Australia batsmen in familiar tail-spin in Dubai

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Scars re-opened on a dusty pitch in Bulawayo in August bled profusely on day three of the first test against Pakistan as Australia's batsmen showed a familiar vulnerability to tight spin bowling on slow wickets. Having sailed to 128 without loss, Australia crumbled against an inexperienced Pakistani attack in Dubai on Friday to fall 151 runs short of the hosts' first innings total of 454 and leave their hopes of victory and top test ranking in jeopardy. With Pakistan's leading spinner Saeed Ajmal serving a ban for an illegal action, a slow bowling unit featuring a debutant legspinner, a 35-year-old left-armer playing his third test and an all-rounder combined for six wickets, including four of Australia's specialist batsmen.
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