HUSSEY'S TON LEAD TO AVOID FOLLOW-ON

Hussey's ton made the Aussies to avoid the follow-on in their practise match against the Indian Board PresidentXI team.At the end of day 3 Aussies managed to reach the reasonable score of 314 with the help of Mike Hussey's extra- ordinary knock of 126(302)*.At one stage they went down to 218 with the loss of 9 wickets after the last pair Clark-Hussey mae a beautiful partnership of 96 runs.In thier second innings the IndianXI scored 110 runs for a loss of 2 wickets in a quick session.Brett lee and Clark managed to get one wicket each.Since there is only one day remaining the 4 day match is going to end in draw.

PONTING PREDICTS "IT WILL BE A TOUGH SERIES"

Ricky ponting the captain of Australian cricket team predicted that the upcoming test series against India will be the toughest job.He added that the Indians will play with their best performance against all the oppositions so that the Australian team should be keen in finding the faults with the Indians.Since the star spinner of the team McGain returned to home due to injury, the team is still in confident for the test series.