Australia 384-5 at lunch against India

Marcus North hit an unbeaten 81 to help guide Australia to a commanding 384-5 at lunch on the second day of the second test against India on Sunday.

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Published: Sun 10 Oct 2010, 1:04 PM

Last updated: Tue 7 Nov 2023, 9:49 AM

North and Tim Paine (52 not out) shared a 128-run sixth-wicket partnership at M. Chinnaswamy stadium as the Australians dictated play in the first session. After resuming at the overnight score of 285-5, North and Paine scored at will to produce 99 runs in 24 overs, at a strike rate of 4.10 an over.

Pace bowlers Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth failed to make the most of the second new ball India requested Saturday evening. When captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned to his spinners, Pragyan Ojha and Harbhajan Singh also made little impact.


The left-handed North punished any delivery that strayed off line and length and was particularly severe on left-arm spinner Ojha, hitting him for a four and six over mid-wicket.

Paine looked poised as he drove, flicked and cut aggressively. Fortunate to be caught behind off a Sreesanth no ball while on 40, he went on to bring up his second half century of the series following a 92 at Mohali.



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