Left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe picked up his maiden five-wicket haul, including three in an over, to trigger a spectacular collapse and help Australia bundle out hosts India for 105 in their first innings of the opening test on Friday.
O’Keefe finished with figures of 6-35 as Australia took a first-innings lead of 155 on a spin-friendly track against the world’s top-ranked side in the first of the four-match series.
Opener Lokesh Rahul’s 64 was the top individual score for the hosts, who are unbeaten in their last 19 tests.
India lost 7 wickets for 11 runs, prompting this smart tweet from one user.
And in quick-time:
A collapse that very few people saw coming clearly.
And there was a political jibe too.
And a spin pun.
The man behind it all: Steve O’Keefe.
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Steve O’Keefe, take a bow! What a spell #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/77O33mOFwI— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) February 24, 2017
Maybe there was a well thought reason behind this after all?
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