Mitchell Johnson spell secures second Test victory
Mitchell Johnson delivered an inspired spell to help Australia win
the second Test and take a 2-0 series lead, despite a late India
fightback.
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Mitchel Johnson celebrates a fall of an Indian wicket with a
team mate |
Johnson took four wickets for 61 runs, including 3-10 in 11 balls, as
India collapsed to 224 all out after resuming on 71-1 on day four in
Brisbane.
Australia lost three quick wickets but chased down 128 for the win
and now cannot lose the four-Test series.
Johnson said “It’s my job to be aggressive and take wickets.”
His performance revived memories of his match-winning display at the
Gabba just over a year ago, when his 5-42 and 4-61 helped Australia win
the first Ashes Test by 381 runs.
The only Indian batsman to resist during their collapse of 9-148 was
Shikhar Dhawan, who hit a stubborn 81 after playing with a wrist injury
he sustained in the practice nets before the start of play. Dhawan was
initially unable to resume his innings at the start of play and was
replaced by Virat Kohli, who also suffered an injured wrist batting in
the nets.
The injuries prompted India’s team management to claim they had
asking for better practice pitches.
“Instead of that, they have asked us to practice on worn out wickets,
which have uneven bounce. Because of that two of our batsmen got
injured,” said the statement.
Chasing a modest target, Australia’s reply began badly with seamer
Ishant Sharma claiming two wickets before tea, but Chris Rogers gave the
innings some impetus with 55 off 57 balls including 10 boundaries.
Sharma also dismissed Rogers, leaving Australia on 85 for three, and
as they closed in on victory Shaun Marsh, stand-in captain Steve Smith
and Brad Haddin fell in quick succession before Mitchell Marsh hit the
winning runs.
Smith was named man of the match following his first innings century.
He also scored an unbeaten 162 and 52 not out to help Australia win the
first Test in Adelaide.
SCOREBOARD
India 1st innings 408 all out
Australia 1st innings 505 all out
India 2nd innings
Murali Vijay b Starc 27
Shikhar Dhawan lbw b Lyon 81
Cheteshwar Pujara c Lyon b Hazlewood 43
Virat Kohli b Johnson 01
Ajinkya Rahane c Lyon b Johnson 10
Rohit Sharma c Haddin b Johnson 00
MS Dhoni lbw b Hazlewood 00
Ravichandran Ashwin c Haddin b Starc 19
Umesh Yadav c Haddin b Johnson 30
Varun Aaron c Hazlewood b Lyon 03
Ishant Sharma not out 01
Extras (lb 2, w 5, nb 2) 09
TOTAL (all out; 64.3 overs) 224
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Vijay), 2-71 (Dhawan, retired not out)
2-76 (Kohli), 3-86 (Rahane), 4-86 (R Sharma)
5-87 (Dohni), 6-117 (Ashwin), 7-143 (Pujara)
8-203 (Dhawan), 9-211 (Aaron), 10-224 (Yadav)
Bowling: Mitchell Johnson 17.3-4-61-4
Josh Hazlewood 16-0-74-2
Mitchell Starc 8-1-27-2
Shane Watson 13-6-27-0
Nathan Lyon 10-1-33-2
Australia 2nd innings
(target 128 runs)
Chris Rogers c Dhawan b I Sharma 55
David Warner c Dohni b I Sharma 06
Shane Watson c Dohni b I Sharma 00
Steve Smith run out (Yadav/Dhoni) 28
Shaun Marsh c Dohni b Yadav 17
Brad Haddin c Kohli b Yadav 01
Mitchell Marsh not out 06
Mitchell Johnson not out 02
Extras (b 4, w 1, nb 6) 15
TOTAL (6 wickets; 23.1 overs) 130
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Warner), 2-22 (Watson), 3-85 (Rogers)
4-114 (S Marsh), 5-122 (Smith), 6-122 (Haddin)
Bowling: Ishant Sharma 9-2-38-3
Umesh Yadav 9-0-46-2
Varun Aaron 5.1-0-38-0 |
