Hauritz bowled over by Wankhede

Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz could hardly believe his eyes at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. “I’ve never seen a wicket on which the ball turns so much, even on television,” Hauritz told reporters after taking 3-16 on his Australia debut. “There was big turn out there.”

There was another surprise in store for Hauritz in the evening, when skipper Ricky Ponting asked him to share the new ball in India’s second innings. “I would have never thought I’d open the bowling for Australia in my first Test match,” the 23-year-old said.