Siddle hat-trick puts Australia on top

Nov 25, 2010

Xavier Doherty is handed his baggy green by Ricky Ponting•Getty Images

...and Strauss couldn't believe his dismissal•PA Photos

...and Watson celebrates with a leap•Getty Images

...but Doherty was more comfortable at the bowling crease, starting impressively•AFP

Siddle also picked up Paul Collingwood in his next over•Getty Images

Ricky Ponting called for the referral, but Bell survived•Getty Images

Matt Prior was the second in the hat-trick, bowled for a first-ball duck•Getty Images

Mike Hussey celebrates his third-ball catch to remove Andrew Strauss...•Getty Images

Andrew Strauss makes his way off the Gabba•Getty Images

Alastair Cook was solid during the morning session•Getty Images

Kevin Pietersen began well...•Getty Images

A confident Ian Bell picked up where he left off from his 192 in Hobart against Australia A•Getty Images

Alastair Cook kept the scoreboard ticking over•Getty Images

Siddle's hat-trick was confirmed when Aleem Dar raised his finger to give Stuart Broad lbw•Getty Images

Jonathan Trott loses his off stump, bowled by Shane Watson...•Associated Press

The debutant Doherty put down Cook at point...•Getty Images

...before Pietersen became the first victim of Peter Siddle, caught at slip•Associated Press

Simon Katich was convinced Bell had edged behind•Getty Images

Cook was the first victim in Siddle's hat-trick, caught at first slip for 67•Associated Press

Siddle was mobbed by his team-mates after becoming the first Australian to take a Test hat-trick in nearly a decade•Getty Images