India: Going down - down under
Friday, 28. December 2007, 11:14:20
A seven-year old boy was at the center of a courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him.
The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible.
The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him.
After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.
After two recesses to check legal references and confer with the child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Indian Cricket Team, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.
Fall Of WicketsDay 1:
Australia:
1/135 (Phil Jaques, 33.4 ov.), 2/162 (Ricky Ponting, 38.5 ov.), 3/165 (Mike Hussey, 39.3 ov.), 4/225 (Michael Clarke, 59.1 ov.), 5/241 (Matthew Hayden, 62.2 ov.), 6/281 (Andrew Symonds, 71.4 ov.), 7/288 (Adam Gilchrist, 75.3 ov.), 8/294 (Brett Lee, 79.2 ov.), 9/312 (Brad Hogg, 86.1 ov.), 10/343 (Stuart Clark, 92.4 ov.)
Fall Of WicketsDay 2:
India:
1/4 (Wasim Jaffer, 8.3 ov.), 2/31 (Rahul Dravid, 21.4 ov.), 3/55 (VVS Laxman, 30.1 ov.), 4/120 (Sachin Tendulkar, 45.1 ov.), 5/122 (Yuvraj Singh, 47.4 ov.), 6/122 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 47.6 ov.), 7/166 (Saurav Ganguly, 60.1 ov.), 8/173 (Harbhajan Singh, 66.6 ov.), 9/192 (Anil Kumble, 69.6 ov.), 10/196 (Zaheer Khan, 71.5 ov.)
Fall Of WicketsDay 3:
Australia:
1/83 (Matthew Hayden, 18.5 ov.), 2/89 (Ricky Ponting, 20.2 ov.), 3/139 (Phil Jaques, 38.2 ov.), 4/161 (Mike Hussey, 45.1 ov.), 5/243 (Andrew Symonds, 61.5 ov.), 6/288 (Michael Clarke, 73.1 ov.), 7/316 (Adam Gilchrist, 80.4 ov.)
India:
Rahul Dravidbatting 3
Wasim Jafferbatting 2
Thats stumps on day 3.
Given that the wicket is pretty bad for batsmen and the Australian bowlers are at their top form coupled with the fact that the Indian first innings was packed up for a measly 196, looks like India are headed for another magnificient defeat.
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