First India then Australia: neither side was able to take control on day two of the second Test in muggy Brisbane. The visitors’ loss of six for 87 at the steady hands of Josh Hazlewood gave the hosts a better sight of the batting crease than they could have expected after day one, but a
Micheal Clarke battled through severe back pain to make his 28th Test hundred, Steven Smith scored his fifth and the pair punished India’s inconsistent bowlers on a second day badly hit by rain. The pair racked up 163 for the sixth wicket through three long interruptions in play, hitting 21 fours in the 30 overs
By: Andrew McGlashan (Assistant Editor at ESPNcricinf0) Depending on which forecast you believe, and which proves most accurate, the tail-end of Hurricane Bertha could yet provided England’s biggest obstacle to taking a 2-1 lead in the series. The rain that wiped out the best part of two sessions on the second day of the fourth