A "reinvented" Jason Scrivener leads a trio of Australians still in the thick of the hunt to win the lucrative Dubai Desert Classic as some of golf's leading lights suffered in the hunt for the $US1.53 million ($A2.46 m) winner's jackpot.
Scrivener is tied for third at halfway on eight under after a blemish-free 69 on Friday, while fellow countryman Min Woo Lee compiled one of the rounds of the day on the Majlis course at Emirates Golf Club, a blistering six-under 66, to be a shot further back.
Overnight joint-leader David Micheluzzi faltered after his opening 65, going round in 73, but was still in the hunt at six under with all three Aussies in the top dozen.
