Australia out for 262 in first innings

Ravichandran Ashwin picked up five wickets in the innings

New Delhi, March 23 (IANS): India’s off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bagged his ninth fifer as Australia were bowled out for 262 in the first innings on the second day of the fourth cricket Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Saturday.

Resuming at overnight 231/8, Australia added 31 runs with Peter Siddle emerging the top scorer with 51, his maiden half-century.

Siddle became Ashwin’s fifth victim as the offie finished with five for 57.

Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha also completed his 100 Test wickets after he picked up James Pattinson (30), caught at first-slip Virat Kohli to wrap up the tail.

	Australia 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	EJM Cowan	b Ashwin	38	99	7	0	38.38
	DA Warner	c Kohli b Sharma	0	4	0	0	0.00
	PJ Hughes	b Sharma	45	59	10	0	76.27
	SR Watson*	st †Dhoni b Jadeja	17	56	3	0	30.35
	SPD Smith	c Rahane b Ashwin	46	145	3	2	31.72
	MS Wade†	c Vijay b Ashwin	2	5	0	0	40.00
	GJ Maxwell	c Sharma b Jadeja	10	16	1	1	62.50
	MG Johnson	b Ashwin	3	22	0	0	13.63
	PM Siddle	b Ashwin	51	136	4	0	37.50
	JL Pattinson	c Kohli b Ojha	30	91	3	0	32.96
	NM Lyon	not out	8	40	0	0	20.00
	Extras	(b 5, lb 7)	12
	Total	(all out; 112.1 overs)	262	(2.33 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-4 (Warner, 1.4 ov), 2-71 (Hughes, 20.6 ov), 3-106 (Cowan, 32.6 ov), 4-115 (Watson, 38.5 ov),5-117 (Wade, 40.4 ov), 6-129 (Maxwell, 46.2 ov), 7-136 (Johnson, 53.6 ov), 8-189 (Smith, 81.2 ov), 9-243 (Siddle, 102.1 ov),10-262 (Pattinson, 112.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Kumar	9	1	43	0	4.77
	I Sharma	14	3	35	2	2.50
	R Ashwin	34	18	57	5	1.67
	PP Ojha	26.1	6	75	1	2.86
	RA Jadeja	29	8	40	2	1.37