When he stepped out next ball to lift, casually, between long-on and midwicket for a fourth six, finally we sensed that something might be up. |
In the third over after the resumption, he flinched a dolly to short midwicket. |
After his 40 in the first innings, he was again in fine touch with a nice line in midwicket whips and punches through the covers. |
Next, Afridi swept one powerfully over midwicket, and later in the same tonked one over wide long-on. |
Ponting cracked 25 runs square on the leg side, and another 26 in the arc between midwicket and long on. |
However, on this occasion he couldn't get his eye in and he fell attempting to hook a Symonds short ball over midwicket. |