, going through the longest rut of his career. The second ball he faced from Umesh was too quick for him.
As he shaped for a pull, the ball hit his forearm and crashed into his helmet. He had the presence of mind to kick the ball away from the stumps. In the 1999 series, when Javagal Srinath struck him in the face, an angry young Ponting yelled at him to go back and bowl. This time, a mellow veteran took the blow quietly and got down to repairing the innings.
The jaffa
Mike Hussey now has three ducks in his last three outings in all forms: a first-baller in the Hobart Test, a six-baller in the Big Bash and a first-baller today. Zaheer Khan bowled him a near-unplayable bouncer that was shaping away and looked like it hit the glove on its way to MS Dhoni. Marais Erasmus upheld India’s huge appeal but replays showed the ball had made no contact with the batsman.
Mike Hussey now has three ducks in his last three outings in all forms: a first-baller in the Hobart Test, a six-baller in the Big Bash and a first-baller today. Zaheer Khan bowled him a near-unplayable bouncer that was shaping away and looked like it hit the glove on its way to MS Dhoni. Marais Erasmus upheld India’s huge appeal but replays showed the ball had made no contact with the batsman.
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