da winzada777： Mumbai were 83 for no loss in 28 overs when stumps were drawn on thesecond day of the warmup game against Australia at the CCI on Friday
Waleed Hussain23-Feb-2001Mumbai were 83 for no loss in 28 overs when stumps were drawn on thesecond day of the warmup game against Australia at the CCI on Friday.Mumbai now have an overall lead of 208 runs. Vinayak Mane (45) andWasim Jaffer (36) were at the crease at close of play.The Australians were all out in the second over after tea. Theyfinished on 203 for nine off 64.3 overs in reply to Mumbai’s 328 fornine declared. Mark Waugh could not bat owing to a finger injury.The Australian skipper Steve Waugh left his mark on the day’sproceedings with an unbeaten century. Waugh bailed his team out with afighting knock of 106 runs off 162 balls, studded with 10 boundariesand three sixes, after the Mumbai bowlers ran through the battingorder. Paras Mhambrey bagged four for 59 and left arm spinner NileshKulkarni picked up four for 39.Earlier, Mumbai skipper Sameer Dighe declared the innings at theovernight score. He was happy at the lunch interval as his bowlers hadscalped four Australian wickets for 87 runs.Paras Mhambrey accounted for Michael Slater and Ricky Ponting, whereasfrom the other end Nilesh Kulkarni scalped Justin Langer and MatthewHayden in the first session.Soon after lunch, a determined Waugh appeared onto the field and tookthe game away from the opposition. He applied himself very well at thecrease, picking up the gaps in the field, first in a brief 31-runpartnership with Adam Gilchrist for the fifth wicket and then a 70-runstand with Glenn McGrath for the ninth wicket.Waugh was severe on all the spinners, Kulkarni, Sairaj Bahutule andRamesh Powar. He tore apart the off spinner with two consecutive sixesthat landed six rows behind in the Brabourne stadium stands. In all hetook 21 runs of Powar in the 60th over, the most expensive over of theday.The Australian innings suffered a setback when four wickets fell forjust 30 runs. Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Damien Fleming and ColinMiller were dismissed in quick succession as Steve Waugh steadily ranout of partners.Mumbai took a 125-run lead on the first innings and then openers WasimJaffer and Vinayak Mane came good in the last session. Mane was themore aggressive of the two. Both relished the new ball attack ofFleming and McGrath. Fleming was dispatched to the boundary on fouroccasions by Mane.Shane Warne however bowled brilliantly. He extracted both spin andbounce from the wicket. The only runs to come off him were twoboundaries to the cover area hit by Jaffer.