FIRST TEST, Bangalore (day two):
India v Australia 254-4 (89.2 overs)
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0456: So Thursday was Ricky Ponting's first century in nine Test matches in India, his 123 the highest ever by an Australian captain in the land of sickly soft drinks and Amitabh Bachchan. If you're unfamiliar with this particular name, he's probably the most famous man in India. The media coverage he gets in India makes Brad and Angelina look like a Big Brother Z list celebrity in comparison.
0454: Hello, anyone else itching for another day of M Chinnaswamy madness on day two of the Tour de Force that is the Border-Gavaskar Trophy? What have we learned from day one? Well, India are about as mobile in the field as the QEII zipping down the Norfolk Broads, that after 12 very tasty opening overs of movement and bounce, the Bangalore pitch looks like every batsman's dream and Ishant Sharma's hair makes Russell Brand's look like a combover.
So Australia have the thoroughly obdurate Mike Hussey at the crease on 46, while new man Shane Watson has yet to set foot on the pitch after Michael Clarke's late dismissal in the last over of the day, a wicket which gave India a haystack of hope after largely toiling for most of the day. Hopefully we won't have to endure any more debatable umpiring decisions either.
(BBC)
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