Third time lucky would be an apt judgement when Wasim Jaffer nicked one off Brett Lee off a no-ball. But his dismissal a couple of deliveries later was a clear sign of things to follow, as Australia wrapped up the proceedings with a huge 337-run margin in the Boxing Day Test to establish a 1-0 lead in the four-match series on Saturday.Brave resistance from VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly (42 and 40 respectively) were the only hope while Ricky Ponting's men marched towards their 15th successive Test win. India capitulated inside four days chasing an enormous 499 — shot out for a paltry 161 runs — their second score of less than 200 in the game.Mitchell Johnson bagged three second innings wickets, while Brett Lee and Brad Hogg took two apiece to break the back of the Indian batting. Andrew Symonds too featured in the list with the scalp of Rahul Dravid.Resuming on an overnight six without loss, India limped to 56-2 at lunch as openers Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid saw the first innings repeat itself.Brett Lee was hostile in the second session as he out-thought Sachin Tendulkar when the batsman was lured into a rash drive outside off-stump after making 15.VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly attempted to break the near deadlock of runs before Laxman fell prey to an uppish drive to Stuart Clark for 42. Yuvraj Singh departed in quick succession to Brad Hogg, failing to read a well-disguised flipper for five, as India's challenge had all but faded. Friday, December 28, 2007
Australia won the first Test
Third time lucky would be an apt judgement when Wasim Jaffer nicked one off Brett Lee off a no-ball. But his dismissal a couple of deliveries later was a clear sign of things to follow, as Australia wrapped up the proceedings with a huge 337-run margin in the Boxing Day Test to establish a 1-0 lead in the four-match series on Saturday.Brave resistance from VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly (42 and 40 respectively) were the only hope while Ricky Ponting's men marched towards their 15th successive Test win. India capitulated inside four days chasing an enormous 499 — shot out for a paltry 161 runs — their second score of less than 200 in the game.Mitchell Johnson bagged three second innings wickets, while Brett Lee and Brad Hogg took two apiece to break the back of the Indian batting. Andrew Symonds too featured in the list with the scalp of Rahul Dravid.Resuming on an overnight six without loss, India limped to 56-2 at lunch as openers Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid saw the first innings repeat itself.Brett Lee was hostile in the second session as he out-thought Sachin Tendulkar when the batsman was lured into a rash drive outside off-stump after making 15.VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly attempted to break the near deadlock of runs before Laxman fell prey to an uppish drive to Stuart Clark for 42. Yuvraj Singh departed in quick succession to Brad Hogg, failing to read a well-disguised flipper for five, as India's challenge had all but faded. 