වසර 133 ක්‌ පැරණි වාර්තාවක්‌ එංගලන්තය බිඳ දමයි, අනේ පව් ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාව

 ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාව සහ එංගලන්තය අතර අළුබඳුන කුසලාන ටෙස්‌ට්‌ ක්‍රිකට්‌ තරගාවලි යටතේ පලමු දින වූ ඊයේ(26 දා) ඇරඹි සිව්වැනි ටෙස්‌ට්‌ තරගයේදී සත්කාරක ඔස්ට්‍රේලියානු ප්‍රථම ඉනිම ලකුණු 98 කට සීමා කරමින් වාර්තාගත පන්දු යෑවීමක යෙදීමට එංගලන්ත පන්දු යවන්නෝ සමත්වූහ.

මෙය මෙල්බර්න් ක්‍රීඩංගණයේ ඔස්ට්‍රේලියානු පිළක්‌ දැවී ගිය අඩුම ලකුණු සංඛ්‍යාව වන අතර එය වසර 133 ක්‌ පැරණි වාර්තාවක්‌ බිඳ යැමකි. 1877 දී ලකුණු 104 කට දැවී යැම මින් පෙර මෙම ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේ ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ අඩුම ලකුණු සහිත ඉනිම විය.
ලකුණු 44 ට කඩුලු 4 ක්‌ බිඳ හෙලූ ඡේම්ස්‌ ඇන්ඩර්සන් සහ ලකුණු 26 කට කඩුලු 4 ක්‌ බිඳ දැමූ ක්‍රිස්‌ ට්‍රිම්ලට් ඊයේ එංගලන්තය වෙනුවෙන් එම වාර්තාගත පන්දු යෑවීමට මුල් වූහ.

කොළ පැහැයෙන් යුතුවූ එම තණතිල්ලේ ඔස්ට්‍රේලියානු මුල් පෙළ ඉක්‌මනින් බිඳ දැමූ එංගලන්තය දිවා ආහාරය වන විට ලකුණු 58 ට කඩුලු 4 ක්‌ දවාගෙන තිබිණ.

දිවා විවේකයෙන් අනතුරුව ලකුණු 40 ක්‌ තුළ ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ ඉතිරි කඩුලු 6 බිඳ වැටුණේ ඔවුන්ගේ ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 42 කුත් පන්දු 5 කට සීමා වෙමිනි.

මෙය 2010 වසරේ ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාව දැවී ගිය දෙවැනි අඩුම ලකුණු සංඛ්‍යාව වන අතර පසුගිය ජූලි මාසයේ පාකිස්‌තානය හමුවේ ඔවුන් ලකුණු 88 කට දැවී ගියේය.

 Australia 98

	Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	c Pietersen b Tremlett	5	14	12	0	0	41.66
	3.2 135.1 kph, third time lucky for England, Tremlett strikes with a cracker of a delivery, climbed from a length and rapped the glove, it looped gently to gully, simple enough chance for England to finally hold one 15/1
	PJ Hughes	c Pietersen b Bresnan	16	58	32	2	0	50.00
	13.1 139.1 kph, Bresnan has his first Ashes wicket and Hughes has gone. Full and wide, inviting a slash but Hughes didn't get enough of it, instead the edge flew straight to Pietersen who made no mistake in the gully 37/2
	RT Ponting*	c Swann b Tremlett	10	51	38	2	0	26.31
	14.2 134.0 kph, gone! Tremlett strikes again, what a delivery. Spitting off a length and going away off the seam, Ponting is rooted to the crease and pushes at the delivery. A thick edge flies straight to Graeme Swann 37/3
	MJ Clarke	c †Prior b Anderson	20	121	54	2	0	37.03
	33.4 137.4 kph, brilliant bowling from Anderson, he's just worked Clarke over with consistent, probing away swing and this time it finds the edge, Clarke pushing at the ball, feathered edge and Prior collects the simple chance. Australia in total disarray 77/6
	MEK Hussey	c †Prior b Anderson	8	43	41	1	0	19.51
	25.2 134.5 kph, edged! Anderson strikes straight away, and what a delivery to do it with. Landing on middle and off and shooting towards the slips, the length was full and Hussey was drawn into the drive, getting a good, healthy edge that flies through to Prior 58/4
	SPD Smith	c †Prior b Anderson	6	54	15	0	0	40.00
	29.3 137.9 kph, Smith gone now, always looked a matter of time, pushed very hard at this outside off, touch of nibble away off the pitch found the edge and Prior did the rest 66/5
	BJ Haddin†	c Strauss b Bresnan	5	22	16	1	0	31.25
	34.5 136.3 kph, Bresnan has another and Haddin has gifted him this, flat-footed waft of a drive, flicked the edge and went through to Strauss. Pretty miserable stuff this from the home side 77/7
	MG Johnson	c †Prior b Anderson	0	8	4	0	0	0.00
	35.2 136.0 kph, Anderson has his man! Johnson's gone for a duck, this is a cracking delivery, seams away off a full length, finds the edge and Prior has his fourth catch 77/8
	RJ Harris	not out	10	38	23	2	0	43.47
	PM Siddle	c †Prior b Tremlett	11	25	15	1	0	73.33
	40.3 135.9 kph, there we go, another one is on his way and Australia are nine down. Tremlett pitches one up invitingly outside off, a touch of movement through the air and off the pitch takes the ball away from the bat and a regulation edge lands safely in Prior's gloves. His fifth catch today 92/9
	BW Hilfenhaus	c †Prior b Tremlett	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
	42.5 all over, Australia are out for 98 as Hilfenhaus feathers a sixth catch through to Prior 98/10
	Extras	(lb 2, nb 5)	7
	Total	(all out; 42.5 overs; 227 mins)	98	(2.28 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Watson, 3.2 ov), 2-37 (Hughes, 13.1 ov), 3-37 (Ponting, 14.2 ov), 4-58 (Hussey, 25.2 ov), 5-66 (Smith, 29.3 ov), 6-77 (Clarke, 33.4 ov), 7-77 (Haddin, 34.5 ov), 8-77 (Johnson, 35.2 ov), 9-92 (Siddle, 40.3 ov), 10-98 (Hilfenhaus, 42.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	16	4	44	4	2.75
	25.2 to Hussey, 134.5 kph, edged! Anderson strikes straight away, and what a delivery to do it with. Landing on middle and off and shooting towards the slips, the length was full and Hussey was drawn into the drive, getting a good, healthy edge that flies through to Prior 58/4 29.3 to Smith, 137.9 kph, Smith gone now, always looked a matter of time, pushed very hard at this outside off, touch of nibble away off the pitch found the edge and Prior did the rest 66/5 33.4 to Clarke, 137.4 kph, brilliant bowling from Anderson, he's just worked Clarke over with consistent, probing away swing and this time it finds the edge, Clarke pushing at the ball, feathered edge and Prior collects the simple chance. Australia in total disarray 77/6 35.2 to Johnson, 136.0 kph, Anderson has his man! Johnson's gone for a duck, this is a cracking delivery, seams away off a full length, finds the edge and Prior has his fourth catch 77/8
	CT Tremlett	11.5	5	26	4	2.19	(1nb)
	3.2 to Watson, 135.1 kph, third time lucky for England, Tremlett strikes with a cracker of a delivery, climbed from a length and rapped the glove, it looped gently to gully, simple enough chance for England to finally hold one 15/1 14.2 to Ponting, 134.0 kph, gone! Tremlett strikes again, what a delivery. Spitting off a length and going away off the seam, Ponting is rooted to the crease and pushes at the delivery. A thick edge flies straight to Graeme Swann 37/3 40.3 to Siddle, 135.9 kph, there we go, another one is on his way and Australia are nine down. Tremlett pitches one up invitingly outside off, a touch of movement through the air and off the pitch takes the ball away from the bat and a regulation edge lands safely in Prior's gloves. His fifth catch today 92/9 42.5 to Hilfenhaus, all over, Australia are out for 98 as Hilfenhaus feathers a sixth catch through to Prior 98/10
	TT Bresnan	13	6	25	2	1.92
	13.1 to Hughes, 139.1 kph, Bresnan has his first Ashes wicket and Hughes has gone. Full and wide, inviting a slash but Hughes didn't get enough of it, instead the edge flew straight to Pietersen who made no mistake in the gully 37/2 34.5 to Haddin, 136.3 kph, Bresnan has another and Haddin has gifted him this, flat-footed waft of a drive, flicked the edge and went through to Strauss. Pretty miserable stuff this from the home side 77/7
	GP Swann	2	1	1	0	0.50