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Clarke makes 151 on debut to lift Australia

BANGALORE, India, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Debutant Michael Clarke made a sparkling 151 and captain Adam Gilchrist 104 to lift Australia to 474 all out on the second day of the first test against India on Thursday.

The 23-year-old Clarke, who came to the crease with his team in trouble at 149 for four, was the eighth man out as Australia added 51 for their last four wickets after resuming in the afternoon session on 423 for six.

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh picked up four more wickets to complete figures of five for 146.

Clarke, on 111 at lunch, was dismissed immediately after reaching his 150, edging a wide ball from left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan to wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel.

He faced 249 balls and hit 18 fours and four sixes.

Gilchrist, who completed his 11th test hundred, was out on the stroke of lunch by Harbhajan after hitting 13 fours and three sixes from 109 deliveries.

Clarke and Gilchrist added 167 runs for the sixth wicket to lay an excellent platform for the tourists to put pressure on the hosts on a dry, slow pitch.

Leg-spinner Anil Kumble claimed figures of three 157.

SCOREBOARD

Australia first innings (overnight 316-5)

J.Langer b Irfan 52

M.Hayden c Yuvraj b Harbhajan 26

S.Katich b Kumble 81

D.Martyn c Chopra b Kumble 3

D.Lehmann c Dravid b Kumble 17

M.Clarke c Patel b Zaheer 151

A.Gilchrist c and b Harbhajan 104

S.Warne c Dravid b Harbhajan 1

J.Gillespie not out 7

M.Kasprowicz c Yuvraj b Harbhajan 3

G.McGrath lbw b Harbhajan 0

Extras (b-5 lb-15 nb-8 w-1) 29

Total (all out, 120 overs) 474

Fall of wickets: 1-50 2-124 3-129 4-149 5-256 6-423 7-427 8-471 9-474

Bowling: Irfan 21-6-62-1 (w-1), Zaheer 22-2-60-1 (nb-1), Harbhajan 41-7-146-5, Kumble 39-4-157-3 (nb-5), Sehwag 5-0-26-0 (nb-1), Yuvraj 2-0-3-0 (nb-1).

India: Saurav Ganguly, Aakash Chopra, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Vangipurappu Laxman,Yuvraj Singh, Parthiv Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan

 

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