Australia manages to come out on top in a thriller

2012-02-11 05:19:28

As the ball soared high into the night sky, you could have heard a pin drop in the arena. The miscued blow seemed to be in the air forever — such was the tension — before being picked up by Daniel Christian at long-on. The home crowd roared. Angelo Mathews and his partner Dhamika Prasad were in agony. Bowler Mitchell Starc's visage reflected relief. And the Australians converged after surviving a scare. What a match! The host, defending 231, clinched a nerve-jangling encounter of fo... Full Article at The Hindu »