Clark and Lee tighten the noose on India

Dec 27, 2007

Stuart Clark didn't hang around long on the second morning as Australia were bowled out for 343•Getty Images

VVS Laxman toiled hard for his 56-ball 26, but was dismissed soon after lunch when he fended a snorter from Brett Lee, who had earlier dismissed Wasim Jaffer•Getty Images

Stuart Clark swung the game back Australia's way when he dismissed Tendulkar off an inside edge for 62 •Getty Images

Brad Hogg, who was taken apart by Tendulkar and Ganguly had his revenge when he cleaned up Ganguly with a flipper. He then induced a top edge from Harbhajan Singh to finish with a brace of wickets •Getty Images

Rahul Dravid had a torrid time opening the innings, consuming 66 deliveries for his five before he was put out of his misery by Mitchell Johnson, whose first five overs were maidens •Getty Images

India turned to Sachin Tendulkar to get them out of jail and it didn't take long to get his eye in •Getty Images

Clark then dismissed Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni for ducks as India slumped from 120 for 3 to 122 for 6•Getty Images

Lee returned to dismiss Anil Kumble and Zaheer Khan as India were bowled out for 192. Lee, during the course of his 4 for 46, became only the sixth Australian to take 250-plus wickets in Tests when he had Kumble caught behind •Getty Images

Sourav Ganguly was in good nick as well and kept Australia at bay as the duo added 65 runs for the fourth wicket •Getty Images

He was Australia's stand-out bowler with figures of 4 for 28. •Getty Images

Matthew Hayden muscled his way to an unbeaten 24 as Australia stretched their lead to 179 •Getty Images