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| December 29, 2001 | Saturday | Shawwal 13, 1422 |
Australia take iron grip
MELBOURNE, Dec 28: Matthew Hayden smashed 138 and captain Steve Waugh was run out for 90 as Australia raced to a lead of 210 against South Africa at the close of play on the third day of the second Test.
World number one team Australia, who lead the three-Test series 1-0, resumed at their overnight 126 without loss and added another 361 runs to reach 487 for nine in reply to South Africa’s 277.
It was the 10th time Waugh, 36, playing in his 144th Test, had scored in the 90s in Tests, a world record. (The 10 scores include two not outs).
But he could be fined or even banned after being called to a hearing with the match referee after showing dissent over his dismissal.
Justin Langer (85) and Hayden had put on 202 for the first wicket, their third double-century partnership in five Tests.
Hayden’s 290-minute innings, which included 17 fours, lifted him to 1,388 runs at 63.09 for the calendar year, moving past Bob Simpson’s 37-year-old Australia record of 1,381 runs at 60.04.
Fast bowler Allan Donald, 35, playing his first Test for eight months for the Proteas, took three for 103 and had Waugh missed at short leg by Boeta Dippenaar on 24 and 39.
Adam Gilchrist was not out 30 at the close, with Glenn McGrath yet to score.
Waugh survived some fearsome fast bowling from Donald and Mornantu Hayward (two for 109) early in his three-hour innings but showed his fighting qualities to add 81 in 81 minutes with twin brother Mark (34) for the fourth wicket.
Mark Waugh was bowled by Donald at 348 for four before Steve Waugh and Damien Martyn (52) shared a fifth-wicket partnership of 81 in 92 minutes.
Hayden shared a second-wicket partnership of 65 in 84 balls with Ricky Ponting, who was out for 22 on the last ball of the first session.
Hayden’s dismissal immediately after lunch, caught at long-on by Donald off the bowling of left-arm spinner Claude Henderson meant South Africa had captured two wickets in five balls but the home side consolidated and scored at almost 3.5 runs per over in 105.5 overs for the third day’s play.
Hayden reached his sixth Test century and his fifth of the year when he pushed Pollock through mid-wicket for two in the 55th over with the score on 194 without loss.
The big left-hander from Queensland leapt into the air after scoring his hundred from 158 balls in 226 minutes with 14 fours after resuming on his overnight score of 55 with Australia 126 without loss.
Skipper Waugh, meanwhile, is due to hear his punishment on Saturday after standing his ground following his dismissal.
Match referee Ranjan Madugalle has charged him with dissent. Waugh clearly felt that South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher had broken the stumps before running him out.
Scoreboard
SOUTH AFRICA (1st innings) 277 (Neil McKenzie 67)
AUSTRALIA (1st innings)
J.Langer c Klusener b Donald 85
M.Hayden c Donald b Henderson 138
R.Ponting c Kallis b Hayward 22
M.Waugh b Donald 34
S.Waugh run out 90
D.Martyn c Kallis b Pollock 52
A.Gilchrist not out 30
S.Warne c Kirsten b Donald 1
B.Lee c McKenzie b Hayward 3
A.Bichel c Boucher b Pollock 5
G.McGrath not out 0
EXTRAS (lb-17 w-1 nb-9) 27
TOTAL (for nine wickets) 487
FALL OF WKTS: 1-202 2-267 3-267 4-348 5-429 6-462 7-463 8-470 9-475
BOWLING (to date): Donald 29-5-103-3, Pollock 30-2-84-2 (nb-6), Hayward 26-1-109-2 (nb-2), Kallis 17-3-55-0 (w-1), Henderson 29-3-108-1 (nb-1), Klusener 7-1-11-0.—Reuters
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