Record crowd of 90,831, Latest updates of 4th ashes test

The fourth ashes test between Australia and England is going on.At the end of the second day Australia is on  164/9 trailing by 91 runs.At the end of the first day England scored 226/6.At the second day England managed to score only 29 runs.Kevin pietersen scored 71 of 161 balls.with 5 boundaries and 1 six.

Australia is in all sorts of trouble after the loss of 9 wickets for just 164 runs.Chris rogers was the highest run scorer for Australia.He scored 61 of 171 balls with 8 fours.Brad haddin is not out on 43 at the end of the second day.

The opening day set a new world record of  crowd at the Melbourne cricket ground. According to the ground officials the crowd attendance was 90,831 and this the highest number of crowd gathering for a single test match.

Australia have already won the series after the massive victory in the 3rd test at perth.Australia leading the 5 match series with 3-0.

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South african cricket legend jack kallis to quit test cricket

South african all-rounder jack kallis is going to quit test cricket after the durban test against india.He announces his retirement from test cricket on wednesday.His form has been the concern in recent months.Finally he quits test cricket.

He made his test debut against England in December 1995.He played 165 tests scoring more than 13000 runs with an average of 55.12.He scored 44 centuries and 58 half centuries.He took 292 test wickets and took 199 catches only behind rahul dravid of India.He is the most complete cricketer ever played this game.

He is the highest run getter in test cricket for south africa.He has a great impact on south african team.So it will be interesting to see the south african cricket without jack kallis.

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