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Azharuddin's bold gamble pays off
ADELAIDE. Jan 25: Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin pulled off a bold gamble on the first day of the fourth Test today when against expectation*. he put Australia Into bat on it* beat batting atrip then watched hi« team dismiss them for 145. report* Heu ter
Although Australia. two-nil up in the five Teat aerie*, replied with two quick Indian wicket* the touriata had cut the gap to 100 at the cfoae with eight wlcketa left. Navjot Sidhu waa 15 not out and Dilip Vengsarkar eight not out
Azharuddln who ha* endured atrong critlciam for his tactical decision* and lack of run*. was well backed up by hi* bowier*. especially left-arm aplnner Venkatapathy Raju and experienced seamer Kapil Dev who strangled Australia s bat ting with their accuracy
The Indian captain also made the decisive Intervention when Australia looked like escaping. holding a smart catch to dismiss Dean Jones for 4 I just as he showed signs of turning around the Innings
The rapid fall of wickets suggested the newly laid Teal strip, never before used must possess some demons But there was no sign of them, just bad batting
Merv Hughes, not the moat talented of batsmen. occupied the crease with some comfort for nearly two hours for 26 a* he and Jone* lifted Australia to respectability
Even so. their total waa the lowest at Adelaide atnce England dismissed Australia for 11 in 1955 the year before the run soaked strip dug up this winter was laid
The last captain to Insert the opposition at Adelaide after winning the toss wu
England's Bob Willi* In 1962 83 He duly watched Australia rattle up 436 and win by eight wicket*
Azharuddin. undeterred by the memory of Graham Gooch'* 333 at Lord • In IWO when England made 653 for four after he sent them In. 1g noted history and gambled on the new atrip being more sporting than the old.
If anything there appeared to be lea* bounce than before but India bowled well and Australia hit trouble early on.
Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor, whose opening part nershlpa are looking Increas Ingly les* impressive perished for eight and 1 1 respectively by chopping balls on to their
Sachin Tendulkar, having made Taylor his second Test victim, then removed Allan Border In hia next over for a duck, the Australian captain » second of the series and third In nine innings
Border, returning to number four in the order after the failed experimental swap with Mark Waugh at number six drove ambitiously and got an Inside edge to the wicket keeper
A masterly Kapil Dev delivery accounted for the In-form David Boon for 19 and sent Australia into lunch at 67 for four, with Boon the only batsman not to contribute to hia •on downfall.
There was little Improve ment after the break a* Mark Waugh (15). continuing his poor run. and Ian Healy (1) played ill judged shot* and Australia slipped to 81 for six.
That brought Jones and Hughes together for their mini revival but India s disci plined and patient bowling eventually tempted over adventurous shot* from both
Raju, again bowling with
control and variety finished off the tall to pick up three wick et* for 11 from 11.4 over* Dev's three for 33 off 23 overs brought his Teat wicket total to 392 39 short of world record-holder Sir Richard Hadlee.
Sidhu and Srlkkanth replied with unaccustomed solidity putting together India * highest opening stand of the scries — 30-more run* than
the pair had scored tn five innings between them to date.
Then Srlkkanth was ad judged to have gloved Criag McDermott to the wicket keeper and departed, unhap pity rubbing his arm. for 17 Sanjay Manjrekar was leg be fore the following over, his third ball and bowler Merve Hughes' fifth
The one bad mark for India was an unnecessarily pro longed appeal from Chandra Pandit for a leg-before decision agadnst Huigies
The wicketkeeper came up the wicket towards umpire Darrell Hair and appealed three times. Hair. In his first Test, complained to Azhar uddin and told him If Pandit did not keep quite he would
become the first ptayer to be reported to a match referee
Ced and matter ended there The referee for this Test. former England cap tato Peter May wig thus not be troubled by the day’s events, unhke Australia* batsmen. Their captain. Border was not available for comment