Birthday boy Peter Siddle was on fire today, in his first Test for 10 months. He gave himself a birthday to remember by claiming a hat-trick and a career-best 6 for 54, which removed England for 260. Alastair Cook played calmly for his 67 and Ian Bell produced one of his finest international innings, but the visitors will feel they've let a golden chance slip and Australia closed on 0 for 25.
Today in the morning England Captain A. Straus won the toss and decide to bat first. After losing some quick wickets, Cook and Bell put them on track. But in the mid Siddle break their momentum by picking up Cook, Prior and Broad, which give him the Landmark of hat-trick.
Hat-trick Brief :
A Cook c Watson b Siddle 67 (282m, 168b, 6*4, 0*6),
M Prior b Siddle 0 (1m, 1b, 0*4, 0*6),
S Broad lbw b Siddle 0 (1b, 0*4, 0*6)
On the hat-trick ball, Stuart Broad was caught on the toe from a full delivery to make Siddle the 11th Australian to grab a test hat-trick and the fifth of his countrymen to do so in England-Australia contests.
Broad challenged the decision, and after the initial roar from home fans and celebrations on the pitch there was a delay until the hat trick was confirmed by the TV umpire.
The day began in a dramatic fashion when England captain Andrew Strauss, after winning the toss and electing to bat on a slow Gabba pitch, was dismissed without scoring from the third ball of the day, caught by Mike Hussey at third slip off the bowling of Ben Hilfenhaus.
The lone bright spot for England on the day was the form of Ian Bell who top-scored with a sparkling 76 before becoming the ninth man to fall when he lofted the ball to Watson at deep point, becoming Doherty's first test wicket.XJ Doherty (Australia) took two wickets in the on hhis debut.
1th December is the day on which 6 teams will test their competitor on different locations. Interestingly 3 teams are from Asia only and they are not facing each other, this battle of three Asian team will be on their respective grounds only. To start with India, they will face New Zealand on their 2nd one dayer of five match series. This match will bulge out in the morning of Jaipur on Sawai Mansingh Stadium. India is leading the series with 1-0. 
In the second encounter Bangladesh will face Zimbabwe on the beginner one day match of 5 match series at Dhaka. With the World Cup round the corner, the cricketing world has its collective eye trained on Bangladesh. By thumping New Zealand 4-0 at home, they have announced themselves as a real threat to the teams in Group B, who will all have to find a way past their spinners in slow and low conditions.
Another match on 1st December is between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Pallekele. It is the last test of this series, both the starting one turn into draw. It will be the debut test in Pallekele. The Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, the venue for the decider, and one being groomed for the World Cup, is untested at the highest level, though it has staged a fair share of domestic games earlier this year, sporting a pitch that has shown a tendency to favour batting.
- Siddle's Wicket
