The wickets of the two Michaels, Clarke and Hussey, and Shane Watson in the space of 37 deliveries undid plenty of hard work and turned the match India’s way during a gripping afternoon session. Australia were inching towards India’s first-innings 441, with Hussey set for another hundred, but a burst of wickets left them 161 runs adrift. Hussey’s determination was in keeping with the platform he built with centurion Simon Katich in the morning.
At 255 for 3, with under a session and a half left today and Hussey and Clarke batting watchfully, Australia seemed in control. Then Clarke, who came to the crease just before lunch, was undone by a peach from Ishant Sharma, and was out for a 44-ball 8. The next wicket was completely out of the blue, and it needed something like that to dislodge a man who seemed set to grind India into the dust. Hussey, on 90, punched off the back foot and M Vijay at silly point intercepted and then flicked it back to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who broke the stumps with Hussey on the move for a single.
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