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Aussies face ‘fight of their lives’ to avoid humiliation: press
SYDNEY- Ricky Ponting's once-mighty Australian cricket team face the fight of their lives to avoid a series capitulation in India, local press said on Friday.
Facing a massive 613 first innings total to bat down, Australian media said it would take a huge effort for the team to save the Delhi Test and keep the series alive leading up to Nagpur, where the fourth and final Test will be played next week.
Gautam Gambhir with a career-best 206 and Venkatsai Laxman with an unbeaten 200 put India in complete control after the second day of the third Test on Thursday.
Gloom is descending here over the one-sided contest with the Australians already trailing 1-0 in the four-Test series after a record 320-run defeat in the second Mohali Test.
The massive first innings score was the biggest total conceded by Australia since India accumulated 705 in Sydney in 2004, where former skipper Steve Waugh helped salvage a draw in his farewell Test.
'Australia will need to conjure a supreme batting effort if the third Test - and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy - is to be saved,' The Daily Telegraph said.
'Having failed with the ball to trouble India through 161 overs and almost two draining days in the field, the tourists must now rely on their batting kingpins to resuscitate a campaign barely registering a pulse.'
The Telegraph said India have long claimed they have been the only team able to consistently match the world champions in the past decade.
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