Board President's XI maintain control

Oct 04, 2008

Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting could only watch from the sidelines•AFP

Piyush Chawla then dismissed Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson,and Peter Siddle in quick succession. Australia lost five wickets for 27 runs to slide to 218 for 9•AFP

Australia's innings ended with Clark's dismissal for a valuable 44•AFP

Jaffer and Yuvraj Singh, who was not out on 37, consolidated the Board President's XI innings and stretched their lead to 251 at stumps •AFP

Pragyan Ojha struck early for Board President's XI, having Brad Haddin stumped and Jason Krejza caught at slip•AFP

Siddle was Chawla's fifth wicket and Board President's XI were on course to enforce a follow on•AFP

Board President's XI led by 141 runs, but lost opener Aakash Chopra early. He was lbw to Clark, to a ball that kept low•AFP

But Michael Hussey, ably supported by No. 11 Stuart Clark, scored a defiant century and helped avoid the follow on with a 96-run partnership for the final wicket•AFP

S Badrinath followed soon, but Wasim Jaffer looked confident in his unbeaten innings of 46•AFP