Board President's XI v Australians at Chandigarh - Sep 25-27, 2010 - Match Thread

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Katich, Watson dazzle against Board President's XI Simon Katich and Shane Watson hit centuries to put Australia in a strong position at 319 for one on the first day of the three-day tour game against Board President's XI here on Saturday. More... Katich, Watson dazzle Board President's XI bowlers mauled BRIGHT START:Shane Watson crossed the 6,000-run mark in first class cricket during his century knock on Saturday. Chandigarh: Simon Katich and Shane Watson hit centuries to put Australia in a strong position at 319 for one on the first day of the three-day tour game against Board President's XI here on Saturday. The only wicket to fall was that of Watson (115), who fell to leg-spinner Piyush Chawla after facing 199 balls and hitting 16 boundaries. Katich (104, 178b, 15x4) retired after tea to give way for the other batsmen to spend time in the middle. Captain Ricky Ponting, who opted to bat after winning the toss, was on 42 while his deputy Michael Clarke was on 43 at draw of stumps at the Sector 16 Stadium here. Left-handed Katich was dropped twice, first by Shikhar Dhawan off Jaidev Unadkat while on 60 and by Rahane off Pragyan Ojha two runs later. Highest partnership The Australian opening pair put on a partnership of 207 runs — the highest for the wicket on this ground in a first-class match — before Katich retired after 58 overs. BP XI captain Gautam Gambhir introduced spin in the 19th over of the innings bringing in Chawla, who put the brakes on the scoring rate but failed to get any breakthrough as Australia reached 88 for no loss at lunch. Sreesanth, who was named in the India squad for the first Test starting at Mohali on October 1, opened the bowling for BP XI along with Unadkat, but the Kerala pacer looked off-colour as he failed to put pressure on the batsmen. Chawla was not so impressive as he conceded 120 runs from 26 overs. Unadkat and Umesh Yadav conceded 65 runs each from 15 overs. Onus on bowlers The BP XI bowlers will have to come up with an improved performance on Sunday if they want to give their batsmen enough time in the middle in the remaining two days ahead of the first Test at Mohali from October 1. Watson crossed the 6,000-run mark in first class cricket when he reached 60 while Katich struck his 51st century in his first class career. All-rounder Steven Smith, batsman Marcus North and pacer Peter George made it to the Australian playing XI for the tour game while Phil Hughes was the 12th man. Five national selectors, led by chairman K. Srikkanth, watched the match. The scores: Australia 319 for one (S. Watson 115, S. Katich 104 retd., M. Clarke 43 batting, R. Ponting 42 batting) vs Board President's XI.

[ZodiaC]

406/3.. When are they effing declaring? Ojha looks very good 2/52 off 30. Great stuff Ojhie, can see him and Bhajji rippin Oz apart

[saneindian]

I hope the BP 11 batsmen continue to bat through for the rest of the match once these Aussies declare.

[IKnowU]

Sreesanth finally got a wicket :giggle:

[ZodiaC]

Sree 2/51 B->

[ZodiaC]

Aus 505 all out :giggle: Ojha 3/67 Dhawan 2/30 (:giggle:) Sree 2/51

[SachDan]

494 - 3 505 Ao!

[saneindian]

Perfect chance for BP 11 batsmen to bat for the next one and a half days. Special focus should be on hittingg and denting the confidence of Hauritz and Smith.

[Gunner_Mania]

If Sreesanth cannot take a wicket before Australia declare' date=' surely he cannot play in the Test match.[/quote']

Sreesanth finally got a wicket :giggle:

:aha:

[Gunner_Mania]

494 - 3 505 Ao!

What the Phuck. They lost 5 wkts for 12 runs after the first 5 wkts put tigether 493?? BTW, 2 batsmen retired after scoring centuries, so they got all out losing 8 wkts.

[Sir john]

What the Phuck. They lost 5 wkts for 12 runs after the first 5 wkts put tigether 493?? BTW, 2 batsmen retired after scoring centuries, so they got all out losing 8 wkts.

:cantstop::haha:

[IKnowU]

two wickets already :yay:

[Karan114]

Awful start but a good opportunity for Pujara to show if he can perform under pressure

[ZodiaC]

Lucky biatches enjoy your last laugh :finger: Need big innings from Chintu & Shikku

[IKnowU]

Unadkat as nightwatchman:hysterical:

[ZodiaC]

Holy shite

[ZodiaC]

Unadkat as nightwatchman:hysterical:

But cricinfo says Tiwari is in :hmmm:

[IKnowU]

But cricinfo says Tiwari is in :hmmm:

They had Unadkat then they changed it

[ZodiaC]

They had Unadkat then they changed it

Yeah I saw that :--D

[Roshanrocks]

Pujara n Tiwari in now :regular_smile: