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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) Skipper Steven Smith (192) smashed his highest Test score and his third successive century to lead Australia to a mammoth 530 at tea on day two of the third Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Saturday.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/watson-laments-untimely-dismissal--5597\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; background: transparent;\">Watson laments untimely dismissal<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Resuming the post lunch session on 389 for seven, the hosts made swift progress as Ryan Harris (74) partnered Smith to put on a 106-run eighth-wicket partnership that flattened India.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">There was no reprieve for India from Smith&rsquo;s clutches. His knock included 15 boundaries and two sixes. He brought up his century off 195 balls in the morning session and played 305 deliveries to reach his highest Test score.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">For India, Mohammed Shami picked up four wickets conceding 138 runs followed by Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin, both with three wickets.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Earlier, Smith hit his seventh Test century, his third successive hundred in the series, to propel Australia to a strong 389 for seven at lunch.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Continuing his incredible form in the series, Smith, first with wicketkeeper Brad Haddin (55) and then with Mitchell Johnson (28) put up important partnerships to take his team to a dominant position.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Resuming the day at 259 for five, overnight unbeaten batsmen Smith and Haddin began confidently with the keeper-batsman being more aggressive of the two. India peppered him with a lot of short balls, hoping to shake him up and expose his perceived weakness to bouncers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">But Haddin was equal to the task and was willing to take on what was offered to him, pulling and hooking merrily to score runs at a fast clip, reaching his half-century of 75 balls.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Smith on the other hand began more sedately. He took his time to get going but smoothly reached his third hundred of the series, flicking a fuller length ball fine on the leg side to reach the feat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">His latest hundred made him the first Australian captain to score centuries in each of his first two Tests as skipper and fourth overall after South Africa&#39;s Jackie McGlew, India&#39;s Vijay Hazare and England&#39;s Alastair Cook.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The signs were ominous for India as their bowlers failed to learn from their mistakes and continued bowling short, making it easier for Smith and Haddin to score freely.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The duo soon put up their 100-run partnership and were looking good for more. But Haddin was dismissed completely against the run of play when he hesitated to play or leave a Mohammed Shami delivery, succeeding only to edge it to wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It was Shami&rsquo;s third wicket of the innings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">But Smith continued the run feast with Mitchell Johnson (28) to lead Australia to a formidable first innings total.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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