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Live: Australia 5 down, stare at defeat


Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma have fastened India's bid to win the Mohali Test as they ripped off Australia's top order on Day 4. In reply to India's 515 runs, Australia have lost their five batsmen.Harbhajan continued to be an unsolved muddle for the visitors from Down Under as he bamboozled Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich and Mike Hussey. Hayden and Katich opened the Australian innings and added 49 runs at a brisk rate before Bhajji scalped their wickets in the same over. First to go was Hayden who was trapped for 29 runs. Katich fell to a superb catch from Sachin Tendulkar. Katich came on to a flighted delivery wide of the off-stump and struck it to find the Little Master lunging successfully at the short point region. Just after the tea, Harbhajan caught Mike Hussey plumb in front for two runs. A slow delivery from Bhajji was tossed in line but did not bounce as expected and hit his pad. In the next over, an Ishant Sharma's delivery, pitched outside the off-stump, came back in to take the bails along and send Ricky Ponting back for 2 runs. All-rounder Shane Watson could not repeat his first innings heroics and was given LBW against the lanky pacer for 2 runs.

BCCI told us to close down ICL: Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev, Chairman of the Indian Cricket League, revealed that their talks with the BCCI failed because the Indian Cricket Board wanted them to close their Twenty20 tournament before initiating a dialogue on the matter."BCCI told us to first close down Indian Cricket League (ICL) and then only they (BCCI) shall talk to us," this was the reason, an agitated Kapil Dev said that why the ICL's meeting with the Indian Cricket Board failed."There was hardly any meeting between. They told us to close down ICL first before they begin talks," the former Indian skipper and current chief of ICL Kapil Dev told mediapersons here.

Bangladesh takes 316-run lead in 1st Test

Tailenders Mashrafee bin Mortaza and Abdur Razzak combined for 36 runs on Monday before Bangladesh was dismissed for 242 in their second innings with a 316-run lead over New Zealand on the fourth day of the first cricket Test.Resuming on an overnight total of 184-8, Mortaza and Razzak's 40-run, ninth wicket partnership ended when Ross Taylor took a catch at slip off Iain O'Brien to remove Razzak for 18.Bouyed by left-arm spinner Shakib al Hasan's 71-run innings after a record-making seven wicket haul, Bangladesh's tailenders adding 58 runs in the last 23 overs.