Aussies chase 241 to win second Test

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HOBART, Australia, Dec 11 (AFP): Australia were chasing 241 runs for victory in the second Hobart Test after New Zealand were dismissed for 226 at lunch on the third day Sunday. The Kiwis, leading by 14 runs on the first innings, lost seven wickets in the extended morning session after resuming the day at 139 for three. The Black Caps unravelled after the loss of skipper Ross Taylor and Dean Brownlie, with their frail tail throwing the bat at the Australian bowlers. Australia will be looking to wrap up a two-nil series victory after hammering New Zealand by nine wickets in last week's first Test in Brisbane. James Pattinson (3-54), Peter Siddle (3-66) and spinner Nathan Lyon (3-25) shared the wickets. Taylor topscored with 56 off 169 balls but once he departed along with first innings topscorer Brownlie (21), the Kiwi innings quickly fell away. Kane Williamson was out on the third ball of the day, brilliantly caught by a diving Ricky Ponting at second slip off Siddle for 34. Taylor was dropped on 48 in a sharp caught and bowled chance by Pattinson before he brought up his 15th Test half-century off the next ball. But Taylor's resistance ended in the 63rd over when he nicked a Pattinson outswinger to Michael Clarke at first slip. Brownlie, who was hit on the left hand by a Mitchell Starc delivery, tried to get out of the way off a Pattinson bouncer only to be caught behind off the back of his bat for 21. New Zealand were into their tail, minus injured Daniel Vettori, as they sought enough runs to defend in the fourth innings of the Test. A total of 30 wickets have fallen in seven sessions with a result possible on the third day if rain does not intervene. New Zealand 1st innings: 150 (D. Brownlie 56; J. Pattinson 5-51, P. Siddle 3-42) Australia 1st innings: 136 (P. Siddle 36; D. Bracewell 3-20, T. Boult 3-29, C. Martin 3-46) New Zealand 2nd innings: M. Guptill 16, B McCullum 12, J Ryder stpd Haddin 16, R Taylor 56, K Williamson 34, D Brownlie 21, R Young 9, D Bracewell 4, T Southee 13, T Boult 21, C Martin 2 Extras: (b4, lb11, w5, nb2) 22 Total: (all out; 78.3 overs) 226