There’s only one person with a Deirdre Barlow tattoo on their leg.”Įvery now and again, another family would be ushered upstairs to learn their loved one’s fate. “I started to think there’s only one reason why they aren’t telling us and that’s because Martyn has been blown to bits.
“It was the longest day ever,” said Stuart, a GP. Surely that would make him easy to identify? The Murrays told police that the 29-year-old social media manager had a tattoo of his favourite Coronation Street matriarch. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianĪs the hours ticked by, there was still no sign of Martyn. Madugalle (Sri Lanka).Dr Stuart Murray, stepfather of Martyn Hett one of the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena bomb attack on, at home in Poynton, Cheshire. Openers Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer gave the tourists a flying start by putting on 67 for the first wicket, their fourth 50-plus stand in the series.īut Australia lost three wickets for 19 runs before lunch with left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan picking up two wickets and Kumble one.
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The tourists went to lunch at 103-3 after Gilchrist won his third successive toss in the series and batted first on the even-paced wicket that provided good bounce to the seamers. Jason Gillespie was the other batsman at the crease on four. Kartik then dived in front to take a return catch off Australian captain Adam Gilchrist and had Shane Warne stumped by wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel.īut Clarke, who made a century on debut in the first Test at Bangalore which Australia won by 217 runs, frustrated the Indians again after being let off twice by Patel behind the stumps. Martyn, who hit 16 fours and a six, holed out in the deep off Anil Kumble after smashing the leg-spinner between long-on and long-off two balls earlier. Left-handed Lehmann, whose four previous innings in the series fetched him just 62 runs, regained timely form to make 70.Īustralia were sitting pretty at 314-4 when India hit back in the final session with three wickets in the space of 23 runs. We are overall quite pleased by how it went." "It's like an Australian wicket out there and any first-day score over 350 has to be good. "It is always nice to get back-to-back centuries, but we lost a few more wickets than we should have," he said.
"I am glad we fought back strongly towards the end and hopefully this fight will spill over to the next four days as well."Ĭentury-maker Martyn rued the loss of seven wickets on the first day. "Injuries are part of the game and I did not want to risk playing such an important game," said Ganguly. Also coming back were opener Aakash Chopra, seamer Ajit Agarkar and spinner Murali Kartik. Sachin Tendulkar, who missed the first two Tests with a tennis elbow injury, returned to the team. With left-arm seamer Irfan Pathan also sidelined due to a rib injury, India were forced to make four changes from the side that drew the second Test. Harbhajan, who had lived up to his reputation as Australia's bugbear with 16 wickets in the first two Tests, was laid low with a viral infection. Ganguly, recovering from a thigh strain, failed a fitness test before the toss allowing vice-captain Rahul Dravid to take charge for his fourth Test as captain. India's bid to level the four-match series suffered a serious setback when captain Saurav Ganguly and prolific off-spinner Harbhajan Singh were ruled out just before the start due to injury and illness. The stylish West Australian put on 148 for the fourth wicket with Darren Lehmann (70) and 80 for the fifth with Michael Clarke (73 not out) after Australia were struggling at 86-3 before lunch. Martyn, who hit a match-saving 104 in the drawn second Test at Chennai, led the way with a chanceless 114, his ninth century in 47 Tests. The tourists, who will secure their first series win on Indian soil in 35 years if they win the match, revelled on a firm Aussie-like pitch to pile up 362-7 by stumps. NAGPUR, Oct 26: Damien Martyn hit a second consecutive century as world champions Australia flayed injury-ravaged India on the opening day of the third cricket Test here on Tuesday.
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