Pink-ball Test: Josh Hazlewood 5 for 8 most economical 5-wicket haul by an Australian in 73 years
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Josh Hazlewood picked up 5 wickets while Pat Cummins got 4 as Australia bowled India out for 36 in their second innings on Day 3 of the 1st Test in Adelaide on Friday.
Josh Hazlewood led Australia off the field after India’s 2nd innings at the Adelaide Oval (AFP Photo)
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Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood joined an elite list of cricketers for his country on Friday after his five-wicket haul on Day 3 o the first Test against India in Adelaide.
Hazlewood bagged 5 wickets for 8 runs to register the most economical 5-wicket haul by an Australian in 73 years. It was his 8th five-for in Test cricket.
Hazlewood and Pat Cummins’s (4 for 21) opening spells in the first session resulted in India getting bowled out for 36, which is their lowest Test total and the lowest by any team in the last 65 years.
India resumed on 9 for 1 at the Adelaide Oval and were able to add only 27 runs before Mohammed Shami retired hurt to end their second innings.
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Australia, who conceded a first innings lead of 53 runs after getting bowled out for 191 in reply to India’s 244, need 90 runs to win the first Test and go 1-0 up in the four-match series.
“Everything went to plan, I think the way Patty started was unbelievable to knock over the two big wickets and I just followed suit,” said Hazlewood, who was on a hat-trick at one stage in his devastating spell. When asked if he’d ever had a more perfect day of bowling, he replied: “I don’t think so.”
None of India’s much vaunted batsmen, including captain Virat Kohli, managed to get into double figures, something which hasn’t happened with the team in the second innings of a Test match since 1924.
Shami’s injury, which came when a short ball from Cummins hit him on the forearm, was a double blow for the tourists as the paceman was unable to bowl in Australia’s second innings.
India will be sweating on his fitness for the second Test in Melbourne on Dec. 26, especially as they will also be without Kohli for the remainder of the series as the skipper returns home for the birth of his first child.