Very Very Special Laxman does it again against Oz

India set Australia a mammoth target of 413 runs to win the third Test at the WACA after they were bowled out for 294 on Friday.

The Australians, who are chasing a world record 17th consecutive Test win, finished off the Indian second innings after tea on the third day to leave themselves plenty of time to get the runs on a good batting pitch.

However, history is still heavily stacked against them winning as only one side in 131 years of Test cricket have ever scored more runs in the fourth innings to win a Test.

That was in 2003 when the West Indies made 418-7 to beat Australia in Antigua.
No team has scored 370 or more batting last to win on Australian soil and Ricky Ponting's team will have to show a dramatic improvement on their first innings when they were skittled out for just 212.

The Australians briefly looked as though they would be chasing a much smaller target when they ripped through the Indian top-order to reduce the tourists to 160-6 but they struggled to take the last four wickets.

Sachin Tendulkar (13), Rahul Dravid (3) and Saurav Ganguly (no score) made a combined total of 16 runs but Vangipurappu Laxman, who has a knack of making big scores against the Australians, was once again a thorn in their side.

Courtesy:cricket.expressindia.com
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