| 0.0 : Hello and welcome to the 2nd Test between Australia and India from Perth. The team in Blue will be high on confidence after taking a 1-0 lead in the 4-match Test series. With the bowlers doing their job, Virat will like his batters to contribute a bit more and score big. Coming to the home team, they have a lot to worry, especially their batting. Their batting has been a failure and Paine would like his top order to score heavy runs if they want to level in this series. Should be an intriguing T |
| This is the first ever Test match at this venue, with Optus hosting just one ODI between Australia and South Africa not too long ago. There has been just one First-Class match over here, hence, there is not much data to fall back on. |
| WEATHER - It is a hot day in Perth and the conditions are expected to worsen as the match goes on. |
| PITCH REPORT - Michael Vaughan doing the pitch report expects plenty of movement and bounce with a lot of grass around. But does not want to take the spinners for granted and expects them to come good as well. |
| TOSS - We are ready for the spin of the coin. Isa Guha is with the captains. Tim Paine flips the coin, Heads is the call from Virat Kohli but it is a Tail. AUSTRALIA ELECT TO BAT FIRST. |
| Australian skipper, Tim Paine, says that it is a very warm day and is looking behind at the Shield game (domestic match) last week. Expects the workload on the quicks to be heavy with the weather expected to get hotter during the Test. On the tough schedule, Paine says that it is the way it is these days and players have to adjust for a quick turnaround. Does not want to focus on the last loss and insists that the team is out to win and level the series. |
| Indian captain, Virat Kohli, says that he would have batted first as well but does not feel it is a bad toss to lose on a green wicket. Now wants his side to bowl well. On the track, Kohli says that he saw an ODI on this wicket where the seamers made merry. Feels nice to watch how the wicket plays and bat second. Does not want his side to be complacent and given the Adelaide Test, he understands that nothing is going to be given easy. Wants his unit to learn from the mistakes committed in the fi |
| The players are out in the middle. Aaron Finch and Marcus Harris comes out to bat for Australia. Ishant Sharma will start the proceedings. |
| 0.1 : I Sharma to Harris, Starts off with a fuller delivery on leg, Harris tries to flick it but misses it. |
| 0.2 : I Sharma to Harris, Length delivery around off, Harris lets it go to the keeper. |
| 0.3 : I Sharma to Harris, Good delivery that. Fuller delivery swings away a bit. Marcus goes for the drive but fails to do so. Swing on offer here for Ishant. |
| Before the over began, Ishant Sharma was checking his runup. He was very angry with himself over the no balls in the previous Test. |
| 0.4 : I Sharma to Harris, Length delivery this time on off, MH defends it off the front foot and onto the ground. |
| 0.5 : I Sharma to Harris, Length delivery around off, Harris shoulders arms to it. |
| 0.6 : I Sharma to Harris, Identical delivery, Harris lets it go. Good start from Ishant. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to share the new ball. |
| 1.1 : J Bumrah to Finch, Starts off with a back of a length delivery on middle, Finch defends it from within the crease. |
| 1.2 : J Bumrah to Finch, Goes short this time. Aaron tries to pull it but misses it completely. Some good bounce on this wicket for Bumrah. |
| 1.3 : J Bumrah to A Finch, FOUR! Finch off the mark with a brilliant pull shot. It was dragged short and Finch pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. Good positive start from the opener. |
| 1.4 : J Bumrah to Finch, Back of a length on off, Finch taps it to point for a run. |
| 1.5 : J Bumrah to Harris, Bumrah bowls it full around off, Harris does not need to play at those. |
| 1.6 : J Bumrah to Harris, A tad fuller on off, Harris drives it firmly but straight to the cover fielder. |
| 2.1 : I Sharma to Finch, Full and wide outside off, Finch lunges and shoulders arms. |
| 2.2 : I Sharma to Finch, Good running. That is the second time he has done that in the last 3 balls. Full and just outside off, Aaron presses forward and pushes it towards cover for a quick single. |
| 2.3 : I Sharma to Harris, Length delivery on off, Harris taps it to the point region. |
| 2.4 : I Sharma to Harris, Good length delivery from Ishant on off, MH lets it be. |
| 2.5 : I Sharma to Harris, Fuller delivery on middle, Harris defends it by presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 2.6 : I Sharma to Harris, Bowls it wayyy down leg. A touch short of a good length down the leg side, Harris looks to pull but misses out on a boundary ball. Rishabh Pant does really well to dive to his right to stop it. |
| 3.1 : J Bumrah to A Finch, Fuller delivery from Bumrah on middle, Finch flicks it towards mid on for a couple of runs. |
| 3.2 : J Bumrah to Finch, Good delivery that on off. Aaron shoulders arms to it. |
| 3.3 : J Bumrah to Finch, Back of a length on middle, Finch defends it off the back foot and onto the ground. |
| 3.4 : J Bumrah to Finch, Super delivery that from Bumrah. It was a tad full around off, Finch goes for the drive but fails to do so. Finch was lucky not to get the outside edge of the bat. |
| 3.5 : J Bumrah to Finch, Another brilliant delivery from Bumrah. Bowls it full outside off, Finch tries to flick it but it goes between the bat and the pad. |
| 3.6 : J Bumrah to Finch, Fuller this time on middle, Finch works it to the leg side for a run. Good probing over from Bumrah comes to an end. |
| 4.1 : I Sharma to Finch, On a length around off, Finch gets across to flick but misses as he falls over. Is hit high on the pads. |
| 4.2 : I Sharma to Finch, Full and outside off, Aaron looks to drive but there is no feet movement. The ball rolls off the inner half back to the bowler. |
| 4.3 : I Sharma to Finch, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 4.4 : I Sharma to Finch, That is a good ball but perhaps the length is too short on this type of a pitch. Outside off, AF walks into the shot and looks to defend but misses. |
| 4.5 : I Sharma to Finch, Slips this down the leg side, Finch misses his flick. Another boundary-scoring opportunity goes by. |
| 4.6 : I Sharma to Finch, Full and perhaps a bit too straight, pushed towards mid on. |
| 5.1 : J Bumrah to M Harris, Good length delivery from Bumrah, Harris tries to tap it towards point but gets an inside onto the pads. |
| 5.2 : J Bumrah to Harris, Fuller delivery around off, Harris lets it go to the keeper. |
| 5.3 : J Bumrah to Harris, Length delivery outside off, Harris lets it be. |
| 5.4 : J Bumrah to Harris, Harris off the mark after 15 balls. It was bowled full down leg, Harris clips it to the fine leg region for a run. |
| 5.5 : J Bumrah to Finch, Back of a length on middle, Aaron defends it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 5.6 : J Bumrah to Finch, FOUR! Streaky but effective. Back of a length around off, Finch opens the face of the bat and guides it towards gully and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 6.1 : I Sharma to Harris, FOUR! Errs in line and length and gets the punishment for it. Bowls it full down leg, Harris tickles it fine off his pads and the ball races away to the boundary. |
| 6.2 : I Sharma to Harris, NO BALL! Length delivery around off. Harris lets it be. Umpire calls it no ball for overstepping. Ishant needs to be careful with his no balls. He has the habit of over stepping. |
| I Sharma to Harris, Fuller length outside off, Harris does not need to play at those. |
| 6.3 : I Sharma to Harris, Length delivery on middle, Harris defends it with a straight bat. |
| 6.4 : I Sharma to Harris, FOUR! It was bowled full on middle, MH stylishly drives it straight past the bowler and the ball races away to the boundary. Good shot that from Harris. |
| 6.5 : I Sharma to Harris, FOUR! Make it two in two ball. Identical delivery, Harris again drives it straight past the bowler for a boundary. Good positive batting from the opener. |
| 6.6 : I Sharma to Harris, BEATEN! Good length delivery around off, Harris tries to push it towards point but was beaten by the pace of the delivery. But a good over for the Aussies. Three boundaries from the over. |
| Bumrah comes charging in but Finch moves away. Either he was not ready or got distracted with Kohli shouting from behind. The Indian captain is eager for a short leg. Now that man comes. |
| 7.1 : J Bumrah to Finch, Full and around off, watchfully defended. |
| 7.2 : J Bumrah to A Finch, Around off, Finch opens the face of his bat slightly and pushes it towards Ajinkya Rahane at gully. |
| 7.3 : J Bumrah to Finch, Comes in from outside off, a long way in, Aaron pushes it watchfully towards the bowler. |
| 7.4 : J Bumrah to Finch, Nice and compact from Aaron. Pushes it towards cover and gets across to the other end for a quick single. |
| 7.5 : J Bumrah to Harris, Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off. |
| 7.6 : J Bumrah to Harris, Landed outside off, Harris shuffles across and lets it go. |
| Umesh Yadav into the attack now. |
| 8.1 : U Yadav to Finch, Starts off with a fuller delivery around off, Finch shoulders arms to it. |
| 8.2 : U Yadav to Finch, Similar delivery on middle, Finch lets it go. |
| 8.3 : U Yadav to Finch, Back of a length on middle, Aaron defends it from within the crease. |
| 8.4 : U Yadav to Finch, A tad fuller on off, Finch guides it to the point region. |
| 8.5 : U Yadav to A Finch, Length delivery on off, Finch taps it to the point region. Finch goes for a run. The fielder at the point has a shy at the stumps but Finch is comfortably home. |
| 8.6 : U Yadav to Finch, Fuller delivery on middle, Aaron pushes it towards point, Finch goes for the run. Pujara then has a shy at the non- strikers end but the batsmen make it home and get a run as well. There was no fielder to back it up and the batsmen get another couple of runs there in that process. |
| 9.1 : J Bumrah to Finch, Excellent running but lack of match awareness from Cheteshwar Pujara. A bit too straight from Bumrah, Finch clips it through mid-wicket and calls for two. Pujara gets to the ball and then lazily turns around. Now, the openers have a look at his approach and then at each other. They start to run the third but Cheteshwar still does not release the ball. He jogs a couple of steps and then throws, which allows the third to be completed easily. |
| 9.2 : J Bumrah to Harris, Outside off, on a length, left alone. |
| 9.3 : J Bumrah to M Harris, Well bowled, well played. A short ball outside off, coming in with the angle, Harris looks to defend but suddenly the ball bounces sharply. He is taken aback but does well to drop his wrists and play it onto the ground. The ball takes the outside edge but does not stay in contact with the air for long. Goes on three bounces to the gully fielder. |
| Is that a boundary? Or has superman Kohli stopped the ball? |
| 9.4 : J Bumrah to Harris, Terrific effort from Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, Harris leans into the shot and drives it through the covers. The ball almost races to the boundary and Kohli and Umesh Yadav chase it in pairs. The skipper gets to the ball, dives and then flicks it back. It rolls back in, but the third umpire does not check that in the replays whether it touches the ropes. All he checks is whether Virat stopped the ball before it reached the boundary which he did. Three runs given. |
| 9.5 : J Bumrah to Finch, Full and outside off, coming in with the angle, left alone. |
| 9.6 : J Bumrah to Finch, Around off and outside off, solidly defended. |
| 10.1 : U Yadav to Harris, Back of a length around off. Harris lets it be. |
| 10.2 : U Yadav to Harris, Harris drives it straight past the bowler and towards mid off for a boundary. |
| 10.3 : U Yadav to Harris, Length delivery around off, Harris lets it be. |
| 10.4 : U Yadav to Harris, Back of a length outside off, Harris shoulders arms to it. |
| 10.5 : U Yadav to Harris, On middle, MH defends it with a straight bat. |
| 10.6 : U Yadav to M Harris, FOUR! Edged away. On a length outside off, Harris feels for it but the ball away, takes the outside edge and goes past gully to the third man fence. |
| Mohammed Shami into the attack as well. |
| Review time! India are confident that Finch is plumb LBW. Looks mighty close. |
| 11.1 : M Shami to Finch, NOT OUT! MISSING THE STUMPS! Hmmm... the Perth bounce. |
| 11.2 : M Shami to Finch, Another LBW appeal belched out. Turned down again. Kohli asks for the review once more. This time, Shami himself is not interested. Similar ball to the previous one, coming in with the angle, Aaron misses his flick again, getting hit on the pads. Again, the umpire is unmoved. Height was the factor again. This time though, Hawk Eye showed it to be clipping the top of middle stump. |
| 11.3 : M Shami to Finch, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 11.4 : M Shami to Finch, Full and around off, watchfully defended. |
| 11.5 : M Shami to Finch, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 11.6 : M Shami to Finch, Around off, well blocked out. |
| 12.1 : U Yadav to Harris, Full and outside off, watchfully defended. |
| 12.2 : U Yadav to Harris, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 12.3 : U Yadav to Harris, Around off, solidly defended. |
| 12.4 : U Yadav to Harris, Outside off, on a length, Harris feels for it but the ball moves away off the seam, beating the outside edge. |
| 12.5 : U Yadav to Harris, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 12.6 : U Yadav to Harris, Full and around middle and leg, Marcus flicks but slips as well in his followthrough. Gets it through mid-wicket. Takes a couple, wants the third but Aaron Finch slips at the other end and the openers abort the thought. |
| 13.1 : M Shami to Finch, Full and outside off, Finch looks to drive but the ball goes off the inner half of the bat back to the bowler. |
| 13.2 : M Shami to Finch, Around off, tight line, well blocked out. |
| 13.3 : M Shami to Finch, Similar ball, Aaron comes forward again and defends once more. |
| 13.4 : M Shami to Finch, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 13.5 : M Shami to Finch, Landed just outside off, Aaron comes forward and blocks again. |
| 13.6 : M Shami to Finch, Landed outside off, AF knows where his off stump is and shoulders arms. |
| 14.1 : U Yadav to Harris, On the pads, Harris flicks it through mid-wicket. Hanuma Vihari gives it a good chase and keeps the batsmen in their crease as they look for the third, with a sharp throw to the keeper. |
| 14.2 : U Yadav to Harris, BRAVE LEAVE! Close leave! My word, either Harris trusts the bounce on this wicket or he did not expect that ball to come in. It was pitched outside off, on a length and the Victorian shouldered arms. But to his alarm, the cherry came back in a long way and went off something to the keeper, which not surprisingly, prompted an appeal. Replays show that it clipped the left pocket of his trouser. |
| 14.3 : U Yadav to Harris, Around off, solidly defended. |
| 14.4 : U Yadav to Harris, Similar ball to the one bowled a couple of deliveries ago, this time Marcus defends. |
| 14.5 : U Yadav to M Harris, FOUR! What a shot. Not an easy one to play at all, especially with that height. David Warner usually plays that shot, but with both feet in the air. Harris though, has his feet grounded. Fractionally short of a length outside off, Marcus arches back, goes down a touch and plays a punch through the point zone. The best part about it was that the ball was not aerial at all. 50-RUN STAND COMES UP. At a good rate too. |
| 14.6 : U Yadav to Harris, Around off, well blocked out. |
| 15.1 : M Shami to Finch, Huge shout for LBW again. Not out once more. Kohli asks Shami for a review. The bowler shakes his head. On a length outside off, comes back in a long way after pitching. Finch misses his tuck and is hit on the pads, slightly above the knee roll. Definitely a touch high but the impact might have been outside off as well. |
| 15.2 : M Shami to Finch, Around off, solidly defended. |
| 15.3 : M Shami to Finch, 'YEAHHH, NOOOOOOOOOOO!' is the call from Finch. You never take Kohli on so often. Full and outside off, Aaron pushes it through cover-point, sets off for a single as he first sees point going to his right. But the next second, he observes Virat Kohli moving swiftly to his left and he quickly changes his mind. |
| 15.4 : M Shami to Finch, Around off, pushed towards mid on. |
| 15.5 : M Shami to Finch, Landed outside off, shouldered arms to. |
| 15.6 : M Shami to Finch, Nicely set up. After bowling outswingers, Shami shapes this one in. Finch though is prepared for it and clips it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 16.1 : U Yadav to Finch, Good ball, lovely shot, excellent fielding! Great cricket all around. Full and straight, hitting the stumps but for the bat coming in between. Finch drives it with an absolute straight bat. The ball goes like a rocket down the ground but Umesh sticks out his right leg and deflects the ball to cover. |
| 16.2 : U Yadav to A Finch, Another lovely drive, this time towards mid on. |
| 16.3 : U Yadav to Finch, The batsman has driven it towards mid on. |
| 16.4 : U Yadav to A Finch, Full and outside off, Aaron drives it through the covers where Hanuma Vihari dives to his right and parries it wide of mid off. But the batsmen do not run. |
| 16.5 : U Yadav to Finch, Around off, defended from the crease. |
| 16.6 : U Yadav to Finch, Outside off, coming in, let go. |
| 17.1 : M Shami to Harris, Down the leg side, coming in, Harris tucks it towards fine leg for a single. |
| 17.2 : M Shami to Finch, Around off, coming in, Finch looks to defend but the ball goes off the inside edge. Harris spots that the fielder at short mid-wicket is a touch stationary and immediately calls for the single. Good awareness. |
| 17.3 : M Shami to Harris, Outside off, left alone. |
| 17.4 : M Shami to Harris, One more leave outside off. |
| 17.5 : M Shami to Harris, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 17.6 : M Shami to Harris, Around off, pushed to the off side. |
| Jasprit Bumrah into the attack now. 5-0-20-0 so far. The 12th man has just come onto the ground with some drinks. A very, very hot day. |
| 18.1 : J Bumrah to Finch, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 18.2 : J Bumrah to A Finch, Bad ball but Finch misses out. Short and wide outside off, begging to be hit, Aaron goes for the cut but a bit half-heartedly. Hanuma Vihari at point does a favour on his bowler by diving to his left and parrying it to gully. |
| 18.3 : J Bumrah to Finch, Close shave! On a length outside off, Aaron looks to play that through the off side but is tentative again. The ball takes the inside edge and narrowly misses the leg stump, en route square leg. A single taken. |
| 18.4 : J Bumrah to Harris, Around off, solidly defended. |
| 18.5 : J Bumrah to Harris, Fuller and straighter, Marcus blocks it out watchfully. |
| 18.6 : J Bumrah to Harris, Around off, cutting in off the seam, helped towards fine leg for a run. |
| Double change. Ishant Sharma is back on from the Justin Langer end. 4-2-14-0 so far. |
| 19.1 : I Sharma to Harris, Starts off nicely, with a full ball around off, solidly defended. |
| 19.2 : I Sharma to Harris, Probably a touch slower, outside off, fuller in length, Harris lets it go. |
| 19.3 : I Sharma to Harris, Around middle and leg, well blocked out. |
| 19.4 : I Sharma to Harris, Full and outside off, Marcus gets a good stride forward, leans for the cover drive and plays that shot but probably a touch early. The ball hits the inner half of the bat and goes towards mid off. |
| 19.5 : I Sharma to Harris, Landed outside off, angling away, left alone. |
| 19.6 : I Sharma to Harris, Misses out once more. Again, either Ishant is deliberately bowling slow or Harris not able to pick the change in pace. Another half volley, should have been driven through the covers, MH looks to drive it through the covers too. But just that change in pace is what he does not account for. As a result, the ball hits the bottom part of the bat and rolls towards mid off. |
| 20.1 : J Bumrah to Finch, First real loose shot from Finch. The runs have dried up since Drinks and he is feeling frustrated. Full and outside off, Aaron looks to drive, without actually moving his feet. Almost a reminiscence of the way he got cleaned up by Ishant in Adelaide in the first innings. Is lucky this time because the ball misses the outside edge. |
| 20.2 : J Bumrah to Finch, Dangling the carrot again, full and outside off, but this time AF decides not to go for shopping or fishing. Lets it go. Good decision too. Swings away after pitching. |
| 20.3 : J Bumrah to Finch, The batsman defends it from within the crease. |
| 20.4 : J Bumrah to Finch, Around off, solidly defended. |
| 20.5 : J Bumrah to Finch, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 20.6 : J Bumrah to Finch, Landed outside off, let through. |
| 21.1 : I Sharma to Harris, Around off, defended watchfully. |
| 21.2 : I Sharma to Harris, A short ball outside off, Harris now plays a shot in anger. Looks to pull but misses. |
| 21.3 : I Sharma to Harris, Outside off, left alone. |
| 21.4 : I Sharma to Harris, On a length outside off, Marcus gets on top of the bounce and punches it through the covers but cannot quite get the gap. Finds the fielder. |
| A gem from Harsha Bhogle on air. 'The boundaries in the 90s used to be so far that you needed to hire a rickshaw to get the ball back from the boundary!' No one laughs though. Probably no one got the pun or the joke. |
| 21.5 : I Sharma to Harris, Landed outside off, fuller in length, left alone. |
| 21.6 : I Sharma to Harris, Another one outside off, let through once again. That is the 5th maiden in the last 9 overs. Third on the trot. India piling on the pressure. |
| 22.1 : J Bumrah to Finch, That is what happens when pressure mounts. T10 or T20 specialists cannot quite resist themselves. The patience is ticking over for both the Victorians here. Full and outside off, Finch looks to drive but misses. No feet movement. |
| 22.2 : J Bumrah to Finch, And again! Another play and a miss. Similar ball, Aaron looks to drive again but gets beaten once more. |
| 22.3 : J Bumrah to Finch, Outside off, Aaron pushes it towards point. |
| 22.4 : J Bumrah to A Finch, EDGED, FOUR! A run after a string of 21 dots. On a length outside off, Finch looks to drive but the ball moves away, takes the outside edge, albeit going onto the ground. Lokesh Rahul dives to his right at second slip but the ball is well wide of him and races to the third man fence. Would not have carried to the third slip fielder, even if he had been there. |
| 22.5 : J Bumrah to Finch, Landed outside off, Aaron looks to drive but misses. |
| 22.6 : J Bumrah to Finch, Around off, another tight line, AF looks to defend but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads. |
| 23.1 : I Sharma to Harris, Full and miles outside off, left alone. |
| 23.2 : I Sharma to Harris, Half volley outside off, driven towards mid off. |
| 23.3 : I Sharma to Harris, Outside off, tapped towards point for a quick single. |
| 23.4 : I Sharma to Finch, Full and around off, cutting in, nicely played down the ground. There is mid on but Kohli from mid off gets to the ball quicker and the batsmen are restricted to a run. |
| 23.5 : I Sharma to Harris, Full and outside off, too full to be driven, hence Marcus gets a bottom edge. |
| 23.6 : I Sharma to Harris, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 24.1 : J Bumrah to Finch, Full and outside off, driven straight to cover. |
| 24.2 : J Bumrah to Finch, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 24.3 : J Bumrah to Finch, Full and outside off, Finch defends solidly again. |
| 24.4 : J Bumrah to Finch, Around off, Aaron looks to defend but the ball comes back in sharply, hits the inside edge and rolls towards mid-wicket. |
| 24.5 : J Bumrah to Finch, Around off again, driven back to the bowler. Bumrah looks to stop by getting low to his right but he slips. Gets up gingerly but looks okay. |
| 24.6 : J Bumrah to Finch, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| Mohammed Shami time. The clock has ticked 12.20 pm local but we shall have one more over before Lunch. |
| 25.1 : M Shami to Harris, Full and outside off, pushed through the covers for a single. |
| 25.2 : M Shami to Finch, A bit too straight, Finch looks to flick but misses. Shami starts to appeal but then bails out. The ball goes off Aaron's pads towards square leg and the batsmen take a run. |
| 25.3 : M Shami to Harris, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| 25.4 : M Shami to Harris, Landed outside off, let through. |
| 25.5 : M Shami to Harris, One more leave outside off. |
| 25.6 : M Shami to Harris, This is miles outside off, an easy leave for the batsman. LUNCH ON DAY 1, AUSTRALIA 66/0! |
| Unbelievable opening session for Australia. Though India pulled it back nicely after Drinks, but it has been the hosts' session. They set the tone in the first hour, going at nearly 4 an over and then have been cautious enough to not throw it away. |
| A day ago, you could not actually spot the difference between the outfield and the pitch - it was so green. Though some of the grass has been shaved off, there is plenty of movement on this track. However, India could not quite make use of the new ball when it was hooping around. They have now reverted to the basics - bowling tight lines and lengths and inducing false strokes. |
| Round 1 to Australia then. They have curbed their attacking instincts and have not got carried away. Though, they need to be a touch careful about getting frustrated as well. The last hour before Lunch was a testing period for them and so will be the first hour after the break. Considering the form that this batting line-up has shown, the opposition is never far from forging a collapse. Join us back at 1 pm local (0500 GMT). |
| ... DAY 1, SESSION 2 ... |
| Out come the players. The Indian take the field, followed by the Victorian pair of Harris and Finch. Umesh Yadav to start off proceedings for this session. 5-1-19-0 so far. |
| 26.1 : U Yadav to Finch, A loosener to start. Full and outside off, a touch wide, left alone. |
| 26.2 : U Yadav to Finch, Good ball, nice shot, excellent running. Full and outside off, Finch leans and drives it through the covers. Virat Kohli gives it a good chase and the batsmen take three. |
| 26.3 : U Yadav to Harris, Full and around off, swinging in, watchfully defended. |
| 26.4 : U Yadav to M Harris, Around middle, curling in, pushed towards mid on. |
| 26.5 : U Yadav to Harris, Down the leg side, tucked towards fine leg for a single. The stand is now worth 70. |
| 26.6 : U Yadav to Finch, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| Mohammed Shami to continue after Lunch. |
| 27.1 : M Shami to Harris, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 27.2 : M Shami to Harris, FOUR! That is a cracking shot. Full and wide outside off, Harris leans and drives it through the covers for a boundary! |
| 27.3 : M Shami to Harris, That is a lovely comeback. Hits the fuller length outside off, Marcus looks to drive but the ball stays low and beats him. |
| 27.4 : M Shami to Harris, FOUR! Ho ho ho! Second of the over! Full and outside off again, plenty of width this time, Harris leans and drives it gloriously through the covers once more! |
| 27.5 : M Shami to Harris, Outside off, quietly left alone. |
| 27.6 : M Shami to Harris, Defended off the back foot by the batsman. |
| 28.1 : U Yadav to Finch, Full and around off, solidly defended. |
| 28.2 : U Yadav to Finch, Outside off, pushed straight to cover. |
| 28.3 : U Yadav to A Finch, On a length outside off, Aaron looks to defend but the ball goes off the outside edge. Does not carry to gully. |
| 28.4 : U Yadav to Finch, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 28.5 : U Yadav to Finch, The batsman lets the ball go outside his off stump. |
| 28.6 : U Yadav to Finch, Outside off, loose from Finch, he flays and misses. |
| 29.1 : M Shami to Harris, On a length outside off, Harris feels for it but misses. |
| 29.2 : M Shami to Harris, Outside off, left alone. |
| 29.3 : M Shami to Harris, Around off, solidly defended. |
| 29.4 : M Shami to M Harris, FOUR! CARESSED! Full and outside off, Harris leans into this one and drives it through the covers for a boundary! Moves on to 49... |
| 29.5 : M Shami to Harris, THERE IT IS! MAIDEN TEST FIFTY FOR MARCUS HARRIS! Well played, young man. He has shown grit, determination and patience. Full and around middle, Harris tucks it towards mid-wicket and takes a quick single. Punches his fists in the air and celebrates. |
| 29.6 : M Shami to Finch, FOUR! Fine way to end the over! A bit short of a length outside off, Finch punches it through the covers and gets a boundary! |
| 30.1 : U Yadav to Harris, On middle and leg, helped through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 30.2 : U Yadav to Finch, The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single. |
| 30.3 : U Yadav to Harris, Around off, solidly defended. |
| 30.4 : U Yadav to M Harris, Full and outside off, Harris plays away from his body and gets a thick outside edge. The ball flies behind point and the batsmen take a run. The stand is now worth 90. |
| 30.5 : U Yadav to Finch, Defended off the back foot by the batsman. |
| 30.6 : U Yadav to Finch, Down the leg side, Finch tucks it towards long leg and crosses over, retaining the strike. |
| 31.1 : M Shami to Finch, Down the leg side, Finch glances it fine for a single. |
| 31.2 : M Shami to Harris, Outside off, good pace, Harris feels for it but misses. |
| 31.3 : M Shami to Harris, Outside off, this is a touch shorter, Marcus is unsure whether to play at it or not and misses. |
| 31.4 : M Shami to Harris, Down the leg side, Marcus tucks it towards fine leg for a run. |
| 31.5 : M Shami to A Finch, Full and around off, Finch looks to drive but the ball goes off the inner half back towards mid on. |
| 31.6 : M Shami to Finch, Around off, solidly blocked out. A testing over from Shami. |
| 32.1 : U Yadav to Harris, Full and around off, well defended. |
| 32.2 : U Yadav to Harris, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 32.3 : U Yadav to Harris, FIVE WIDES! Harsh on Umesh. A sharp bouncer, around middle, Harris ducks but the ball shoots up after landing. Poor Rishabh Pant leaps a furlong but the ball escapes his outstretched right glove. |
| U Yadav to Harris, Outside off, left alone. |
| 32.4 : U Yadav to Harris, A bouncer around middle, Harris ducks again. This time the bounce is not that high. |
| 32.5 : U Yadav to Harris, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 32.6 : U Yadav to Harris, The batsman gets an inside edge on that which goes fine down the leg side. One run added to the total. |
| 33.1 : M Shami to Harris, Good tight line, just outside off, angling away, left alone. |
| 33.2 : M Shami to Harris, Around off, nicely played into the ground. |
| 33.3 : M Shami to Harris, 100-RUN STAND IS UP! The Optus stands up as one. There have been some plays and misses but this pair has seen them all. Full and outside off, Harris taps it towards point and calls an unsure Finch for a quick single. |
| 33.4 : M Shami to Finch, The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot. They've managed to run three. |
| 33.5 : M Shami to Harris, Full and outside off, driven past cover but mid off backs it up nicely. |
| 33.6 : M Shami to Harris, Outside off, left alone. |
| Hanuma Vihari into the attack now. |
| 34.1 : H Vihari to A Finch, Starts off with a rank half-volley outside off, Finch leans into it and drives it through the covers all the way for four. |
| 34.2 : H Vihari to A Finch, Two in two, full and wide outside off again, Finch has no half-measures in this one as he drives it slightly more square this time for four. Poor start from Hanuma. |
| 34.3 : H Vihari to Finch, Shortens the length, and immediately a doubt in Finch's mind. He prods at it and pushes it to point. |
| 34.4 : H Vihari to A Finch, Another outside edge on this ball, the ball runs towards backward point. Good comeback from Vihari after the first two balls. |
| 34.5 : H Vihari to Finch, FIFTY! 2nd Test fifty for Finch! Ball is wide outside off, Finch calmly pats it away to point and trudges to the other end to bring up his fifty. Looked very pokey in the beginning but has settled down well in the last 30 minutes or so. |
| 34.6 : H Vihari to Harris, Full and defended away easily by Harris. |
| Jasprit Bumrah is back into the attack now. |
| 35.1 : J Bumrah to Finch, A loud appeal! But the ball seems to be going over the stumps with the length being short on this occasion. Starts on middle and the ball holds its line and raps Finch who is on the back foot. India think about reviewing but decide against it, mostly because they have only 1 review left. |
| 35.2 : J Bumrah to Finch, OUT! The first finally one goes. Finch seems to have been trapped plumb in front here. There was conviction in the appeal and yes, the finger goes up too. The ball was fuller and landed just outside off and tails in a bit after landing. Finch completely misses it and gets hit in front of middle. Doesn't go upstairs. Finch goes for 50. Replays show that the ball was going on to hit the middle of middle stump. A good decision not to review, looked plumb to the naked eye a |
| Usman Khawaja is the next batsman in. |
| 35.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Beaten first ball! The ball is doing things suddenly for Bumrah. He looked a little inconsistent in the morning but the last three balls have been on point. This one is just outside off and is too good for a batsman first up. Khawaja tries to feel for the ball but is lucky not to get an outside edge on it. |
| 35.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Well outside off this time, the batsman leaves it alone. |
| 35.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Another one which is left alone by Usman, Bumrah is getting the ball to speed through now. |
| 35.6 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Woah! Another play and miss! Khawaja prods at this one short and outside off tentatively and the ball tails away after landing just a shade to beat the outside edge. Good bowling by Bumrah. |
| Ishant is back on. |
| 36.1 : I Sharma to Harris, Length delivery on middle, Harris tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 36.2 : I Sharma to Harris, On middle, MH defends it with a straight bat. |
| 36.3 : I Sharma to Harris, Similar delivery, Harris defends it by presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 36.4 : I Sharma to Harris, Outside off, the batsman shoulders arms to it. |
| 36.5 : I Sharma to Harris, Good length delivery on middle, Harris defends it off the front foot and onto the ground. |
| 36.6 : I Sharma to Harris, Full on middle, Harris defends it from within the crease. Ishant starts off with a maiden. |
| 37.1 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Continues around the wicket, outside off and on a good length, Khawaja decides to let it go through. |
| 37.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Slightly fuller in length, seems like a surprise delivery after 3-4 short balls in a row. Khawaja does well to bring his bat down in time and defend to mid on. |
| 37.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Back to the short length, Usman jumps a bit as he defends this off the back foot and into the ground on the off side. |
| 37.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, This one is outside off and comes in with the angle. The left-hander covers the swing and then lets it go through to the keeper. |
| 37.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Good length ball, Usman sees it well and defends it on the front foot. |
| 37.6 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, This ball moves away after landing outside off and the southpaw decides to not play at it. Second maiden on the trot by Jasprit. |
| 38.1 : I Sharma to Harris, Around the wicket from Ishant, it is on a length and holds its line. The batsman trusts the bounce and lets the ball through. It goes just above off and to Pant. |
| 38.2 : I Sharma to Harris, Harris suddenly looks a little nervy as he tries to cut this one just short of a length and outside off. He is late on it and the ball evades the outside edge once again as it goes through to the keeper. |
| 38.3 : I Sharma to Harris, Well outside off, left alone by the southpaw. |
| 38.4 : I Sharma to Harris, Shorter length delivery aimed at the hips, Harris flicks it away square on the leg side for a single. |
| 38.5 : I Sharma to U Khawaja, Very poor from the Indian skipper! He has let Khawaja off the mark with an overthrow here. The pressure was building on Usman with 10 dot balls he had played and it is an unneccesary throw at the striker's end that Pant can't stop, that lets him get off the mark. India can do without such antics. |
| 38.6 : I Sharma to Harris, Well outside off, Harris shoulders his arms to let this one go to Pant. |
| Drinks break. India have finally broken through, now can they put some pressure on the Aussies and get a few more in quick time? |
| 39.1 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Outside off and short of a length, Usman wants nothing to do with it as he lets it go through. |
| 39.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, This one has rared off the pitch and is fended off by the left-hander almost off his eye level. Well dealt with in the end and the ball rolls onto the pitch. |
| 39.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Good length on off, Usman defends it with the straight bat. |
| 39.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Another one which is bang on target and Khawaja remains on the back foot as he keeps it out. |
| 39.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Lots of time on this one as the leftie can shoulder his arms at it and let it go. |
| 39.6 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Surprise yorker from Bumrah! Equally well played by Usman as he digs it out towards Kohli at cover. Good over. 3rd consecutive maiden. |
| 40.1 : I Sharma to Harris, Some chin music for Harris here, but he ducks just under the ball and lets that bouncer through to the wicket-keeper. |
| 40.2 : I Sharma to Harris, This one is on a good length and easily defended away towards cover. There is a stark difference in the pace of the two seamers operating right now, with Bumrah being quite a few clicks faster. |
| 40.3 : I Sharma to Harris, Around the wicket and sliding down at the pads with the angle, Harris pushes it in the gap towards mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 40.4 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Back to the off stump line, Khawaja doesn't look too confident defending this one but no danger in the end as the ball falls down on the pitch itself. |
| 40.5 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Another one outside off and slightly shorter, Usman rocks back and defends it with soft hands. |
| 40.6 : I Sharma to Khawaja, On middle and straightens a tad bit after landing, Khawaja deals with it easily as he defends it with a straight bat and back to the bowler. Good over from Ishant though. Tight stuff. |
| 41.1 : J Bumrah to M Harris, Full and around off, Harris looks to defend but the ball squirts off the inside edge through square leg. A single taken. |
| 41.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, A sharp bouncer, Khawaja bails out of the pull shot. |
| 41.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Outside off, left alone. |
| 41.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, The batsman gets an inside edge and the ball hits him on the pads. |
| 41.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Down the leg side, flicked fine for a single. |
| 41.6 : J Bumrah to Harris, Outside off, a poke and a miss. |
| Mohammed Shami is back on. 13-5-27-1 so far. |
| 42.1 : M Shami to Khawaja, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 42.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, Down the leg side, helped through square leg. Good running to pick up three runs. |
| 42.3 : M Shami to M Harris, Around off, Harris taps it towards point and takes a quick single. The calling is loud and efficient. |
| 42.4 : M Shami to U Khawaja, Full and outside off, Khawaja looks to defend, gets an OUTSIDE EDGE but the ball does not carry to second slip. |
| 42.5 : M Shami to Khawaja, The batsman appears to have been struck on the thigh pad. |
| 42.6 : M Shami to Khawaja, Around off, solidly defended. |
| 43.1 : J Bumrah to Harris, On middle and leg, helped through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 43.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Outside off, left alone. |
| 43.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 43.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 43.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 43.6 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, One more leave outside off. |
| 44.1 : M Shami to Harris, Outside off, the sucker ball, fuller in length, Harris looks to drive but misses. |
| 44.2 : M Shami to Harris, EDGED, DROPPED, FOUR! Tough chance for Rahul. Short and outside off, Harris looks to cut but gets an outside edge. The ball flies and the fielder leaps too, at second slip. The ball bursts through his palms and races to the third man fence. |
| 44.3 : M Shami to Harris, The batsman defends it from within the crease. |
| 44.4 : M Shami to Harris, Around off, defended from the crease. |
| 44.5 : M Shami to Harris, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. The batsmen have run through for a single. |
| 44.6 : M Shami to Khawaja, Landed outside off, pushed towards cover. |
| Umesh Yadav returns. 9-2-33-0 so far. |
| 45.1 : U Yadav to Harris, Landed outside off, defended from the crease. |
| 45.2 : U Yadav to Harris, Full and outside off, pushed through the covers for a couple. |
| 45.3 : U Yadav to Harris, Down the leg side, nudged fine for a single. |
| 45.4 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Oopss.... a bit of a misjudgement. Landed outside off, Khawaja looks to defend but then tries to bail out. The ball goes off the bottom edge, on the bounce, to second slip. |
| 45.5 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Outside off, let through. |
| 45.6 : U Yadav to Khawaja, OUT! Caught behind! Khawaja was never looking confident in his stay out there and has been relieved. He stands there in disbelief. Off his 37 strenuous deliveries, he has nicked off on his 38th. A nothing shot, to a short ball outside off. Just flayed hard, did not move his feet and paid the price. A well-deserved wicket for Umesh. He has been inconsistent but this will boost his spirits. |
| Shaun Marsh comes in at number 4, replacing Khawaja. |
| 46.1 : M Shami to Harris, Outside off, tapped towards cover for a quick single. |
| 46.2 : M Shami to Marsh, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 46.3 : M Shami to Marsh, Around off, solidly pushed to the off side. |
| 46.4 : M Shami to Marsh, The crowd erupts for its local boy, only to realize that it is a leg bye. Around off, coming in, Marsh looked to tuck it away but missed. The ball went off his hips towards square leg. A single taken but the Western Australian is not off the mark. Because it is signalled a leg bye. |
| 46.5 : M Shami to Harris, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 46.6 : M Shami to Harris, Full and just around off, solidly blocked out. |
| 47.1 : U Yadav to Marsh, Landed outside off, allowed to go through. |
| 47.2 : U Yadav to Marsh, The batsman shoulders arms to let that one through again. |
| 47.3 : U Yadav to Marsh, The crowd rises up as one again. This time its son is indeed off the mark. A short ball, around the hips, outside leg, Marsh nudges it towards fine leg and gets his scoreboard moving off 0. |
| 47.4 : U Yadav to Harris, Stays back in his crease and defends. |
| 47.5 : U Yadav to M Harris, A short ball, Harris plays a well-controlled pull shot through square leg for a run. Moves to 70. |
| 47.6 : U Yadav to Marsh, Pitched around middle and leg, Marsh looks to defend, then tries to let it go but misses and is hit on the chest. |
| Haunma Vihari is back on. 1-0-9-0 so far. Tea is just around the corner - around 17 minutes away... |
| 48.1 : H Vihari to Harris, Outside off, punched uppishly towards point. |
| 48.2 : H Vihari to M Harris, OUT! Hanuma Vihari has got rid of the set batsman! Boy, what a move from Virat Kohli. That is what tomorrow's papers will read. But mind you, this has got more to do with the pitch. It is not even Tea on Day 1 but the cracks have already started to open and widen. It is a touch short outside off, Harris looks to cut but suddenly, out of nowhere, the ball bounces off the crack and cramps him for room. He cannot do anything apart from fend and unluckily for him, the bal |
| The batsmen keep coming in quickly now... who is in next? Peter Handscomb. |
| 48.3 : H Vihari to Handscomb, Full and around off, Handscomb drives it straight back. Vihari dives to his right and parries it to shot mid-wicket. |
| 48.4 : H Vihari to P Handscomb, Tossed up outside off, eased down to long off for a single. Gets off the mark. |
| 48.5 : H Vihari to Marsh, The batsman defends it from within the crease. |
| 48.6 : H Vihari to Marsh, Around middle, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 49.1 : U Yadav to Handscomb, The pitch is starting to play tricks now. Another one rises off a crack. Umesh lands it on a length, outside off, Handscomb looks to defend but the ball suddenly shoots up and hits the outside edge. However, Peter does well to keep the hands down and hence the ball does not carry to the slip cordon. |
| 49.2 : U Yadav to P Handscomb, A short ball, pulled through mid-wicket for three runs. |
| 49.3 : U Yadav to Marsh, Fuller in length, outside off, Marsh looks to defend but misses. |
| 49.4 : U Yadav to Marsh, Outside off, left alone. |
| 49.5 : U Yadav to Marsh, FOUR RUNNING RUNS! Full and outside off, Marsh leans and drives it through the covers. Poor Hanuma Vihari gives it a chase, gets to the ball, pulls it back in near the boundary but by the time he does all that, the batsmen cross each other four times! |
| 49.6 : U Yadav to Marsh, Pitched outside leg, Shaun looks to flick but misses. There is an LBW appeal but it is turned down. Pitched outside leg. |
| 50.1 : H Vihari to Handscomb, Outside off, Handscomb plays inside the line, expecting it to turn but misses. |
| 50.2 : H Vihari to Handscomb, The batsman defends it from within the crease. |
| 50.3 : H Vihari to Handscomb, Outside off, left alone. |
| 50.4 : H Vihari to Handscomb, Tossed up a bit, driven straight to mid off. |
| 50.5 : H Vihari to Handscomb, Outside off, left alone. |
| 50.6 : H Vihari to Handscomb, The batsman lets the ball go outside his off stump. |
| 51.1 : U Yadav to Marsh, Full and outside off, Marsh leans and drives it through the covers for a couple. |
| 51.2 : U Yadav to Marsh, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 51.3 : U Yadav to Marsh, Down the leg side, nudged fine for a single. |
| 51.4 : U Yadav to Handscomb, Short and outside off, Handscomb arches back and punches it towards point. |
| 51.5 : U Yadav to Handscomb, Landed outside off, on a length, left alone. |
| 51.6 : U Yadav to Handscomb, BEAUTY TO END THE OVER! Brave leave or misjudgement? On a length outside off, Handscomb lets it go and the ball comes back in, going over the off stump! |
| Jasprit Bumrah is back on. 14-5-29-1 so far. This will be the last over before Tea. |
| 52.1 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Outside off, solidly defended. |
| 52.2 : J Bumrah to Marsh, The batsman lets the ball go outside his off stump. |
| 52.3 : J Bumrah to Marsh, One more leave outside off. |
| 52.4 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Landed outside off, punched towards cover. |
| 52.5 : J Bumrah to Marsh, One more leave outside off. |
| 52.6 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Fine ball to end the session. Full and outside off, curling in late, a watchful Marsh takes his bat away. TEA ON DAY 1, AUSTRALIA ARE 145/3! |
| Sensational comeback from India. After a brief period post Lunch where they struggled in keeping the runs down, they have owned this session, picking up 3 wickets, which included both the set batsmen. With the heat forcing the cracks to open and widen, the batsmen are finding it more and more difficult to play. |
| Just goes to show you that a Test match is never over till it is actually over. At 112/0, the Aussies might have felt on top of the world, as the number 1 Test team was struggling to pick up a wicket. But suddenly, in the space of 79 balls, three have gone by and they now have two new batsmen out in the middle. |
| It is a hot day and understandably, the Indians are taking a lot of time to bowl their overs. 37 left in the day. Surely we would be going into extra time, unless Vihari bowls more. Join us back at 3.20 pm local (0720 GMT). |
| ... DAY 1, SESSION 3 ... |
| We are back for the final session of play on Day 1. The players stroll out onto the field along with the umpires. Will we see Handscomb and Marsh build a partnership or will we see the Indians picking up quick wickets? Handscomb to face the first ball of the session from Umesh Yadav. |
| 53.1 : U Yadav to Handscomb, Starts off with a ball short and well outside off, Handscomb just pushes it in the gap to the left of cover and picks up a couple. |
| 53.2 : U Yadav to Handscomb, Closer to the off pole this time, Peter drops it on the off side and runs through for a quick single. |
| 53.3 : U Yadav to Marsh, Well well, what happened there? Yadav goes for the bouncer and Marsh takes his eyes off the ball and tries to sway away. He is too late on it and the ball pings off his shoulder and drops just in front of Pant. No risk of getting out but there was a risk of a nasty injury there. Needs to keep his eyes on the ball. |
| 53.4 : U Yadav to Marsh, Well outside off on a good length, left alone by Shaun. |
| 53.5 : U Yadav to Marsh, Another leave outside the off stump by the southpaw. |
| 53.6 : U Yadav to Marsh, Three leaves in a row to end the over as this one too wide on the off side. |
| Ishant to bowl from the other end. |
| 54.1 : I Sharma to P Handscomb, OUT! Kohli has pulled off a one-handed stunner here! An incredible catch while jumping towards his right and Handscomb has to walk back. Ishant gets his first and India have their fourth. Just what they would've wanted after the Tea break. The ball is one that bounces way more than Handscomb would have expected as he puts his bat loose outside off in an attempt to run this one down to third man. He just gets an outside edge that flies to the right of Kohli at third |
| 0.0 : Travis Head is the next batsman in at no. 6. |
| 54.2 : I Sharma to Head, FOUR! Almost had two-in-two. From around the wicket, and a snorter to welcome Head. He is uncomfortable as he tries to fend it off and looks like it has gone off his glove and above Kohli's head for four runs. Replays show us that the ball actually came off his left shoulder. Good bowling from Ishant here, looks like the wicket has given him confidence. |
| 54.3 : I Sharma to Head, Outside off and Head just pushes it away towards point fort a single. |
| 54.4 : I Sharma to Marsh, Short of a length and on top of off stump, Marsh is back in his crease as he defends this with a straight bat. |
| 54.5 : I Sharma to Marsh, Play and miss! Ishant is making the ball move away after landing here. Marsh is on his back foot and tries to defend this short one on off, but the ball moves away in the last moment to beat his outside edge. |
| 54.6 : I Sharma to Marsh, Outside off again and Shaun decides to let this one go through to the keeper. Good over from Sharma. |
| 55.1 : U Yadav to Head, Fuller delivery from Umesh on middle, Head defends it with a straight bat. |
| 55.2 : U Yadav to Head, Length delivery on middle, Head flicks it to the square leg region for a single. |
| 55.3 : U Yadav to Marsh, In the channel outside off, Marsh lets it go. |
| 55.4 : U Yadav to S Marsh, FOUR! Good shot from Marsh. Wide and short outside off, Marsh hangs back and cuts it through point and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 55.5 : U Yadav to Marsh, Full on middle, Marsh defends it by presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 55.6 : U Yadav to Marsh, Around off, Marsh lets it be. |
| 56.1 : I Sharma to Head, FOUR! This outfield is really quick! The ball was at the hips and Head just works it away off his pads to the right of deep fine leg. The fielder has no chance as the ball runs away to deep backward square leg fence. |
| 56.2 : I Sharma to Head, Good length and back to being outside off, Head defends it confidently towards cover-point. |
| 56.3 : I Sharma to Head, Bumpy delivery on middle and off, Head rises above it as he defends it into the ground. |
| 56.4 : I Sharma to Head, Short of a length and outside off, Travis punches it off his back foot towards mid off. No run. |
| 56.5 : I Sharma to Head, Beaten again! Ishant delivers this one short and outside off, the left-handed Head goes for a cut off his back foot but misses the ball completely. Was too close to cut this one and especially risky on this pitch as the ball bounces a bit more than normal. Some stares from the bowler on his followthrough. |
| 56.6 : I Sharma to Head, This one is defended solidly off the back foot by the batsman. |
| 57.1 : U Yadav to Marsh, Fuller delivery on off, Marsh defends it off the front foot and onto the ground. |
| 57.2 : U Yadav to Marsh, In the channel outside off, Marsh shoulders arms to it. |
| 57.3 : U Yadav to Marsh, Beauty from Umesh. Back of a length around off, angling away. But Marsh nicely leaves it in the end. |
| 57.4 : U Yadav to Marsh, Bouncer this time from Umesh. Marsh nicely ducks underneath it. |
| 57.5 : U Yadav to Marsh, Back of a length around off, Marsh does not need to play at those. |
| 57.6 : U Yadav to Marsh, FOUR! Loosener from Umesh. Short delivery on middle, Marsh quickly pounces on it and pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. A rare bad delivery from Umesh after Tea. |
| 58.1 : I Sharma to Head, Outside off and another play and miss from Head. Riding his luck here one would say. Short of a length and Head wants to drive this off his back foot through covers but misses the ball completely. Loose, too loose a stroke to attempt now. |
| 58.2 : I Sharma to Head, Good adjustment and much better from Head this time, a similar delivery outside off and he just opens the face this time to get the ball towards third man. The batsmen come back for two. |
| 58.3 : I Sharma to Head, Good length ball outside off, Travis shoulders his arms at this one. |
| 58.4 : I Sharma to Head, Short and well outside off. No need to play at this one. |
| 58.5 : I Sharma to T Head, Slightly pushes his length up on this occasion, the southpaw drives in in the gap through cover and gets to the other end. |
| 58.6 : I Sharma to Marsh, Angling on to the pads to end the over, Marsh works it away to mid-wicket and keeps strike by picking up a single. |
| Jasprit Bumrah comes back into the attack. |
| 59.1 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Slightly full and outside off to start off with, Marsh defends it on the off side coming half forward. |
| 59.2 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Short of a length and well outside off this time, Marsh decides to let it go through. Well left. |
| 59.3 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Angling into the body on this occasion, Marsh is cramped for room but adjust well as he works it away to square leg and gets a single. |
| 59.4 : J Bumrah to Head, Nasty! Nasty bouncer from Bumrah. Quick and hurried onto Head who was attempting a pull but the ball is too quick on him. He gets hit on the glove and the ball then goes on to hit his helmet. Lucky for the batsman, the ball could've gone anywhere. |
| 59.5 : J Bumrah to Head, Another fast ball outside off, Travis has to jump to keep this out. |
| 59.6 : J Bumrah to Head, Beaten outside off again! Too quick for the left-hander as the ball is past him before he gets his bat to play the cut shot. Bumrah is spitting fireballs here. |
| Hanuma Vihari will roll his arm over. |
| 60.1 : H Vihari to S Marsh, Drags it short outside off, Marsh cuts it through point for a run. |
| 60.2 : H Vihari to Head, Identical delivery, same result. |
| 60.3 : H Vihari to Marsh, Quicker and fuller around off, Marsh lets it go. |
| 60.4 : H Vihari to Marsh, Tosses it up outside off, SM does not need to play at those. |
| 60.5 : H Vihari to Marsh, Flatter delivery on off, Marsh punches it towards the off side. |
| 60.6 : H Vihari to S Marsh, FOUR! Loose delivery from Vihari. It was short and wide outside off, Marsh cuts and cuts hard through the backward point region and the ball races away to the fence. Vihari needs to slower his pace. He has been wayyy to short and quicker in this over. |
| 61.1 : J Bumrah to Head, On a length and outside off, Head is on his toes as he defends this towards point. |
| 61.2 : J Bumrah to Head, Bouncer to follow up, Head ducks under the ball and lets it go through. |
| 61.3 : J Bumrah to T Head, This ball is back on a good length and Travis tries to find the gap between slip and gully, but Rahane is quick to dive to his right and stop this ball. Would've been four had it gone through. |
| 61.4 : J Bumrah to Head, Fuller length, overpitched on middle. The leftie flicks it away to the right of deep fine leg for a couple. |
| 61.5 : J Bumrah to Head, Short of a length and on middle, coming back in with the angle. Head works it away to deep mic-wicket for a single. Marsh thinks of the second but is sent back rightly by Head. |
| 61.6 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Another quick one on middle and short of a length. Marsh defends it straight back to the bowler. |
| 62.1 : H Vihari to Head, Full around off, Head lets it be. |
| 62.2 : H Vihari to Head, Quicker and fuller around off, Head lets it go. |
| 62.3 : H Vihari to T Head, Drags it short around off, Travis cuts it towards point for a run. |
| 62.4 : H Vihari to Marsh, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 62.5 : H Vihari to Marsh, A tad fuller just around off, SM shoulders arms to it. |
| 62.6 : H Vihari to Marsh, Flatter on middle, Shaun punches it off the backfoot towards point for a single. |
| 63.1 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Short of a length and outside off, the ball thuds into Pant's glove as Marsh lets it alone. |
| 63.2 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Another ball outside off and Pant collects this in front of Kohli at second slip as the ball moves a mile after crossing the batsman. Good take by the keeper. |
| 63.3 : J Bumrah to Marsh, A slight reminder about England for Pant, the ball flies and moves wildly after crossing the batsman. Another one outside off and on a length, the rookie keeper does well to get hands to this one and prevents any byes. |
| 63.4 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Left alone by Shaun and this time the ball behaves properly as it goes through to the keeper without moving. |
| 63.5 : J Bumrah to S Marsh, Very full and outside off, Marsh looks to push it on the off side but gets the outside half of the bat and the ball goes towards point. |
| 63.6 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Short length ball outside off left alone again by the southpaw. Maiden over. |
| 64.1 : H Vihari to Head, Tosses it up on middle, Head defends it with a straight bat. |
| 64.2 : H Vihari to Head, Fuller delivery on middle, TH defends it by presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 64.3 : H Vihari to Head, Quicker around off, Head lets it be. |
| 64.4 : H Vihari to Head, Quicker and flatter around off, Head rocks back and cuts it towards point for a single. |
| 64.5 : H Vihari to Marsh, On middle, Marsh watchfully defends it. |
| 64.6 : H Vihari to Marsh, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| Shami is back on. |
| 65.1 : M Shami to Head, Short of a length to start off with and Head defends it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 65.2 : M Shami to Head, Another short one and Travis is deep in his crease as he defends this with a vertical bat. |
| 65.3 : M Shami to Head, On a good length and angling back into the left-hander, he works it away to fine leg and gets a couple. |
| 65.4 : M Shami to Head, WIDE! A real effort ball this from Shami, the ball rises well above Head's head. Pant does well to jump and collect this in the end. The umpire signals a wide as it was too high and even 'first bouncer for the over'. |
| M Shami to Head, Another bouncer here, Travis ducks under it and lets it go through. |
| 65.5 : M Shami to Head, Outside off and on a short length, the leftie is on his back foot as he defends this back to the bowler. |
| 65.6 : M Shami to Head, Woah! The movement there is really a lot as Head tries to defend this towards cover. Starting outside off on a good length, the ball moves away to beat the outside edge. Good bowling this! |
| 66.1 : H Vihari to Marsh, Well outside off and Marsh shoulders his arms to this one. |
| 66.2 : H Vihari to Marsh, DROPPED! The ball goes in and out. Lapse of concentration from both the batsman and the keeper as Shaun looks to cut this short one outside off and gets a faint edge on it. Pant is off balance as he tries to catch it and ends up grassing this one as the ball fails to stick. The ball went into the gloves and maybe the keeper just failed to close the gloves in time as the ball trickled out and Marsh gets a life. |
| 66.3 : H Vihari to Marsh, Flatter delivery angling into the pads, Shaun pushes it toward mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 66.4 : H Vihari to Head, Another single as Head drives this flatter one off the back foot to long on. |
| 66.5 : H Vihari to Marsh, Flatter delivery on middle, defended back to the bowler off the back foot. |
| 66.6 : H Vihari to Marsh, FOUR! This is full and on middle. Marsh takes a stride ahead and drives this beautifully through mid on. Long off has no chance to come around and cut this as the ball races away to the fence. Good end to the over for the Aussies. |
| 67.1 : M Shami to Head, Length delivery on off, Head pushes it towards point for a single. |
| 67.2 : M Shami to Marsh, Short of a length on middle, Marsh works it to the off side for a run. |
| 67.3 : M Shami to Head, Good delivery from Shami. Short delivery from Shami, Head nicely defends it off the back foot and onto the ground. |
| 67.4 : M Shami to T Head, FOUR! Bowls it short outside off, Marsh cuts it towards the backward point region and the ball races away ot the fence. Also brings up thr 50 run-stand between these two. Handy partnership after loosing the wicket of Handscomb early. Aussies would like these two to bat big now. |
| 67.5 : M Shami to Head, Back of a length on middle, Head defends it from within the crease. |
| 67.6 : M Shami to Head, Identical delivery, TH defends it off the back foot and onto the ground. |
| 68.1 : H Vihari to Marsh, Flatter ball outside off, Marsh comes forward to place this on the off side for a quick single. But the ball goes straight to cover. |
| 68.2 : H Vihari to Marsh, This one is on middle, Marsh defends it with soft hands to short mid-wicket. |
| 68.3 : H Vihari to Marsh, Shorter and outside off on this occasion, Marsh rocks back and cuts it towards deep point. Runs to the other end. Australia move to 199. |
| 68.4 : H Vihari to Head, Flighted outside off this time, Head comes forward to defend it into the ground. |
| 68.5 : H Vihari to Head, Flatter delivery that is angling back into the pads, Head flicks it away to deep square leg and gets a couple. The 200 comes up for the hosts. |
| 68.6 : H Vihari to Head, Fuller ball outside off and TH takes a big stride forward to defend this with a straight bat. |
| 69.1 : M Shami to Marsh, Short delivery wide down leg. Marsh does not need to play at those. |
| 69.2 : M Shami to Marsh, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 69.3 : M Shami to Marsh, Back of a length on middle, Marsh defends it from within the crease. |
| 69.4 : M Shami to Marsh, Bouncer from Shami. Marsh nicely ducks underneath it. |
| 69.5 : M Shami to Marsh, In the channel outside off, Marsh lets it go. |
| 69.6 : M Shami to Marsh, Back of a length on off, Marsh stands firm on the crease and defends it off the backfoot. |
| 70.1 : H Vihari to Head, A short ball outside off, punched through the covers for a single. |
| 70.2 : H Vihari to Head, Comes down the track but is not quite to the pitch of the ball. Gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 70.3 : H Vihari to Head, One again he dances out and this time he is to the pitch of the delivery. Drives it towards long off for a run. |
| 70.4 : H Vihari to Marsh, On middle and leg, flicked towards short mid-wicket. |
| 70.5 : H Vihari to Marsh, Outside off, pushed towards point for a quick single. |
| 70.6 : H Vihari to Head, IN THE AIR.... SAFE! FOUR! Heart-in-mouth moment for Head. Full on middle, Travis comes down the track and is through his flick shot. Is not able to keep it down and the ball goes aerial. 'CATCH IT!' is the cry. But the ball goes right between short mid-wicket and mid on, racing to the fence. |
| Ishant Sharma is back on. |
| 71.1 : I Sharma to Marsh, Around off, solidly defended. |
| 71.2 : I Sharma to Marsh, Outside off, left alone. |
| 71.3 : I Sharma to Marsh, Outside off, let through again. |
| 71.4 : I Sharma to Marsh, INSIDE EDGE, MISSES THE STUMPS! Loose from Marsh now. Full and outside off, Shaun looks to play a drive through the off side but his feet are glued to the crease. The ball takes the inside but luckily for him, evades the stumps towards fine leg. A single taken. |
| 71.5 : I Sharma to Head, Flashy drive and escapes again. In the process of scoring runs quickly, Australia are playing too many shots, one feels. Wide outside off, fuller in length, Head leans into the shot, but does not quite move his feet again. The ball flies off the edge, through point but the man is deep. It races towards the fence but substitute Ravindra Jadeja hares after it from sweeper cover, gets to the ball and keeps the batsmen to a couple. |
| 71.6 : I Sharma to Head, Landed outside off, left alone. |
| 72.1 : H Vihari to Marsh, Short and outside off, cut through point for a single. |
| 72.2 : H Vihari to Head, Tossed up outside off, Head dances down the track and drives it towards long off for a run. |
| 72.3 : H Vihari to Marsh, Oohhh... an LBW appeal, turned down. Full and outside off, Marsh pads it away. That was coming in with the angle but didn't seem like it will hit the stumps. |
| 72.4 : H Vihari to Marsh, Full and outside off, pushed towards cover. |
| 72.5 : H Vihari to Marsh, A touch short, around off, turned towards short mid-wicket. |
| 72.6 : H Vihari to Marsh, Full and around middle, Marsh looks to defend but the ball scoots in and goes off the inside edge through square leg. A single taken. |
| 73.1 : I Sharma to Marsh, Outside off, left alone. |
| 73.2 : I Sharma to Marsh, The batsman lets the ball go outside his off stump again. |
| 73.3 : I Sharma to Marsh, Slightly overpitched outside off, Shaun drives it straight to cover. |
| 73.4 : I Sharma to Marsh, Wide outside off and SM lets this one go through to Pant. |
| 73.5 : I Sharma to Marsh, Good ball outside off and on a fuller length. Slight movement in the air but Marsh deals well with it and defends it towards cover-point. |
| 73.6 : I Sharma to Marsh, Well outside off and very short, Marsh shoulders his arms to it. |
| 74.1 : H Vihari to Head, Short and outside off, cut through to backward point. |
| 74.2 : H Vihari to Head, Flighted outside off on this occasion, Head comes down the track and defends this to cover. |
| 74.3 : H Vihari to Head, Flatter delivery outside off, Head defends it off the back foot to point. |
| 74.4 : H Vihari to Head, Fuller on this occasio, Travis comes well ahead to defend this back to the bowler. |
| 74.5 : H Vihari to Head, FOUR! This is played late, very late by Head. Short and well outside off, Head is deep in his crease and cuts the ball very late to the backward point boundary for four runs. Found the gap beautifully behind backward point this time. |
| 74.6 : H Vihari to Head, Oooh! Short outside off and Travis cannot hold back the cut. Goes for it and misses the ball completely. Lucky not to get an edge there. |
| Murali Vijay will roll his arm over. India seem to be looking to finish the last few overs before the new ball is available quickly. |
| 75.1 : M Vijay to Marsh, Starts off with a fuller delivery on middle, Marsh defends it with a straight bat. |
| 75.2 : M Vijay to Marsh, FOUR! Easy pickings there for Marsh. Drags it short on middle, Marsh flicks it through mid-wicket and the ball races away to th boundary. |
| 75.3 : M Vijay to Marsh, Short outside off, Marsh punches it off the backfoot towards the point region for a single. |
| 75.4 : M Vijay to Head, Flatter on middle, Head defends it off the back foot and onto the ground. |
| 75.5 : M Vijay to Head, Tossed up delivery on middle, Head comes down the track and tries to go over mid on. But he miscues it and the ball falls just short of the mid on fielder. They take a run in the end. |
| 75.6 : M Vijay to Marsh, FOUR! Flighted on middle, Marsh comes down the track and drives it straight past the bowler and through the mid on fielder for a boundary. 10 from the over of Vijay. |
| 76.1 : H Vihari to Head, Flighted outside off, Head leans into the drive and gets it to deep cover for a couple. |
| 76.2 : H Vihari to Head, Fuller outside off, Travis comes ahead and defends it with a straight bat. |
| 76.3 : H Vihari to Head, Flatter delivery outside off, pushed in the gap towards cover for a single. |
| 76.4 : H Vihari to Marsh, Another single as the ball is driven by Marsh. |
| 76.5 : H Vihari to Head, Shorter outside off and the ball is pushed through the covers. Head runs to the other end. |
| 76.6 : H Vihari to S Marsh, OUT! What a catch by Rahane! He has held on to a really tough one here! Marsh cannot believe his luck. The ball was short outside off and demanded treatmet. Shaun looks to cut hard but only gets an edge that was traveling fast. Rahane at slip stays on his feet and takes the ball with the support of his chest as he somehow holds onto it. He falls backward after taking the catch but ensures the ball is stuck in his hand. India have their fifth against the run of play. Vi |
| Tim Paine, the skipper is the next batsman in. |
| Shami is back into the attack. |
| 77.1 : M Shami to Head, Starts off with a length delivery on middle, Head defends it off the front foot and onto the ground. |
| 77.2 : M Shami to Head, Play and Miss! Length delivery around off, Head tries to poke at it but luckily for him he did not get the outside edge of the bat. Good delivery from Shami that. |
| 77.3 : M Shami to Head, Back of a length on off, Head guides it towards point for a single. |
| 77.4 : M Shami to Paine, Short of a length around off, Paine taps it towards point for a run. The captain is off the mark with that. |
| 77.5 : M Shami to Head, Length delivery on middle and leg, Head flicks it towards fine leg for a couple of runs. |
| 77.6 : M Shami to Head, Back of a length on off, Head taps it towards point and the batsman cross ends. Also brings up Head's 3rd fifty. Brilliant innings from the southpaw. He has been probably Australia's best batsman in this tour. Australia would like him to bat for a longer period of time. |
| 78.1 : H Vihari to Head, Short outside off, Head stands tall and cuts it to deep point for a single. |
| 78.2 : H Vihari to Paine, Arm ball outside off, Tim is half-ahead as he defends it with soft hands. |
| 78.3 : H Vihari to Paine, Very short and well wide outside off, Paine stays back and cuts it but straight to backward point. |
| 78.4 : H Vihari to Paine, Fuller this time, the batsman comes ahead and defends it with a straight bat. |
| 78.5 : H Vihari to Tim Paine, Outside off and Paine cuts it hard again but straight to Shami at point. |
| 78.6 : H Vihari to Tim Paine, Third time that Paine has played the square cut this over and third time he has found this fielder. This time he tried to find the gap to the left but it was too close to Shami again. |
| 79.1 : M Shami to Head, Bowls it short on off, Head pulls it towards mid on and the batsmen manage to take a single in the process. |
| 79.2 : M Shami to Paine, In the channel outside off, TP lets it go. |
| 79.3 : M Shami to Paine, Length delivery on middle, Tim works it to the leg side. |
| 79.4 : M Shami to Paine, Short and wide outside off, Paine taps it towards covers for a run. |
| 79.5 : M Shami to Head, Fuller length on off, Head defends it by presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 79.6 : M Shami to Head, FOUR! Cuts and cuts hard. Length delivery on off, Head slashes it hard towards the backward point region and the ball races away to the fence. |
| The new ball is available now! |
| 80.1 : H Vihari to Paine, They haven't taken it just yet. Hanuma continues and bowls the first one a length and just outside off. Tim defends it watchfully off his back foot. |
| 80.2 : H Vihari to Paine, Another similar delivery, Paine pushes it towards mid-wicket. |
| 80.3 : H Vihari to Tim Paine, FOUR! Full toss outside off and demanding punishment. Paine gives it just that as he drives it beautifully through the covers for four. |
| 80.4 : H Vihari to Paine, Flatter and quicker delivery outside off. Paine lets it go. This one bounces a lot more. |
| 80.5 : H Vihari to Paine, Shorter delivery again and Paine wants to pull this one. He is late on the shot and the ball goes down the wicket to long on instead of mid-wicket. It is slightly in the air but no fielder present so it's safe. The batsmen exchange strike. |
| 80.6 : H Vihari to Head, 250 comes up for the hosts! Vihari bowls this one at the pads and Travis flicks it away to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| The new ball has been taken. Shami to bowl with it. |
| 81.1 : M Shami to Head, Short of a length delivery around off, Head tries to cut it but misses it completely. |
| 81.2 : M Shami to Head, Good delivery that. Full length around off, Head stands firm on the crease and lets it go to the keeper. |
| 81.3 : M Shami to Head, A touch fuller on off, Head leans forward and tries to drive it but gets the inner of the bat and the ball goes towards mid off. |
| 81.4 : M Shami to Head, Length delivery on off, Head opens the face of the bat and guides it towards third man for a run. |
| 81.5 : M Shami to Paine, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 81.6 : M Shami to Paine, Full length delivery angling across, Paine goes for the drive but misses it completely. Good end to the end from Shami. |
| Ishant Sharma to bowl with the new ball from the other end. |
| 82.1 : I Sharma to Head, OUT! What a waste of a wicket! Head has literally thrown his wicket away. Loose and should be very disappointed. Australia lose their sixth. Ishant has got a wicket off his first ball with the second cherry. A loosener from Sharma to start off with. Well outside off and fuller in length. Head loses his composure as he goes chasing after this wide one and goes for an expansive drive. The ball takes the thick outside edge and carries to Shami who is at third man. Head thump |
| 0.0 : Pat Cummins walks in at no. 8. |
| 82.2 : I Sharma to Cummins, Outside off and coming in after landing, Cummins is ahead and defends confidently. |
| 82.3 : I Sharma to Cummins, Well outside off and Pat chooses to leave this one. |
| 82.4 : I Sharma to Cummins, Cummins gets this defense on the middle of the bat after covering the swing. Should make him feel confident. |
| 82.5 : I Sharma to Cummins, Another length delivery just outside off, and well defended by the right-hander once again. |
| 82.6 : I Sharma to Cummins, Well outside off, Cummins decides to trust the bounce of the wicket and let it go even as the ball came in a long way. Good leave in the end, it must be said. |
| Jasprit Bumrah is back into the attack. |
| 83.1 : J Bumrah to Paine, Starts off with a length ball outside off, the ball comes in a long way but Paine judges the swing and leaves it alone. |
| 83.2 : J Bumrah to Paine, Wayward and too full. Tim takes it on the full but can only get it as far as point. |
| 83.3 : J Bumrah to Paine, What a jaffa! The ball landed on a length outside off and straightens after landing. Paine who was looking to defend gets completely squared up and the ball goes to Pant at above chest height. There is an amazed look on the face of the batsman. |
| 83.4 : J Bumrah to Paine, FOUR Byes! Unbelieveable! What a ball once again from Jasprit! How it has missed the off stump no one knows. The ball beats everything, including a lunging Pant who cannot reach the ball and it goes for four byes. Paine cannot believe what just happened there. The ball lands on off and moves away after landing. Completely beats Paine as he tries to play at it but cannot get bat on ball. Misses the edge, off stump and the keeper's gloves. |
| 83.5 : J Bumrah to Paine, Finally a sense of calm as the ball is finally on the bat of Paine. He defends with soft hands to gully. |
| 83.6 : J Bumrah to Paine, Short and at the pads, flicked away to deep backward square leg. The batsmen come back for two, that's good running between the wickets. |
| Umesh Yadav comes back into the attack. |
| 84.1 : U Yadav to Cummins, Length delivery around off, Pat lets it go. |
| 84.2 : U Yadav to Cummins, Good delivery that from Umesh. A touch fuller around off, Cummins going for a expansive drive but misses it completely. |
| 84.3 : U Yadav to Cummins, Length delivery on off, PC opens the face of the bat and guides it towards third man for a couple of runs. He is off the mark with that shot. |
| 84.4 : U Yadav to Cummins, Short and wide outside off, Pat cuts it towards point for a run. |
| 84.5 : U Yadav to Paine, Fuller length from Umesh on off, TP drives it straight to the point fielder. |
| 84.6 : U Yadav to Tim Paine, FOUR! Short from Umesh and Tim Paine gets into the position early and pulls it towards mid-wicket region for a boundary. The captain needs to hang in there for a longer period of time. |
| 85.1 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Another incredible delivery! The ball lands on off and straightens so much that it beats the outside edge of Pat who was looking to defend on the front foot. Misses the off stump by a whisker again. |
| 85.2 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Overpitched on this occasion, Cummins flicks it away to fine leg for a single. |
| 85.3 : J Bumrah to Paine, Short of a length and outside off, Paine stands inside his crease and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 85.4 : J Bumrah to Paine, Another ball that is short of a length, Paine has enough time on it to push it in the gap towards mid-wicket and get to the other end. |
| 85.5 : J Bumrah to Cummins, A bouncer and outside off, Cummins ducks under it and lets it go. |
| 85.6 : J Bumrah to Cummins, The yorker to follow the bouncer. Too quick for Cummins as the ball raps him on his toes before he brings his bat down. Bumrah goes up in appeal but the ball seems to be going down leg to the naked eye. The batsmen run through for a leg bye. Virat asks Pant and then decides not to review. |
| 86.1 : U Yadav to Cummins, Fuller delivery around off, Pat lets it go. |
| 86.2 : U Yadav to Cummins, Length delivery on middle, Cummins taps it towards gully for a run. |
| 86.3 : U Yadav to Paine, Length delivery on middle, Paine defends it with a straight bat. |
| 86.4 : U Yadav to Paine, Fuller delivery on off, the captain drives it straight to the mid off fielder. |
| 86.5 : U Yadav to Paine, Back of a length outside off, the captain shoulders arms to it. |
| 86.6 : U Yadav to Paine, Length delivery on off, Paine defends it off the back foot and onto the ground. |
| 87.1 : J Bumrah to Cummins, On a length outside off, solidly defended. |
| 87.2 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Around off, pushed towards point. |
| 87.3 : J Bumrah to Cummins, A good bouncer but way too short, outside off, easy duck for Cummins. |
| 87.4 : J Bumrah to Cummins, A bit on the fuller side, around middle, worked wide of Ishant Sharma at mid on. He does get to it before the ball meets the ropes but the batsmen take three by that time. The stand now moves to 20 from 33 balls. |
| 87.5 : J Bumrah to Paine, Full and outside off, pushed towards point. |
| 87.6 : J Bumrah to Paine, TOP EDGE, SAFE! Hmmm... may not be the wisest of shots at this stage. A short ball, around off, Paine swivels to pull but does not quite middle it. The ball flies off the top edge but does not carry to deep mid-wicket. A single taken. |
| Mohammed Shami returns. 18-3-58-0 so far. |
| 88.1 : M Shami to Paine, Outside off, left alone. |
| 88.2 : M Shami to Paine, Outside off, punched wide of cover for a single. |
| 88.3 : M Shami to Pat Cummins, Uppish, but safe. Outside off, Cummins plays away from his body and gets an outside edge, which does not carry to point. |
| 88.4 : M Shami to Cummins, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 88.5 : M Shami to Cummins, Full and outside off, Pat punches this through the covers for a couple. |
| 88.6 : M Shami to Pat Cummins, WIDE. Excellent take from Pant. A wild bouncer, down leg, PC ducks while Rishabh rises. Flies like an eagle and pouches his prey with one glove. Save aside that drop of Marsh, he has been excellent today. |
| M Shami to Cummins, Full and around middle, Cummins looks to defend but gets an inside edge to the leg side. A quick run taken. |
| 89.1 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Around off, solidly defended. |
| 89.2 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Outside off, Pat feels for it but misses. |
| 89.3 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Around off, defended from the crease to the off side. |
| 89.4 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Full and outside off, watchfully defended. |
| 89.5 : J Bumrah to Cummins, A bouncer around middle, watchfully ducked under. |
| 89.6 : J Bumrah to Cummins, HUGE, HUGE APPEAL FOR LBW! Not out says the umpire! Inside edge, indicates Bumrah to his skipper. Boy, that looked close. Full and around off, coming back in sharply, Cummins looked to defend but got squared up. He is hit on the pads and India appeal but wood saves Patrick. STUMPS ON DAY 1, AUSTRALIA END ON 277/6! |
| Exciting day of cricket. Both teams would take this. India will love because Australia were 112/0 at one stage and cruising, as if they had suddenly been reminded that the Hayden-Langer era had re-begun. The hosts would be happy too, as divots have already started to appear and the pitch is starting to be up and down on Day 1 already. So this looks like a good score. |
| Runs on the board are always important and the hosts have them. They stuck to the age-old technique of see ball, watch ball and the openers benefitted. There was a bit of a stutter in the middle, as Australia lost 4/36 in the span of 114 balls but after that, Marsh and Head ensured that India spent more time in the field searching for wickets. |
| If anything, what will disappoint the Kangaroos is the way both Marsh and Head threw it away. The 84-run stand was causing frustration for the Indians but getting both of them in the span of 32 balls would have boosted the visitors' hopes. The Aussies could have easily been 4 or 5 down, but now, they have allowed the Indians to keep them pinned down under 300. |
| Did India miss a spinner? Were their pacers tired? Looking at the cracks opening up, surely Ashwin, Jadeja or Kuldeep would have been handy. Yes, Ashwin is injured but the other two would have been mighty effective, especially in the second innings. Very unlikely from this fitness-freaking Indian side but only Bumrah looked the fittest and fastest. Ishant picked up 2 wickets but he struggled for a major part of the day. Umesh Yadav was expensive and inaccurate while Shami was unlucky not to pick |
| Right then! Do Australia have enough? if you believe Twitterati, they do. If you look logically, they do. But the same feeling came when India made a 'meager' 250 in Adelaide. So as Michael Clarke always says - 'Never judge a pitch till both sides have batted on it.' So wait for the second innings to unfold and then make a judgement. But for that, you need to follow the game, don't you? Join us back at 10.20 am local (0220 GMT) for all the action on Day 2. ADIOS! TAKE CARE! |
| ... Day 2, Session 1 ... |
| Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy. After a brilliant day of Test cricket on the first day at this state-of-the-art stadium, we have had a really heavy gale accompanied with slight showers last night. Yesterday was a hot day, and the gale has just changed the whole complexion, it is cool and cloudy and expected to remain the same throughout the day. Coming to the cricket, Australia are 277-6 and India will be looking to wipe off the tail as soon as possib |
| The Aussie fast bowlers will be licking their lips on the prospect of bowling on this quick pitch, also with the weather conditions turning this way that should aid them. They won't tire as much as they would have, bowling under the sun. The spinner, Nathan Lyon should also be excited seeing the amount of bounce Hanuma Vihari extracted yesterday. Should be an exhilarating day's play. Stay tuned with us for action which begins in some time! |
| Pitch Report - Michael Vaughan with the pitch report. Starting with the overhead conditions, he says that there is a little bit of cloud cover which will make it cooler. Adds that there is plenty of grass cover and it made it uneven and difficult for the batsmen, should continue to be the same. With already 277 on the board, he feels that the Aussies are on top as it won't become any easier for batting. |
| The players and the umpires are walking out on to the field of play. Tim Paine to face the first ball of Day 2 which will be bowled by Mohammed Shami. |
| 90.1 : M Shami to Paine, Good start first up, on a good length outside off and flies through to Rishabh Pant as Tim shoulders his arms to it. |
| 90.2 : M Shami to Paine, Similar length but the ball comes in after landing. Paine gauges the movement and then lets it go. |
| 90.3 : M Shami to Paine, This one is sliding down the leg side and the skipper wants nothing to do with it as he lets it go. |
| 90.4 : M Shami to Paine, Back to outside off and just short of a length, left alone again. |
| 90.5 : M Shami to Paine, Overpitched on this occasion on the off stump line, Paine gets his bat to this one as he pushes it to cover. |
| 90.6 : M Shami to Paine, Short of a length and at the hips, the first run of the day as Tim just drops it on the leg side and gets to the other end. Also, keeps strike for the next over. |
| Ishant Sharma to bowl from the other end. |
| 91.1 : I Sharma to Paine, Good length and just outside off, it is left alone well by the skipper. |
| 91.2 : I Sharma to Paine, Another one a little more outside off, Tim shoulders his arms once more. |
| 91.3 : I Sharma to Paine, Oh, what happened here? Starts on middle and leg and angles down the leg side. Paine was looking to flick it away but misses. The ball hits his pad and goes through to Pant. No appeal as the ball was going down leg. |
| 91.4 : I Sharma to Paine, Shorter and well outside off on this occasion, Tim guides it down towards third man and gets a single to give Cummins the strike for the first time today. |
| 91.5 : I Sharma to Cummins, Good ball first up to Pat, outside off and moving away after landing. The batsman feels for the ball tentatively and ends up getting beaten. |
| 91.6 : I Sharma to Cummins, Well left this time, as the ball comes in slightly after landing but in the end, is well away from the off pole. |
| 92.1 : M Shami to Tim Paine, FOUR! First boundary of the morning as Shami attempts the shorter ball. It is outside off and allows Paine to free his arms and pull it away behind square. It was in the air but no fielder there and the ball strolls over the fence for four runs. |
| 92.2 : M Shami to Paine, Outside off and left alone this time by Tim. |
| 92.3 : M Shami to Paine, Shorter in length outside off, guided down to third man all along the ground. Paine gets to the other end. |
| 92.4 : M Shami to Cummins, Short ball that jags in a bit after landing on off. Cummins does well to adjust and plays it safely to the mid-wicket fielder. |
| 92.5 : M Shami to Cummins, Well outside off and safely seen through to the keeper. |
| 92.6 : M Shami to Pat Cummins, Oooh! Just outside off, the batsman wanted to leave it but was a little late in shouldering his arms there. The ball hits his inside edge but luckily for him, it goes on to his pads. Could have gone on to the stumps as well. Seems like he was caught in two minds there. |
| 93.1 : I Sharma to Paine, Fuller ball on the pads, Paine works it away in front of square on the leg side for a single. |
| 93.2 : I Sharma to Cummins, Ishant hasn't got his line quite right yet here, he is sliding down the leg side. This one is short and going down leg. Cummins fails to get bat as he tried to glide it fine for four. Pant collects it at chest height. |
| 93.3 : I Sharma to Pat Cummins, Yet another ball that is angling down at the pads, Cummins turns it away to fine leg and gets to the other end. |
| 93.4 : I Sharma to Paine, Outside off, Paine defends it on his toes towards cover. |
| 93.5 : I Sharma to Paine, Full and outside off, Paine plays it with soft hands and sets through for a quick single but it was straight at cover. Rahul, though cannot pick up the ball. If he had collected it cleanly and hit the stumps, Cummins would have been a goner. |
| 93.6 : I Sharma to Cummins, The last ball is well left outside the off stump by Pat. |
| 94.1 : M Shami to Paine, Good bouncer! Short and aimed at the head, Paine does equally well to duck under it, keeping his eyes on the ball all the while. |
| 94.2 : M Shami to Paine, On the channel outside off again, left to go through to Pant. |
| 94.3 : M Shami to Paine, Short of a length and outside off, Paine stands tall and defends it to cover. |
| 94.4 : M Shami to Paine, Another effort ball from Shami, well outside off on this occasion. Paine was lining up for the pull but then decides against it seeing the line of the ball. |
| 94.5 : M Shami to Paine, Oops what happened there? A short ball, and some variable bounce here. Paine goes for the pull but the ball does not bounce as much as he expects. He misses the ball and gets hit on the thigh. |
| 94.6 : M Shami to Paine, FOUR! That should give him confidence after that blow. Outside off and short, Tim just has to place it in the gap to the left of point and the ball runs away to the fence. |
| 95.1 : I Sharma to Cummins, Shorter ball going down leg, Cummins jumps a bit and keeps it down as he plays it to fine leg. Picks up a single. |
| 95.2 : I Sharma to Paine, Fuller delivery now, on the off stump line. Paine plays it watchfully straight back down the ground. |
| 95.3 : I Sharma to Paine, A bumper on off and middle, Paine ducks under it and lets it go. |
| 95.4 : I Sharma to Paine, Good ball that from Sharma, just on the probing line and length on off, Paine is solid in defense though. |
| 95.5 : I Sharma to Paine, Good length delivery again on middle, Paine pushes it to mid-wicket. Wants the single but is sent back by Cummins. |
| 95.6 : I Sharma to Paine, Outside off and just ahead of a good length, Paine is well forward as he defends this. |
| 96.1 : M Shami to Cummins, Fuller length ball outside off, Pat shoulders his arms to it. |
| 96.2 : M Shami to Cummins, Another one outside off and left alone again by the batsman. |
| 96.3 : M Shami to Cummins, Shorter ball and aimed at the batsman's hips. Cummins misses the flick and gets hit on the hip. The ball rolls down on the leg side and the batsmen spot a quick leg bye available. They make it easily in the end. |
| 96.4 : M Shami to Paine, Shorter and outside off, Shami seems to be trying too hard. Paine pulls this away in front of square leg and comes back for two. |
| 96.5 : M Shami to Paine, Another short one aimed at the head, Paine pulls it fine but the connection is not so good. Just a single down to fine leg. |
| 96.6 : M Shami to Cummins, Back to the good line and length outside off, Cummins leaves it alone. Needs to bowl this line more consistently. |
| 97.1 : I Sharma to Paine, Very full and on middle, Paine keeps it out towards mid-wicket. |
| 97.2 : I Sharma to Paine, Slightly short of a good length and jags back in after landing, Paine gets an inside edge onto his pad and the ball rolls onto the leg side. The batsmen pick up yet another quick single here. Given as a leg bye, so maybe there wasn't any wood. |
| 97.3 : Sharma to Cummins, Fuller on this occasion, the inswing beats Cummins and gets him on his knee roll. The Indians appeal but the umpire is unmoved. The ball seemed to be a little too high and even Virat gestures the same to the bowler. Good decision not to review as Hawk-Eye shows that the ball was going above the stumps. |
| 97.4 : I Sharma to Cummins, Short and going down leg, left alone by Pat. |
| 97.5 : I Sharma to Cummins, Overpitched on middle and leg, Cummins gets a single towards mid-wicket. Easy runs these for the Aussies. |
| 97.6 : I Sharma to Paine, Another ball that is going a little down leg, Paine misses his flick and gets hit on the thigh pad. No run here though. |
| Umesh Yadav is the first bowling change of the morning. |
| 98.1 : U Yadav to Cummins, Outside off on a length to start off with, left alone by Cummins. |
| 98.2 : U Yadav to Cummins, Slightly shorter this time outside off, Pat watches it go through. |
| 98.3 : U Yadav to Cummins, Another ball outside off, a good start this by Umesh. The batsman shoulders arms to it once more. |
| 98.4 : U Yadav to Pat Cummins, Closer to off stump, Pat has to play at this one as he defends it towards mid off. |
| 98.5 : U Yadav to Cummins, Short ball outside off, Cummins looks to half-cut, half-drive it off the back foot towards covers. Gets the inside half of the bat as the ball runs to the right of Rahul at short cover. The batsmen pick up a single as the fielder trips while fielding the ball. |
| 98.6 : U Yadav to Paine, Outside off and left alone by the skipper. |
| Jasprit Bumrah comes into the attack now. |
| 99.1 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Short and well outside off, Cummins lets it go. |
| 99.2 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Good ball outside off on a length, just straightens a bit after landing. Tim is beaten on the outside edge as he tries to defend from within the crease. |
| 99.3 : J Bumrah to Cummins, What carry here! This is on a good length and rises as it goes past the stumps. Paine was looking to place it on the off side but misses. Pant collects it at head height. |
| 99.4 : J Bumrah to Pat Cummins, Short ball at the stumps again, Pat defends it with soft hands and picks up a quick single. That single also brings up the 300 for the hosts. The last time Australia lost a test after scoring 300+ in the first innings was the boxing day Test against South Africa at the MCG in 2008. |
| 99.5 : J Bumrah to Paine, Short and aimed above the off stump, Tim is uncomfortable in defense but does well to not let the ball fly off his edge. |
| 99.6 : J Bumrah to Paine, Play and miss! The ball is fuller and outside off, Paine looks to feel the ball as it straightens and beats his outside edge at the last moment. Good start from Bumrah. |
| 100.1 : U Yadav to Cummins, Slightly short of a length and Cummins pushes it to the square leg fielder. |
| 100.2 : U Yadav to Cummins, Good length ball, drifting down at the pads, Cummins finds the gap this time through mid-wicket and the batsmen come back for the second. 50-run stand comes up between these two, the third 50-plus run stand of this innings. |
| 100.3 : U Yadav to Cummins, Again landing on middle and leg, Cummins misses his flick to get hit above the knee roll. The batsmen scamper through for a quick leg-bye. Indians appeal but the ball seems to be going down leg and a tad too high. |
| 100.4 : U Yadav to Paine, Fuller outside off, defended off the front foot by the Aussie skipper. |
| 100.5 : U Yadav to Tim Paine, Oooh! Paine is late while trying to let that one go, gets the outside edge but luckily for him the ball doesn't carry to Kohli at second slip. |
| 100.6 : U Yadav to Paine, Fuller length ball outside off, Tim is half-ahead in defense. |
| 101.1 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Guided down to third man comfortably and Pat gives his skipper the strike. |
| 101.2 : J Bumrah to Paine, Good ball from Bumrah, consistently bowling outside off. Paine looks to play at this one but is beaten comprehensively. |
| 101.3 : J Bumrah to Paine, Watchfully played to point with soft hands by the skipper on this occasion. |
| 101.4 : J Bumrah to Paine, Another ball on top of off stump, Paine is back in his crease as fends this one off towards cover. |
| 101.5 : J Bumrah to Paine, Paine looks to play the pull shot to this shorter one outside off but the ball has hurried onto him. The ball pops up on the leg side but luckily for him, it lands in no-man's land. The batsmen pick up a single. |
| 101.6 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Good length outside off, Cummins plays a solid shot towards cover-point for no run. |
| 102.1 : U Yadav to Paine, Fuller and swinging away outside off, Paine looks to go for the expansive drive but misses the ball completely. |
| 102.2 : U Yadav to Paine, Shorter ball that seems to have hurried on to the batsman at his hips. Paine adjusts well in the end and fends it towards square leg. |
| 102.3 : U Yadav to Paine, Another quick one on middle and leg, Paine gets a thick outside edge as he tries to defend this on his toes. The ball rolls towards point. |
| 102.4 : U Yadav to Paine, Short of length and on off stump. Paine defends it off his back foot. |
| 102.5 : U Yadav to Paine, Tim adjusts well to this one coming back in after landing outside off. He guides it in the gap to the left of point for a single. |
| 102.6 : U Yadav to Cummins, Fuller length ball on middle, Pat pushes this on the front foot back to the bowler. |
| Drinks break in the morning session on Day 2. A seamless hour for the hosts, have added 29 runs and lost no wickets. The visitors haven't been consistent and trying too many different things while bowling. They need to do something soon, else the game could be going away from them very quickly. |
| 103.1 : J Bumrah to Paine, Short leg in place. Good length ball landing on off and coming in slightly, Paine defends it well and into the ground on the leg side. |
| 103.2 : J Bumrah to Paine, Outside off and short of a length, Paine plays it towards a deepish point. No run taken. |
| 103.3 : J Bumrah to Paine, Well left outside the off stump by the Australian captain. |
| 103.4 : J Bumrah to Paine, A good bouncer outside off stump, Paine decides against pulling it. |
| 103.5 : J Bumrah to Paine, OUCH! This one is quick and seems to have got Tim on the hip. Short and jagging in after landing, Paine misses his flick. Winces in pain for a moment but seems okay to continue. |
| 103.6 : J Bumrah to Paine, FOUR! Yorker gone wrong. Jasprit goes for the surprise yorker but it is a full toss on off stump that is gleefully accepted and put away by the skipper down the ground for a boundary. Good way to end the over for the hosts. |
| 104.1 : U Yadav to Cummins, Outside off but it's too wide to make the batsman play. |
| 104.2 : U Yadav to Cummins, What a jaffa! It is too good for Pat. Starts off just outside off, seems to be coming in and straightens a bit in the end to beat the outside edge of the batsman who looked to defend it off the back foot. Unfortunately for India, close to the edge is not enough. |
| 104.3 : U Yadav to Cummins, Cummins is ahead to this one and defends it watchfully back to the bowler. |
| 104.4 : U Yadav to Cummins, Bouncer on middle and Cummins ducks under this one at the last moment. |
| 104.5 : U Yadav to Cummins, Fuller outside off, Cummins pushes it to point coming half-ahead. |
| 104.6 : U Yadav to Cummins, OUT! Bowled 'em! The seventh one is finally gone after a 59-run stand. Umesh has been really good this over and Pat was in two minds because of the length that the bowler has been hitting. This one is just a little fuller and lands on off. The ball seems to be coming in with the angle but straightens in the end and beats the outside edge of Cummins as he looks to defend. It goes on to hit the top of the off pole. Dream delivery for any seamer! This is what was required |
| Mitchell Starc is the next batsman in. |
| 105.1 : J Bumrah to Paine, Angles in a length delivery around off, Paine covers the line by staying inside the crease and defends it out to the off side. |
| 0.0 : Tim Paine has been adjudged lbw! Looks dead in front. But he has taken a review. |
| 105.2 : Bumrah to Paine, OUT! Paine is on his bike! Two quick wickets for India and their fans in the stands are delighted. Bumrah delivers it from wide of the crease and angles in a length ball on middle. Paine is caught deep inside the crease as he attempts to work it on the leg side. But probably he got beaten for pace as he misses the ball to get rapped on the pads. They appeal and the umpire has no hesitation in raising his finger. Paine takes the review but to no avail. Three reds. He has t |
| Nathan Lyon is the new batsman. |
| 105.3 : J Bumrah to Lyon, Fuller again but Lyon gets his bat down in time as he flicks this away square on the leg side. Picks up three off the first ball he faces. |
| 105.4 : J Bumrah to Starc, Around the wicket to the left-hander, outside off and on a good length. Starc pushes it back to Bumrah on one bounce. |
| 105.5 : J Bumrah to Starc, Quick delivery on top of off stump, 142.3 kmph to be precise. Starc deals with it as he pushes it to mid on. |
| 105.6 : J Bumrah to Starc, Angles down at the pads, Starc finds the gap to the left of mid on and gets off the mark. The batsmen come back for a couple. |
| 106.1 : U Yadav to Lyon, What a ball! Good bowling from Umesh here. This one is again on off and the ball straighten after landing. Lyon goes for the push with a straight bat but misses the ball and it goes just above the off stump. The Indians appeal for a caught behind. There was a noise but it seems to have come from the ball clipping his clothing on the way through. |
| 106.2 : U Yadav to Lyon, Fuller in length and jags in after landing, Lyon jams it towards mid-wicket and comes back for two. |
| 106.3 : U Yadav to Lyon, Another fuller length ball, Lyon pushes it to the right of mid off and the batsmen are able to come back for the second easily. |
| 106.4 : U Yadav to Lyon, Well outside off, left alone by the batsman. |
| 106.5 : U Yadav to Lyon, Short ball and Nathan pulls this away but doesn't time it that well. A single down to deep square leg though. |
| 106.6 : U Yadav to Starc, On a good length but drifting slightly towards leg stump, Starc jams it toward mid-wicket for a single to keep strike. |
| Shami is back on for another spell. |
| 107.1 : M Shami to Starc, Outside off and on a good length from around the wicket, Starc lets it go through. |
| 107.2 : M Shami to Starc, Fuller and angling in on off stump, Mitchell slogs it over mid-wicket. The ball doesn't have enough on it to reach the fence but the batsmen come back for three. That's good running. |
| 107.3 : M Shami to Lyon, Fuller and on middle, Lyon flicks it away towards mid-wicket and gets to the non-striker's end. |
| 107.4 : M Shami to Starc, Well outside off and left alone by the batsman. |
| 107.5 : M Shami to Starc, Beaten! This one is well outside off again but Starc is drawn into the shot. He misses the ball as it skims past the outside edge. |
| 107.6 : M Shami to Starc, The ball is wide outside off again, and the leftie batsman shoulders arms to let that one through. |
| Ishant replaces Umesh Yadav. |
| 108.1 : I Sharma to Lyon, Starts off with one going down leg, Lyon tries to flick and misses. Gets hit on the pad and ball runs down to fine leg for a leg bye. |
| 108.2 : I Sharma to Starc, OUT! The ninth one departs and Ishant has his third of the innings. A good quick 16-run stand comes to an end. This seems to be the ploy to get Starc out. An action replay of his dismissal at Adelaide. Wide outside off and moves away slightly after landing, Starc goes for a wild drive and gets the outside edge. Pant takes a good catch diving to his left. India doing well here after the Drinks break. |
| Josh Hazlewood is the last batsman in. |
| 108.3 : I Sharma to Hazlewood, OUT! Ishant gets four and AUSTRALIA ARE BOWLED OUT FOR 326. Excellent delivery again, it's angled in from 'round the wicket in the direction of the stumps. Hazlewood has to play at it but to his misfortune, it's an outswinger which kisses the outside edge of his blade. Pant dives across to his left to take a fine catch. Sharma will be on a hat-trick next time. |
| The innings has come to a very abrupt end after one time it was looking as if 350 was a sure thing. A brilliant half-century from Marcus Harris was the best knock out of the three 50s in the innings. Finch also struggled his way to a half-century and Travis Head was the third one who got to the 50-run mark. Marsh played well but was out 5 runs short of his half-century. On the bowling front, Ishant was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up 4 wickets. Bumrah, Yadav and Vihari picked up two apie |
| Looking ahead, the pitch is doing all sorts of things if you bowl in the right areas. It is not easy for batting but at the same time, not impossible to bat too. The onus will be on the openers, who will have to deal with the new ball. The hosts' new ball bowlers will look to pick up early wickets, knowing especially how jittery the vistors' middle order is. Let us see what happens. The Indian innings in just a bit. |
| 0.1 : M Starc to Rahul, Starc speeds in from over the wicket and angles across a good length delivery outside off. Rahul is half forward with his bat near his front pad as he makes a leave. |
| 0.2 : M Starc to Rahul, Another delivery which has been hurled in the channel outside off, not much movement, Rahul covers the line and shoulders arms. Needs to be watchful, KL! |
| 0.3 : M Starc to Rahul, Goes full this time, targeting middle and off stumps, Rahul is half forward again as he blocks it solidly. |
| 0.4 : M Starc to Rahul, Nearly an outside edge! A needless shot. Rahul is tempted into the drive as Starc dishes out a full away swinging delivery. Respecting the early conditions and the new ball will be the key. You just cannot go around fishing. Application is paramount. |
| 0.5 : M Starc to Rahul, Much better. A delivery in the zone outside off, Rahul watches the line closely and then lets it through to the keeper. |
| 0.6 : M Starc to Rahul, Another delivery which has been served in the region outside off. So far it has gone on with the angle of the left-armer without much movement. Rahul allows it through to end the first over safely. |
| Josh Hazlewood to share the new ball. |
| 1.1 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Four leg byes! The first ball from Josh is angling down at the pads and hits Vijay on the pads as he tries to guide it down to fine leg. The ball runs all the way to the fence and India are off the mark. |
| 1.2 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Another ball that is angling down the pads, Murali keeps the ball down on the leg side. |
| 1.3 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Short and just outside off, Vijay stands tall and defends the ball from within the crease. |
| 1.4 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, So close to the outside edge! Starting just outside off and slightly short of a length, Vijay tries to defend on the back foot but is late in bringing his bat down. The ball whizzes past the outside edge and to Tim behind the wickets. |
| 1.5 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Much better from the batsman as he gets right behind the line of the ball and defends it well. |
| 1.6 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, A peach to end the over! Slightly fuller and Vijay tries to defend coming forward. The ball tails away late and beats the outside edge. |
| 2.1 : M Starc to Rahul, Full and on middle and leg, Rahul nudges it fine down the leg side for a single. |
| 2.2 : M Starc to Vijay, Full and well outside off, Vijay shoulders his arms to it. |
| 2.3 : M Starc to Vijay, No ball! Starc has overstepped here. The ball is full and outside off, Vijay lets it go through. |
| M Starc to Vijay, Shorter in length and Vijay is on his toes as he defends it with soft hands onto the pitch. |
| 2.4 : M Starc to Vijay, Well outside off on a good length, not too much inswing and Murali lets it go comfortably. |
| 2.5 : M Starc to Vijay, Sliding down the leg side on this occasion, Vijay misses his run down and gets hit on the pad on its way through. Paine collects its well down the leg side. |
| 2.6 : Starc to M Vijay, OUT! Bowled 'em! There's the first one! A huge gap between bat and pad and the timber is disturbed. A Starc special here, as this one lands on middle and tails in after landing. A loose, loose shot from the opener, quite late in bringing his bat down and the ball knocks his middle stump after brushing the back pad on its way through. It is the sixth time Starc has got Vijay in Tests and the third time this series in as many innings. Just the start the hosts would have want |
| What a session for the Aussies! The Indians had their tail up when they got the last 4 wickets of the hosts for 16 runs. But they have been quickly quietened in the third over of their innings. They have lost their 'Monk', and are 6 for the loss of 1. This wicket would give Mitchell Starc a lot of confidence following his not-so-inspirational performance at Adelaide for which he has received a lot of flak. India's best batsman in the first Test, Cheteshwar Pujara and KL Rahul have a lot of work |
| ... Day 2, Session 2 ... |
| The players and umpires are making their way back to the middle. Pujara comes in at no. 3 for India and is at the non-striker's end. Rahul will face the first ball of the post-Lunch session from Hazlewood. |
| 3.1 : J Hazlewood to Rahul, Lovely shape first up, Rahul is half forward in defense and plays it towards cover-point. |
| 3.2 : J Hazlewood to Rahul, Fuller and on off stump, Rahul is lucky as he gets an inside edge onto his pads while trying to defend on the front foot. |
| 3.3 : J Hazlewood to Rahul, Slightly overpitched and sliding down the leg side, the batsman misses his flick and gets rapped low on the pads. But the ball was well down leg and hence, there in not much of an appeal. |
| 3.4 : J Hazlewood to Rahul, Good bouncer outside off to follow up on the full ball, KL ducks under it and sways away. |
| 3.5 : J Hazlewood to Rahul, Short of a length and outside off, he lets it go through. |
| 3.6 : J Hazlewood to Rahul, Another one outside off and left alone. Maiden over to start the second session. |
| Mitchell Starc to continue from the other end. |
| 4.1 : M Starc to Pujara, Full ball coming in late and Starc seems to be finding his rhythm, could mean dange for India. Pujara deals with this one well as he defends it on his front foot. |
| 4.2 : M Starc to Pujara, Good length and outside off, ball straightens after landing. Cheteshwar chooses to leave it alone. |
| 4.3 : M Starc to Pujara, Slightly shortens his length and on the pads, worked away to fine leg and Pujara is off the mark with a single. |
| 4.4 : M Starc to Rahul, Outside off on a length and the ball holds it's line. Rahul leaves it alone. |
| 4.5 : M Starc to Rahul, Shorter one on off and coming in a tad bit, Rahul gauges the bounce and shoulders his arms to it. |
| 4.6 : M Starc to Rahul, Almost a similar ball to the Vijay dismissal but this is just slightly more at the pads. Rahul flicks it away and retains strike for the next over with a single. |
| 5.1 : Hazlewood to L Rahul, OUT! Cleaned him all ends up! Rahul plays all around a pretty straight one and gets bowled. India 8/2. The ball was very full, almost yorker length. It seams through the air and Rahul completely misjudges the line of the ball. Plays for the middle and leg line and the ball lands on off and he is cleaned up. Has a look of disbelief on his face as he walks back. Brilliant bowling from the hosts. |
| 0.0 : Virat Kohli is in at no. 4. |
| 5.2 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, A very confident looking defensive stroke from the skipper on his first ball as he takes two strides ahead and defends this length ball on off stump. |
| 5.3 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, What a shot! Fuller length ball on middle but Kohli being Kohli, doesn't defend and goes for the positive approach as he on-drives this past mid on for four runs. Looked real good on the replays too. |
| 5.4 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Immediately the length is shortened and Virat rocks back to guide this one in the gap between slip and gully. The ball doesn't reach the fence but the batsmen come back for two. |
| 5.5 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Shorter outside off, left alone by VK. |
| 5.6 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Good length ball just outside off, Kohli defends it towards point. |
| 6.1 : M Starc to Pujara, Way too wide outside off and Pujara is not even thinking about playing at that. |
| 6.2 : M Starc to Pujara, No ball! Starc has overstepped again here, bowls this one outside off on a length and Pujara lets it go through as the ball straightens a bit. |
| M Starc to Pujara, Well outside off and on a short length, Pujara shoulders his arms and lets this one fly through. |
| 6.3 : M Starc to Pujara, A shade closer to the off pole on this occasion, Che covers his off stump and lets it go through once again. |
| 6.4 : M Starc to Pujara, Going down the leg side now, Pujara leaves it alone. |
| 6.5 : M Starc to Pujara, Bouncer on the off stump line, he sways out of the way and evades it. |
| 6.6 : M Starc to Pujara, Too full and on the pads, Pujara flicks it away to fine leg and gets to the other end, keeping strike. |
| 7.1 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Oooh! Extra bounce there! The ball is on a length and straightens after landing on off, Pujara looks to defend with soft hands but misses and gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 7.2 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, The ball is well outside off, easy leave for the batsman. |
| 7.3 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, JUST SHORT! A genuine nick is induced by a peach of a delivery from Josh. It lands on middle and squares Pujara up. The ball goes off the outside edge and lands just in front of Shaun Marsh at first slip. Almost had his man there. |
| 7.4 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Fuller this time and on off, the batsman comes well ahead and dead bats the ball before it swings. |
| 7.5 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Very full on this occasion, trying too hard to get the swing it seems. It is worked off the pads by Pujara using his wrists. The batsmen come back for three runs as the ball stops just inside the fence. |
| 7.6 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Short and well outside off, Kohli leaves it alone. |
| 8.1 : M Starc to Pujara, Short of a length delivery outside off, Pujara defends from within his crease. |
| 8.2 : M Starc to Pujara, Pujara is riding his luck here! Tentative prod outside off to this fuller one. Just skims past his outside edge. |
| 8.3 : M Starc to C Pujara, FOUR! Too full this time and Pujara strokes it away beautifully through the covers for a boundary. It was a teaser for Head who gives it chase but the ball just has enough on it to reach the fence. |
| 8.4 : M Starc to Pujara, What a contest this! Not much one can do about such a delivery! Outside off, draws the batsman forward to defend and just tails away in the end to beat the outside edge. Good bowling! |
| 8.5 : Starc to Pujara, Down the leg side and short of a length. Pujara tries to run it down fine but misses it and the ball takes his shirt as it goes through. Paine collects it and appeals, but there is no interest either from the umpire or from the bowler. |
| 8.6 : M Starc to Pujara, Fuller and down the leg side now, CP nudges it down fine on the leg side and comes back for an easy two. |
| 9.1 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, FOUR! Overpitched and easy pickings for Kohli! Too full and on middle, the captain uses his wrists to flick it away in front of square on the leg side and all the way for four runs. |
| 9.2 : J Hazlewood to V Kohli, FOUR! On the offside this time. Full and outside off, Kohli is well ahead and leans into this off drive. The fielder at a fullish mid off dives to his right but can't reach it. Two in two for the skipper. |
| 9.3 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Shortens his length outside off, Kohli is nimble on his toes and defends it into the pitch. |
| 9.4 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, FOUR! Woahh! Another sublime looking shot. Comes back to the fuller length after just one ball and Kohli pounces on it like a hungry tiger. Flicks it away beautifully to the mid-wicket fence to get the third boundary in the over. What will Josh do now? |
| 9.5 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, He brings his length to a good one outside off. Kohli gets a thick edge to gully. It was all along the ground. |
| 9.6 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Short and aimed at the hips on this occasion, Virat works it away to fine leg for a single. Retains the strike. 13 runs off the over. |
| Pat Cummins is the first change in bowling for the Aussies. |
| 10.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Fuller outside off to start with, Virat comes ahead and defends it off his front foot. |
| 10.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Outside off and left alone by the skipper this time. |
| 10.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Shorter in length and Virat jumps slightly to defend the ball towards point. |
| 10.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Another short of a length delivery which the captain defends from within the crease. |
| 10.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Good length ball outside off, Kohli is ahead to it but shoulders his arms and lets it through. |
| 10.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Short length ball outside off to which Kohli shoulders his arms. Good start by Cummins. |
| 11.1 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Shorter length ball on top of off stump, Pujara looks solid in defense. |
| 11.2 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, And just as we say he looks solid in defense, he gets an outside edge to a length ball on off stump that goes on the bounce to gully. Good ball from Hazlewood. |
| 11.3 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Bouncer on middle, Pujara ducks under it and lets it go through. |
| 11.4 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Outside off and on a length, left alone by the batsman. The ball thuds into the gloves of Paine at shoulder height. |
| 11.5 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Very full ball on off stump, Pujara drives it down the ground but straight to mid off. |
| 11.6 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Shorter ball outside off, Pujara watches it all the way into Paine's gloves. Second maiden on the trot. |
| 12.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Good ball just short of a length on off stump, Kohli stands tall and defends it towards cover. |
| 12.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Bouncer that is going down leg, Kohli was initially looking to pull it but then decides to let it go through to Tim. |
| 12.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Good length ball outside off, Kohli is well ahead trying to push this through the covers. Gets a thick edge that goes to gully. |
| 12.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Very full this time, Virat times his straight drive to perfection but Pat is quick to go down and stop it. Would have been a certain boundary if it had gone through. |
| 12.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, A good length ball that the skipper decides to defend from within his crease. |
| 12.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Another maiden over. The last ball is slightly full and outside off, defended well by Kohli towards the off side. |
| Nathan Lyon is now into the attack. |
| 13.1 : N Lyon to Pujara, Flatter delivery outside off, Pujara rocks back to defend with a straight bat. |
| 13.2 : N Lyon to Pujara, Flatter ball outside off again, Pujara is ahead and defends it towards backward point. |
| 13.3 : N Lyon to Pujara, Another ball on middle and off, Pujara moves back and defends it well. |
| 13.4 : N Lyon to Pujara, Slightly slower, the batsman works it to short mid-wicket. |
| 13.5 : N Lyon to Pujara, Another one that is on off and middle, Pujara is down the track and works it to short mid-wicket again. |
| 13.6 : N Lyon to Pujara, Fuller outside off, he comes ahead and dead-bats it into the ground. |
| 14.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Very full and on off stump, Virat uses his wrists to flick it. Mid on dives and stops any run. |
| 14.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Shorter outside off this time, Kohli looks to pincer the gap between the slip cordon and gully but is unable to do so. |
| 14.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Fuller ball outside off, Virat drives it on the front foot to mid off. |
| 14.4 : Cummins to Kohli, Good yorker! The captain is up to the task though as he digs it out towards mid on with a straight bat. |
| 14.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Slightly slower ball outside off, Kohli places it in the gap towards cover-point and gets a single. A run after 28 balls. It's been a quiet phase of play for the Indians. |
| 14.6 : Cummins to Pujara, Snorter! The ball is on good length and rares up in the end to beat the outside edge of Pujara who was half-ahead trying to defend this one. Lucky not to get an outside edge on that. Good end to the over. |
| 15.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter delivery on the pads, Kohli works it away to deep square leg for a single. |
| 15.2 : N Lyon to Pujara, Quicker delivery on middle, Pujara rocks back and defends with a straight bat. |
| 15.3 : N Lyon to Pujara, Outside off and a little flight on this, Pujara takes two steps and pads it away. |
| 15.4 : N Lyon to Pujara, Flatter delivery outside off, Che is well ahead as he defends it into the ground. |
| 15.5 : N Lyon to Pujara, Shorter length this time, Pujara rocks back and punches it towards cover. |
| 15.6 : N Lyon to Pujara, Similar ball to the last one and similarly punched to cover by the batsman. No run. |
| 16.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Shorter ball on the hips this time, Kohli flicks it away towards fine leg for a couple. |
| 16.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, This time it's a tad fuller and Kohli works it away off the front foot to fine leg and runs to the other end. |
| 16.3 : Pat Cummins to Pujara, Outside edge! Just drops short of third slip. Good ball on off, Pujara looks to defend, gets an outside edge but does well to remove his lower hand off the handle. The ball doesn't carry to third slip. |
| 16.4 : Pat Cummins to Pujara, Defended off the back foot by the batsman. |
| 16.5 : Pat Cummins to Pujara, Back of a length delivery just outside off, Pujara stays back-footed inside the crease and defends it right under his watchful eyes. |
| 16.6 : Pat Cummins to Pujara, Alters his length this time and fires in a fuller length ball in line of the stumps. Pujara immediately presses forward and presents a straight bat in defense. |
| Drinks break. The first hour after the Lunch break has been an intriguing one. Hazlewood wasted no time in shattering Rahul's stumps but since then Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara have formed an alliance. The Indian skipper has looked in ominous touch on a testing surface, thereby displaying his true class. His partner has been solid as well but there are odd deliveries causing issues to the batsmen. It's a demanding deck and a batsman is never in. Need to keep concentrating hard. |
| 17.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Outside off to start off with, Kohli decides to leave this one. The ball turns in sharply and bounces a large amount as well. That has what has saved Kohli here. Just a whisker away from the off stump. There is a wide grin on Lyon's face. The ball has spun a long way there. |
| 17.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, So close! Kohli looks to flick this flatter delivery on his pads. Falls just short of the short-leg fielder. |
| 17.3 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter delivery on middle, Kohli stays on his back foot and punches it back down. |
| 17.4 : N Lyon to Kohli, Another delivery that lands on off, Virat defends this one solidly. |
| 17.5 : N Lyon to Kohli, Good punch down the ground by Virat to this flatter one outside off. The short mid-wicket fielder comes around and dives to ensure that there is no run there. Applause from his teammates and the crowd. |
| 17.6 : N Lyon to Kohli, Well bowled! Kohli is drawn forward into the drive and the full ball outside off goes straight to point. That is exactly what Lyon and his skipper would want. Maiden over and a very good one from the off-spinner. |
| 18.1 : Pat Cummins to Pujara, Initiates the over by serving a full length delivery on middle and leg, Pujara picks it up off his pads and flicks it nicely to deep mid-wicket for three runs. Nice use of the wrists by Che. |
| 18.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Beaten! Unplayable delivery. Cummins lands it on a length close to the off stump line. Kohli leans forward in defense but it straightens off the seam to beat the outside edge. |
| 18.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, A touch short and in the region outside off, Virat stands back and shoulders arms. |
| 18.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Back of a length delivery on off, defended off the back foot to covers. |
| 18.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Again slightly short and angling in, Virat stays back to block it on the leg side. |
| 18.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Nearly takes the outside edge. Once again a delivery which straightens after pitching just outside off catches Kohli pushing inside the line. The Indian skipper has to be careful. Probing over by Pat Cummins. |
| 19.1 : N Lyon to Pujara, Flatter ball landing on off and turns a bit, Pujara works it away to square leg for a run. |
| 19.2 : N Lyon to V Kohli, Outside off and Kohli looks to play it with the spin and work it through the leg side. But he gets a leading edge that lands just short of the point fielder. Very encouraging for the off spinner. |
| 19.3 : N Lyon to Kohli, Fuller this time and Kohli drives it beautifully on the front foot through the off side. It is straight to the cover fielder but it is a much better shot from the skipper. |
| 19.4 : N Lyon to V Kohli, Another very full ball, Kohli whips it all along the ground to long on for a single. |
| 19.5 : N Lyon to Pujara, A flighted delivery outside off, Pujara comes down the track and defends it with his pad. |
| 19.6 : N Lyon to Pujara, Flatter delivery to end the over. The batsman remains in his crease and defends it off his back foot. |
| 20.1 : Pat Cummins to V Kohli, Inside edge onto the pads! The ball lands fuller and on off, jags in a little after landing. Kohli who is trying to push at this, gets an inside edge that goes onto the pads. |
| 20.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Much better from the skipper as he presents the full face of the bat to the length ball outside off this time. |
| 20.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Shorter length outside off, left alone by Virat. |
| 20.4 : Pat Cummins to V Kohli, Shorter ball aimed at the batsman's head, Kohli swivels and pulls it away to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 20.5 : Pat Cummins to C Pujara, Outside off and on a good length, Pujara plays this with soft hands towards gully. |
| 20.6 : Pat Cummins to Pujara, Good length ball on off stump to end the over, he defends it coming half-ahead. Made a good sound as it came off the bat. |
| 21.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter delivery on middle and leg, Kohli works this away to square leg quite easily for a run. It brings up the 50 for the visitors. |
| 21.2 : N Lyon to C Pujara, Pujara will feel he has missed out here. It was short outside off and the batsman cuts it away but is unlucky as the ball goes straight to the fielder. |
| 21.3 : N Lyon to Pujara, Pujara comes down the track to this flatter one but gets hit on the pad. The ball lobs into the offside. |
| 21.4 : N Lyon to Pujara, Flatter delivery again, CP stays back in his crease and keeps it out. |
| An extra close-in fielder coming in. Peter Handscomb is placed at silly point. |
| 21.5 : N Lyon to Pujara, Fuller delivery outside off, Pujara is quick with his feet as he comes down the track and drives this. It seems to be going towards long off but Lyon dives to his left and makes an amazing one-handed stop. That's brilliant fielding on the followthrough. |
| 21.6 : N Lyon to Pujara, The batsman charges down the wicket once more and pushes this flatter delivery to mid on. |
| Josh Hazlewood is back into the attack. |
| 22.1 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Shorter ball outside off, Kohli rises with the ball and ensures he keeps it down. |
| 22.2 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, A half-volley outside off, Kohli is unable to time his drive and the ball goes straight to a wide mid off. |
| 22.3 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, This time he gets this good length ball away on the offside. He just looks to time it and gets it through the covers. The batsmen pick up three by the time the ball comes back. |
| 22.4 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Shorter and wide outside off, Pujara lets it go. |
| 22.5 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Outside off on a length and the ball shapes in after landing, Pujara shoulders his arms to it. |
| 22.6 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Well outside off again, CP lets it go through to Tim. Third leave in a row, good disciplined batting. |
| 23.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter ball outside off, Kohli pushes it down to long on and gets to the other end. |
| 23.2 : N Lyon to Pujara, Fuller outside off, Pujara looks to flick it away on the leg side after coming down the track. He misses and the ball goes to silly point. Pujara is quick to get back into the crease. Meanwhile Lyon appeals alone for an LBW but the umpire says no. |
| 23.3 : N Lyon to Pujara, Well outside off, Pujara checks the line of the ball and leaves it alone. |
| 23.4 : N Lyon to Pujara, Flatter ball on middle, Pujara defends from within the crease. |
| 23.5 : N Lyon to Pujara, Another back foot defense from CP keeping the ball on the off stump line out. |
| 23.6 : N Lyon to Pujara, Shorter and flatter delivery to end the over, Pujara pushes it to short mid-wicket. |
| 24.1 : J Hazlewood to V Kohli, Edged! But drops well short of second slip. Good length ball to which Kohli prods ahead and plays with soft hands. It takes the edge but doesn't carry. |
| 24.2 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Shorter in length and well outside off, the skipper shoulders his arms. |
| 24.3 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Outside off and fuller on this occasion, Kohli takes a big stride forward before letting it go. |
| 24.4 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Closer to off stump now, Virat has to play at this one and defends it into the ground coming forward. |
| 24.5 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Ooooh! Almost had him! The ball is outside off and the Indian skipper is drawn forward into a drive. Just beats the outside edge and goes to the keeper. He now has a grin on his face. Realises it was a very good ball. |
| 24.6 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Overpitched and driven to mid off. No run. |
| 25.1 : N Lyon to Pujara, Flatter delivery on middle, Pujara plays it to short-leg with soft hands. |
| 25.2 : N Lyon to Pujara, Shorter in length and CP pushes it to mid on off the back foot. |
| 25.3 : N Lyon to Pujara, Very flat ball on middle and turns enough to be collected down leg by Paine. Pujara was looking to flick it but misses it completely as the revolutions on the ball were too many. |
| 25.4 : N Lyon to Pujara, Pujara takes a step or two down the track and pads this one away. |
| 25.5 : N Lyon to Pujara, Well outside off and the batsman offers no stroke on this occasion. |
| 25.6 : N Lyon to Pujara, Another ball outside off, Pujara pads it away. Lobs on the off side and there are calls of 'catch it' from the close-in fielders. |
| 26.1 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Good length ball on off stump, Kohli defends it coming well ahead. |
| 26.2 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, On a good length and outside off, Virat leaves it alone. |
| 26.3 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Just short of a good length, the ball straightens after landing. Kohli closes the face of the bat a bit early and gets the leading edge to cover. Luckily, it is all along the ground. |
| 26.4 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Bouncer on middle, Kohli ducks and lets it fly through. |
| 26.5 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Fuller ball on off and middle, Kohli comes ahead and tries to push this one straight back. He gets the inner half of the bat and the ball runs down to fine leg for a single. |
| 26.6 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, On a length and top of off stump, Pujara is in his crease and defends it towards mid on. A loud no follows. |
| 27.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter delivery on middle, Kohli is on his back foot and pushes it to mid-wicket. |
| 27.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, Worked away fine on the leg side for a single. |
| 27.3 : N Lyon to Pujara, 50-run stand! Full ball on middle, Pujara comes down the track and whips it away behind square on the leg side for three runs. Also brings up the half century stand between these two. Has been a fighting one. This is also the 12th occasion this pair has been involved in a fifty stand in Tests to go with the six century partnerships. |
| 27.4 : N Lyon to Kohli, Full ball on off and middle, Kohli pushes it off the front foot to mid-wicket. |
| 27.5 : N Lyon to Kohli, Another looped delivery outside off, Virat drives it straight to the cover fielder. |
| 27.6 : N Lyon to Kohli, Well outside off to end the over, the skipper lets it go through. |
| 28.1 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Outside off and on a good length, Pujara lets the ball go through to Paine. |
| 28.2 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Another ball outside off and left alone. Tim collects it above his head and looks around as if to suggest that he likes the carry. |
| 28.3 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Slightly short of a length here, Pujara trusts the bounce and lets the ball fly above his off stump and to the keeper. |
| 28.4 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, On off stump and just short of a length, Pujara defends it from within the crease. |
| 28.5 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, An effort ball from Hazlewood, the ball comes in with the angle and is aimed at the head of the batsman. CP has his eyes on the ball all along and sways out of the way. |
| 28.6 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Fuller length ball on off, Pujara defends it into the ground coming half-ahead. |
| 29.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter delivery on middle, Kohli is ahead and plays it with soft hands. |
| 29.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, Shorter and Kohli immediately rocks back and plays it to the right of short-leg again with soft hands. The batsmen run through for a single. |
| 29.3 : N Lyon to Pujara, Fuller delivery on off and the batsman gets to the pitch of the ball and defends it to mid-wicket. |
| 29.4 : N Lyon to Pujara, Shorter ball on the pads, flicked away to the square leg fielder. |
| 29.5 : N Lyon to Pujara, Fuller and outside off, Pujara gets to the pitch of the ball and drives it to long on for a single. |
| 29.6 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter delivery outside off, Kohli defends it off the back foot. |
| 30.1 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Shorter length ball on the pads, Pujara works it away to deep backward square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 30.2 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Well outside off and well left too by the batsman. |
| 30.3 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Another ball outside off and left alone again. |
| 30.4 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Fuller ball on off stump, CP comes forward and plays it into the ground on the off side. |
| 30.5 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Effort ball on middle and leg, Pujara is quick to duck under it and lets the ball go through. |
| 30.6 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Very full and on middle and leg, Che flicks it away through the gap square on the leg side for a couple. |
| 31.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Lyon to bowl what should be the last over before Tea. Starts off with a full and flat one outside off, Kohli comes ahead and pushes it to mid-wicket. |
| 31.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter delivery turning down leg, Kohli misses the flick and gets hit on the pad. A loud appeal but very optimistic. |
| 31.3 : N Lyon to Kohli, FOUR! Beautiful drive from Kohli. India's first boundary after 130 deliveries. Full delivery outside off, Virat comes ahead and drives it through the covers. Races away to the fence. |
| 31.4 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter and going down leg, the skipper works it fine on the leg side for a single. |
| 31.5 : N Lyon to Pujara, Pujara takes a huge stride forward and dead-bats this one. |
| 31.6 : N Lyon to Pujara, Pujara takes a step down the track and defends it comfortably on the leg side. THAT WILL BE TEA ON DAY 2. INDIA 70 for the loss of two wickets after 32 overs. |
| An attritional session of Test match cricket. Started positively for the Aussies as they got the wicket of KL Rahul. The ball was being made to do all sorts of funny things by the pacers. But then Kohli took the center stage. He met fire with fire and looked positive from the outset. He was ably supported by his 'Man Friday', Cheteshwar Pujara. They both have endured a tough session where neither was run-scoring easy nor was surviving. They did have a bit of luck but the fact of the matter is th |
| ... Day 2, Session 3 ... |
| Welcome back, the players and umpires are back on the field. Starc to begin and Kohli to face. |
| 32.1 : M Starc to Kohli, Short ball to start off with, Kohli jumps and fends this one off. |
| 32.2 : M Starc to Kohli, Full and wide outside off, chased by Kohli. It goes in the gap to the left of point. The ball doesn't reach the fence but the batsmen come back for three. |
| 32.3 : M Starc to Pujara, Around the wicket to Pujara, the ball is short and outside off. Pujara lets this one go through. |
| 32.4 : M Starc to Pujara, Well outside off again and left alone again by the man bred and brought up for Test cricket. |
| 32.5 : M Starc to Pujara, Closer to the off stump on this occasion, Pujara stands tall and defends it. |
| 32.6 : M Starc to Pujara, Wide outside off to finish the over, CP raises his arms again as he lets it go. |
| Cummins to bowl from the other end. |
| 33.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Outside off and Kohli is drawn into the drive. The ball moves away a bit after landing and misses the outside edge by inches. A collective Oooh by the fielders and the crowd. |
| 33.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Much better from the Indian skipper, he remains in his crease and defends this short ball on off stump. |
| 33.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Length ball outside off, Kohli chooses to leave it alone. |
| 33.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Fuller in length, Kohli drives this straight back down but straight back at Cummins. |
| 33.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Outside off on a shorter length, Virat shoulders his arms to let that one through. |
| 33.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Fuller ball on middle and leg, Kohli looks to play it fine on the leg side. He gets an inside edge as the ball comes in slightly after landing. The batsmen run through for one and the skipper keeps strike. |
| 34.1 : M Starc to Kohli, Short ball outside off, still rising as it passes Kohli. Left alone by the batsman. |
| 34.2 : M Starc to Kohli, This ball was on off stump and Kohli leaves it. The ball shapes back in after landing but the bounce carries it over the stumps. Good leave in the end, one can say. |
| 34.3 : M Starc to Kohli, Slightly short of a length and Kohli is solid in defense. |
| 34.4 : M Starc to Kohli, Outside off and on a good length, VK lets it go through to Tim Paine. |
| 34.5 : M Starc to Kohli, Another leave from the skipper as the ball rises from a short length outside off. |
| 34.6 : M Starc to Kohli, Yet another leave to end the over as the final ball is well outside off. Good patience here from an innately attacking player. |
| 35.1 : Pat Cummins to Pujara, Movement and extra bounce. Ouch. Pujara takes a blow near his ribs as he fails to keep it out from the crease. It's a lively surface and quite demanding. You need to be right on the money every ball. |
| 35.2 : Pat Cummins to Pujara, Better this time by Che. He watches the line closely and offers a straight bat after pressing forward. |
| Shout for an lbw! Not given and Australia have reviewed it. Height factor? |
| 35.3 : Pat Cummins to Pujara, TOO HIGH! Cummins with a delivery which nips back in from a good length around off. Pujara with a static footwork tries to defend it from the crease but is beaten for pace, probably. He is thudded on the pads, they appeal but the umpire shakes his head. Paine has a chat with his bowler and goes for the DRS. The replays roll in and they find it to be heading over the sticks. The point of impact was clearly telling the story. It was always going over. Australia lose a |
| 35.4 : Pat Cummins to Pujara, Cummins is too straight and full with his line and length this time. Pujara eases it off his pads to fine leg for one. |
| 35.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Serves it on a good length and in the region outside off, a watchful Indian skipper has nothing to do with it. |
| 35.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, And again. Kohli is not at all interested in chasing anything outside his off stump. One more leave to end a good over. |
| 36.1 : M Starc to Pujara, Starc continues with his 'round the wicket angle for Pujara. He darts it in around off, on a length, Che blocks it quite solidly. |
| 36.2 : M Starc to Pujara, Lands it on a length outside off, a hint of movement there as it hits the deck, Pujara first covers the line and then shoulders arms. |
| 36.3 : M Starc to Pujara, Identical to the first delivery of this over. Starc angles in a length ball, targeting the off pole, Pujara covers the line and defends it from the middle of his blade. Rock solid. |
| 36.4 : M Starc to Pujara, Shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| Short leg in, leg slip also comes in. Starc switches to over the wicket. Short stuff coming up??? |
| 36.5 : M Starc to Pujara, As expected, it's banged in short, around leg, Pujara sways away from the line of fire. |
| 36.6 : M Starc to Pujara, Angling across the batsman, outside off, Pujara allows it through to end the over. |
| 37.1 : Pat Cummins to V Kohli, Where is bat-pad? Cummins gets a length delivery to move back into the batsman from a length outside off. Kohli brings down his bat in defense but it takes the inside edge, brushes his pads and lobs up in the air. No one at short leg and Kohli survives. |
| 37.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Back of a length delivery outside off, played down from the crease to point. |
| 37.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, The batsman lets the ball go outside his off stump. |
| 37.4 : Pat Cummins to V Kohli, Five bonus runs for India! Effort delivery by Cummins. He bends his back and lets out a short delivery. It goes way over the head of the batsman and Paine has no chance of collecting it even with a jump. The umpire stretches his hands to call it a wide. |
| Pat Cummins to Kohli, Smartly played. A little bit of width on offer outside off, Virat pushes it with an angled bat and places it through the gap between gully and slips. Two added to the total. |
| 37.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Needs to be careful, Kohli. He just cannot afford to keep flirting with deliveries outside off with an angled bat. This one whizzes past his blade. Luckily for him, didn't take any edge. It's a risky thing anyway with slips and gully waiting. |
| 37.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Paine is not learning. Once again an inswinger catches the inside half of the Indian skipper's bat as he prods forward in defense. Balloons off the pads but falls safely behind the vacant short leg region. A fine over by Pat! |
| 38.1 : M Starc to Pujara, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 38.2 : M Starc to Pujara, OUT! Starc strikes gold! Pujara has been caught down the leg side. The field was set for some short stuff as Paine had planted short leg and leg gully. But the wicket-taking delivery turns out to be a back of a length ball going down the leg side. Pujara tries to glance it off his hips but gets a faint edge behind to Paine. He makes no mistake, they appeal and the finger has gone up. Australia finally succeed in breaking the 74-run partnership. A big breakthrough too as |
| Ajinkya Rahane is the number 5 batsman. India trail by 244 runs. |
| 38.3 : Starc to Rahane, Paine appeals for another catch down the leg side! This time it's not given and Starc is also not interested. A shortish delivery around leg, Rahane tries working it around but misses. There is some noise which the replays later on show to be coming from the ball brushing Rahane's jersey. |
| 38.4 : M Starc to Rahane, Angling away from the batsman, once again a touch short, Rahane stands back to play it down towards gully. |
| 38.5 : M Starc to A Rahane, Rahane will fight fire with fire. As soon as Starc digs in another short ball, Rahane pulls out the horizontal bat shot from his repertoire. He stays back to wheel his bat across the line but fails to middle his shot. It takes the bottom half and loops in the air. Luckily for him, it goes safely over mid-wicket for a couple. Jinx is off the mark. |
| 38.6 : M Starc to A Rahane, Starc is relentlessly targeting the rib cage. Yet another lethal short delivery, Rahane tries to pull but it probably takes the gloves and lobs in the air. Falls safely wide of leg gully. A single taken. What a probing over by Starc, a successful one too. |
| 39.1 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Good length ball on middle, Rahane defends it showing the full face of the bat. |
| 39.2 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Slightly fuller outside off, Rahane presses forward to defend. He gets an inside edge that rolls down to mid-wicket. |
| 39.3 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, FOUR! What a shot to play off just your seventh delivery! Banged short outside off, Rahane rocks back and plays the upper cut over point for four runs. A positive looking Rahane has come to the crease, might just work in his favor. |
| 39.4 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, This one is flicked away on the leg side beautifully. There is no deep square leg and the batsmen can come back for three by the time the mid-wicket fielder runs to it from inside the circle. Rahane reaches double figures. |
| 39.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Full and outside off, Kohli prods ahead and defends it to cover. |
| 39.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, A tad overpitched this time, Kohli scoops it slightly towards cover but the ball doesn't have enough on it to go to the fielder on the full. Kohli needs to be more careful here. |
| 40.1 : M Starc to Rahane, Double bluff to begin this over. Starc serves a wide full delivery outside off, Rahane throws his bat at it and misses. His front foot went nowhere. Probably he was expecting a short delivery. |
| 40.2 : M Starc to Rahane, Back of a length delivery around off, Rahane goes on his toes and defends it down safely. |
| 40.3 : M Starc to Rahane, Bottom edge this time. Rahane seems rattled at the moment. He needs to be extra careful. Starc bowls it shortish and around off, Rahane tries to cut but it's too close to his body. It gathers the bottom half of his bat and goes on one bounce to the keeper. |
| 40.4 : M Starc to Rahane, FOUR! Eased away! Short again by Starc, on the body of Rahane who just helps it away on its way to the fine leg fence. Used the pace of the bowler to his advantage. He's showing good intent and looking to take the attack to the bowler. |
| 40.5 : M Starc to Rahane, Width on offer outside off, angling away, Rahane stays back and guides it past backward point for a brace. |
| 40.6 : M Starc to Rahane, Good length delivery on middle, at 146.2 kph, Rahane just turns it from the crease to backward square leg for a run. 7 coming from this over. |
| 41.1 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Extra bounce from a good length outside off, Rahane taps it down with a loose bottom hand to gully. |
| 41.2 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, That's a nice leave from Rahane. It's in the channel outside off, Ajinkya is quite assured in making that leave. This is the Jinx that we all know. |
| 41.3 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Angling into the batsman from a length outside off, Rahane is on the front foot as he blocks. |
| 41.4 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Edgy! Cummins slants in a length ball around middle and off, Rahane is squared up in his stance as he tries playing it straight. It goes off the outside half of his bat to point and Ajinkya comes out of his crease in search of a run. Kohli initially shows interest but then sends him back. |
| 41.5 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Rahane has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 41.6 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Presses forward and defends it carefully to covers. |
| 42.1 : M Starc to V Kohli, A length ball around off, angling away, Virat comes forward and pushes it to extra cover. |
| 42.2 : M Starc to Kohli, Very wide outside off, Kohli allows it through to the keeper. |
| 42.3 : M Starc to Kohli, Angling away from the batsman, Kohli prods forward with an angled bat and pushes it to point. |
| 42.4 : M Starc to Kohli, Full and around off, Kohli strides forward and gently pushes it in the gap at covers. He turns for the third run as the fielder doesn't quite anticipate that. A throw towards the striker's end would have been interesting. Rahane was pretty slow compared to Kohli in charging for the third run. |
| 42.5 : M Starc to Rahane, In the channel outside off, Rahane allows it through. |
| 42.6 : M Starc to Rahane, SIX! This surely is Virender Sehwag batting wearing the mask of Ajinkya Rahane. You don't see Rahane hitting biggies often even in T20 cricket. Plenty of intent shown. As soon as Starc digs in a short delivery outside off, Rahane latches onto it, stands tall inside the crease and spanks it over third man for half a dozen of runs. Great battle between bat and ball going on. |
| 43.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Fuller length outside off, pushed to cover-point by VK. |
| 43.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Full outside off, defended on the front foot into the ground. |
| 43.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, FOUR! Cut away above slip and gully for four! FIFTY FOR THE SKIPPER! 20th in Tests. What an innings it has been so far. Started off quick almost as if a statement to the bowlers that he is not here to dance on their tunes. Then slowed down and played according to the merit. Lovely batting but it is imperative for India that he continues. |
| 43.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Short ball on the off stump, Kohli just drops it on the off side and runs through to the other end. Quick single, good running! |
| 43.5 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Wide outside off and Rahane defends its off the back foot. We have a slight drizzle here, nothing too heavy and we go on for now. |
| 43.6 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Well outside off this time, left alone by Jinx. |
| Nathan Lyon is back on. |
| 44.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flighted delivery, around off, Kohli defends it off his front foot. |
| 44.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter and shorter on off, defended off the back foot. |
| 44.3 : N Lyon to Kohli, Presses forward to a full ball and presents a straight bat in defense. |
| 44.4 : N Lyon to Kohli, Gets forward and works it around off his pads. Once the short mid-wicket fielder fails to stop it with a dive, they cross for a run. |
| 44.5 : N Lyon to Rahane, Tossed up ball around middle and leg, Rahane defends it from the crease. |
| 44.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Allows the ball to spin down the leg side and nudges it towards leg gully. |
| 45.1 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Short and on off, defended off the back foot by Kohli. |
| 45.2 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Hazlewood bowls it on a driving length outside off. Kohli is not interested in accepting the proposal. |
| 45.3 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Extra bounce. This one cuts back into the batsman from a good length around off. Virat fails to defend and is hit on the body. |
| 45.4 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Kohli has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 45.5 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Too wide outside off, it's left alone by the Indian skipper. |
| 45.6 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, No run. |
| 46.1 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flighted outside off, Rahane is down the track and pushes it back with a straight bat. |
| 46.2 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flatter delivery on the pads, worked away to square leg by Jinx for a single. |
| 46.3 : N Lyon to Kohli, Very full and VK pushes this one back down. Lyon dives to his right and stops the single. |
| 46.4 : N Lyon to Kohli, Shorter in length this time, Kohli pushes it to short mid-wicket. |
| 46.5 : N Lyon to Kohli, Full and wide outside off, Kohli drives it through the covers, wide of mid off. He gets to the other end. |
| 46.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Another one to which Rahane has his dancing shoes on. He then whips it away to deep mid-wicket for a single to keep strike. |
| 47.1 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Short ball outside off, left alone by Ajinkya. |
| 47.2 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Another short ball that is rising as it passes the batsman. Rahane shoulders his arms again. |
| 47.3 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Well outside off on a length, Jinx is disinterested and wants nothing to do with it. |
| 47.4 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Fuller in length outside off, Rahane takes a huge stride forward and lets it go. |
| 47.5 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Very full this time but outside off, left alone by Rahane. His fifth straight leave in a row. |
| 47.6 : J Hazlewood to A Rahane, What happened there? The ball rares up from a good length and jags in after landing. Rahane is surprised as he looks to defend off the back foot. He does well to drop his bottom hand off the bat as the ball takes the top half of the blade and goes safely towards first slip. |
| Drinks break has been taken. An enterprising hour of play from both sides. The Aussies would be happy to have seen the back of Pujara. Ajinkya Rahane who came in next has played his shots and scored at a brisk pace. His skipper reached his fifty and is looking good. The next hour of play will be a very crucial period of play. Who can come out trumps? |
| 48.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter delivery outside off, Kohli defends it from within the crease. |
| 48.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter ball on middle, Kohli works it away to deep square leg for a single. |
| 48.3 : N Lyon to Rahane, Quicker delivery on the middle stump, Rahane plays it to short leg on the bump. |
| 48.4 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flighted ball outside off, Rahane comes down the track and plays it wide of mid on for a run. |
| 48.5 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter ball on off, Kohli takes a stride forward and defends it onto the leg side. |
| 48.6 : N Lyon to Kohli, Shorter one to end the over, Kohli stands tall and defends this into the ground. |
| 49.1 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Good length ball outside off to start the over, Rahane plays it to gully with soft hands. Was looking to guide it in the gap maybe. |
| 49.2 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Short ball outside off, Rahane raises his hands and lets it go. |
| 49.3 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Fuller ball on off stump, Rahane presses ahead and pushes this one back to the bowler. |
| 49.4 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Good ball outside off, Rahane drops it down on the off side. His skipper on the other end wants a run but is rightfully sent back. Travis Head picks up the ball and has a shy at the non-striker's end but misses the throw. Kohli would have been just in had the ball hit, suggest the replays. |
| 49.5 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, FOUR! Pulled away on the back foot. Rahane stands tall and pulls this short one square on the leg side and all the way to the fence. No one out there to stop it. |
| 49.6 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Another full ball outside off, Rahane drives it and the ball makes a good sound off the bat. Starc at mid off though, dives to his left and prevents any run from being taken. |
| 50.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter delivery, flicked away off his pads by Kohli. Single taken. |
| 50.2 : N Lyon to Rahane, Full and outside off, Rahane drives it to mid off. |
| 50.3 : N Lyon to Rahane, Short and wide outside off, Rahane rocks back and cuts it but it goes straight to backward point. |
| 50.4 : N Lyon to Rahane, Another full one outside off, Rahane pushes it straight to the fielder at extra-cover this time. |
| 50.5 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flatter ball on middle and leg, Jinx is in his crease as he defends the ball into the ground. |
| 50.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Covers the spin on the ball and plays it with soft hands to short-leg to end the 51st over. |
| 51.1 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Outside off and beaten! The ball lands on a length and beats Kohli's outside edge as he tried to push it through cover. |
| 51.2 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Short of a length and jags into Kohli. The skipper was looking to flick it away but misses and gets hit on rib cage. |
| 51.3 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Outside off and on a length, Kohli guides it along the ground to gully. |
| 51.4 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, FOUR! Very full and easy pickings for VK when he is at this stage of his innings. He just takes a stride forward and on drives this for a boundary. |
| 51.5 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Fuller outside off, Virat pushes it to the cover fielder. |
| 51.6 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, A dot ball to end the over as Kohli offers no shot to this short ball outside off. |
| 52.1 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flatter ball outside off, Rahane is ahead and plays it with soft hands to point. |
| 52.2 : N Lyon to Rahane, Shorter ball on middle, Rahane stands back in his crease and pushes it to mid on. |
| 52.3 : N Lyon to Rahane, Another ball that is on the off side, Rahane plays it into the ground after coming ahead. |
| 52.4 : N Lyon to Rahane, Rahane comes ahead and gets the inside half of the bat as the ball is full outside off. Runs to the left of short leg and the batsmen get a single. |
| 52.5 : N Lyon to Kohli, Around the wicket to Kohli, he flicks it away and gets to the other end. |
| 52.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Outside off and fuller this time, Rahane pushes it safely to cover to end the over. |
| Starc is back for another spell. |
| 53.1 : M Starc to Kohli, The ball is on middle and leg, Kohli drives it back with a straight bat to mid on. |
| 53.2 : M Starc to Kohli, Short and well outside off, Kohli raises his arms and lets it go. |
| 53.3 : M Starc to Kohli, A carbon copy of the previous ball. |
| 53.4 : M Starc to V Kohli, Fuller outside off, Kohli looks to drive it away but gets the inner half of the bat and the ball rolls straight back down the pitch. |
| 53.5 : M Starc to Kohli, Short of a length and on top of off stump, Kohli jumps onto his toes and defends it easily. |
| 53.6 : M Starc to Kohli, Left alone outside off. End of the over. Maiden. |
| 54.1 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flighted outside off, Rahane takes a couple of steps before hitting it back to the bowler. |
| 54.2 : N Lyon to Rahane, Another flatter ball on off, Rahane keeps it out well. |
| 54.3 : N Lyon to Rahane, Well outside off, Rahane watches it all the way into Paine's gloves. This one bounces a lot more than any of his recent deliveries. |
| 54.4 : N Lyon to Rahane, Another ball outside off that has been played with soft hands by Jinx to backward point. |
| 54.5 : N Lyon to Rahane, Rahane comes ahead and dead-bats this loopy delivery outside off. |
| 54.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Full and outside off, Rahane pushes it to cover. |
| 55.1 : M Starc to Kohli, Full and on the pads, Kohli pushes it to mid on with the straight bat. |
| 55.2 : M Starc to Kohli, Outside off, easy single for Kohli as he pushes it to cover-point. Thinks about the second but decides against it. |
| 55.3 : M Starc to Rahane, Short and wide outside off, Rahane lets the ball go to Tim behind the stumps. |
| 55.4 : M Starc to Rahane, Short again on off, Rahane climbs on top of the bounce and plays it down to point. |
| 55.5 : M Starc to Rahane, Good ball! Comes in with the angle, just on top of off stump. Rahane defends comfortably off the back foot. |
| 55.6 : M Starc to Rahane, Drifting down on the pads with the angle, Rahane plays it delicately to deep fine leg and gets a single to retain strike. 50-run stand up between captain and vice-captain. |
| 56.1 : N Lyon to Rahane, Full outside off, Rahane comes down the pitch and pushes it back to Lyon. |
| 56.2 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flighted on off, Rahane takes a stride forward and plays it to short mid-wicket. |
| 56.3 : N Lyon to Rahane, Short and outside off, Rahane goes for the cut. Doesn't control it well but luckily for him, it does not ccarry to point's hand. |
| 56.4 : N Lyon to A Rahane, Much better as he comes down the track and pushes it long on to get to the non-striker's end. |
| 56.5 : N Lyon to Kohli, Around the wicket, VK plays it with soft hands square on the leg side. No run. |
| 56.6 : N Lyon to Kohli, Short ball, Kohli defends from within the crease. |
| 57.1 : M Starc to A Rahane, FOUR! Sublime and lovely to the eye! Full and outside off from Starc, Rahane takes a big step forward and creams it through the covers for a boundary. |
| 57.2 : M Starc to Rahane, Shorter this time outside off, Rahane opens the face of the bat and tries to help it to the third man fence but gully dives to his left and stops it. |
| 57.3 : M Starc to Rahane, Outside off and Rahane just nudges it on the offside in the gap and gets a quick single wide of mid off. |
| 57.4 : M Starc to Kohli, A fuller delivery on middle and leg, Kohli defends it after covering the line of the ball. |
| 57.5 : M Starc to Kohli, Similar to the third delivery of the over, Kohli also plays it away on the offside for a single. |
| 57.6 : M Starc to Rahane, Wild ball from Starc, going well down leg. Rahane misses his shot and Paine collects it acrobatically down leg. |
| 58.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Around the wicket and quicker, Kohli pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 58.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter delivery outside off, Kohli comes ahead and dead-bats it. |
| 58.3 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter ball on middle, VK pushes it to short mid-wicket. |
| 58.4 : N Lyon to Kohli, The arm ball on this occasion, the Indian skipper defends it solidly. |
| 58.5 : N Lyon to Kohli, Fuller on middle and off, Virat drives it down to long on for a run. |
| 58.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Full ball on off, Rahane prods ahead and defends on the front foot. |
| Pat Cummins replaces Mitchell Starc. |
| 59.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Fuller and on middle, Kohli defends it back calmly to mid on. |
| 59.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Outside off and on a short length, Kohli leaves it alone. Surprise, surprise as this one doesn't even carry to the keeper. |
| 59.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Outside off and left alone by the skipper. |
| 59.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Drifting onto the pads, Kohli flicks it away to deep square leg for a single. |
| 59.5 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Outside off on a length, Rahane lets it go through. |
| 59.6 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Good length ball on off stump, Jinx is forward in defense. |
| 60.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter delivery at the pads, Kohli works it to short mid-wicket. |
| 60.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flighted outside off, VK takes a large stride and dead-bats it. |
| 60.3 : N Lyon to Kohli, Looped up on middle, Kohli works it away to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 60.4 : N Lyon to Rahane, Fuller and quicker outside off, Rahane comes down the wicket and pushes it straight back down. Short mid-wicket dives to stop it and prevents a run. |
| 60.5 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flatter delivery on middle and leg, Jinx defends it on his back foot. |
| 60.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Rahane comes ahead and keeps this out. |
| 61.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Outside off and left alone by Kohli. |
| 61.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, FOUR! Ridiculous how easy he makes batting look. The ball is outside off and on a full length, slightly swinging away. Kohli leans into it and drives it wide of mid off and the ball is timed sweetly and goes all the way for a four. |
| 61.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Another ball outside off, the skipper punches it but it is straight to the fielder. |
| 61.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Bouncer on middle and leg, VK ducks underneath and evades it. |
| 61.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Very full, almost a half-volley. Virat drives it beautifully again but this time fails to find the gap. |
| 61.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Another full ball on the pads, Kohli drives it to the mid on fielder. |
| 62.1 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flatter ball on middle, Jinx steps down the pitch and plays it short mid-wicket. |
| 62.2 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flatter delivery on middle and leg, he defends it into the ground on the leg side. |
| 62.3 : N Lyon to Rahane, Rahane covers the spin on the loopy one and defends it into the ground. |
| 62.4 : N Lyon to Rahane, Another dance down the track and Rahane almost guides it straight into short leg's hands. Just short. The fielder even throws it back to attempt a run out but Jinx is quick to get back in. |
| 62.5 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flicked away off the back foot but straight at the fielder. |
| 62.6 : N Lyon to A Rahane, A single off the last ball and Rahane retains strike by playing the ball to long on. |
| 63.1 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Short ball on off stump, Rahane rises over the ball and plays it to point. |
| 63.2 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Outside off, left alone by Ajinkya. |
| 63.3 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Good length delivery and on top of middle and leg, Rahane stands tall and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 63.4 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Short ball on middle, Rahane swipes across the line but along the ground. It goes to deep square leg for a run. |
| 63.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Another bouncer on middle and leg, Kohli ducks under it. |
| 63.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Outside off and short of a good length, Kohli shoulders his arms. 5 overs left in the day now. |
| Josh Hazlewood is back into the attack. Should be a 3-over burst for him. |
| 64.1 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Full and outside off, Rahane is forward as he leans into this drive back to the bowler. |
| 64.2 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, FOUR! Glorious would be the word here. The ball goes as straight as a whistle down the ground. Lucky not to have hit the stumps at the non-striker's end. Lovely to watch and four runs. |
| 64.3 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, FOUR! Overcompensates on this occasion as he goes short and wide outside off. Rahane rocks back and cuts it over backward point for another four. Moves onto 48 with the second consecutive boundary. |
| 64.4 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Full and outside again, Rahane pushes it to the deep mid off and gets to the other end. 49 for Jinx. |
| 64.5 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Short outside off, left alone by VK. |
| 64.6 : J Hazlewood to V Kohli, Another overpitched delivery and another gorgeous drive. This time from the skipper. Finds the gap on the offside and the batsmen pick up three. Kohli is back on strike for the next over. |
| Nathan Lyon changes ends. |
| 65.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Full and outside off, Kohli pushes it down the ground wide of long on for a single. |
| 65.2 : N Lyon to Rahane, FIFTY for the INDIAN VICE-CAPTAIN! His 17th in Tests. It is also his third fifty in the last three Tests. The ball was outside off and on the fuller side, Rahane drives it through cover and gets to the other end. A very good knock in the situation. Needed it as he was replacing Pujara at the crease. |
| 65.3 : N Lyon to Kohli, Full and pushed down to long on for yet another single by VK. |
| 65.4 : N Lyon to Rahane, Driven straight back to the bowler this time, slightly in the air but safe. |
| 65.5 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flighted ball outside off and finally some good turn for Lyon. The ball takes the inside edge onto the pads. Good ball. |
| 65.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Well outside off, left alone by Ajinkya. |
| Pat Cummins replaces Hazlewood. |
| 66.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Outside off on a short length, Virat climbs on top of the bounce and defends the ball. |
| 66.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Flicked away off his hips but straight to the square leg fielder. |
| 66.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Another one outside off, good probing line from Cummins in this over. Kohli plays it with soft hands to point. |
| 66.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Full and on middle, driven to mid on off the front foot by the skipper. |
| 66.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, BEATEN! After a long time, a good length ball on off stump straightens and beats the outside edge of Virat who was looking to defend. This over has been a really good one considering that it is at the fag end of the day. |
| 66.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, FOUR! Just as we say it was a good over, it is spoilt by a poor delivery on the hips. Easily worked away fine on the leg side for four. The trail is cut down to 159 runs now. |
| 67.1 : N Lyon to Rahane, Short ball on the pads, Rahane works it away on the leg side for a single. |
| 67.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, Fuller this time, Kohli prods ahead and pushes it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 67.3 : N Lyon to Rahane, Lyon flights this one outside off, Rahane comes well ahead and dead-bats this. |
| 67.4 : N Lyon to Rahane, Oooh! This one rips a little more than many and the ball takes the inside half of Rahane's bat who was trying to defend. Luckily, the ball goes onto the pads and just falls down on the pitch. |
| 67.5 : N Lyon to Rahane, Front foot defense from Jinx to keep the fuller one out. |
| 67.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Flatter delivery which is slightly shorter, Rahane remains in the crease and defends it back down the ground. |
| 68.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Good length delivery just outside off, Kohli rises on his back foot and plays it down safely to the off side. |
| 68.2 : Pat Cummins to V Kohli, Edged but safe! Soft hands from Kohli keeps it all along the ground. An excellent delivery by Cummins. Probes with a length ball around off and gets it to straighten. Kohli plays inside the line and gets an outside edge. It rolls in front of wide first slip. |
| 68.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, The line is very straight this time and Virat clips it off his pads in front of square leg for three runs. |
| 68.4 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, A bouncer is served on the plate for Rahane. It's around off and he sways away from the line. |
| 68.5 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Lands it on a good length around off, Ajinkya goes on his toes and defends it back solidly. |
| 68.6 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, A rising delivery, around middle and leg, Rahane gets across and taps it down in the mid-wicket region. Looks for a run but Kohli turns it down as Cummins runs across to his right to stop the ball. That will be Stumps on Day 2. |
| What a fight it has been from India! Not many would have given them a chance on this wicket. They end Day 2 on 172/3 after being 8/2 at one time. No doubt the pitch has played a lot better than it did yesterday but take nothing away from the skill and patience of Pujara, Kohli and Rahane. The third session started with the loss of the new 'Wall' of the Indian team, Cheteshwar Pujara. It looked gloomy and one thought that the horrors of the Adelaide Test's first innings would resurface. But Raha |
| One thing that Australia would be happy about is the fact that there haven't been any free runs or loose runs given. Everything has been hard-earned and the Indians have not been let off the hook. The day was mostly played under cloudy weather and the cracks on the pitch seemed to have closed as the ball didn't misbehave as much as it did on Day 1. Earlier this morning, the Australian lower order added 49 runs to their overnight total to post 326 on the board. In reply, both the Indian openers w |
| So then, Kohli and Rahane are unbeaten at Stumps and both should look to go on to make it count. From the hosts' point of view, they still have a handy lead of 154 runs and would look to grab either one of these or both early on Day 3. Should be really fun to watch. Action will resume at 1020 local (0220 GMT). Do join us then. Take care! |
| ... Day 3, Session 1 ... |
| Welcome to Day 3 of the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy. We have had two days of intense cricketing action. The match seems to be evenly poised at the moment. What has been the difference over the two days though is the weather - The sun was out on Day 1 and it was cloudy on the following day. The forecast for today is for the sun to make a comeback and remain throughout the day. Coming to this Test match, the hosts, who are ahead by 154 runs as of now, would look to snipe out this alr |
| For the visitors, Kohli and Rahane will be expected to take India as close to the home team's first innings total as possible. Any lead will come in handy as it won't be easy batting fourth on this wicket. Most probably, by the end of today, we should have a fair idea of which way this Test is heading. It will be an engrossing and hard-fought day, make no mistake. You don't want to miss this, stay with us. Action from Perth in just a bit. |
| Pitch report - Michael Vaughan says the surface surprised them all yesterday by playing so well. Adds that the cracks have opened up a bit today and should help Lyon while bowling from the Justin Langer End. Signs off by saying that we have had riveting cricket for two days and it should be a belter today as well. |
| Nathan Lyon in an interview with Mark Howard says that the rain didn't help their cause yesterday and the pitch held up well. Hopes that he will get more help today. Talking about his batting, he says it is amazing to have a cricket coach in his brother who has helped him a lot with it. Coming up to the pitch, he has a look and says that the rain caused the ball to skid on except for a ball on Day 2 which Kohli left alone and that spun a long way with extra bounce. States that he will be looking |
| The players and the umpires are out in the middle. Virat Kohli will take strike on the first ball of the day to be bowled by surprise surprise, Nathan Lyon. Maybe, the Aussies want to bowl the next 11 overs quickly and get the second new ball. Let's play... |
| 69.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Starts off with a quicker ball outside off, Kohli goes back in his crease and defends to mid-wicket. |
| 69.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, First run of the day as Kohli pushes it to deep mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 69.3 : N Lyon to Rahane, Looped up outside off, Rahane comes ahead and defends. |
| 69.4 : N Lyon to Rahane, OUT! Brilliant from Lyon! Even better from Paine! The fourth Indian wicket falls off the fourth ball of the day. Just the start the Aussies would've liked. This one is slightly shorter than the previous one, but Rahane is drawn forward in defense. The ball drifts and straightens a bit with the breeze and gets the faintest of edges. Tim makes no mistake behind the wickets and the Indian vice-captain has to depart without adding any run to his overnight score. The deficit f |
| Hanuma Vihari arrives early in the morning. |
| 69.5 : N Lyon to Vihari, Off the mark straightaway, full and on middle, Hanuma flicks it away to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 69.6 : N Lyon to Kohli, A quick single to end the over. Shorter in length, Kohli rocks back and works it away to fine leg and keeps strike. |
| Mitchell Starc to bowl from the other end. Two slips and a gully in place. |
| 70.1 : M Starc to Kohli, Short outside off to start with, left alone by Kohli. |
| 70.2 : M Starc to Kohli, OUCH! This one is aimed at the body and hurries on to Kohli who was lining up the pull. He has to take evasive action and gets hit on the elbow. The ball goes to fine leg and the batsmen cross ends. Leg byes signaled. |
| 70.3 : M Starc to Vihari, Good length ball outside off, defended by Hanuma from within the crease. |
| 70.4 : M Starc to Vihari, Short and well outside off, Vihari hangs his bat out and the ball rushes away to the left of point all the way for four runs. This must give the youngster a lot of confidence. |
| 70.5 : M Starc to Vihari, Bouncer to follow up, just a typical fast-bowler's response. Vihari ducks under it. |
| 70.6 : M Starc to Vihari, Another bouncer to end the over, Vihari lets it go over his head again. |
| Interesting bowling change. Nathan Lyon has been removed after a successful first over. Pat Cummins is unleashed. Thinking on his feet, Tim Paine. |
| 71.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Short and on off stump to start with, Kohli hangs back and defends it. |
| 71.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Drifting on to the pads this time, Kohli tucks it away on to the leg side towards mid-wicket. |
| 71.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Good length ball just outside off, Kohli takes a stride ahead and defends it into the ground. |
| 71.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Shortens the length a bit on this occasion, the skipper is immediately on to the back foot and defends. |
| 71.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Fuller length, Kohli is on the front foot and pushes it towards mid on. |
| 71.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Good length ball outside off, Virat keeps it out by coming half-ahead. |
| 72.1 : M Starc to Vihari, Short and wide outside off, Vihari cuts similarly to his boundary the previous over. There is a third man present this time who keeps it down to one. |
| 72.2 : M Starc to Kohli, Short again and this one cuts in after landing, Kohli is cramped for space and keeps it out awkwardly. |
| 72.3 : M Starc to Kohli, Short again and Kohli gauges the bounce on the ball and shoulders his arms to this one. |
| 72.4 : M Starc to Kohli, Aimed at the batsman's body, Virat fends it away towards mid-wicket. |
| 72.5 : M Starc to Kohli, Shorter outside off, Kohli plays a good looking shot to the right of third man. The batsmen come back for two by the time Lyon cleans up near the boundary rope. |
| 72.6 : M Starc to Kohli, Well down the leg side, was it a planned ball? Kohli looks to flick it away but misses. |
| Nathan Lyon is back. |
| 73.1 : N Lyon to Vihari, Looped up but well down the legside, Vihari looks to flick but misses the ball. |
| 73.2 : N Lyon to Vihari, Back to the line outside off, Hanuma is ahead and defends it into the ground. |
| 73.3 : N Lyon to Vihari, Another flatter delivery on off, Vihari dead-bats it. |
| 73.4 : N Lyon to Vihari, Fired in at the pads, flicked away wristily by Hanuma for a run to deep mid-wicket. |
| 73.5 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter ball on middle, Kohli pushes it to short mid-wicket. |
| 73.6 : N Lyon to Kohli, Similar ball to end the over and Virat pushes it to mid-wicket again. Tidy stuff by Nathan. |
| Pat Cummins now into the attack. |
| 74.1 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Good length ball on top of off stump to start, Vihari is watchful in defense. |
| 74.2 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Good quick delivery on middle, Hanuma is back in his crease and defends. |
| 74.3 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Effort ball from Cummins, Vihari just ducks under it and lets it go. |
| 74.4 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Length delivery on top of off stump, he takes a good stride forward and defends it to mid-wicket. |
| 74.5 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Good looking shot down the ground to a fuller one outside off. The batsmen pick up three as a widish mid off fielder gives chase. |
| 74.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Bouncer from Pat to end the over, Kohli lets it fly over his head. |
| 75.1 : N Lyon to Vihari, Flatter ball outside off, Vihari stands tall and defends it. |
| 75.2 : N Lyon to Vihari, Slightly pitched up, Hanuma comes forward and defends to mid-wicket. |
| 75.3 : N Lyon to Vihari, Well outside off, left alone. |
| 75.4 : N Lyon to Vihari, Fuller one on off and middle, Vihari is forward in defense. |
| 75.5 : N Lyon to Vihari, Shorter outside off and turning in, Vihari rocks back and tries to work it on the leg side. Finds short leg. |
| 75.6 : N Lyon to Vihari, Slightly ahead to end the over, Hanuma comes forward to defend. The ball turns a bit and gets the inner half of the bat. Luckily for the batsman, it doesn't carry to short leg. |
| 76.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Short and outside off, Kohli climbs on top of the bounce and keeps it down. |
| 76.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Back to a good length, left alone by Virat this time. |
| 76.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Fuller and coming in after landing, Kohli comes forward and turns it into the leg side for a single. Marcus Harris, who is at deep square leg, falls down while picking it up and feels his hammy after throwing. Doesn't look like it's anything too serious though. |
| 76.4 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Shorter outside off, Hanuma goes well back in his crease to keep it out. |
| 76.5 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Given some room outside off, the batsman opens the face of the bat and runs it down to third man for a single. |
| 76.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Bouncer to the captain, he ducks under it. |
| 77.1 : N Lyon to Vihari, Drifted outside off, Vihari takes a big stride and defends it to mid-wicket. |
| 77.2 : N Lyon to Vihari, Fuller this time, Hanuma drives to long on for a run. |
| 77.3 : N Lyon to Kohli, Much shorter to Kohli, he goes back in his crease and works it away towards square leg and sets off for a quick single. His partner is quick to respond and makes it in time. |
| 77.4 : N Lyon to Vihari, Flatter on middle, Vihari stands in his crease and keeps it out. |
| 77.5 : N Lyon to Vihari, Comes ahead to this one and pushes it to mid-wicket. |
| 77.6 : N Lyon to Vihari, Another looped one outside off, Vihari defends with soft hands towards slip. |
| 78.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Slightly short of a length outside off, Kohli defends on the back foot. Looks for the quick single but then decides against it. |
| 78.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Gets it this time as he drops it on the off side and sets off. |
| 78.3 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Bouncer, well above the head of Hanuma who lets it go. |
| 78.4 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, FOUR! Sounds good and is good. Fuller leangth and he latches onto it in an instant. Drives confidently through mid off and all the way for four runs. |
| 78.5 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Predictable comeback from Pat. Goes for the bouncer, Vihari ducks under it. |
| 78.6 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Another short ball aimed at the head, Hanuma looks like he has taken his eyes off it as he tries to fend it. Lucky for him that it doesn't take the glove and pop to short leg. |
| 79.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flatter outside off, Kohli comes ahead and pushes it to backward point. |
| 79.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, Overpitched, Virat pushes it wristily back to the bowler. |
| 79.3 : N Lyon to V Kohli, FOUR! Very wide outside off, Kohli drives hard and finds the gap through the covers. Goes to the fence and the Indian captain is into the 90s. Also brings the 200 up for the visitors. They trail by 126 runs now. |
| 79.4 : N Lyon to Kohli, Shorter length this time, straightens after landing. Kohli rocks back and closes his bat too early as he tries to work it on the leg side. Gets a leading edge that goes to backward point. Very lucky! |
| 79.5 : N Lyon to Kohli, Outside off, Kohli dabs it with soft hands and sets off for a quick single. The ball goes straight to Travis Head at cover who has a shy at the striker's end. Vihari is quick to respond but he would have been a goner had the ball hit the stumps. Needless from the Indians. |
| 79.6 : N Lyon to Vihari, Fuller outside off, defended into the ground by Hanuma. |
| Second new ball has been taken by Australia. Mitchell Starc returns... |
| 80.1 : M Starc to Kohli, Starts the new spell with a fuller length ball around off, Kohli leans forward and across before helping it through mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 80.2 : M Starc to Kohli, FOUR! Here it is, century number 25 in Tests for Virat Kohli! The talisman of India's batting reaches the milestone with a lovely shot down the ground through mid off. It's pitched up around off and is met with great timing and placement. A knock under testing conditions from the Indian skipper. Off comes the helmet and Kohli celebrates. He has a determined look on his face. The job is not done yet and Virat is aware of it. Some interesting stats - Kohli is the second qui |
| 80.3 : M Starc to Kohli, Play and a miss! Loss in concentration probably. Starc serves it full and outside off, Kohli is beaten on the drive. |
| 80.4 : M Starc to Kohli, Good length delivery in the channel outside off, it's left alone. |
| 80.5 : M Starc to Kohli, Another watchful leave outside the off stump by the Indian captain. |
| 80.6 : M Starc to Kohli, Starc slants it across the batsman, Kohli plays it down with the angle and it comes off the outer half of his blade. Soft hands there. Rolling towards gully. |
| Josh Hazlewood to bowl from the other end with the new cherry. |
| 81.1 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Length ball on off, Hanuma defends solidly. |
| 81.2 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Drifting onto the pads, flicked away towards deep backward square leg for an easy two. |
| 81.3 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Peach from Josh! Serves it outside off, Vihari looks to defend as the ball tails away in the end to beat the outside edge. |
| 81.4 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Similar ball outside off, leaves it alone this time. |
| 81.5 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Shortens the length a little, Vihari gets on top of the ball and keeps it down. |
| 81.6 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Goes wide of the crease this time, well outside off, left alone by the right-hander. |
| 82.1 : M Starc to Kohli, Bowled wide outside off by Starc, Kohli shoulders his arms to it. |
| 82.2 : M Starc to Kohli, Shorter length delivery outside off, VK raises his arms and lets it go. |
| 82.3 : M Starc to Kohli, FOUR! Typical Kohli. Ovepitched outside off from the left-arm seamer, Virat is on one knee and just pushes it solidly through the covers for four. Holds the pose too. |
| 82.4 : M Starc to Kohli, Responds with a bouncer aimed at the head, Kohli ducks under it at the last moment. Paine does well to get a hand to it and save it from going for 4 byes. |
| 82.5 : M Starc to Kohli, On a length outside off, Kohli trudges ahead and drops it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 82.6 : M Starc to Vihari, Fuller on middle and the ball is defended straight back to mid on. There isn't much swing here with the new ball so far. |
| Drinks break. Another entertaining hour of play. Kohli hasn't let the early jolt today affect him and reached his 25th ton in Tests. Hanuma at the other end, has batted confidently. The new ball is only 3 overs old and we haven't seen much swing so far. The next hour can have a lot of say in the game. |
| 83.1 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, On a length and outside off, Kohli finds the middle of the bat yet again as he drives to mid off. |
| 83.2 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Wider of the crease, delivered outside off. Left alone by Kohli. |
| 83.3 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Fuller length outside off, Virat comes well ahead and defends it into the ground. |
| 83.4 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, SIX! That has just flown off the bat and all the way for six runs. Short outside off and Kohli flashes hard at it. There is extra bounce and takes the top half of the bat and flies over the rope. No fielder there anyway so it was a safe option. |
| 83.5 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Peach to respond! Served outside off and straightens in the end. Kohli who was looking to defend it, has a puzzled look on his face as he misses it. Flies through to the keeper. |
| 83.6 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Left alone outside the off stump/ |
| 84.1 : M Starc to Vihari, Short pitched delivery, defended by Hanuma on the back foot into the leg side. The batsmen switch ends. |
| 84.2 : M Starc to Kohli, Length ball outside off, Virat comes ahead and tries to push it on the off side but the ball comes off the inner half of the bat and goes towards mid-wicket. |
| 84.3 : M Starc to Kohli, Short length ball and aimed at the batsman. Very awkward height for VK but he adjusts well, taking his bottom hand off the willow and controls the ball, making sure it won't have pace on it. |
| 84.4 : M Starc to Kohli, Another brilliant adjustment from the batsman to a short ball aimed at the head. Slightly moves outside the line of the ball and guides it down to third man with very gentle hands while on his toes. |
| 84.5 : M Starc to Vihari, Defends this short one from within the crease. |
| 84.6 : M Starc to Vihari, Pushes the ball up a bit, on the pads and Vihari keeps strike with a flicked single to square leg. Brings up the 50-run stand between these two. |
| 85.1 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Outside off and left alone by Hanuma. He had some attention from the physio during the time between the overs. |
| 85.2 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Shorter outside off, played towards point but no run. |
| 85.3 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, OUT! What a beautiful delivery from Hazlewood. He has deserved a wicket! Beaten the bat on multiple occasions and finally gets the reward. Serves this one on a length and outside off. Gets the ball to nip off the pitch and straighten after landing. Vihari who is on the back foot trying to defend gets the slightest of edges. It carries to Tim at a good height. A very good ball that, would get most batsmen out. End of a decent innings, a good 50-run stand with his capt |
| Rishabh Pant is the new batsman in. |
| 85.4 : J Hazlewood to Pant, Short outside off to start off, Pant stands tall and defends. |
| 85.5 : J Hazlewood to Pant, Another ball outside off and on the shorter side, Rishabh is on his toes and keeps it out. |
| 85.6 : J Hazlewood to Pant, Good length ball outside off, Pant is forward to defend this one. Goes off the outside half of the bat to gully. |
| 86.1 : M Starc to Kohli, Shorter outside off, Kohli angles it away to deep point for a run. |
| 86.2 : M Starc to Pant, FOUR BYES! Freebies for India. Starc pitches this very short, wanting to serve a welcome to Pant. The ball though rises too high as Pant just sways out of the way and it is very high for even a jumping Paine to get a hand to it. It goes and hits the fence behind him within seconds. The trail is under 100 now. |
| 86.3 : M Starc to Pant, Outside off on a length, Pant defends it on the back foot towards cover. |
| 86.4 : M Starc to Pant, Fuller ball that is angling down leg, Rishabh tries to flick it but gets the inner half of the bat and the ball runs to fine leg for a run. |
| 86.5 : M Starc to Kohli, Short and pacy delivery on middle and leg, Kohli fends it off uncomfortably towards the leg side. The batsmen get a quick single. |
| 86.6 : M Starc to Pant, BEATEN! Outside off from Starc, Pant comes ahead to defend but misses the ball. Lucky not to get the outside edge. |
| 87.1 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Shorter length outside off stump, Kohli defends it towards cover-point and gets to the other end. |
| 87.2 : J Hazlewood to Pant, On a length outside off, Pant comes ahead to defend to cover. |
| 87.3 : J Hazlewood to Pant, Straighter ball on middle and leg, Rishabh defends it coming slightly forward. |
| 87.4 : J Hazlewood to Pant, A length ball outside off, Pant hangs back in the crease and keeps it out. |
| 87.5 : J Hazlewood to Pant, Shorter on middle, the southpaw nudges it towards deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 87.6 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, A bumper going down leg, Kohli looks to pull but misses the ball completely. Paine collects the ball and appeals but there is nothing on it. |
| 88.1 : M Starc to Pant, Starc serves it outside off, Pant lets this one go in the nick of time. |
| 88.2 : M Starc to Pant, Angling down at the pads, flicked away to fine leg for a run. |
| 88.3 : M Starc to Kohli, Good ball! On a length and slides along with the angle. Virat was looking to defend but the ball caught him on the top of the willow. It went on the bounce to the slips. |
| 88.4 : M Starc to Kohli, Better from the skipper as he leans into his push to covers for a single. |
| 88.5 : M Starc to Pant, Fuller on middle, Pant works it away nicely through the gap in the mid-wicket region. The ball doesn't have the legs to reach the fence but an easy three. |
| 88.6 : M Starc to Kohli, Second miscue from the skipper in this over. Bouncer aimed at the batsman is not controlled well and it almost carries to point. Starc can't believe Kohli's luck here. |
| 89.1 : J Hazlewood to Pant, Outside off, Pant leans into this push, for a run through cover. |
| 89.2 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Full outside off, Kohli times the drive beautifully but Finch at cover dives to his weaker side and stops the ball. Surely saved some runs there. |
| 89.3 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Well outside off from Josh, Kohli leans into the defense. |
| 89.4 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Another one outside off, Kohli pushes this ball through the gap for a run. |
| 89.5 : J Hazlewood to Pant, FOUR! A genuine outside edge has been induced from Josh coming around the wicket. Pant was looking to drive but the ball moves away a little to get the outside edge. It runs in the gap between slips and gully for a boundary. |
| 89.6 : J Hazlewood to Pant, Bouncer, Pant just ducks under it to end the 90th over. |
| Pat Cummins into the attack. |
| 90.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Outside off on a short length, Kohli keeps it out on the off side and runs through for a single. |
| 90.2 : Pat Cummins to Pant, Oooh! Pant goes for the drive to this full one outside off but gets the inside edge that runs to square leg. The batsmen get a single. |
| 90.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Well down leg again, Kohli wants to work it away but misses the ball. |
| 90.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Lands on off and nips in late to beat the inside edge of Virat's bat. Catches him on the back thigh but there is no appeal as the ball is too high. |
| 90.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Well outside off, Kohli keeps it out towards point. |
| 90.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Shorter outside off stump, Virat pushes it off his back foot to the left of point for a single. Keeps the strike. |
| Nathan Lyon comes back for another spell. |
| 91.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Nicely tossed up delivery around off, an off spinner, Virat lunges and defends it watchfully. |
| 91.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, FOUR! Gives respect to the bowler on the first ball and then dismisses the next one. Lyon serves another flighted full ball outside off, Kohli gets forward with a big stride and crunches his drive through covers for a boundary. |
| 91.3 : N Lyon to Kohli, Lyon pulls his length back a bit and delivers it around off, Virat goes on the back foot and defends it. |
| 91.4 : N Lyon to Kohli, Another delivery which is a bit on the shorter side around off, Kohli defends it off his back foot again. |
| 91.5 : N Lyon to Kohli, Loopy and full outside off, yet another cracking drive from the bat of Kohli but this time it goes straight to mid off. |
| 91.6 : N Lyon to Kohli, Tossed up ball on off, blocked back off the front foot. |
| 92.1 : Pat Cummins to Pant, Angles across a length delivery around off, Pant is quite compact in his defense. |
| 92.2 : Pat Cummins to Pant, Edged but safe! Cummins once again angles across a delivery, it's on the fuller side this time and Pant is lured into the drive. He however fails to middle his shot properly and the ball rushes off the outside edge to third man. A single taken. |
| 92.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, In the region outside off, holding its line, Kohli shoulders arms. |
| 92.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Bowls this one closer to the off stump line but it's not close enough to bother the Indian skipper. |
| 92.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Another delivery in the channel outside off, Kohli is very watchful as he sees the line closely and then leaves it alone. |
| Edged and taken! Has that carried? Peter Handscomb is claiming it but Virat Kohli is not going anywhere. The two umpires get together and then refer it upstairs. Not sure what the soft signal is as when Kumar Dharmasena signals for it his back was to the camera. We're hearing that he reckons that it carried. Let's see... |
| 92.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, OUT! Massive moment in this match. Virat Kohli is walking off the field with India still trailing by 75 runs. Cummins pitches it up and around off to invite yet another drive from the Indian skipper. Virat obliges as he gets forward to stroke it through covers. But this time his front foot is not exactly to the pitch of the delivery and he ends up edging it behind. Peter Handscomb standing at second slip goes down low to his right and takes the catch inches above the |
| Mohammed Shami is the next batsman to the crease. |
| 93.1 : N Lyon to Pant, Shorter outside off, Pant pushes it away to sweeper cover for a single. Not sure that's the best thing to do with a tailender at the other end. |
| 93.2 : N Lyon to Shami, OUT! Just as we thought so. Another one bites the dust. That's the fourth in this session and the match has turned on its head here. Shami gone for a golden duck. Plenty of turn and bounce. It's served outside off by Lyon, Shami comes ahead to defend but gets a feather behind to the keeper. It is collected beautifully by Paine as he jumps in appeal. The finger has gone up. That's too good for a tailender. THAT WILL ALSO BE LUNCH ON DAY 3 AND AUSTRALIA LEAD BY 74 RUNS. |
| 80 runs and 4 wickets. Surely Australia's session after the last three balls. India have lost four wickets in the session, including the all-important one of Virat Kohli. The morning session began with the loss of Rahane on the fourth ball of the day. He was replaced by Hanuma Vihari who looked good during his stay and scored 20 but more importantly was involved in a handy partnership with his captain. A peach of a delivery by Hazlewood removed him and then the Indian keeper, Rishabh Pant came i |
| Australia have stormed their way into the match and the ball now lies firmly in their court. It is up to Pant to farm the strike and take the visitors as close to the Aussie total as possible. Will it happen or not? We will know in the post-Lunch session. Join us in a short while for the same. |
| ... DAY 3, SESSION 2 ... The players and umpires are back for the 2nd session. Nathan Lyon to continue from the 3rd ball of his over. Ishant Sharma is the new batsman for India and will be on strike. |
| 93.3 : N Lyon to Sharma, Outside off and defended on the front foot by Ishant. |
| 93.4 : N Lyon to Sharma, Well kept out by Sharma once more. |
| 93.5 : N Lyon to Sharma, Another flatter ball outside off, Ishant comes ahead and defends it well. |
| 93.6 : N Lyon to Sharma, Beaten outside off, flatter delivery and Ishant tries to defend off the back foot and misses. |
| Pat Cummins to bowl from the other end. |
| 94.1 : Pat Cummins to Pant, Well outside off, Pant cuts it away to deep point for a run. Aussies content in letting Pant get to the other end. |
| 94.2 : Pat Cummins to Sharma, Outside off and Ishant fends it on the off side. The batsmen want a quick single but the ball goes straight to the fielder. |
| 94.3 : Pat Cummins to Sharma, Outside off on a short length, Ishant defends it well. |
| 94.4 : Pat Cummins to Sharma, OUCH! The ball is fast and hits Ishant on his back as he tries to evade this short-pitched delivery at the body. |
| 94.5 : Pat Cummins to Sharma, Short length ball again on middle, Ishant pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 94.6 : Pat Cummins to Sharma, Another half-tracker from Pat, Ishant somehow manages to play it away on the leg side for a run. |
| 95.1 : N Lyon to Sharma, Looped outside off, Ishant pushes it down the ground to mid on. Catch it is the call but it was far from the bowler. |
| 95.2 : Lyon to Sharma, OUT! Caught and bowled! Third wicket for Lyon. A flighted delivery landing around off and turning back in. Ishant gets forward with the intention to play a firm drive but his bat turns in his hands. He ends up chipping it back to the bowler and Lyon is a superlative fielder off his own bowling. Accepts the catch gleefully with a tumble. A sorry shot by Ishant. All they need is to partner Pant out there. |
| Umesh Yadav walks in next. |
| 95.3 : N Lyon to Yadav, Flatter ball outside off, Umesh defends it back to the bowler. |
| 95.4 : N Lyon to Yadav, Quicker at the pads, Yadav pushes it to mid-wicket. |
| 95.5 : N Lyon to Yadav, Slower through the air this time, defended with soft hands and into the ground. |
| 95.6 : N Lyon to Yadav, Another loopy one on middle, Yadav defends it into the ground again. |
| 96.1 : Cummins to Pant, DROPPED! These ones are very difficult to pull off on the followthrough. Cummins serves a good length delivery on middle, Pant goes for a full-blooded shot back down the ground. It is straight back at the bowler on the full but is too fast for Pat to hold on. He gets his hands to it but unfortunately the ball doesn't stick. Would've been disaster for the visitors had Cummins held on. |
| 96.2 : Pat Cummins to Pant, Well outside off on a short length, left alone by Rishabh. |
| 96.3 : Pat Cummins to Pant, This delivery is outside off, Pant plays it away to deep point for a single. |
| 96.4 : Pat Cummins to Yadav, Short delivery aimed at the body, Yadav does well to fend it off on the leg side. The batsmen run through for a single. |
| 96.5 : Pat Cummins to Pant, Pant goes for a wild swipe and misses the ball outside off completely. |
| 96.6 : Pat Cummins to Pant, This one is short outside off and hurries onto Pant as he tries to pull it. The ball goes off the inner half of the willow and right back to mid off. |
| 97.1 : N Lyon to Yadav, Turn and bounce from outside off. Umesh lunges to defend but it whizzes past the outside edge. A good take by Paine. |
| 97.2 : N Lyon to Yadav, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 97.3 : N Lyon to Yadav, Tossed up ball around off, Yadav prods forward and defends it from the outer half of his bat to silly point. |
| 97.4 : N Lyon to Yadav, Quicker and fuller on off, Umesh sweeps it behind square leg for a run. |
| 97.5 : N Lyon to Pant, Flatter on middle and leg, Pant nudges it away towards mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 97.6 : N Lyon to Yadav, Flat again outside off, Umesh manages to keep it out by coming ahead. |
| 98.1 : Pat Cummins to Pant, Outside off and going away, Pant goes for the slog down the ground and misses it completely. |
| 98.2 : Pat Cummins to Pant, A similar delivery and Pant decides not to play at it this time. |
| 98.3 : Pat Cummins to Pant, Wide outside again, the southpaw lets it go. |
| 98.4 : Pat Cummins to Pant, Doesn't hold back on this occasion. Goes for the cut and gets it to the right of deep point. The fielder cleans up but throws well wide at the non-striker's end, allowing for an extra run on the overthrow. Pant gets back on strike. |
| 98.5 : Pat Cummins to Pant, Another one outside off, Rishabh misses his cut again. |
| 98.6 : Pat Cummins to Pant, Fuller and outside off again, seems like a definite plan. Pant wants to drive this but misses the ball again. |
| 99.1 : N Lyon to Yadav, Flatter ball outside off, Yadav stands tall and pushes it to mid off. |
| 99.2 : N Lyon to Yadav, Woahhh! That one holds its line and bounces a lot. Yadav is ahead in defense and misses the ball completely. |
| 99.3 : N Lyon to Yadav, Another ball outside off and flatter, defended back to mid off. |
| 99.4 : N Lyon to Yadav, Goes for the big slog this time and fails to connect on this arm ball. The ball goes to the keeper and Paine appeals for a catch but the umpire in unmoved. |
| 99.5 : N Lyon to Yadav, Yadav fails to put bat on ball this time as he looks to defend this ball well outside off. |
| 99.6 : N Lyon to Yadav, This is defended well by the tailender to end the 100th over. |
| Mitchell Starc is back on. |
| 100.1 : M Starc to Pant, Speeds in and serves a length delivery outside off, Pant throws his bat at it and slices his attempted cover drive behind point. A single taken, strangely. Umesh is now exposed to Starc. |
| 100.2 : M Starc to Yadav, Starc switches to 'round the wicket and lets out a back of a length delivery outside off. Yadav sticks back to push inside the line but misses. Probably setting him up for a big inswinging yorker. |
| 100.3 : M Starc to Yadav, Not exactly a yorker but it's speared in around off, very full, Umesh does well to keep it out safely at mid-wicket. |
| 100.4 : M Starc to Yadav, On a good length this time, around off, Yadav waits for it on the back foot and taps it down to covers. |
| 100.5 : M Starc to Yadav, Digs in a shortish ball on middle, Yadav does just enough to block it from the back foot. There is a short leg waiting for anything to pop out. |
| 100.6 : M Starc to Yadav, Starc bowls fire! Clocks 151.9 kph and hurls it very full on off, Yadav is lucky that his bat comes down in time to dig it out. Good testing over for the number 10. Pant should look to face more balls from here on. India trail by 65 runs. |
| 101.1 : N Lyon to Pant, FOUR! Pant decides enough is enough and goes for the pick up shot over mid-wicket. A fielder is there in the deep but it is away from him and the ball reaches the fence. |
| 101.2 : N Lyon to Pant, Short ball outside off, defended off the back foot to mid off. |
| 101.3 : N Lyon to Pant, SIX! This one goes into the stands. Generously looped up outside off, Pant dances down the track and lofts over long on for a maximum. It was against the spin and risky but it was off the middle of the bat and carries all the way. |
| 101.4 : N Lyon to Pant, This is flatter outside off and pushed to cover. Pant wants the single but is sent back wisely. |
| 101.5 : N Lyon to Pant, Outside off and spins away, left alone by Pant. |
| 101.6 : N Lyon to Pant, Well outside off again, Rishabh is not drawn into a shot and lets it go. |
| 102.1 : M Starc to Yadav, Fast and furious. At 147 kph, Starc delivers a shortish ball just around off, Umesh defends it by nearly taking his eyes off the ball. |
| 102.2 : M Starc to Yadav, Nearly a catch at short leg! 149.3 kph, reads the speedgun. Starc is breathing fire. Bangs in a short ball on middle, Umesh fends at it awkwardly and somehow plays it out on the leg side. It's uppish and goes quickly past the outstretched right hand of the short leg fielder. A single taken. |
| 102.3 : M Starc to Pant, Beaten, Pant this time. Starc dishes out a length delivery outside off, at 146.5 kph, Pant tries to force it through the line but is beaten for pace. |
| 102.4 : M Starc to Pant, Width on offer outside off, this time Pant connects with his attempted square cut and the ball travels in the deep. A couple taken. |
| 102.5 : M Starc to R Pant, Touches 150 kph again. Starc nearly hits the yorker mark and Pant digs it out down to mid on for one. |
| 102.6 : Starc to Yadav, Lucky, Umesh is very lucky. His reflexes are working fine at the moment. Starc spears in a 151.4 kph yorker on off, Umesh has his bat down in time to block it. |
| 103.1 : N Lyon to Pant, JUST SHORT! This is flatter from Lyon, Pant smashes it over mid on for a single. The fielder at long on did not have enough time to come in and decides it is better to save the boundary. |
| 103.2 : N Lyon to Yadav, Outside off, Umesh keeps it out on the front foot. |
| 103.3 : N Lyon to Yadav, Play and miss! Yadav comes ahead to defend but the ball beats his outside edge. |
| 103.4 : N Lyon to Yadav, This is really quick outside off, Umesh is very late on his defense and misses the ball. |
| 103.5 : N Lyon to Yadav, Slower through the air this time, Yadav comes ahead and dead-bats it. |
| 103.6 : N Lyon to Yadav, Outside off and Umesh takes a big stride as he defends this one into the ground. |
| 104.1 : M Starc to Pant, Play and a miss! Starc delivers a shortish ball outside off, Pant goes for big hoick across the line but misses the ball completely. Lost his shape there, Rishabh. |
| 104.2 : M Starc to Pant, Goes searching for a yorker but ends up serving a low full toss, Pant flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. Deficit is under 50 now. |
| 104.3 : M Starc to Yadav, Targets the rib cage with a thundering short delivery at 148.3 kph, Umesh does well to move inside the line as he deflects it down to fine leg for a run. |
| 104.4 : M Starc to Pant, Beaten! Not for the first time, Pant is beaten. Mitchell Starc is in good rhythm at the moment. Hurls one around off, whizzing off the surface at 145.5 kph, Pant pokes inside the line and misses. |
| 104.5 : M Starc to Pant, The line is too straight this time and Pant just uses the pace of the bowler to help it on its way to fine leg. A single taken. |
| 104.6 : M Starc to Yadav, A length delivery on the pads, Umesh clips it straight towards backward square leg. |
| 105.1 : N Lyon to Pant, OUT! Pant has holed out! End of a decent hand but he's dejected. Lyon flights it generously outside off, Pant attempts for a big one down the ground but doesn't connect well. It goes to long on and Mitchell Starc takes a smart catch diving forward. Fourth wicket for the off spinner. Pant had to go for it if the visitors had to reach anywhere near the first innings total of the hosts. Unfortunately for him, it doesn't go the distance. India trail by 47 runs. |
| Jasprit Bumrah is the last batsman. |
| 105.2 : N Lyon to J Bumrah, Sharp spin from outside off, Bumrah presses forward to defend but it sneaks past the outside edge and Paine collects it over the stumps. |
| 105.3 : N Lyon to Bumrah, Full and flighted outside off, going straight on, Jasprit draws forward to defend but is beaten. Paine collects and breaks the stumps quickly but nothing doing. |
| 105.4 : N Lyon to Bumrah, FOUR! Is that dropped? Maybe. But that was travelling with the speed of light. Full and around off, Bumrah gives it the full whack of his bat and hammers it right back at the bowler. Lyon jumps to attempt the return catch but it quickly goes past him to the fence behind. |
| 105.5 : N Lyon to Bumrah, OUT! Gone next ball. 14th Test fifer for Nathan Lyon. What a bowler! What an extraordinary bowler! Tossed up ball landing outside off, Bumrah gets back inside the crease to defend it with the spin. But it doesn't turn back in enough and takes the outside edge. Khawaja at first slip reacts quickly to his left and grabs a fine catch. All over for India in this innings, they are all out for 283! |
| That's that and the hosts have a lead of 43 runs that will play a huge part in the outcome of the Test. It was again an innings dominated by one man mainly with a few others playing good knocks. To put it into perspective, India lost their last 7 wickets for 110, last 6 wickets for 60 and last 5 for just 32. Their tail hasn't managed to add much once again and they have given up a quite substantial lead. |
| Virat Kohli's century and Nathan Lyon's fifer would be the highlights of this innings. The Indian skipper battled fire with fire and scored his 25th ton. For the Aussies, Lyon got yet another five-for and wrapped up the tail quickly once the main batsmen departed. So, Australia will essentially start from 43/0 and it means that India will have to bowl really well to restrict the hosts to a total that will be possible to reach in the second essay. As for the hosts, they have a brilliant chance to |
| 0.1 : I Sharma to Harris, Good ball on length to start off with, Harris defends well towards the off side. The batsmen take a single and Australia are off the mark straightaway. |
| 0.2 : I Sharma to Finch, Well outside off on a length, Finch shoulders arms to it. |
| 0.3 : I Sharma to A Finch, Good ball swinging in after landing, Finch deals with it well and pushes it to mid on. |
| 0.4 : I Sharma to Finch, Beaten outside off! This one moves the other way and the rightie looking to defend the ball to the off side misses the ball and it goes through to Pant. |
| 0.5 : I Sharma to Finch, Lands outside off and jags in a long way. Finch looks to leave it and the ball comes in and hits him on the thigh. |
| 0.6 : I Sharma to Finch, Outside off and fuller length, Finch is well ahead and pushes it to mid on. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to share the new ball from the other end. |
| 1.1 : J Bumrah to Harris, Around the wicket, starts off with a ball on off and good length. Harris is watchful in defense with a straight bat. |
| 1.2 : J Bumrah to Harris, Further outside off on this occasion, Harris lets it go through. |
| 1.3 : J Bumrah to Harris, Short of a length outside off, Marcus stands tall and defends. |
| 1.4 : J Bumrah to Harris, This ball is outside off again, slightly fuller and it is left alone. Pant has a tough time gathering it as the ball swerves after passing the wickets. |
| 1.5 : J Bumrah to Harris, Shortens the length but outside off, left alone again. |
| 1.6 : J Bumrah to Harris, Beaten! A great delivery to end the over. On a length and Harris who was trying to defend gets beaten on the outside. Maiden over. |
| 2.1 : I Sharma to Finch, Length ball outside off, Finch is well ahead and defends it back down the ground. |
| 2.2 : I Sharma to Finch, Fuller length now, Finch defends much more confidently on this occasion. The ball rolls to mid on. |
| 2.3 : I Sharma to Finch, A peach! After two balls come in, this one moves away and beats the outside edge of Finch who was looking to defend for the one coming in. There is a slight noise as the bat hits the pad on the way but the Indians don't appeal too much. |
| 2.4 : I Sharma to Finch, Well outside off, Finch pushes it to the right of backward point and comes back for two. |
| 2.5 : I Sharma to A Finch, EDGED AND FOUR! Good ball from Sharma, just outside off. Takes the edge of Aaron who was looking to defend. The ball flies to the right of third slip and all the way for four. Virat dives full length but is unable to reach it. Streaky from Finchy. |
| 2.6 : I Sharma to Finch, What has happened here? The Indians seem confident that they have got their man here. But the umpire is unmoved. The ball lands outside off and straightens at the last moment. Aaron closes the face of the bat trying to hit it on the leg side but the ball misses the outside edge and gets the pad on the way through. Pant collects it nice and low behind the wickets and all the fielders go up in unison. The umpire says no. Indian fielders talk amongst themselves and decide no |
| 3.1 : J Bumrah to Harris, What a delivery! Shooting off the surface after hitting it on a shortish length around off. Harris pushes inside the line and misses. Excellent take by Pant. Kohli gets excited but nothing from the umpire. Day light in the replays. |
| 3.2 : J Bumrah to Harris, Harris has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 3.3 : J Bumrah to Harris, Back of a length delivery on off, hitting the surface hard, Marcus is on his back foot as he defends it to the off side. |
| 3.4 : J Bumrah to Harris, This is class bowling! Another play and a miss! Bumrah hurls it in the channel outside off, a touch short and coming in with the angle. Harris gets forward to play at it but gets beaten as the ball straightens. |
| 3.5 : J Bumrah to Harris, Targets the off stump with a length ball on off, Harris stays back-footed in defense. |
| 3.6 : Bumrah to Harris, Lethal bowling, this. After bowling on a shorter length continuously, Bumrah spears in a yorker on off at 145.8 kph. Harris does well to dig it out. |
| 4.1 : I Sharma to Finch, Length delivery on middle, Finch pushes ahead but gets an inside edge that goes to fine leg for a single. |
| 4.2 : I Sharma to Harris, Good bowling this! The ball lands on middle and then straightens after landing. Had Harris squared up, he was looking to work it away on the leg side but the ball takes a thick outside edge and rolls to point all along the ground. |
| 4.3 : I Sharma to M Harris, DROPPED! In and out of Pujara's hand of first slip. The edge was always coming. Ishant bowls this on off and gets it to straighten again, Harris is stuck on the crease and gets an outside edge as he tries to defend. Pujara has a slight moment of hesitation before diving low to his right. The ball hits his palm but he cannot hold onto it. It was a keeper's catch but Pant is wrong-footed by a couple of steps in his initial movement. You can kind of remember the previous |
| 4.4 : I Sharma to Finch, Full and angling into the batsman, shaping in off the seam as well, Finch tries playing it with a straight bat but it takes the inside edge and rolls behind square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 4.5 : I Sharma to Finch, Vicious movement off the seam! Add some extra bounce to it as well. Ishant is cooking a very good spell here. It's around off, Finch is drawn forward in defense but is hit high on the pads. |
| 4.6 : I Sharma to Finch, Inside edge again. The inward movement is causing all sorts of problem to Aaron Finch. Stays back to defend but it goes off the inner half to mid-wicket. Maybe, India should employ a short leg for him. |
| 5.1 : J Bumrah to Harris, Lands it on a good length outside off, Harris watches the line closely before making a leave. |
| 5.2 : J Bumrah to Harris, This one is full and angling in around off, Harris is on the front foot as he drives it out to point. |
| 5.3 : J Bumrah to Harris, Played to the point region by the batsman. |
| 5.4 : J Bumrah to Harris, Good length delivery outside off, Harris lets it go safely. |
| 5.5 : J Bumrah to Harris, On a length and angling in around off, Harris sticks back and allows the ball to come at him. It takes the toe end of his willow and runs through the gap between slips and gully for a run. |
| 5.6 : J Bumrah to Harris, The batsman defends it from within the crease. |
| 6.1 : I Sharma to Finch, Well outside off and Finch doesn't want anything to do with it. |
| 6.2 : I Sharma to Finch, Back to the probing line, Finch adjusts well to the late movement and defends it to cover-point. |
| 6.3 : I Sharma to Finch, Much better! Full face of the bat and defended right back to the bowler. |
| 6.4 : I Sharma to Finch, Oooh! Finch pulls out of his defensive shot at the last second. The ball bounces a bit more too. Good disciplined bowling from Ishant here. |
| 6.5 : I Sharma to Finch, FOUR! Just out of the reach of guess who? Yes, Rishabh Pant. A surprise short ball on middle and leg, Finch wants to play a release shot and goes for the pull. The ball climbs up on him and he only gets a glove. Luckily for him, the ball is just away from a Pant who dives full stretch for this one. Streaky from Finch. The lead is into the 60s now. |
| 6.6 : I Sharma to Finch, Good solid defense to this full one outside off. |
| 7.1 : J Bumrah to Harris, Outside off and Harris leaves it alone this time. |
| 7.2 : J Bumrah to Harris, Gets behind the line of this short of a length delivery on off and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 7.3 : J Bumrah to Harris, Another short ball, this time on middle. Harris jumps and keeps it out on the leg side. |
| 7.4 : J Bumrah to Harris, Full and outside off, defended back towards the off side. |
| 7.5 : J Bumrah to Harris, OUCH! Nasty from Bumrah. This a short ball and doesn't bounce as much as Harris expects. He tries to duck under it but the ball doesn't bounce enough to go over him. He then tries to sway away but is too late. Gets hit on the front of the grill and goes down but is back on his feet immediately. The leg umpire though halts the play and calls for medical attention. The Indian players also run to him to check his well being. Good gesture. |
| Slight halt in play as the physio is out to check on Harris. This is a norm these days and even the helmet has to be rechecked if it needs to be changed. Marcus is looking fine and is sipping some water. We are ready to go again. Will Bumrah go for another bouncer? Or will he fire in a yorker? |
| 7.6 : J Bumrah to Harris, It's a full delivery, in the region outside off, Harris covers the line and shoulders arms. |
| 8.1 : I Sharma to Finch, Inswinger on a good length from Ishant, the ball is kept out by Finch. |
| 8.2 : I Sharma to Finch, Short of a length and outside off, Finch shoulders his arms to let that one go. |
| 8.3 : I Sharma to Finch, FOUR! What a brilliant shot from Finch! The ball is well outside off, the batsman comes ahead and drives confidently to the right of point. It goes all the way for four. Really good looking shot. |
| 8.4 : I Sharma to Finch, FOUR! Pulled away and all the way for another boundary. Shorter length delivery that is aimed at the helmet, Aaron swivels and pulls it away behind square on the leg side for a boundary. Two in two, this must make the openers feel a lot better. |
| 8.5 : I Sharma to Finch, Outside off and swinging away at the last moment, Finch looks to poke at it but misses it at the last moment. |
| 8.6 : I Sharma to Finch, Defended solidly off the front foot by the batsman. |
| 9.1 : J Bumrah to Harris, Beaten outside off! Over the wicket from Bumrah, the ball angles away and beats the outside edge of Harris who is forward in defense. |
| 9.2 : J Bumrah to Harris, This is pushed away to cover off the front foot. |
| 9.3 : J Bumrah to Harris, Another fuller length ball outside off, Marcus drives to mid off. |
| 9.4 : J Bumrah to Harris, Good length ball that comes in slightly after landing on middle, Harris pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 9.5 : J Bumrah to Harris, Yorker on middle and beautifully kept out by Harris. He digs it out on the off side and gets a single. |
| 9.6 : J Bumrah to Finch, FOUR! Finch is looking really good here! That's a half-volley outside off, Finch drives confidently and through the covers and all the way for four. Interestingly, it is also the first ball that Finch played off Bumrah in the entire 10 overs. |
| Mohammed Shami replaces Ishant Sharma. |
| 10.1 : M Shami to Harris, A short ball on the hips to begin with, worked into the leg side for a single. |
| 10.2 : M Shami to Finch, A skidding one on middle and leg, Finch misses his flick and gets hit on the thigh pad. Shami appeals but the ball was going down leg. The batsmen pick up a single. |
| 10.3 : M Shami to Harris, Flicked straight to mid-wicket. |
| 10.4 : M Shami to Harris, Shortens the length and Marcus goes for a pull. It is not timed too well and goes straight to square leg. |
| 10.5 : M Shami to Harris, Shorter ball on off, Harris punches it off the back foot. |
| 10.6 : M Shami to Harris, On a good length, the left-hander gets it off the outer half of the bat onto the off side and runs through to the other end. Keeps strike. |
| 11.1 : J Bumrah to Harris, Good short delivery just in front of the face, Harris sways out of the way and lets it go. |
| 11.2 : J Bumrah to Harris, Short of a length again and on middle and off, Harris stands tall and defends. |
| 11.3 : J Bumrah to Harris, The southpaw judges the bounce on the ball and lets this go through. |
| 11.4 : J Bumrah to M Harris, Oooh! It gets the under-edge this time. The ball goes on a few bounces to Rahul at third slip. He dives low to his right and prevents any run but is seen feeling his back afterwards |
| 11.5 : J Bumrah to Harris, Good length ball outside off, Bumrah finds the thick outer half of the bat and the ball rolls to point. |
| 11.6 : J Bumrah to Harris, On middle and leg, Harris plays it away to mid-wicket. Maiden over. |
| 12.1 : M Shami to Finch, Ouch! Finch has been hit on his finger here. This one is on off and middle, looks to flick it away but the ball rares up and hits Finch on the bottom hand. He drops his bat and immediately calls for the physio. Looks like some real damage here. The commentators on-air remind us that Aaron took a couple of blows on his fingers during the training session as well. He is really looking in pain. |
| 0.0 : There is another halt in play as once again the Australian physio is on the field. This time, to check on Aaron Finch's right hand. He seems to have hurt his index finger badly and is going off the field. In fact, all the players are heading back to the pavilion as it is time for Tea on Day 3. |
| Australia's session one would believe. They are ahead by 76 runs. The session began when Ishant Sharma joined Rishabh Pant out in the middle. Unfortunately for the visitors, the tail could not wag and only 31 runs were added by them after Lunch before being bowled out. The Aussie openers came out looking determined but had to face a hostile spell of fast bowling from Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah. There were plays and misses, outside edges that did not carry, dropped catches but credit to the |
| A little worry though is the fact that Finch seems to be having a small injury as he walked off on the last ball before Tea. Looks like he will need some medical attention and whether or not he will return to bat post the break is yet to be seen. Join us in a bit as action resumes in the last session, almost 39 overs left in the day. |
| ... Day 3, Session 3 ... |
| The players and umpires are back for the third and final session of play. Big news is that Aaron Finch has not come out to bat as he is going to have an X-ray on his index finger. It's Usman Khawaja to take his place. Shami to complete his over... |
| 12.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, Around the wicket, bouncer to welcome the new batsman. Khawaja ducks under it and then gives a smile to Shami. |
| 12.3 : M Shami to Khawaja, Fuller outside off now, the batsman defends it to cover. |
| 12.4 : M Shami to Khawaja, Beaten outside off! A nothing shot to a length delivery. Swings a bit and just misses the outside edge. |
| 12.5 : M Shami to Khawaja, Defended after covering the swing on this ball. |
| 12.6 : M Shami to Khawaja, Extra bounce here on this one, Khawaja jumps and defends it with soft hands. |
| Umesh Yadav on for the first time. |
| 13.1 : U Yadav to Harris, Starts off with a length ball on middle and leg, Harris pushes it to the leg side for a run. |
| 13.2 : U Yadav to Khawaja, On a length and defended off the front foot by Usman Khawaja. |
| 13.3 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Fuller on off, Usman leans into the drive and places it down the ground for a run. Gets off the mark. |
| 13.4 : U Yadav to M Harris, FOUR! Cut away gorgeously by Harris. Short and wide outside off, Marcus rocks back and places it beautifully to the right of point for four runs. |
| 13.5 : U Yadav to Harris, Bouncer down leg, Harris has no trouble in letting it go. |
| 13.6 : U Yadav to Harris, Wide outside off, Harris pushes it to deep point for a single. Keeps the strike. |
| 14.1 : M Shami to Harris, Short and wide outside off, left alone by the batsman. |
| 14.2 : M Shami to Harris, Another one outside off and straightens a bit after landing. Harris decides to leave it alone. Goes on a bounce to Pant. |
| 14.3 : M Shami to Harris, FOUR! Full and driven down the ground to the right of mid on. The ball races away to the fence. Full face presentation and lovely to watch. |
| 14.4 : M Shami to Harris, Ugly-looking swipe at this one well outside off. Harris misses the ball completely. |
| 14.5 : M Shami to Harris, Another play and a miss from Harris. He looked to cut this one off the front foot but misses the ball again. Close to the outside edge, but no edge. Kohli is jumping in an appeal but there was nothing on it. |
| 14.6 : M Shami to Harris, Fuller length ball, inside edge on to the pads as Marcus looks to drive this through covers. Could have easily dragged it on! |
| 15.1 : U Yadav to Khawaja, FOUR! A thick outside edge on this fuller one outside off. The ball runs through the gap between slip and gully and goes all the way for four. |
| 15.2 : U Yadav to Khawaja, FOUR! This is much much better from Khawaja. On the hips, flicked away wristily and all the way to the fence. The fine leg fielder cannot get around to stop it. |
| 15.3 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Fuller outside off, Usman drives this one to the cover-point fielder. |
| 15.4 : U Yadav to Khawaja, A shorter length ball, that Khawaja looks to pull. The ball comes off the inside edge and thuds into the pads. |
| 15.5 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Another one that takes the thick outside edge, the ball runs fine towards third man and the batsmen come back for two. |
| 15.6 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Outside off, left alone. 10 runs off the over. India cannot afford to be so loose. |
| 16.1 : M Shami to Harris, Serves it up and outside off, Harris leans forward just like Warner does and pushes it gently in the gap at covers for a run. |
| 16.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, The Indian bowlers have not switched on post Tea. Poor line by Shami. Too straight and it's been easily worked off the pads. The ball rolls in front of square leg and they steal a couple of runs. Lead is now 100! |
| 16.3 : M Shami to Khawaja, Excellent delivery. Shami hits the good area finally. From 'round the wicket he goes wide of the crease and angles in a good length ball around off. Usman plays the trajectory but it nips away to beat the outside edge. |
| 16.4 : M Shami to Khawaja, A touch short and in the zone outside off, Khawaja shoulders arms. |
| 16.5 : M Shami to Khawaja, This one is bowled wide outside off, trying to tempt the batsman to play away from his body. Khawaja is very watchful though. He lets it be to the keeper. |
| 16.6 : M Shami to Khawaja, Fuller length delivery is angled in around off, Khawaja gets on the front foot and drives it to the right of mid off. |
| 17.1 : J Bumrah to Harris, Angling int othe batsman from around off, Harris presses forward and works it with soft hands in the gap at mid-wicket. Good running between the wickets fetches them a couple of runs. |
| 17.2 : J Bumrah to Harris, OUT! Timberrrr... Bumrah provides the first breakthrough. Error in judgment on Harris' part. Once again he did all the hard work but failed to convert his start. It's a good length delivery landing just outside off and then it moves back in a hint with the angle. Marcus watches the line closely and then decides to make a leave. But to his surprise, the ball moves back in just enough to clip the off bail. Bumrah is delighted. Can India build on this breakthrough? The Aus |
| Shaun Marsh is the new batsman. |
| 17.3 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Length ball on leg stump to start with, Marsh looks to play with soft hands but misses it. |
| 17.4 : J Bumrah to Marsh, What has happened here? Suddenly a lot of action! Marsh wants to flick this on the leg side and leaves it very late. The ball was outside off. The action from Marsh puts Pant off and he misses his collection. |
| 17.5 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Left alone by Shaun outside off. |
| 17.6 : J Bumrah to Marsh, The ball pitches on middle and comes back in late. Marsh gets hit on the thigh pad but the appeal for LBW is cut short as the ball was too high. Amazing over. |
| 18.1 : M Shami to Khawaja, Outside off and left alone without any problems. |
| 18.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, Another ball that is outside off, left alone again. Excellent carry. |
| 18.3 : M Shami to Khawaja, Well outside off again, Usman shoulders his arms. |
| 18.4 : M Shami to Khawaja, Fourth leave in a row as it's well outside off. |
| 18.5 : M Shami to Khawaja, Finally gets a ball above the stumps. Khawaja stands tall and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 18.6 : M Shami to Khawaja, Good delivery to end the over. On top of off stump but defended solidly. Maiden over. |
| 19.1 : J Bumrah to Marsh, The ball doesn't carry through to the keeper! It is outside off and goes on a bounce to Pant. |
| 19.2 : J Bumrah to Marsh, Landing on middle and jags back in after landing, Marsh works it away to fine leg and gets a single to get off the mark. Good ball, could have been LBW had he missed. |
| 19.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Ouch! Painful again. A short of a length ball, Khawaja misses his defense and gets hit on his right thigh. Looks like the ball missed the thigh pad and Khawaja walks away in a bit of pain. Takes a moment to gather himself. Replays show that the ball hit him above the thigh pad. There might be a bruise in the morning. |
| 19.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Another quickie that jumps off of a good length, Usman plays it to square leg after getting above the bounce. |
| 19.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Back foot defense from inside the crease. |
| 19.6 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, A good end to the over, left alone well outside off. |
| 20.1 : M Shami to S Marsh, FOUR! A half and half shot there. Neither the cut nor the drive to this short one outside half. Takes a thick part of the blade and flies over Rahane at gully, all the way to the rope. |
| 20.2 : M Shami to Marsh, Left alone outside off. |
| 20.3 : M Shami to Marsh, Another leave outside off that follows the previous one. This is bowled from over the wicket. |
| 20.4 : M Shami to Marsh, Bouncer from Shami, Marsh ducks under it. |
| 20.5 : M Shami to Marsh, OUT! Marsh is gone! The whole Indian team looks pumped up. A short ball on middle, Marsh looks to pull but is too early into the shot. The ball takes the under edge on its way through and Pant takes it comfortably. The umpire signals that the batsman is out and Virat Kohli is super excited. He also gives some kind of a send-off with a few words and actions. Suddenly, the game has come alive. Australia are effectively 107/2. |
| Peter Handscomb is the new batsman for Australia. This is a crunch moment in this Test match. |
| 20.6 : M Shami to Handscomb, Short, quick one on off and middle. Well defended by Handscomb back in his crease. |
| 21.1 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Sharp delivery. On a length around off and skidding back in, Khawaja gets forward and closes the face of the bat as he plays it towards mid-wicket. A single taken. |
| 21.2 : J Bumrah to Handscomb, This one is angled into the batsman. Fuller in length and on middle, Handscomb plays it out from the crease to the on side. |
| 21.3 : J Bumrah to Handscomb, Clipped the thigh pad. Good length delivery on middle and leg, going down with the angle, Peter tries flicking but misses. It deflects off his thigh pad and goes behind to the keeper. |
| 21.4 : J Bumrah to Handscomb, Shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| 21.5 : J Bumrah to Handscomb, Good length delivery on off, Handscomb keeps his weight on the back foot and blocks it to the off side. |
| 21.6 : J Bumrah to Handscomb, FOUR! Easy pickings! Bumrah goes wide of the crease and darts in a full length ball on middle and leg. Handscomb gets across the stumps a bit and neatly deflects it fine down the leg side for a boundary. |
| 22.1 : M Shami to Khawaja, Back of a length again to Khawaja, he jumps on his toes and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 22.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, Well left outside the off stump. |
| 22.3 : M Shami to Khawaja, Length ball wide outside off, shoulders his arms again. |
| 22.4 : M Shami to Khawaja, A good bouncer, aimed at the head. Usman ducks under it and lets it go through. |
| 22.5 : M Shami to Khawaja, Aimed at the hips, Khawaja flicks it away behind square leg for a run. |
| 22.6 : M Shami to Handscomb, FOUR! Outside edge but it flies over slip. Short ball outside off, Handscomb stands back in his crease and just flashes hard at it. The ball goes off the thick edge and rushes to the third man boundary. The slip cordon can just go and fetch the ball back. |
| 23.1 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Crackerjack of a delivery! The ball is on a length and tails away very late. Khawaja who looks to defend is completely beaten by this one and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. |
| 23.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, FOUR! Tries to go full this time but strays onto the pads. Khawaja glances it very fine and all the way for a boundary. A very good shot. The keeper dives to his right but the ball is just too far from him. |
| 23.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Defended off the back foot by the batsman being deep in his crease. |
| 23.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Another defensive shot with a straight bat off the back foot. |
| 23.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Beaten! This is a replay of the first ball and once again, the ball misses the outside edge. Really good bowling from Jasprit. |
| 23.6 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Strays onto the pads on the last ball of the over, the ball is worked away to fine leg for a couple of runs. |
| Umesh Yadav is back on. |
| 24.1 : U Yadav to Handscomb, Beaten! It's full and outside off, Handscomb should have been forward to this but decides to stay back and flirt inside the line. You won't succeed with a static footwork. |
| 24.2 : U Yadav to Handscomb, FOUR! Goes short and well outside off this time, Handscomb goes back and pulls it away. Looks like a top edge, not entirely in control. The ball though lands in no-man's land and trickles away to the fence. |
| 24.3 : U Yadav to Handscomb, Fuller outside off, driven to cover-point. |
| 24.4 : U Yadav to Handscomb, Another ball on a length, Peter pushes it away towards point. |
| 24.5 : U Yadav to Handscomb, Fuller in length here, pushed away to mid on off the front foot. |
| 24.6 : U Yadav to Handscomb, Goes onto the pads this time, Peter retains strike by flicking it away for a single to fine leg. |
| Ishant Sharma is into the attack. |
| 25.1 : Sharma to Handscomb, OUT! Trapped in front! An inspirational bowling change by Virat Kohli. He brings his speedster back into the attack and he delivers immediately. This Test match continues to thrill. Poor, very poor by Peter Handscomb. Ishant angles in a full length ball around off, it nips back in just a shade after landing and once again Peter tries to play it out from the comfort of his crease. A stride forward would have helped him there but it's completely absent. Also, his bat com |
| 0.0 : Travis Head walks out to bat, replacing Peter Handscomb. 2 slips, 2 gullies and a short third man to Head. Interesting field. |
| 25.2 : I Sharma to Head, The first ball is outside off on a length and left alone. |
| 25.3 : I Sharma to T Head, This one comes in nice and full, Head is on the front foot and pushes it to mid off. |
| 25.4 : I Sharma to T Head, FOUR! He has touched the rope here. Sweetly timed by Head! On the front foot and creams it through the covers. Bumrah gives chase and stops it inside the fence but while turning around he falters and the right foot touches the bouncdary cushions. 2 free runs for Australia. Ishant looks upset. |
| 25.5 : I Sharma to Head, Outside off and left alone by Travis. |
| 25.6 : I Sharma to Head, Shoulders his arms to this one outside off. |
| 26.1 : U Yadav to Khawaja, The ball is on middle and Khawaja works it to mid-wicket. |
| 26.2 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Well outside off and left alone by the batsman. |
| 26.3 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Very wide outside off, no need to play at those. Umesh needs to get his line right here. |
| 26.4 : U Yadav to U Khawaja, Wide outside off again, Khawaja cuts and cuts well. The fielder at third man comes around and cuts it out. The batsmen run two. |
| 26.5 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Full and outside off, Usman drives it to mid off. |
| 26.6 : U Yadav to U Khawaja, Fuller ball just outside off, Khawaja tries to push this on the off side but the ball takes the inside half and rolls back to the bowler. End of the over. |
| 27.1 : I Sharma to Head, Very full and just outside off, Head defends it back to the bowler on a bounce. |
| 27.2 : I Sharma to Head, Going down leg off a good length, Head tries to flick it away but misses. |
| 27.3 : I Sharma to Head, Drifts onto the pads yet again, Head connects the flick here and he gets a couple as it travels to deep square leg. |
| 27.4 : I Sharma to Head, Ishant is on the pads for the third ball in a row, Travis pushes it to deep mid-wicket for another run. |
| 27.5 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Well outside off, left alone by the left-hander. |
| 27.6 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Another leave to end the over from Khawaja. |
| 28.1 : U Yadav to Head, Wonderfully flicked away by Head behind square leg for a couple. |
| 28.2 : U Yadav to Head, Short and on off stump, Head defends it back to the bowler. |
| 28.3 : U Yadav to Head, Short ball wide on off, Travis cuts it away in the gap square on the off side for another couple. |
| 28.4 : U Yadav to Head, A short ball on top of off stump. Head defends it back to the bowler. |
| 28.5 : U Yadav to Head, Similar delivery and similarly defended. |
| 28.6 : U Yadav to Head, Fuller outside off, Head looks to drive but the ball gets the inside edge and goes to mid on. |
| Drinks break. Another hour of this fascinating Test match has passed and the game is still hanging in balance. The Indian fast bowlers have put on an exhibition of classy pace bowling. They have been threatening and very penetrative. But they can't afford to relax as Australia's lead is crawling towards the 200-run mark. Khawaja seems to be in good touch. He, along with Head, will look to keep the Aussies unscathed till the end of day's play. |
| 29.1 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Full and on middle, this doesn't seem to be troubling Khawaja as he guides it away easily on the leg side for a couple. The 100 comes up for the hosts. |
| 29.2 : I Sharma to Khawaja, A little more towards the off stump, Khawaja plays it to mid on. |
| 29.3 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Length ball on off stump, defended from within the crease back to the bowler. |
| 29.4 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Wide outside off, left alone by the batsman. |
| 29.5 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Short of a length and on off stump, Usman stands tall and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 29.6 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Fuller outside off, driven well to cover. Good sound off the bat. |
| 30.1 : U Yadav to Head, Yadav comes around the wicket and bowls it well outside off, it is left alone. |
| 30.2 : U Yadav to Head, Play and a miss! Fuller outside off, Head goes for the cover drive and is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 30.3 : U Yadav to Head, Wider outside off and the batsman leaves it alone. |
| 30.4 : U Yadav to Head, FOUR! Wide outside off and Head throws his bat at it. The ball takes a thick part of the willow and flies over gully's head for four runs. Rahane leaps but cannot get his hands to it. |
| 30.5 : U Yadav to Head, Good length ball on middle and leg, it is placed towards mid-wicket for a run. Good batting, a single after the boundary. |
| 30.6 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Oooh! This one keeps a tad low and goes under Khawaja's bat as he tries to defend. In fact, the batsman was a bit late to bring his bat down. Very close to the off stump. |
| Hanuma Vihari is now onto bowl. |
| 31.1 : H Vihari to Head, Flighted and wide outside off, the batsman takes a stride forward before making a leave. Pant is quite chirpy behind the wickets and wants Vihari to keep bowling this line. |
| 31.2 : H Vihari to Head, Quicker and outside off, left alone. |
| 31.3 : H Vihari to Head, Flatter and wide outside off, once again Travis leaves it alone. |
| 31.4 : H Vihari to T Head, Full and flighted outside off, driven firmly off the front foot but straight to the cover fielder. |
| 31.5 : H Vihari to Head, Tossed up delivery wide outside off, Head covers his stumps and allows it through. |
| 31.6 : H Vihari to Head, One more leave in this over by Head. Showing a lot of patience. |
| 32.1 : U Yadav to U Khawaja, Outside off on a length, Khawaja pushes it to cover. |
| 32.2 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Well outside off and Usman chases at it. Needless from him, could have let that go. |
| 32.3 : U Yadav to Khawaja, FOUR! Off the edge and four again. The ball was on length outside off and straightens a bit after pitching. Khawaja does well to remove his bottom hand off the blade and the ball goes to the fence all along the ground. The lead is above 150 now. |
| 32.4 : U Yadav to Khawaja, In the air! But lands in no man's land. Very lucky for the batsman. Short on middle, Khawaja looks to swivel and pull it away to deep square leg. The ball gets the top edge and goes high in the air. Pant gives chase and a fielder from fine leg comes in but the ball falls between both of them. The slice of green in favour of the batsman again. |
| 32.5 : U Yadav to Head, Well outside off and left alone by Travis Head. |
| 32.6 : U Yadav to Head, Head rocks back in his crease and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 33.1 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Bowls it wide outside off, it's on the shorter side, the batsman makes an easy leave. |
| 33.2 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Short and wide outside off, left alone again by Khawaja. |
| 33.3 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Loopy full ball on off, Usman leans forward in defense. |
| 33.4 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Tossed up and wide outside off, Usman has nothing to do with it. |
| 33.5 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Flatter and shorter outside off, Khawaja is restraining himself from playing the square cut. There is a backward point fielder waiting for any mishit. |
| 33.6 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Allowed it through again. So just like Vihari's last over, five balls were left alone in this one also. |
| Jasprit Bumrah is back on for another spell. |
| 34.1 : J Bumrah to Head, Around the wicket and on off, Head stands tall and defends. |
| 34.2 : J Bumrah to Head, What a ripper! Rares of a length and beats the outside edge of Head. So close but the batsman is safe. |
| 34.3 : J Bumrah to Head, Another ball short of a length, but this time Head defends it well. |
| 34.4 : J Bumrah to Head, Well outside off and Head goes chasing again! The ball moves away at the last moment and misses the willow once more. Bumrah can't believe what is happening. |
| 34.5 : J Bumrah to Head, Well outside off, left alone. |
| 34.6 : J Bumrah to Head, Another cracker served by Bumrah! The ball is short of a length and suddenly moves after landing on a crack and changes its direction. Head is not ready for it and sways out of it at the last moment. Lots of smiles around seeing the ball misbehave like that. Trust me, you wouldn't like it if you were batting there. |
| 35.1 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Beaten! Quicker and shorter on off, skidding off the surface, Khawaja goes back to cut but it's too close to his body and hence he misses. |
| 35.2 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Width on offer outside off, Usman chases it and plays the cut but finds the shortish backward point fielder. |
| 35.3 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Flighted delivery outside off, left alone by Khawaja. |
| 35.4 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Goes on the back foot to a short ball and cuts it straight to the point fielder yet again. |
| 35.5 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Once again Vihari serves a shortish delivery outside off, Khawaja delays his shot a bit and runs it wide of short backward point. The fielder chases it down and they take a couple. |
| 35.6 : H Vihari to Khawaja, The batsman lets the ball go outside his off stump. |
| 36.1 : J Bumrah to Head, Outside off on a length, Head does well to guide it to deep point and gets a single. With that, he also moves to the 2nd position on the leading run-getters in this series. |
| 36.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Length ball outside off, Khawaja plays it with soft hands towards gully. |
| 36.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Left alone outside off. |
| 36.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, This ball moves late after landing on a length and beats the bat of Khawaja as he tries to defend. |
| 36.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Solid defense on this one outside off. |
| 36.6 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Full and outside off, good leave by the batsman. |
| 37.1 : H Vihari to Head, Well outside off and left alone by Head. |
| 37.2 : H Vihari to Head, Another one floated outside off stump, no shot offered. |
| 37.3 : H Vihari to Head, Left alone again. |
| 37.4 : H Vihari to Head, Short and outside off, fourth leave in a row. |
| 37.5 : H Vihari to Head, This time it is on the stumps, defended by Head towards mid-wicket. |
| 37.6 : H Vihari to Head, A leave outside off to end the over. Maiden. |
| 38.1 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Rattling length outside off, Khawaja jumps and defends it onto the pitch. |
| 38.2 : J Bumrah to U Khawaja, Full and outside off, Khawaja drives this one and Vijay at cover-point misfields and allows the ball through his legs. The batsmen come back for three, great running. Virat Kohli is not happy. |
| 38.3 : J Bumrah to Head, Short and outside off, defended from within the crease. |
| 38.4 : J Bumrah to Head, Fuller this time, defended back to the bowler. |
| 38.5 : J Bumrah to Head, Wide on the off side and Head sways out of the way. The ball swings a long way after passing the stumps and Pant dives to his left to catch it. Good take. |
| 38.6 : J Bumrah to Head, Another play and a miss of Bumrah's bowling. The ball is on off and swerves away after landing. Head looks to cut on the front foot and misses the ball. A slight appeal but nothing major. |
| 39.1 : H Vihari to U Khawaja, Flighted delivery landing full outside off, a handsome cover drive by Khawaja for a single. Australia ahead by 160 runs. |
| 39.2 : H Vihari to Head, Fuller and on off, Head plays the drive off his front foot but finds the cover fielder. |
| 39.3 : H Vihari to Head, Goes straight with his drive and pushes a full ball down to long off for a run. |
| 39.4 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Probably a slider outside off, Khawaja allows it through to the keeper. |
| 39.5 : H Vihari to U Khawaja, This one slips out of his hand and Khawaja knocks a full toss down to long on for one. |
| 39.6 : H Vihari to Head, Once again a full toss by Vihari and Head calmly eases it down through mid on for a run. |
| Mohammed Shami comes onto bowl. |
| 40.1 : M Shami to T Head, OUT! Caught at third man! Head falls to the bait, once more! Shami serves this ball wide outside off, Head takes the bait and goes for the slash. The ball rockets off the top edge and goes to Ishant at the boundary, who is stationed specially for that. He will be super disappointed with this shot as he fell the exact same way in the first innings. That time the bowler was Ishant and the fielder was Shami and now it is vice-versa. India have got a breakthrough at a crucia |
| 0.0 : Tim Paine is in next. |
| 40.2 : M Shami to Paine, Serves it on a good length around off, Paine gets forward and pushes it with an angled bat to point. |
| 40.3 : M Shami to Paine, Snorter! Uneven bounce from a shorter length around off and Paine is caught in an awkward position. Fails to keep it out and takes a blow on his body. Tim shows no pain. |
| 40.4 : M Shami to Paine, Shami is steaming in here. Lets out a skiddy delivery, a bit on the shorter side around off, Paine drops his wrists and allows it through to the keeper. |
| 40.5 : M Shami to Paine, Back of a length ball on off, Paine plays it down from the crease to point. |
| 40.6 : M Shami to Paine, Outside off and Paine pushes it towards point and gets a single. |
| 41.1 : H Vihari to Paine, Outside off, Paine defends it towards cover. |
| 41.2 : H Vihari to Paine, Left alone by Tim outside off. |
| 41.3 : H Vihari to Paine, Flatter delivery outside off, pushed by the batsmen to covers. |
| 41.4 : H Vihari to Paine, Paine comes ahead to this one and defends it. |
| 41.5 : H Vihari to Paine, Loopy one outside off stump, Paine defends it with soft hands. |
| 41.6 : H Vihari to Paine, This ball takes the inside edge as Paine looks to drive this off the back foot. The ball goes over the stumps and goes towards fine leg. |
| 42.1 : M Shami to Khawaja, Short ball outside off, Khawaja is deep in his crease as he defends. |
| 42.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, OUCH! Nasty! Looks like the ball has been lost by the batsman. He gets hit on the glove and luckily for him, the ball lands right down there on the pitch. Takes his glove off and has a look. Seems to be okay to continue. Shami is getting some consistent extra lift from the surface. Tough conditions for batting. |
| 42.3 : M Shami to Khawaja, Now this one is on the same length and it bounces over his head outside off. Usman lets it fly through. |
| 42.4 : M Shami to Khawaja, Almost a carbon copy of the previous ball, sways out of the way again. |
| 42.5 : M Shami to Khawaja, Short of a length ball outside off, Usman goes back and defends it with a straight bat. |
| 42.6 : M Shami to Khawaja, Well wide outside off, left alone by the batter. |
| 43.1 : H Vihari to Paine, Short of a length and a little spin, Paine gets the inner half and the ball goes towards mid-wicket as the batsmen run through for one. |
| 43.2 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Wide outside off, left alone. |
| 43.3 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Shouldered arms to again, outside off. |
| 43.4 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Another one that is left alone outside the off stump. |
| 43.5 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Goes for the cut this time to this short ball outside off but finds a deepish gully. No run. |
| 43.6 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Left alone again and another over has been run through by Vihari. Very quick. |
| 44.1 : M Shami to Paine, Well outside off on a length, left alone by Tim Paine. |
| 44.2 : M Shami to Paine, FOUR! It's short and wide outside off. Paine times the ball and gets it into the gap behind point. What a lovely shot at the fag end of the day! |
| 44.3 : M Shami to Paine, Fuller on this occasion, Paine looks to drive through the covers but the ball goes off the inside half of the bat to mid on. |
| 44.4 : M Shami to Paine, The batsman goes back in his crease and defends it back with the straight bat. |
| 44.5 : M Shami to Paine, Bouncer outside off, left alone by the skipper. |
| 44.6 : M Shami to Paine, Short ball aimed at the body of Paine. The Aussie skipper does well to get out of the way. Goes to Pant at a good height. |
| 45.1 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Flatter outside off, left alone. Pant from behind the wickets asks him to keep bowling it there. |
| 45.2 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Fuller this time outside off, Khawaja comes ahead and defends into the ground. |
| 45.3 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Shoulders arms to this one outside off. |
| 45.4 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Outside off and Usman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 45.5 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Way outside off, left alone by the batsman. |
| 45.6 : H Vihari to U Khawaja, EDGED AND FOUR! A chance goes begging! The ball is short and well outside off, Vihari has been bowling this line and length continuously. Khawaja goes for the cut this time and gets the outside edge. It goes quickly to Rahane at slip who is late to react and cannot reach the ball. It goes all the way for four. |
| Bowling change. Umesh Yadav is back for another burst before Stumps. |
| 46.1 : U Yadav to Paine, Outside off and left alone by Tim Paine. |
| 46.2 : U Yadav to Paine, Short length ball on top of off stump, Paine defends it showing the full face of the bat. |
| 46.3 : U Yadav to Paine, Paine tries to guide this good length ball to third man but the ball goes straight to backward point. |
| 46.4 : U Yadav to Paine, Dropped onto the off side with soft hands by the skipper. He wants the single and gets it. |
| 46.5 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Just short! The ball is outside off and Khawaja edges it behind while pushing inside the line. Rahane at gully is ahead but the ball falls just in front of him. Umesh looks up to the skies as if he is asking for some luck. |
| 46.6 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Well outside off on this occasion, Khawaja raises his arms and lets the ball go through. |
| Ishant Sharma is back on as well. |
| 47.1 : I Sharma to Paine, Starts this spell with a good length ball on middle and leg, Paine stays back to defend it near his pads. |
| 47.2 : I Sharma to Paine, Good line from Ishant. He is once again right on the money. Fuller and around off, shaping back in, Tim is well forward in defense. |
| 47.3 : I Sharma to Paine, Huge shout for a catch! Not given. Ishant gets a length delivery to tail down the leg side. Paine tries to flick but seems to have missed. However, there is some noise which triggers a big appeal from Pant and company. Umpire Kumar Dharmasena remains unmoved. A little bit of thought given to the DRS but nothing much. Virat Kohli says something as he goes back to his fielding position. Tim Paine is seen smiling after that. Hot Spot shows us that the noise was of the ball |
| 47.4 : I Sharma to Tim Paine, Movement back into the batsman, Paine tries driving through the line but it takes the inside half of his blade and rolls towards mid on for a run. |
| 47.5 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Wide outside off stump, the batsman leaves it alone. |
| 47.6 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Hurls it in the region outside off, Usman feels for it and gets beaten. Almost edged it. That will be it, Stumps on Day 3. |
| What a day of Test cricket we have had here! Australia finish the day with a lead of 175 runs. They have 6 wickets left with Finch expected to bat tomorrow as there is no major damage on his finger, shown by the scans. Usman Khawaja has looked really good at the crease and held onto his wicket tightly. He weathered the storm when the ball was doing all sorts of things and now, he looks well set to make a big score. Coming to the Indian bowling, they have not let the Aussies stitch a big partners |
| Earlier in the day, the Indians batted for a little over one session and added 111 runs to their overnight score before being bowled out, handing a lead of 43 to their opposition. The Indian skipper got to his ton during that period but once he was gone, there wasn't much resistance shown by the remaining batsmen. Nathan Lyon once again picked up five wickets. The Australian openers came out to bat and faced a spirited Indian bowling attack with the new ball but managed to survive till Tea, or m |
| Usman Khawaja and Tim Paine are unbeaten at the close of play and will look to score some quick runs on Day 4. India, on the other hand, will believe that a quick wicket or two will keep them in the hunt. At the start of the day, we said that we would have a fair idea as to which side this Test would be heading but we have been proved wrong. If at all, we can say that the hosts have their noses slightly ahead, but they cannot afford to relax. So much to look forward to, join us for Day 4 action |
| ... Day 4, Session 1 ... |
| Welcome to Day 4 of this intriguing second Test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy. It will be safe to say that, even though the hosts have their noses slightly ahead in the game, it is pretty much delicately poised and can be back to even should India get early wickets. The weather forecast for today says that it should be partly cloudy which will be a relief for the players as there will be pleasant playing conditions. Thus there is a chance that the ball might do things in the air and with it alr |
| The visitors will look to restrict Australia's lead to anything under 220-230 as a score in excess will surely be difficult to achieve while batting fourth, especially against a Nathan Lyon who is in red-hot form at the moment. That said, India do have Virat Kohli in their team and as Michael Clarke said on air, you give them an extra 30 runs when you have him. So, it all boils down to this! Surely by the end of the day, we will have a little more clarity as to whether it is going to be 0-2 or 1 |
| Michael Vaughan with the pitch report points out that the cracks on the wicket have widened even more than yesterday. Also adds that the rough patch outside the right-handed batsmen's off stump has become all the more prominent due to Indian seamers bowling around the wicket to the left-handers of Australia, feels Nathan Lyon should be licking his lips waiting to bowl on this. Ends by saying it was a wonderful year for Test cricket as there have been good pitches with an even contest between bat |
| Ajinkya Rahane in an interview with Michael Howard says that the team is looking to stay in the present, and feels they have to bowl well in the first hour. About his own batting, he says that he was looking to play one ball at a time whilst also looking to attack at the same time. Feels that it was easy to bat on that wicket if the batsmen left balls outside off. He adds that it helped him to bat with Virat Kohli and says he is a world-class batsman. Says communication is the key when he bats w |
| The batsmen, fielding team and the umpires walk out to the middle. We are all set to go. Tim Paine to take strike on the first ball of the day to be bowled by Jasprit Bumrah. |
| 48.1 : J Bumrah to Paine, Outside off on a short length, Tim Paine drops it with soft hands on the off side and gets to the other end. First run of the day. |
| 48.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Good length ball outside off, Khawaja guides it with soft hands to gully. |
| 48.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Solid defense on this occasion to a short of a length delivery on off and middle. |
| 48.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Aimed at the hips, Khawaja jumps and works it away to deep square leg to get his first run of the day. The ball did not bounce as much as Usman expected so he did well to adjust there. |
| 48.5 : J Bumrah to Paine, Outside off and left alone by the skipper. |
| 48.6 : J Bumrah to Paine, Outside off on a length and calmly defended away to cover-point. |
| Mohammed Shami to bowl from the other end. |
| 49.1 : M Shami to Khawaja, Well outside off to start off with and left alone by the batsman. |
| 49.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, Closer to the off stump on a good length, Khawaja defends coming half forward. |
| 49.3 : M Shami to Khawaja, On off stump again, Usman takes a step down the wicket and defends it towards mid off. |
| 49.4 : M Shami to Khawaja, This ball is served well outside off and is left alone by the left-hander. |
| 49.5 : M Shami to Khawaja, Khawaja chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump once more. |
| 49.6 : M Shami to Khawaja, A solid front foot defense to end this over to a good length delivery just outside off. |
| 50.1 : J Bumrah to Paine, Good ball from Bumrah, length and on off and middle stump. Paine defends it comfortably though. |
| 50.2 : J Bumrah to Tim Paine, Another front foot defense from the skipper to a length ball. It is off the middle of the bat. Meanwhile, we see Finch all padded up which is good news for the hosts as he has been deemed fit to bat. |
| 50.3 : J Bumrah to Paine, Just outside off, Paine guides it with soft hands to gully. Tried to find the gap between slips and gully but the ball goes straight to the fielder. |
| 50.4 : J Bumrah to Paine, Left alone outside the off stump. |
| 50.5 : J Bumrah to Tim Paine, FOUR! It is edged but Paine takes his bottom hand off the blade and the ball doesn't carry to second slip. Instead it goes to his right and he dives but can't reach it. It runs away all the way to the fence for four runs. |
| 50.6 : J Bumrah to Paine, Beaten! Served outside off on a length, Paine comes ahead to defend but is beaten for pace. |
| 51.1 : M Shami to Khawaja, Outside off and Khawaja is beaten outside the off stump once more. He was in his crease as he tried to defend it but the ball shapes away in the end to miss his outside edge by a whisker. |
| 51.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, A good length ball on off stump, he pushes it to mid off. No run though. |
| 51.3 : M Shami to Khawaja, Well outside off and Usman wants nothing to do with this one. |
| 51.4 : M Shami to Khawaja, Khawaja stands tall and defends this ball on a short length off his back foot. |
| 51.5 : M Shami to Khawaja, Left alone as it served outside off. |
| 51.6 : M Shami to Khawaja, Oooh! An edge again but again soft hands and the ball doesn't carry to second slip. Good over from Shami. Maiden. |
| 52.1 : J Bumrah to Paine, A good length ball, this one takes off suddenly of a crack but Paine adjusts well and fends it off towards fine leg and gets to the other end. |
| 52.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, On off stump, defended by Tim standing tall. |
| 52.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Good length ball just outside off, Khawaja takes a small stride forward and defends it back down the ground. |
| 52.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Left alone outside off. |
| 52.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Well outside off and left alone. This has come off a crack it seems and it moves square and Pant dives full length to his left to take this. |
| 52.6 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Back to being on off stump, Khawaja looked to push it on the off side but the ball gets his inside edge and goes onto his pads. |
| 53.1 : M Shami to Paine, Bouncer, Paine ducks under it and lets it fly through. |
| 53.2 : M Shami to Paine, Outside off and comes in slightly but the batsman gauges the movement and then shoulders arms at it. |
| 53.3 : M Shami to Paine, Another effort delivery but this one is going down leg and Paine moves out of the way and lets it go. |
| 53.4 : M Shami to Paine, Slightly fuller, Tim drives it back down the ground on his front foot. Shami tries to reach the ball but it is too far. The ball though hits the non-striker who was trying to get back in the crease. |
| 53.5 : M Shami to Paine, Well outside off, Paine tries to cut the ball but misses it completely. Didn't need to go chasing after this one. |
| 53.6 : M Shami to Paine, Much better from the skipper, gets right behind the line of the delivery and defends it. |
| 54.1 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Yet another play and miss from Khawaja. This one lands on a length and straightens just a bit after landing but it is enough to beat the outside edge. |
| 54.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, On off stump, Usman comes ahead and drives towards mid on. |
| 54.3 : J Bumrah to U Khawaja, So close! A run-out opportunity. The ball is a short one aimed at the head, Khawaja fends it off on the leg side and runs through for a quick single. Bumrah on his followthrough chases the ball, picks it up, turns and has a shy at the non-striker's end. The ball misses the stump and the batsman survives. Was a goner had the ball hit. |
| 54.4 : J Bumrah to Paine, It is a bouncer but well outside off, left alone by Paine. |
| 54.5 : J Bumrah to Paine, Yet another bouncer, the batsman ducks under it and lets it go through. |
| 54.6 : J Bumrah to Paine, Wide outside off, left alone by the skipper. |
| 55.1 : M Shami to Khawaja, Back of a length delivery close to off, Usman hangs back and keeps it out. |
| 55.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| 55.3 : M Shami to Khawaja, Straightening up after going off the seam, on a length around off, Khawaja taps it down in front of point and scampers to the other end. |
| 55.4 : M Shami to Paine, A touch short outside off, run down to short third man. No run taken. |
| 55.5 : M Shami to Paine, Too far outside off, no way Tim Paine will play at it. |
| 55.6 : M Shami to Paine, Played to the point region by the batsman. They pick up a single. |
| Umesh Yadav is the first bowling change of the morning. |
| 56.1 : U Yadav to Paine, Well outside off to start off with, left alone by the skipper. Good carry here. |
| 56.2 : U Yadav to Paine, Closer to the off stump but still not close enough to make the batsman play. Leaves it alone. |
| 56.3 : U Yadav to Paine, Length ball on off and middle, Paine turns it down on the leg side for a single. |
| 56.4 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Around the wicket, left alone by the batsman well outside off. |
| 56.5 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Again the ball is outside off and Khawaja shoulders his arms to it. |
| 56.6 : U Yadav to Khawaja, This one is left alone again outside off by the batsman after gauging the movement. |
| Ishant Sharma is now into the attack. |
| 57.1 : I Sharma to Paine, Well defended by Paine. Right off the middle of the bat. |
| 57.2 : I Sharma to Paine, Going well down leg, the skipper just watches it go through. No need to play at those. |
| 57.3 : I Sharma to Paine, Seems like a ploy here bowling at the pads, with a leg slip in position. Paine tries to work this short of a length ball away to square leg but misses the ball. The ball goes off the thigh pad towards square leg and the batsmen run through for a leg bye. |
| 57.4 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Well outside off, Khawaja raises his arms to let it go. |
| 57.5 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Left alone outside off stump again. |
| 57.6 : I Sharma to Khawaja, A bumper outside off, Khawaja thinks about the pull but doesn't go for it and lets it go in the end. |
| 58.1 : U Yadav to Paine, Length ball outside off, beautifully cut away by Paine to deep backward point for a single. |
| 58.2 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Beaten again! This one is outside off and comes in with the angle. Khawaja tries to defend it on the front foot but misses the ball. |
| 58.3 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Solid defensive shot right back down the ground. |
| 58.4 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Oooh! Another play and miss here! Short ball outside off, Khawaja tries to pull this but misses yet again. Almost reminiscent of the Marsh dismissal. |
| 58.5 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Khawaja comes onto the front foot and defends this ball on off stump confidently. |
| 58.6 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Usman works it off his pads and to deep square leg for a single. |
| 59.1 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Well outside off and left alone by the left-hander. |
| 59.2 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Short of a length on the off stump, Usman drops it on to the off side with soft hands and picks up a quick single. |
| 59.3 : I Sharma to Paine, Length ball on middle, the skipper defends it watchfully as he lets the ball come onto the bat. |
| 59.4 : I Sharma to Paine, Paine is slightly forward in defense on this occasion to a fuller one on off stump. |
| 59.5 : I Sharma to Paine, Full length delivery on off and middle, Paine just defends it back to the bowler. Ishant has some words to say to the batsman on his followthrough. |
| 59.6 : I Sharma to Paine, Straying down the pads, it is flicked away but straight to square leg. |
| 60.1 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Short length ball which is going down leg with the angle, Khawaja tries to whip it away but misses the ball completely. |
| 60.2 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Fuller and at the pads again, worked towards mid-wicket for a run by Usman. |
| 60.3 : U Yadav to Paine, Outside off and cut away off the back foot to third man for another single. |
| 60.4 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Dropped down on the off side by the southpaw with soft hands. 150 is up for the hosts. The lead is now 193. |
| 60.5 : U Yadav to Paine, Yet another quick single, Tim just plays this on the leg side with soft hands and rushes to the other end. |
| 60.6 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Fuller on middle, Khawaja comes ahead and drives to mid on. |
| Drinks break. This has been quite a slow-moving hour of play with just 19 runs in 13 overs, but Australia will be really happy about not losing a wicket so far. The lead is up to 194. The sun is also out contrary to the forecast which was for it to be cloudy. Batting hasn't looked difficult so far. |
| 61.1 : I Sharma to Paine, On the sixth stump line, no shot offered. |
| 61.2 : I Sharma to Paine, Once again it's well outside off, on a good length, left alone once more. |
| 61.3 : I Sharma to Paine, That is an absolute jaffa! What a ball from Ishant Sharma. It's gone off the crack once again. He's been trying that for a while, got it almost perfect here. He angles it in on middle and off and then it straightens up nicely. Paine is squared up while defending and beaten all ends up as the ball goes past the outside edge and the off stump as well. Beautiful. Nothing the Aussie skipper could have done about that. |
| 61.4 : I Sharma to Paine, Fraction straight in line on this occasion, it's worked away on the leg side for a single. |
| 61.5 : I Sharma to U Khawaja, Full delivery on off stump, driven straight to mid off. |
| 61.6 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Going away with the natural angle, slightly fullish in length, left alone. |
| 62.1 : U Yadav to Paine, Short of a length ball and well it has come off a crack once more. It bounces out of nowhere and Paine is not ready for this one. He gets hit on the glove. Has a surprised look on his face. |
| 62.2 : U Yadav to Paine, Another short of a length ball on middle, almost similar to the previous one. It is off the pad and rolls on the leg side and the batsmen run through for one leg bye. |
| 62.3 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Left alone outside off by Khawaja. |
| 62.4 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Fuller on the pads, flicked away to deep square leg and batsmen pick up a single. |
| 62.5 : U Yadav to Paine, This is going down the leg side with the angle, left alone by the batsman. |
| 62.6 : U Yadav to Paine, Short of a length ball on middle, Paine misses the ball and gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 63.1 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Good length ball in the channel outside off, Usman Khawaja is rock solid in defense as he keeps it out from within the crease. |
| 63.2 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Shaping away from around off, on a length, Khawaja plays away from his body and gets beaten in the process. |
| 63.3 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Brings it in closer, a tight line, another defensive shot in response. |
| 63.4 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Leans ahead to this fuller length ball and pushes it to mid on. |
| 63.5 : I Sharma to Khawaja, That's kept really low. Khawaja is lucky it wasn't in line of the stumps. Going away outside off, a length ball, the southpaw tries to defend but it goes under his bat. |
| 63.6 : I Sharma to Khawaja, 14th Test fifty for Usman Khawaja. A solid knock. He's been tested in his stay in the middle, but he's battling it out. Showed good temperament and grit. He works this ball in front of square leg and comes back for three runs. |
| 64.1 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Very wide outside off, left alone by Khawaja. |
| 64.2 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Closer this time but still not close enough to make the batsman play. |
| 64.3 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Khawaja defends this ball towards cover-point off the back foot. |
| 64.4 : U Yadav to Khawaja, Delivered well outside off, almost near the wide line. The batsman is disinterested and leaves it. |
| 64.5 : U Yadav to Khawaja, WIDE! Too short and well above the head of the batsman. Pant jumps and stops this one. Very athletic. |
| U Yadav to Khawaja, Left alone outside the off stump. |
| 64.6 : U Yadav to U Khawaja, Driven and driven well. Umesh goes full and Khawaja drives this beautifully through the covers. The ball doesn't reach the fence but the batsmen come back for three. |
| Hanuma Vihari is into the attack now. |
| 65.1 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Outside off and left alone by Khawaja. |
| 65.2 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Another one that is outside off and Usman lets it go. |
| 65.3 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Fuller in length, Khawaja drives through the covers for a single. |
| 65.4 : H Vihari to Paine, Well outside off and keeps low, Paine tries to cut it but the ball goes below the under edge. |
| 65.5 : H Vihari to Paine, Flatter one bowled outside off, the Australian skipper lets the ball go through. |
| 65.6 : H Vihari to Paine, Wide outside off and cut away wide of point for a single. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to have a go with the ball. |
| 66.1 : J Bumrah to Paine, Bouncer to begin the over, the ball flies over the head of Paine as he misses his hook. |
| 66.2 : J Bumrah to Paine, Short of a length, defended by the skipper off his back foot. |
| 66.3 : J Bumrah to Paine, Another short of a length ball, Paine defends but doesn't look to comfortable. Does well in the end to stave it off. |
| 66.4 : J Bumrah to Tim Paine, Yorker! Almost had him there. Paine is surprised by this one and is saved from being plumb LBW by a thick inside edge. Loud appeal from the Indians but the umpire has spotted the ball going off the willow there. |
| 66.5 : J Bumrah to Paine, Well outside off, Paine pushes ahead and defends it into the ground. |
| 66.6 : J Bumrah to Paine, Another forward defensive stroke from Paine to end the over. |
| 67.1 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Spinning away from outside off, easy leave for the left-hander. |
| 67.2 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Plays this with the spin and pushes this away square on the off side. A quick single is stolen. |
| 67.3 : H Vihari to Paine, Tossed up with a lot of room on offer outside off, Paine drives it through the covers for a run. |
| 67.4 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Short, wide and outside off, Khawaja rocks on the back foot and cuts it square through point. It won't go all the way, but it's good enough to fetch him three runs. |
| 67.5 : H Vihari to Paine, Well outside off, left alone. |
| 67.6 : H Vihari to Paine, It's gone the wrong way a bit actually. Lands around off and spins off the crack with some extra bounce, Paine is beaten completely. |
| 68.1 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Very full and on off, Khawaja does well as he digs it out towards mid on. |
| 68.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, On a good length and just outside off, the ball comes in very late but it is left alone by the batsman. Well left in the end. |
| 68.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, This one goes the other way and Khawaja is beaten on the outside as he tries to keep it out off the back foot. |
| 68.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Left alone outside off at the last moment by Usman. Good over so far from Bumrah. |
| 68.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Bouncer! Khawaja ducks under it. |
| 68.6 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Another variation to end the over. Slower one but read by the batsman and he lets it go outside off. |
| 69.1 : H Vihari to Tim Paine, Wide outside off and full, Paine prods ahead and drives to deep cover for a single. |
| 69.2 : H Vihari to U Khawaja, Flatter outside off, Khawaja cuts it straight to the point fielder. |
| 69.3 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Left alone outside off. |
| 69.4 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Khawaja drives this through the gap to deep cover. The batsmen take a single and it brings up the 50-run stand between these two. It is off 177 deliveries but a very good one for the Aussies. |
| 69.5 : H Vihari to Paine, Oooh! Keeps a little low and Paine is beaten outside off as he tries to drive this ball. |
| 69.6 : H Vihari to Paine, Another single to end the over and the Australian skipper keeps strike. |
| 70.1 : J Bumrah to Paine, Fuller outside off, Paine looks to drive but the ball goes of the inside half towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 70.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Short of a length ball on middle, Khawaja jumps and defends this towards mid on. |
| 70.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Full and quick, Usman flicks it away to square leg for a single. |
| 70.4 : J Bumrah to Paine, Short of a length ball outside off, defended by Paine on the back foot. |
| 70.5 : J Bumrah to Paine, Effort ball that doesn't rise too much outside off. The skipper sways away and lets this one go. |
| 70.6 : J Bumrah to Paine, Full ball on middle, pushed to deep mid on and Paine keeps strike for the next over. |
| 71.1 : H Vihari to Tim Paine, Full toss, Paine drives to long off for a run. |
| 71.2 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Outside off, driven by Khawaja. Kohli, at cover dives and stops what looked like a certain single. |
| 71.3 : H Vihari to Khawaja, On the front foot and defended into the ground by the leftie. |
| 71.4 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Cut away by Khawaja to backward point. |
| 71.5 : H Vihari to U Khawaja, Another shorter one from Vihari, Khawaja brings out another cut but this time in the gap. Single taken. |
| 71.6 : H Vihari to Paine, Driven through the covers by Paine for a single as he keeps strike. |
| Mohammed Shami returns to the attack. |
| 72.1 : M Shami to Paine, Length ball on off stump, Paine is slightly ahead as he defends it back to the bowler. |
| 72.2 : M Shami to Paine, Outside off again, played with soft hands towards point. |
| 72.3 : M Shami to Paine, Good bouncer just outside off, Paine pulls out of his pull pretty late. |
| 72.4 : M Shami to Paine, A carbon copy of the previous ball. Paine sways out late yet again. |
| 72.5 : M Shami to Paine, FOUR! Short and a rank poor ball well outside off. Paine cuts and cuts hard to the right of third man. He had no chance of cutting that one. |
| 72.6 : M Shami to Paine, Outside off and left alone by the Australian skipper. |
| 73.1 : H Vihari to U Khawaja, Full on middle, Khawaja walks into the shot towards mid on and gets to the other end. |
| 73.2 : H Vihari to Paine, Outside off, left alone by Paine. |
| 73.3 : H Vihari to Paine, Flatter outside off, defended by Paine to point. |
| 73.4 : H Vihari to Paine, Shorter one on middle, defended from within the crease by the Australian skipper. |
| 73.5 : H Vihari to Paine, Well outside off, left alone this time. |
| 73.6 : H Vihari to Paine, Short and quick on off and middle, Paine defends it towards mid-wicket. What a quick over. |
| 74.1 : M Shami to Khawaja, Outside off and the ball moves away after landing. Khawaja fails to put bat on ball as he tries to defend it. |
| 74.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, Outside off and left alone by the batsman. |
| 74.3 : M Shami to Khawaja, Slightly fuller on off stump, Usman comes ahead and defends it into the ground. |
| 74.4 : M Shami to Khawaja, Well outside off and the batsman chooses to leave the ball. |
| 74.5 : M Shami to Khawaja, Another ball outside off, left by the batsman yet again. |
| 74.6 : M Shami to Khawaja, Length ball on off stump, defended with soft hands to short cover. Maiden over. |
| 75.1 : H Vihari to Tim Paine, Full outside off, driven to deep cover for a single by Paine. |
| 75.2 : H Vihari to Khawaja, Very full and driven down the ground to long off for a run. |
| 75.3 : H Vihari to Paine, FOUR! Well outside off and Paine drives this beautifully in the gap wide of deep cover. All too easy for the hosts now. |
| 75.4 : H Vihari to Paine, Wide outside off and left alone by the batsman. |
| 75.5 : H Vihari to Paine, Flatter ball on off, Paine is in his crease and defends it off his back foot. |
| 75.6 : H Vihari to Paine, Left alone by the batsman to end the over. |
| 76.1 : M Shami to Khawaja, 1 run. |
| 76.2 : M Shami to Paine, Back of a length and just around off, kept out safely. |
| 76.3 : M Shami to Paine, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 76.4 : M Shami to Paine, Banged in short, accurate from Shami, Tim lets it be. |
| 76.5 : M Shami to Paine, Paine stays inside his crease and pushes it into the covers. Dot ball. |
| 76.6 : M Shami to Paine, In the channel outside off, Paine leaves this length delivery alone and ends the over. |
| Ishant Sharma to bowl the last over before Lunch. |
| 77.1 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Well outside off and left alone by Khawaja. |
| 77.2 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Fuller and outside off, Usman shoulders his arms to it once more. |
| 77.3 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Short of a length and moving into the body, UK plays it off the back foot towards mid-wicket. |
| 77.4 : I Sharma to Khawaja, Drifting onto the pads once more, Khawaja works it off his pads to deep fine leg for a run. |
| 77.5 : I Sharma to Paine, Flicked off the pads towards square leg in the circle. |
| 77.6 : I Sharma to Paine, Paine defends this one calmly to mid-wicket and walks off towards his partner as LUNCH IS CALLED ON DAY 4! |
| A very slow session but could be a match-defining one. 30 overs, 58 runs and no wickets lost. The lead has swelled up to 233. The Aussies are firmly in the driver's seat now. They can step up the gas and go in overdrive mode once they are back, and look to score as many quick runs as possible. With the declaration on the back of their minds, Tim Paine and co. would like to bat India out of the game and also ensure they have enough time left to bowl out the visitors in the fourth innings. The Ind |
| Tim Paine and Usman Khawaja carried on from where they left off on Day 3. The latter reached the half-century mark too in the course of this session. The overrate has been good and the one positive for India would be the fact that they haven't leaked runs here. But, now they will have to kind of dance to Australia's tunes, unless something changes drastically. The best they can do is to try and keep the scoring rate down. What can we expect from the second session? Whatever it is, it should be r |
| ... Day 4, Session 2 ... |
| The players and umpires are making their way back onto the ground. Should be a really interesting passage of play this. Usman Khawaja takes strike on the first delivery. It will be bowled by Mohammed Shami. |
| 78.1 : M Shami to Khawaja, Around the wicket, on length and just outside off. Khawaja defends it to cover. |
| 78.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, Another length ball, but it is on the pads. Played with soft hands to mid-wicket and a quick single is taken. First runs of the second session. |
| 78.3 : M Shami to Paine, Short of a length delivery, Tim Paine stands tall and defends it on the off side. |
| 78.4 : M Shami to Paine, Outside off and comes in a bit after landing, Paine shoulders arms as it well away from his off pole. |
| 78.5 : M Shami to Paine, Wide! Too high! Bouncer and on middle, Paine ducks under it but the ball was still too high over the head of the batsman. |
| M Shami to Paine, OUT! What a ripper! An absolute brute of a delivery and the Aussie captain has to go. This is a bouncer and Paine has nothing he can do. It is aimed straight at his head and he tries to fend it off while jumping. The ball comes off his glove and lobs up for a simple catch to Virat Kohli at second slip. The Aussie skipper has to leave but Paine has done his job here, one would say. A great start to the session though for India. The Aussies lead by 235 now. |
| Aaron Finch has returned. |
| 78.6 : M Shami to Finch, Two in two! Excellent from Shami! The whole Indian team is pumped up. Welcomes Aaron Finch with a short of a length skidder on middle and leg. Finch looks like he is two minds here, also a little worried about his finger. He goes for the flick and gets a feather off his glove. It is gleefully accepted by Pant down the leg side. The Indians celebrate and Australia are suddenly 192-6 from 192-4. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to bowl from the other end. Also, Pat Cummins is the new man in to bat. |
| 79.1 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Comes from around the wicket and hurls it well outside off, Khawaja plays away from the body and gets beaten. |
| 79.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Good length delivery close to off, it's tapped down on the off side. |
| 79.3 : J Bumrah to U Khawaja, Full length ball on the stumps, driven to mid on. Won't get any run for it. |
| 79.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, In the off stump channel as Bumrah serves it on a length, Usman makes a decent leave. |
| 79.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Length ball on off, kept out from within the crease. |
| 79.6 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| The second new ball has been taken. |
| 80.1 : M Shami to Cummins, Length ball outside off, comes off the outside edge and runs to the left of point for a single. Good ball first up to Pat Cummins, who was feeling for it. |
| 80.2 : M Shami to Khawaja, Outside off and almost a half-tracker. Khawaja sways and lets it go. |
| 80.3 : M Shami to Khawaja, Short and aimed at the ribs, pushed off the back foot to mid-wicket. |
| 80.4 : M Shami to Khawaja, Slightly fuller outside off, Khawaja is ahead to this and defends it to cover. |
| 80.5 : M Shami to U Khawaja, Excellent running! The ball is full outside over, driven by Khawaja through the covers. The cover fielder gives chase but the batsmen come back for three. |
| 80.6 : Shami to Cummins, Ouch! Nasty! Cummins looks to duck out of the way of this bouncer but the ball doesn't bounce as much he thinks it will. Gets him on the grill but Cummins looks okay to continue. |
| 81.1 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Short outside off, it is defended off the back foot by the batsman. |
| 81.2 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Fuller this time and Khawaja pushes it to the cover region. |
| 81.3 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Well outside off stump, left alone by the batsman. |
| 81.4 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Another one that is left alone by the left-hander outside off. |
| 81.5 : J Bumrah to Khawaja, Short ball, pulled away into the leg side for a single. |
| 81.6 : J Bumrah to Cummins, The batsman has attempted to put bat on ball but fails. |
| 82.1 : M Shami to Khawaja, Wide! Short ball but it's too high and down the leg side, wide signalled. |
| M Shami to Khawaja, OUT! The match may have just turned on its head here! Shami has five wickets in the innings. His fourth five-wicket haul in Test cricket and the second in this year. The ball is on a short length and rares up out of nowhere. Khawaja is really taken aback by the ball and gets a glove as he tries to fend it off. Pant collects another easy catch behind the stumps and Khawaja is gone for a good innings of 72. 8 runs and 3 wickets after Lunch. Australia are essentially 241/7 |
| Mitchell Starc is the next man in. |
| Australia in some trouble here. The objective will be to set a target close to 300. Will they be able to though? |
| 82.2 : M Shami to Starc, Bouncer outside off and Starc just lets it fly through. |
| 82.3 : M Shami to Starc, Another short one outside off and Starc lets it go. |
| 82.4 : M Shami to Starc, Beaten! This one is short and outside off once more, Starc looks to feel for the ball and he cannot get bat on it. |
| 82.5 : M Shami to Starc, Another play and miss outside off. The ball is acting really wild here and Pant does well to collect this diving to his left. |
| 82.6 : M Shami to Starc, Woah! Another miss by Starc outside the off stump. Shami is spitting fire here at the moment. |
| 83.1 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Short ball banged in, ducked and evaded by Cummins. |
| 83.2 : J Bumrah to Cummins, Ripper! The pitch has woken up from its slumber. Doing all sorts of things. Length ball on middle and it shapes away late, beats the outside edge of Cummins' hanging bat and goes into the keeper's gloves. |
| 83.3 : Bumrah to Pat Cummins, OUT! GONE! This one has kept really low. Can't say what will happen on this surface now. Bumrah bowls a length ball in line of the stumps, instead of rising like the other ones, it keeps low and Cummins is done in by this. No chance of keeping it out as it goes under his bat. The stumps are rattled and that's another wicket down. |
| Nathan Lyon is the new batsman in. |
| 83.4 : J Bumrah to Lyon, Quite full and outside off, Lyon looks to put bat on ball but fails to do so. |
| 83.5 : J Bumrah to Lyon, Outswinging full toss outside off, Lyon fails to make connection once more. Pant dives to his right and makes a good save. |
| 83.6 : J Bumrah to Lyon, FOUR LEG BYES! Length delivery down the leg side, Lyon looks to glance it away but it goes off his thigh pad. It races away to the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 84.1 : M Shami to Starc, India breathing fire here. Shami comes from around the wicket and hurls it outside off, slightly short in length, Starc arches back and lets it be. |
| 84.2 : M Shami to Starc, Fuller this time, outside off, a play and a miss from the batsman. |
| 84.3 : M Shami to Starc, Brings it in closer to the off stick, Starc awkwardly plays at it. Gets an inside edge which falls down beside the off stump. |
| 84.4 : M Shami to Starc, Good length delivery well outside off, Starc goes after it and misses. |
| 84.5 : M Shami to Starc, He's just tempting the batsman now. Hurls it offering a lot of width outside off, Starc throws his bat at it looking to crash it through the covers but misses altogether. |
| 84.6 : M Shami to Starc, Outside off, once more Mitch makes zero connection with the ball. |
| 85.1 : J Bumrah to Lyon, The situation is clear now. The Aussies are going to go for everything and the Indians will try to exploit that. Bumrah bowls this just outside off, Lyon swings looking to clear the stadium, but fails in his attempt. |
| 85.2 : J Bumrah to Lyon, Lyon moves inside the line and comfortably works it square on the leg side for a single. |
| 85.3 : J Bumrah to Starc, Back of a length outside off, left alone. |
| 85.4 : J Bumrah to Starc, Shortish delivery cutting back in, Starc hangs his bat and gets beaten. |
| 85.5 : J Bumrah to Starc, Maybe attacking the stumps would be better for the Indian pacers. Bumrah with a length ball outside off, Starc swings and misses. |
| 85.6 : J Bumrah to Starc, Similar ball, same result. It's on here in Perth! |
| 86.1 : M Shami to Lyon, FOUR! Boundary for Nathan Lyon and the crowd goes wild. Short and wide outside off, he stands tall and cuts it well over point to find the fence. The lead reaches 250 now. |
| 86.2 : M Shami to Lyon, Cramps the batsman for room this time. Nicely done. Lyon backs away to cut it again, but doesn't have the space to do so. |
| 86.3 : M Shami to Lyon, On the fourth stump line, Nathan pushes it away on the off side. |
| 86.4 : Shami to Lyon, Whoa! That's got to hurt! Shami comes charging in and pounds it in hard, Lyon looks to pull but the ball has too much pace on it. He misses and cops a blow on the helmet. Virat Kohli and some more Indian players walk up to him to see if he's okay, looks to be alright but it's good to make sure. |
| Lyon was caught on the helmet on the previous delivery and is receiving medical attention. Don't want to take any risks with head injuries. |
| 86.5 : M Shami to Lyon, OUT! Lyon is dismissed next ball. Shami gets his man, his sixth of the innings. He is all smiles. Back of a length and it's angling in on middle and leg, Nathan Lyon backs away and is cramped for room once more. He looks to cut it over point, does so but hands an easy enough catch to Hanuma Vihari coming in from the deep. Australia are essentially 250/9 here. |
| Josh Hazlewood is the last man in. |
| 86.6 : M Shami to Starc, Comes from around the wicket and digs in another short one, Starc ducks and evades. Another testing over from Shami comes to an end. |
| 87.1 : J Bumrah to Hazlewood, Good length delivery on the fifth stump line, Hazlewood looks to steer the cut behind point but doesn't connect. |
| 87.2 : J Bumrah to Hazlewood, Just behind a length, outside off, Hazlewood loosely plays at it and is unable to get bat on it. |
| 87.3 : J Bumrah to Hazlewood, Taps this one in front of cover from inside his crease. |
| 87.4 : J Bumrah to Hazlewood, Short ball down the leg side, Josh has nothing to do with it. |
| 87.5 : Bumrah to Hazlewood, Goes for the yorker but just misses his mark as he ends up dishing a full toss on leg. Hazlewood offers a straight bat in response. |
| 87.6 : J Bumrah to Hazlewood, Stays on the back foot and keeps it out on the off side. |
| 88.1 : M Shami to Starc, 17 balls faced now and Starc is yet to get off the mark. Shami bowls a length delivery on off, it comes and then moves away late. Starc plays and misses. |
| 88.2 : M Shami to Starc, Off the mark finally. The Perth crowd cheers on. Starc works this down in front of mid-wicket and jogs across to the other end. |
| 88.3 : M Shami to Hazlewood, Outside off on a good length, Josh plays and misses. |
| 88.4 : M Shami to Hazlewood, Shami throws it fuller now, literally asking Hazlewood to go for it. He does so too, but only connects with thin air. |
| 88.5 : M Shami to Hazlewood, Cutting back in from a length, catches the inside edge of Hazlewood's bat as he gets cramped for room. It goes off his back leg and rolls towards covers. The batsmen take a single. |
| 88.6 : M Shami to Starc, FOUR! Any pure batsman would be proud of that shot. Cleanly hit. Full and just outside off, Starc stands his ground and lofts it over mid off for a boundary. |
| Drinks break. What an hour of play here! Just what Test cricket is all about. The Indians have stormed their way back into the match. 23 runs scored and 5 wickets lost. Can't wait to see what is in store now. The pitch has become a minefield and the visitors have their work cut out, whenever they come out to bat that is. Also, Ishant Sharma is into the attack now. |
| 89.1 : I Sharma to Hazlewood, Length delivery on off, Hazlewood pushes it defensively to covers. |
| 89.2 : I Sharma to Hazlewood, Going away from around off, a good length ball, run down to third man for a single. |
| 89.3 : I Sharma to Starc, Just ahead of a length, well outside off, Starc plays and misses. |
| 89.4 : I Sharma to Starc, Digs in short ball, well directed too, Starc leaves it alone. |
| 89.5 : I Sharma to Starc, The batsman was beaten and missed the line of the delivery. |
| 89.6 : I Sharma to Starc, FOUR BYES! Sharma angles this down the leg side, Starc looks to flick but misses and so does the keeper. It goes away to the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 90.1 : M Shami to Hazlewood, Good length ball going away from the batsman, Josh plays away from his body without any foot movement and misses. |
| 90.2 : M Shami to Hazlewood, FOUR! Better. Much better. This is a good shot from Hazlewood. Him and Starc are putting on vital runs for Australia. Back of a length outside off, Hazlewood with an angle blade steers it past gully for a boundary. |
| 90.3 : M Shami to Hazlewood, On the fifth stump line, some shape away, the left-hander Hazlewood plays and misses again. |
| 90.4 : M Shami to Hazlewood, Just short. Sharp bounce as it's moving away from around off, Hazlewood gets an edge which falls short of Rahane at gully. A single is taken. |
| 90.5 : M Shami to Starc, Short of a good length outside off, the same story again. A play and a miss. |
| 90.6 : M Shami to Starc, FOUR! Another boundary, this has been an excellent over for Australia. Too straight in line as Shami bowls it full, Hazlewood flicks it through square leg to send it across the boundary line. All these are bonus runs for the Aussies. |
| 91.1 : I Sharma to Hazlewood, Back of a length outside off, Hazlewood slaps, only to miss. |
| 91.2 : I Sharma to J Hazlewood, Leans into the full ball and knocks it to mid on. |
| 91.3 : I Sharma to Hazlewood, FOUR! Excellent. He's played that shot well so far. Uses Sharma's pace and just steers it behind point for a boundary. |
| 91.4 : I Sharma to Hazlewood, Oooh! Nice. Hazlewood thinks this is going to be fuller, so leans ahead, but Ishant bangs it in short. Josh still somehow manage to evade it. |
| 91.5 : I Sharma to Hazlewood, Pushes this just wide of the cover fielder and crosses over. |
| 91.6 : I Sharma to Starc, Coming in at first and then straightening up, beats the outside edge of the hanging bat. |
| Umesh Yadav is brought back into the attack. |
| 92.1 : U Yadav to Hazlewood, Shot! Well played by the number eleven once more. Stands tall and powers this over point. Doesn't reach the fence but the batsmen come back for three. Such precious runs these. |
| 92.2 : U Yadav to Starc, Short ball outside off, Starc prods ahead slightly and just drops it on the off side. The batsmen get a single. |
| 92.3 : U Yadav to Hazlewood, Defended off the back foot towards cover. |
| 92.4 : U Yadav to Hazlewood, WIDE! Too high and the ball is well above Hazlewood's head who sways out of the way of this bouncer on middle. The Perth crowd loves the umpire's decision. |
| U Yadav to Hazlewood, Well defended towards mid off. |
| 92.5 : U Yadav to Hazlewood, Wide outside off, Josh pushes it through to deep point for a single. |
| 92.6 : U Yadav to M Starc, FOUR! The ball is outside off and Starc pushes at it lazily. The ball takes the edge and goes wide of second slip. Kohli dives to his left but can only get a hand on it. The ball runs away for four. The lead is 285 now. |
| Jasprit Bumrah back on. |
| 93.1 : J Bumrah to Hazlewood, Outside off, Hazlewood pushes it to deep point and gets off strike. |
| 93.2 : J Bumrah to Starc, OUT! Bowled 'em! That's it. AUSTRALIA ARE BOWLED OUT FOR 243. Bumrah comes back and gets a wicket off the second ball. Starc backs away too far and Bumrah bowls it nice and full on off stump. The left-hander goes for a defensive push on the off side but misses the ball completely. The ball knocks the off stump. Bumrah has his third. Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood run off the field to quickly get their pads off before they come back to bowl. INDIA NEED 287 TO WIN. Not |
| So India finally manage to wrap up the Australian tail but this final pair might have just enough damage to the Indians. Whatever the visitors ate for lunch, it certainly worked as the Indian pacers were breathing fire the moment the second session began. From 192/4, the hosts were reduced to 207/9. India would have felt confident, but Starc and Hazlewood managed to add 36 important runs between them in just 38 balls. Could prove to be all the difference in the end. |
| Earlier, it was Khawaja (who scored a fifty) and Paine who got most of the work done. Saw the morning session out with ease and threaded a neat fifty-stand between them, which set the foundations up. The collapse obviously didn't help, and Shami and Bumrah were responsible for that. The former ended with a 6-fer, while the latter bagged 3 of his own. |
| 0.1 : M Starc to Rahul, A jaffa from Starc to start off! Rahul chases it trying to feel the ball but the ball holds its line and beats him on the outside edge. The crowd is really egging on the pacer here. |
| 0.2 : M Starc to Rahul, Well outside off on this occasion, left alone by Rahul now. |
| 0.3 : M Starc to Rahul, Shorter outside off here, Rahul lets the ball go through. |
| 0.4 : M Starc to Rahul, OUT! Timberrrr. Australia draw first blood without a run on the board for the visitors. Rahul has failed once again and not gotten off the mark. There was a lot of doubt in his head and this is what happens when you are out of form. Just outside off and Rahul who was looking to play, is uncertain and decides to leave the ball very late. The decision is really late and the ball goes off his inside edge and onto the off stump. Just the start the hosts would've liked! |
| Cheteshwar Pujara is in at number 3. |
| 0.5 : M Starc to Pujara, Well outside off first up to Pujara, left alone by him. |
| 0.6 : M Starc to Pujara, Just above off stump, Pujara judges it well and leaves it. A good leave. |
| Josh Hazlewood is the one to share the new cherry from the other end. |
| 1.1 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Outside off and on a length, Vijay puts his bat out and defends towards the off side. |
| 1.2 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, This is on the hips, fends it off towards deep fine leg and Vijay and India are off the mark with a single. |
| 1.3 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Oooh! Misbehaviour from the wicket again. Bounces off a good length and catches Pujara on the bottom glove as he was trying to defend. Luckily it drops onto the off side and not towards short leg who is in place. |
| 1.4 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Left alone outside the off stump. |
| 1.5 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Another ball well outside off, not making the batsman play. |
| 1.6 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Short and wide outside off, Che puts his bat out and defends it towards point. |
| 2.1 : M Starc to Vijay, On a length outside off, the ball swings in after landing. Vijay gauges the ball and lets it go. |
| 2.2 : M Starc to Vijay, 4 BYES! Absolute ruckus here from the pitch! The ball rares off a good length outside off, Vijay decides to leave it. The ball bounces way too much and beats a jumping Tim Paine behind the wickets and goes for four byes. |
| 2.3 : M Starc to Vijay, Left alone outside off by the batsman. |
| 2.4 : M Starc to Vijay, Outside off, holding its line. Vijay pushes it towards point. |
| 2.5 : M Starc to Vijay, FOUR! Using the pace of the bowler here. Served up outside off on a length and Vijay just pushes it in the gap wide of point. The ball races away to the fence. Good shot, should give the out of form opener a lot of confidence. |
| 2.6 : M Starc to Vijay, Typical bowler's response. Bouncer aimed at the head. Vijay ducks under it and lets it go through. Some words from Starc to Vijay. |
| 3.1 : J Hazlewood to C Pujara, Edged and four! The ball is on off and Pujara looks to defend it straight back. The ball takes his edge but the good thing is that the batsman has played it with soft hands. Goes wide off a diving Shaun Marsh in the slips. There is no third man and it is the 2nd boundary in three balls. |
| 3.2 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Defended off the back foot and into the ground. |
| 3.3 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Well outside off stump and left alone by Pujara. |
| 3.4 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, Another short ball outside off and Pujara hangs out his bat and defends it towards point. |
| 3.5 : J Hazlewood to Pujara, OUT! Australia have their second and the celebrations are huge. It is the huge wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara. The ball is on a good length outside off and climbs onto Pujara who was looking to fend it off towards cover. The ball though, just straightens a little bit and takes a feather on its way through. Paine collects and is up in celebration almost immediately. The highest-run getter in the series is gone and this is a huge wicket in the context of the game. |
| The Indian skipper Virat Kohli is the next batsman. |
| 3.6 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Bouncer going down leg, Kohli ducks under it and lets it go through. |
| 4.1 : M Starc to Vijay, Back of a length close to off, Vijay stays back and keeps it out. |
| 4.2 : M Starc to Vijay, Shaping away from outside off, touch shorter in length, Vijay lets it be. |
| 4.3 : M Starc to Vijay, Close. Almost gets the edge. Bit fuller and outside off, going away, Vijay pushes away from his body and gets beaten. |
| 4.4 : M Starc to Vijay, Wide! Banged in short but it's too short, wide called by the umpire. Good take by Tim Paine behind the stumps. Head to leap really high. |
| M Starc to Vijay, Pushes this full ball defensively straight to short extra cover. |
| 4.5 : M Starc to Vijay, Too full and too straight, easy enough for Murali Vijay to clip it down to fine leg for a single. |
| 4.6 : M Starc to Kohli, Cutting back in from a length with extra bounce, catches Virat Kohli on the thigh pad and falls on the leg side. |
| 5.1 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, On a length, Vijay trusts the bounce and lets the ball go through. |
| 5.2 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Well outside off and Vijay doesn't go chasing. |
| 5.3 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, On middle and bouncing off a good length, Vijay pats it back down the ground. |
| 5.4 : J Hazlewood to M Vijay, EDGED, JUST SHORT! Good length ball outside off and Vijay comes ahead to defend but gets a genuine outside edge that falls just short of slip. Wonderful bowling here from Hazlewood. |
| 5.5 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Shorter one outside off, played with soft hands towards point off the back foot. |
| 5.6 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Full and outside off, Vijay is ahead and pushes it to mid off. That will be TEA ON DAY 4. India are 15/2. |
| If the first session today was a passenger train, moving slow, then this second session was a bullet train, blowing away everything in its way with its speed. Tim Paine departed on the sixth ball of the session and what followed was a procession of sorts. Aaron Finch returned today but lasted all of one ball. The ones who came in left quickly too. The last wicket stand though added 36 runs and when Mitchell Starc was bowled, the lead was already 286. |
| With half an hour to go for Tea, the Indian openers came out to bat. But it just took four balls for KL Rahul to walk back to the dressing room. He was cleaned up by Starc but that wasn't it. What followed was what they would cherish even more, the wicket of Pujara. 6 overs of hostile bowling was what it was. Virat Kohli and Murali Vijay at the crease now. Can they survive this attack in the last session of Day 4 on a minefield of a pitch or are we going to see India crumble? The third session i |
| ... Day 4, Session 3 ... |
| We are back for the final session. Of the day or of the match - remains to be seen. Murali Vijay and Virat Kohli stride out to the middle. Pat Cummins will take the ball now. Three slips and a gully in place. Here we go... |
| 6.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Fuller length ball outside off, Kohli comes a step forward and pushes it towards covers. |
| 6.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Back of a length outside off, Kohli rises on his toes and places it behind point. It won't go all the way as two fielders chase it down, but it's enough for the Indian captain to take three. |
| 6.3 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Rising off the deck from outside off, Vijay watches the ball and lets it be. |
| 6.4 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Cutting back in off the seam, a back of a length ball, catches Vijay on the thigh pad as he looks to defend. |
| 6.5 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Nice and straight. Attacks the stumps with this length ball, Vijay stays right behind the line and blocks it back down the track. |
| 6.6 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Beaten! Excellent shape on that. A length delivery outside off, a hint of shape away, Vijay hangs his bat out to dry and almost edges it behind. |
| Josh Hazlewood to bowl from the other end. |
| 7.1 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Good length ball at the pads, Kohli plays it towards mid-wicket. |
| 7.2 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Well outside off, the Indian skipper lets the ball go. |
| 7.3 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Another leave outside the off stump. |
| 7.4 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Very wide outside off, shouldered arms to, yet again. |
| 7.5 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, FOUR! Pulled away. Short of a length on middle and leg, Virat Kohli swivels away and pulls it through deep backward square leg. Empty outfield there and fine leg has to go and pick the ball up from outside the fence. |
| 7.6 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Late leave from Kohli on this occasion, takes the bottom half of the bat and goes towards the slip cordon. |
| 8.1 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, FOUR! This is full and outside off, Vijay takes a good stride forward and drives it wide of mid off for four. Good shot that. |
| 8.2 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Well outside off, Vijay gauges the bounce and lets it go through. |
| 8.3 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Solid defense after coming ahead by Murali Vijay. |
| 8.4 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Outside off, Vijay is ahead looking to feel for the ball but misses. Lucky not to get an outside edge. |
| 8.5 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Bouncer but well down leg, Paine grasses the take and the ball goes down for a bye towards fine leg. |
| 8.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Short of a length and kept out towards cover from within the crease by the Indian skipper. |
| 9.1 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Good length delivery in the channel outside off, Vijay shoulders his arms to it. |
| 9.2 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Another one outside off, left alone. |
| 9.3 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Make that three in a row. Length ball outside the line of off stump, the batsman lets it go. |
| 9.4 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Too straight in line, worked away on the leg side easily for a single. |
| 9.5 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Caught on the pads but it's too high. Kohli knows that, the Australians know that too. Hazlewood pitches it around off and it jags back in, catches the Indian skipper on the thigh pad as he comes half-forward to defend. |
| 9.6 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, Back of a length outside off, it's tapped to point from inside the crease. |
| 10.1 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Good ball outside off and it flies through in front of Vijay's face as he lets it go. |
| 10.2 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, This ball is on the pads, pushed towards mid-wicket. The batsmen run through for one. |
| 10.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Short and steaming outside off on a length, Kohli plays it on his toes towards point. |
| 10.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Short length ball on top of off stump, Kohli jumps yet again to keep it out. |
| 10.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Short of a length yet again on middle and leg, the Indian skipper keeps it out towards mid-wicket. |
| 10.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, This one keeps very low outside off, Kohli misses his defensive shot. Paine can't take it cleanly and the ball runs down to fine leg for another bye. |
| 11.1 : J Hazlewood to Kohli, A lovely looking cover drive to this full one outside off by Virat Kohli. The batsmen come back for three by the time the ball is returned. |
| 11.2 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Left alone outside off. |
| 11.3 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Good length ball on off stump, defended with soft hands. |
| 11.4 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, FOUR! What a shot from Vijay! Just a mere punch or a push. It has come bang off the middle of the bat, as shown by the Hotspot. Rushes through the covers all the way for four. |
| 11.5 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Sways out of the way of this bouncer aimed at the head. |
| 11.6 : J Hazlewood to Vijay, Well left on this occasion. Gauges the bounce perfectly and lets this go on top of off stump. |
| 12.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Good ball outside off, guided towards point. |
| 12.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Very full on middle, Kohli drives this but mid on comes around and stops it. Not such good timing there. |
| 12.3 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Shortens the length and bowls it on middle, Kohli stands tall and defends it into the pitch. |
| 12.4 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, A 142.6 kmph bouncer! Kohli pulls out of the hook at the last moment and the ball goes through to the keeper who jumps high to take it. |
| 12.5 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, FOUR! That is bread and butter. You bowl there and those wrists will flick it away to the boundary all day long. Full and at the pads, easily flicked away through the gap in the mid-wicket region for four runs. |
| 12.6 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Overcompensates and bowls this wide outside off stump. Left alone. |
| Nathan Lyon is now on for a bowl. |
| 13.1 : N Lyon to Vijay, Flatter ball on middle, Vijay is on his back foot and plays it to short leg. |
| 13.2 : N Lyon to Vijay, Fuller outside off, Vijay brings out the sweep but the ball goes straight to fine leg. |
| 13.3 : N Lyon to Vijay, Outside off and served with a bit of loop, Vijay comes ahead and defends it well. |
| 13.4 : N Lyon to Vijay, Another sweep and straight to the fine leg fielder again. |
| 13.5 : N Lyon to Vijay, Flatter delivery outside off, Vijay comes ahead and defends it into the ground. |
| 13.6 : N Lyon to Vijay, Another forward defensive stroke to end the over. |
| 14.1 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Good length ball on off and middle, Kohli is on his toes and defends it back down the ground. |
| 14.2 : Pat Cummins to Kohli, Good-looking shot through cover-point by Kohli. Full and outside off, driven to deep point for a single. |
| 14.3 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Well outside off, Vijay shoulders his arms to this one. |
| 14.4 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Short length ball on off, Vijay is deep in his crease and punches it out to cover. |
| 14.5 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Full and outside off, Vijay brings out the cover drive again through covers. The batsmen get a couple of runs. |
| 14.6 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Short outside off, pushed away to the cover fielder on the bounce. |
| 15.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Oooh! Leading edge but it just goes back down the ground luckily for Kohli. He closed the bat face too early to this flatter one on middle and leg. |
| 15.2 : N Lyon to Kohli, This time gets the timing right as he works it to the leg side but the ball hits short leg. No run. |
| 15.3 : N Lyon to Kohli, Kept out from within the crease. |
| 15.4 : N Lyon to Kohli, Slightly shorter this time, pushed towards mid on off the back foot. |
| 15.5 : N Lyon to Kohli, Flicked away but straight to fine leg. |
| 15.6 : N Lyon to Kohli, Kohli defends this one by being deep in his crease, to bring an end to the over. |
| 16.1 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Slightly short of a good length, Vijay defends with soft hands to cover. |
| 16.2 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Outside off and left alone by the Indian opener. |
| 16.3 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Very short and Vijay just ducks under this ball. |
| 16.4 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Good length ball outside off, defended solidly by Vijay. |
| 16.5 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, Great stop! Saves a certain boundary there. Vijay drives this beautifully through cover-point and Lyon at point dives to his right and gets a hand to it. The ball isn't stopped completely and the batsmen come back for two. |
| 16.6 : Pat Cummins to Vijay, A rock solid defense from Vijay to end the over. |
| 17.1 : N Lyon to Kohli, Kohli goes with the spin and wrists it towards mid on for a single. |
| 17.2 : N Lyon to Vijay, Close, Lyon pitches it on the rough around off, Vijay gets forward and across to sweep but is caught on the gloves maybe. |
| 17.3 : N Lyon to Vijay, Another attempted sweep, it takes off and catches the batsman on the shoulder. |
| 17.4 : N Lyon to Vijay, Connects with the sweep on this occasion, finds backward square leg though. |
| 17.5 : N Lyon to Vijay, Tossed up outside off, pushed to covers. Dot ball. |
| 17.6 : N Lyon to Vijay, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| Mitchell Starc is back on for another spell. |
| 18.1 : M Starc to Kohli, Short outside off, left alone by the batsman. |
| 18.2 : M Starc to Kohli, Fuller this time just outside off, left alone by Kohli after seeing the line and length. |
| 18.3 : M Starc to Kohli, Good length ball outside off, holds its line. Virat just lets it go through. |
| 18.4 : M Starc to Kohli, Wide outside off and the Indian skipper lets it go for the fourth delivery in a row. |
| 18.5 : M Starc to Kohli, This one is on the stumps and Kohli is forced to play at it. Pushes it back to Starc. |
| 18.6 : M Starc to Kohli, Another full one to end the over, Kohli comes ahead to defend. He gets the inside edge and the ball rolls to mid-wicket for a run. Kohli keeps strike. |
| 19.1 : N Lyon to V Kohli, OUT! Who else but Nathan Lyon? You need to get the big fish and it obviously has to be him to strike. Superb delivery. The Australians celebrate because they know the importance of this wicket. Lyon tosses it up outside off, draws Kohli forward who plays for the turn when there isn't any. It goes on straight, takes the edge and flies into Khawaja's hands who takes a sharp, low catch. India need 239 more runs to win. |
| 0.0 : Ajinkya Rahane walks in next. |
| 19.2 : N Lyon to Rahane, Loopy off break on off, Rahane takes a stride forward and defends it well. |
| 19.3 : N Lyon to Rahane, A bit dangerous, that. Rahane gives the charge as this ball lands on the rough around off. It turns and goes off the inner edge past short leg. Single taken. |
| 19.4 : N Lyon to Vijay, Quicker one on the stumps, Vijay stays right behind the line and keeps it out. |
| 19.5 : N Lyon to Vijay, Shorter outside off this time, tapped away from inside the crease. |
| 19.6 : N Lyon to Vijay, Murali Vijay has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 20.1 : M Starc to Rahane, Full delivery fired outside off, Rahane plays it with the angle and pushes it square to point. |
| 20.2 : M Starc to Rahane, Some extra bounce on this occasion. Length delivery on off and it rises, Rahane leaves it alone. |
| 20.3 : M Starc to Rahane, Close one. It cuts back in slightly from a length, pitched just outside off, Rahane looks to defend but it goes off the inside edge and lobs over the stumps on the bounce. |
| 20.4 : M Starc to Rahane, FOUR! Had room to free his arms and took it. Rahane cuts this length ball over cover-point and clears the infield. Finds the fence with ease. |
| 20.5 : M Starc to Rahane, Too straight in line, worked away on the leg side for a single. |
| 20.6 : M Starc to Vijay, Outside off on a good length, dabbed to point with an open face. |
| 21.1 : N Lyon to Rahane, Straighter one around off, Rahane is well forward in defense. |
| 21.2 : N Lyon to Rahane, Makes good use of the feet here. Gets close to the pitch after skipping out and drives it through the left of mid off for a run. |
| 21.3 : N Lyon to Vijay, Loopy off break on the stumps, swept straight to backward square leg. |
| 21.4 : N Lyon to Vijay, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 21.5 : N Lyon to Vijay, OUT! Nathan Lyon getting the job done for his side yet again. Using the rough outside that off stump to good effect. Lands it there and it spins in sharply, Vijay comes forward to defend with a fair amount of gap between bat and pad. The ball takes the inside edge and crashes into the leg stump. Vijay's poor form continues, another failure for him. He'll be disappointed too after getting his eye in. |
| Hanuma Vihari is next in to bat. |
| 21.6 : N Lyon to Vihari, Spinning in on middle and leg, worked away on the leg side to end the over. |
| 22.1 : M Starc to Rahane, Stays back and keeps it out with the full face of the bat. |
| 22.2 : M Starc to Rahane, SIX! Ajinkya Rahane is taking the Aussie quicks on here! Short ball outside off, Rahane just throws his bat at this. It takes a thick edge and it flies towards Mitchell Marsh (sub) positioned there. He leaps but it's just over his head. |
| 22.3 : M Starc to Rahane, Fuller length ball around off, kept out off the front foot. |
| 22.4 : M Starc to Rahane, Some chin music for the batsman, he lets that bouncer through to the wicket-keeper. |
| 22.5 : M Starc to Rahane, Fraction straight in line, worked away on the leg side for a single. |
| 22.6 : M Starc to Vihari, Marginally ahead of a length, around off, defended watchfully. |
| 23.1 : N Lyon to Rahane, Spinning in on middle and leg, Rahane turns it away past short leg. |
| 23.2 : N Lyon to Rahane, Waits for the ball to come to him before going back and cutting it towards third man for a brace. |
| 23.3 : N Lyon to Rahane, Plants his front foot forward and meets the ball at its pitch. |
| 23.4 : N Lyon to Rahane, Short and wide, cut away square on the off side. |
| 23.5 : N Lyon to Rahane, A bit quicker through the air, in line of the stumps, guarded out well. |
| 23.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Floated just outside off, it's the off break, Rahane once again strides ahead and meets it with the full face. |
| Drinks break. The hosts will surely need it. India in a fair bit of trouble for sure. Wickets of Kohli and Vijay are big ones and Lyon was the one to provide them both. Rahul before them was dismissed cheaply again by Starc and Pujara was on his way quickly too. The hosts are in a commanding position as things stand. |
| 24.1 : M Starc to Vihari, Comes from around the wicket and fires a full ball outside off, Vihari leaves it alone. |
| 24.2 : M Starc to Vihari, Outside off once more, too far out, it's not bothered with by the batsman. |
| 24.3 : M Starc to Vihari, Vihari plays it with an angled bat and guides it to third man. One run added to the total. |
| 24.4 : M Starc to Rahane, Darts in a length ball on off, it's angling in, Rahane plays at it and gets an inside edge on the leg side. |
| 24.5 : M Starc to Rahane, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| 24.6 : M Starc to Rahane, Stays on the back foot and keeps it out with utmost ease. |
| 25.1 : N Lyon to Vihari, FOUR! Swept away behind square for a boundary by Vihari. The ball was flighted generously outside off and Hanuma comes well ahead and sweeps it away. |
| 25.2 : N Lyon to Vihari, Anothe good shot to this full one on middle, the ball is flicked away to mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 25.3 : N Lyon to Vihari, Front foot defense to keep this out. |
| 25.4 : N Lyon to Vihari, FOUR! The paddle sweep this time. Flatter on middle and leg, Vihari comes forward and paddles it fine of Starc at fine leg for another boundary. |
| 25.5 : N Lyon to Vihari, Outside off and beaten! Shortens the length so that Vihari can't sweep. He goes for the fine glide to third man but gets beaten as the ball holds its line. |
| 25.6 : N Lyon to Vihari, Safely kept out off the back foot. |
| Josh Hazlewood is back onto the attack. |
| 26.1 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Rahane pushes this fuller one to cover-point and runs through for a single. |
| 26.2 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Fuller length on middle, driven to mid on who makes a good stop. |
| 26.3 : J Hazlewood to H Vihari, Unusual bounce here outside off, Vihari does well to let it go. |
| 26.4 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Again the extra bounce out of a good length. Hanuma was ahead to defend and gets it on the top of the blade. |
| 26.5 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Gets big on the batsman again! Vihari tries to fend this short of a length delivery onto the leg side and the ball seems to have missed everything and gone to the keeper. There is a slight appeal from the keeper and the bowler but the umpire says no. There is no review in the end. Replays show the ball was very close to the glove of the batsman. Nothing definitive yet though. |
| 26.6 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Shorter in length on middle, pushed off the back foot towards mid wicket. Vihari retains strike with a single. |
| 27.1 : N Lyon to Vihari, Tossed up on the stumps, Hanuma is out of his crease to defend this. |
| 27.2 : N Lyon to Vihari, Quicker and a bit shorter around off, Vihari stays inside the crease and taps it down on the off side. |
| 27.3 : N Lyon to Vihari, Quicker one again, shorter too and in line of the stumps, Vihari positions himself well behind the line and blocks. |
| 27.4 : N Lyon to Vihari, Some flight on this occasion, the batsman is well forward in defense. |
| 27.5 : N Lyon to Vihari, Out of the crease again as he knocks this to long on for one. |
| 27.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Rahane too uses his feet, gets close to the pitch and eases it to long on to keep strike. |
| 28.1 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Back of a length around off, kept out from the back foot. |
| 28.2 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Full in length and outside off, Rahane offers a punchy-drive through the covers and comes back for the second. |
| 28.3 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Bumper angling down leg, Jinx takes on the pull but the bounce gets too big on him. It just whiskers past his gloves. |
| 28.4 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Just ahead of a length, around off, kept out by coming half-forward. |
| 28.5 : J Hazlewood to A Rahane, Pulled through to fine leg for an easy single. |
| 28.6 : J Hazlewood to H Vihari, Edged but short. To Vihari's credit though, he played it with soft hands which saved him. A length ball outside off, he hung his bat out and the ball fell short of second slip. |
| 29.1 : N Lyon to Rahane, Coming in on middle and leg, Ajinkya goes back and works it straight to short leg. |
| 29.2 : N Lyon to Rahane, Shorter ball which doesn't rise at all. Rahane goes back to play but misses it. |
| 29.3 : N Lyon to Rahane, Spinning in from outside off, Rahane pads it away. |
| 29.4 : N Lyon to Rahane, FOUR! That was close. Seeing Rahane give the charge, Lyon fires it outside off. But, the batsman somehow manages to get his bat to it and the ball goes to the third man fence off a thick edge. |
| 29.5 : N Lyon to Rahane, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 29.6 : N Lyon to Rahane, Short and wide outside off, Rahane cuts it hard through point. Three good runs are taken. |
| 30.1 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Too straight in line, on a length, Rahane just helps it on its way fine down the leg side. A single is taken. |
| 30.2 : J Hazlewood to H Vihari, Fullish and outside off, driven to the cover area for nothing. |
| 30.3 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Too far down leg, the batsman leaves it alone. |
| 30.4 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Short of a good length outside off, punched away from within the crease towards mid on. |
| 30.5 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Short ball banged in, ducked and evaded by the batsman. |
| 30.6 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Worked away comfortably through mid-wicket for an easy single. |
| 31.1 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, FOUR. |
| 31.2 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Keeps ridiculously low! A short of a length ball outside off, Vihari ducks to go under it but to his amazement the ball goes right in front of his face. Doesn't rise at all. |
| 31.3 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Short of a length, a back foot defense to mid-wicket ensues. |
| 31.4 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Full and outside off, defended back to cover. |
| 31.5 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Short and outside off, Vihari pushes it to third man and gets to the other end. |
| 31.6 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Wide! The ball is too high. A bouncer on middle and off, goes over Rahane's head. The umpire signals wide and one for the over. |
| Pat Cummins to Rahane, Outside off, defended onto the off side with soft hands. |
| 32.1 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, On a length and middle, driven to mid on coming half-ahead. |
| 32.2 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Outside off on a length, Vihari comes forward and pushes to cover. |
| 32.3 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Shortens the length a tad bit more now, Hanuma stands tall and keeps it out. |
| 32.4 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Bouncer, the batsman ducks under it and lets it pass. |
| 32.5 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Good ball that, on a length and on middle stump, Vihari does well to get his bat down in time. It rolls off the outside half towards point. |
| 32.6 : J Hazlewood to Vihari, Fuller this time, driven straight to mid off. |
| 33.1 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Outside off and left alone by Jinx on this occasion. |
| 33.2 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Closer to the off pole, Rahane keeps it out off the front foot. |
| 33.3 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Length ball on middle and straightens a bit after landing. Rahane defends it solidly. |
| 33.4 : Pat Cummins to Rahane, Short of a length ball, pulled away by Rahane for a single to deep square leg. |
| 33.5 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Short length ball, Vihari defends it to short leg. |
| 33.6 : Pat Cummins to Vihari, Outside off and swinging away a bit, left alone by the batter. |
| 34.1 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Outside off and short, Rahane rocks back and tries to cut it to third man but the ball is stopped on a bounce by gully moving to his left. |
| 34.2 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Bouncer, coming back into Rahane. He pulls out of the pull at the last moment as there is extra bounce which takes the ball above his head. |
| 34.3 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Length ball, jags back in and Rahane misses his flick. |
| 34.4 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, Short of a length ball on off stump, Rahane is on his toes as he keeps it out. |
| 34.5 : J Hazlewood to Rahane, OUT! What a waste of a wicket! Rahane has hit it straight down Head's throat at point. Hazlewood bowls this one outside off at a length and the ball was there to be hit. Rahane goes for the cover slash and times it beautifully. But the ball goes straight to point. Head doesn't have to move an inch. Rahane is disappointed but he has to go. Half the side is back in the hut. Australia need 5 more wickets to win. |
| Rishabh Pant comes in at number 7. |
| 34.6 : J Hazlewood to Pant, Bouncer to welcome the keeper. Pant gets out of the way. |
| Nathan Lyon back on to bowl. |
| 35.1 : N Lyon to Vihari, Flatter ball on middle and leg, Vihari looks to sweep and gets hit on the glove. |
| 35.2 : N Lyon to Vihari, Shorter outside off, defended towards point. |
| 35.3 : N Lyon to Vihari, Flatter one outside off again, Vihari rocks back and defends it straight back. |
| 35.4 : N Lyon to Vihari, Outside off, Vihari comes down and sweeps it fine but straight to the fielder. |
| 35.5 : N Lyon to H Vihari, Full and outside off, driven towards the mid off region. Spirited effort from Hazlewood to save runs for his team. The batsmen pick up a single. |
| 35.6 : N Lyon to Pant, 100 up for the visitors. Pant punches this one outside off to deep cover-point and keeps strike. |
| Mitchell Starc is back on for a quick burst. |
| 36.1 : M Starc to Pant, Play and a miss outside off. Pant looks to feel for the ball on a length outside off but doesn't get the bat on it. |
| 36.2 : M Starc to Pant, Ouch! The ball rares of a good length and comes back into the batsman. Pant misses the ball and he gets hit on the ribs. |
| 36.3 : M Starc to Pant, Another play and a miss! The ball is on a length, lands on a crack and straightens. Pant who was ahead to defend is beaten on the outside. |
| 36.4 : M Starc to Pant, Driven through the covers for a single. |
| 36.5 : M Starc to Vihari, Short of a length, Vihari stands tall and defends it with soft hands onto the leg side. |
| 36.6 : M Starc to Vihari, FOUR! A short ball on the leg side, Vihari just turns it around the corner, doesn't get the best connection but nevermind, it still has legs on it to run away fine to the fine leg boundary. Nice shot from Hanuma. |
| 37.1 : N Lyon to Pant, Outside off on a short length, cut away to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 37.2 : N Lyon to Vihari, Flatter ball outside off, pushed to point. |
| 37.3 : N Lyon to Vihari, Outside off and left alone. The ball seems to have hit a crack and gone the other way. |
| 37.4 : N Lyon to Vihari, Full and driven well through the covers, but straight to the fielder. |
| 37.5 : N Lyon to Vihari, Left alone outside off stump. |
| 37.6 : N Lyon to Vihari, Around the wicket, Vihari comes ahead and dead-bats it. |
| 38.1 : M Starc to Pant, Leading edge but safe! The ball is on length on the off stump and Pant who was looking to drive it down the ground gets the leading edge as the ball straightens after landing. It is in the air but wide of point. The batsmen come back for two. Very lucky for Pant. |
| 38.2 : M Starc to Pant, Left alone outside off. |
| 38.3 : M Starc to Pant, Worked away off the pads towards fine leg for a single. |
| 38.4 : M Starc to Vihari, Outside leg and short of a length, Vihari tries to help it on its way to the boundary but the ball is missed by him. |
| 38.5 : M Starc to Vihari, Short of a length outside off, defended onto the offside from well within the crease. |
| 38.6 : M Starc to Vihari, Bouncer but well down leg stump, the batsman wants nothing to do with it. |
| Should most probably be the last over of the day. |
| 39.1 : N Lyon to Pant, Flatter ball on the pads, flicked away in the gap towards square leg for a couple. |
| 39.2 : N Lyon to Pant, Left alone, outside off. |
| 39.3 : N Lyon to Pant, Almost had him there! Pant comes down the wicket and looks to hoick it over cow corner. It goes off the inside half and it almost carries to mid-wicket but the ball just evades him. The batsmen get a single. |
| 39.4 : N Lyon to Vihari, Front foot defense onto the ground. |
| 39.5 : N Lyon to Vihari, Flatter ball outside off, Vihari is in his crease as he defends this ball. |
| 39.6 : N Lyon to Vihari, Left alone outside off but the ball rares up too much to hit the keeper on his grill. He is fine though. |
| 40.1 : M Starc to Pant, No the umpires decide we have time to get one more over in. Starc bowls the first one down leg. Pant looks to guide it down to fine leg but misses the ball. |
| 40.2 : M Starc to Pant, Well outside off, left alone. |
| 40.3 : M Starc to Pant, Beaten outside off! Almost had one just before Stumps. Pant is drawn into the defense but the ball shapes away very late to beat his outside edge. |
| 40.4 : M Starc to R Pant, What pace here from Starc! 141.3 kph at the fag end of the day. The ball was on a length and Pant defends it towards cover. The ball turns in his hand as he plays the shot. |
| 40.5 : M Starc to R Pant, Full and driven towards mid off. |
| 40.6 : Starc to Pant, There is the double bluff! The short leg had been called for the last ball of the day and what followed was a yorker. Rishabh Pant is smart though and digs it out. THAT WILL BE STUMPS ON DAY 4 WITH INDIA ON 112/5. |
| What a day of cricket! The hosts have come alive and how! They first batted almost more than half the day to get to 243 and then have scalped 5 wickets of the Indians. The tourists need 175 runs to win and the Aussies need 5 wickets. And considering the frailty of the Indian tail, the hosts have a massive upper hand in the game. Hanuma Vihari and Rishabh Pant are the last recognized batting pair at the crease. The pitch is responding beautifully to Nathan Lyon and there is also variable bounce f |
| The day began with a very slow first session when the overnight batsmen continued till Lunch while not scoring too fast. What followed was madness as the hosts lost 4 wickets for 6 runs. But the last pair managed to stave off the pace and took the target for India to 287. The Indian chase began poorly, losing both Rahul and Pujara before Tea. Kohli and Vijay fought for a bit but they too fell to the guile of Lyon. And at the fag end of the day, Rahane was also lost. The current pair managed to s |
| So, looking forward to the final day, then. 175 runs or 5 wickets? The latter certainly looks easier. But you never know in cricket. Funny things happen and the match isn't over till the last ball is bowled. Australia are the firm favorites to win and bring the series back to level terms, but this new India is unlikely to go down without a fight. Join us for Day 5 from Perth beginning at 1020 local (0220 GMT). Till then, goodbye and cheers! |
| ... Day 5, Session 1 ... |
| Welcome to Day 5 of this closely contested Test match between Australia and India. Australia are within touching distance of victory going into the final day going into Day 5 as they require just 5 wickets to level the series. With the pitch opening up and helping the fast bowlers and spinners, Tim Paine and co. will be looking to wrap it up as soon as possible. Coming to the visitors, they have lost half their side and India will be hoping the likes of Hanuma Vihari and Rishabh Pant show some f |
| Michael Vaughan with the pitch report on Day 5 says that the cracks have widened more than ever and points to a huge patch outside the right-hander's off stump. Feels that Nathan Lyon should be the most effective and bowling from one end continuously. Ends by saying it has been a brilliant pitch for Test match cricket. |
| The two batsmen, the fielders and the umpires make their way out to the middle. Hanuma Vihari to take strike on the first ball of the last day. It will be bowled by Nathan Lyon. |
| 41.1 : N Lyon to Vihari, Well outside off to start off with, left alone by Vihari. |
| 41.2 : N Lyon to Vihari, Fuller and quicker outside off, pushed down to long on for the first run of the day. |
| 41.3 : N Lyon to Pant, Around the wicket to the leftie, bowls it short. Pant pushes it back to Lyon. |
| 41.4 : N Lyon to Pant, Left alone well outside off. |
| 41.5 : N Lyon to Pant, A drifter this time, landing on off and coming in. Pant comes ahead and defends it. |
| 41.6 : N Lyon to Pant, Wide outside off, Pant cuts it away but the point fielder comes to his left and prevents the single. |
| Mitchell Starc to bowl from the other end. |
| 42.1 : M Starc to Vihari, Short of a length outside off, Vihari shoulders arms to this one. |
| 42.2 : M Starc to Vihari,Oooh! Inside edge down to fine leg for a single. Slightly fuller, Vihari came ahead to defend but the ball went off the inside edge. Starc has hit his straps straightaway. |
| 42.3 : M Starc to Pant, Good ball to Pant too! On length and hitting top of off stump, Pant does well to block it out towards mid on. |
| 42.4 : M Starc to Pant, Very full and attacking the stumps, Pant pushes it to mid-wicket. |
| 42.5 : M Starc to Pant, Well outside off, Pant declines the invitation to free his arms and lets it go. |
| 42.6 : M Starc to Pant, Full and outside off, Pant drives this to backward point for a single and keeps strike. |
| 43.1 : N Lyon to Pant, Flatter drifter outside off, Pant defends coming forward. |
| 43.2 : N Lyon to Pant, This is a beauty! Turn and bounce. There is loop on this one unlike the previous ball and Pant is beaten on the outside as he came forward to defend it. Good stuff! |
| 43.3 : N Lyon to Pant, Shorter in length, Pant goes back in his crease and defends it. |
| 43.4 : N Lyon to R Pant, The surprise quicker one, catches Pant unawares. He does well to bring his bat down in time, the ball goes off the inside edge and runs to the leg side as the batsmen pick up a single. Good change up from the bowler, almost got his man. |
| 43.5 : N Lyon to Vihari, Well defended by Vihari on the back foot. |
| 43.6 : N Lyon to Vihari, Full and outside off, HV comes ahead and dead-bats. |
| 44.1 : M Starc to Pant, Short of a length outside off, Pant stands tall and plays it with soft hands to point. |
| 44.2 : M Starc to Pant, Another short ball on off, Pant defends it off the back foot again. |
| 44.3 : M Starc to Pant, Well outside off, left alone by Rishabh. |
| 44.4 : M Starc to Pant, Fuller on off stump, Pant comes ahead and puts bat on ball. The ball rolls towards the point fielder. |
| 44.5 : M Starc to Pant, Wide and short outside off stump, Pant leaves the ball alone. |
| 44.6 : M Starc to Pant, A ripper to end the over! Outside off on a length and Pant goes feeling for the ball. The ball holds its line and just whizzes past the outside edge. |
| 45.1 : N Lyon to Vihari, Flatter on middle, Vihari defends it off the back foot. |
| 45.2 : N Lyon to Vihari, Tosses it up outside off, HV tries to sweep it but was hit low on the pads. |
| 45.3 : N Lyon to Vihari, Flighted delivery on middle, Hanuma comes down the track and defends it. |
| 45.4 : N Lyon to Vihari, A touch short on middle, Hanuma punches it off the back foot towards point. |
| 45.5 : N Lyon to Vihari, Fuller outside off, Vihari tries to sweep but it takes the inside edge onto it and hits the pads. |
| 45.6 : N Lyon to Vihari, Floats it up outside off, this time Vihari sweeps it towards fine leg for a run. Good over from Lyon. |
| 46.1 : M Starc to Vihari, Outside off and short of a length, Vihari sways out of the way and lets the ball fly through. |
| 46.2 : M Starc to Vihari, Short and aimed at the hips, Hanuma controls this well and fends it off on the leg side for a single. |
| 46.3 : M Starc to Pant, Wide outside off, Pant is drawn into the drive but controls it well and guides it wide off point to get a run. |
| 46.4 : M Starc to Vihari, Good ball right on the money from Starc on top of off. Vihari stands tall and defends it into the ground. |
| 46.5 : M Starc to Vihari, Almost a carbon copy of the previous ball, maybe slightly more outside off. |
| 46.6 : M Starc to Vihari, OUT! There is the wicket! There is the opening and it has come due to the extra speed of Mitchell Starc. The ball is on a length, pitching just on middle and leg. Vihari who was playing inside the line, gets an inside edge and the ball hits his thigh pad and lobs up for a simple catch to Harris at mid-wicket. The Aussies are elated. They knew that one wicket will open up the way to the long Indian tail. Starc has provided the breakthrough and now a quick finish is on th |
| Umesh Yadav is the next batsman in. |
| 47.1 : N Lyon to Pant, Lucky escape for Pant. Lyon nicely tosses it up on off, Pant goes uppishly over covers but did not get the timing he wanted and the ball falls just short of the deep cover fielder. |
| 47.2 : N Lyon to Pant, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 47.3 : N Lyon to Pant, Flighted outside off, Pant lets it go. |
| 47.4 : N Lyon to Pant, Flatter on off, RP punches it off the back foot towards point for a single. |
| 47.5 : N Lyon to Yadav, Floats it up outside off, Yadav defends it with a straight bat. |
| 47.6 : N Lyon to Yadav, Gives it a bit of air on off, Umesh keeps it out. |
| 48.1 : M Starc to Pant, Almost had another one there! Starc serves this on off stump, the ball straightens after landing and has Pant squared up as he went to defend this from inside the crease. |
| 48.2 : M Starc to Pant, Well played and placed by Pant this time, the ball was short and aimed at his hips. He stands tall and works it away on the leg side for a couple. Good running from the batsmen too. |
| 48.3 : M Starc to Pant, What a good shot! But for no runs. Full outside off, Pant drives it beautifully down the ground to long off but realizes he can't get two there so doesn't go for a run. |
| 48.4 : M Starc to Pant, Well placed again by the Indian keeper, he pushes this full one into the gap wide of long off and picks up another two. The throw was at the non-striker's end but Umesh made it in easily. |
| 48.5 : M Starc to Pant, Short outside off, stands tall and blocks it on the off side. Wants a run but cannot find it as the fielder is too close to the ball. |
| 48.6 : M Starc to Pant, FOUR! Outside off and short in length. Pant goes to slash it and gets the top edge that goes very fine and all the way to the fence. No chance for the third man fielder to stop that. 8 runs off the over. |
| 49.1 : N Lyon to Yadav, Tosses up on off, Umesh defends it off the front foot and onto the ground. |
| 49.2 : N Lyon to Yadav, A tad short outside off, Umesh tries to go for the cut, but misses it completely. |
| 49.3 : N Lyon to Yadav, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 49.4 : N Lyon to Yadav, Tossed up delivery on off, Yadav dead bats it. |
| 49.5 : N Lyon to Yadav, Good delivery that from Lyon. Gives it a bit of air on off. Yadav tries to defend it but it goes past the outside edge of the bat. |
| 49.6 : N Lyon to Yadav, Flatter on middle, UY keeps it out. |
| 50.1 : M Starc to Pant, On a length and on off stump, Pant turns it away to deep backward square leg. The run is declined. |
| 50.2 : M Starc to R Pant, Outside off and short of a length, Pant glides it in the air to the third man fielder. The batsmen don't run. |
| 50.3 : M Starc to Pant, There is a floating third man and a very fine third man in position now as well. Starc serves a bouncer down the leg side. Pant goes for the pull but does not connect. Paine collects it down the leg side. |
| 50.4 : M Starc to R Pant, Wide outside off and Pant cuts it away in the gap wide of third man. Marcus Harris comes around from his third man position and in the nick of time, sees that Nathan Lyon also is running in his direction from sweeper cover. The former does well to jump over the latter and evade a nasty collision. The batsmen pick up two by the time the ball comes back. |
| 50.5 : M Starc to Pant, Outside off, defended off the back foot towards cover. No single available there. |
| 50.6 : M Starc to Pant, Snorter! Absolute snorter from Starc to end the over. Pant jumps and is out of position as he tries to fend it off. Luckily for him though, the ball goes off his glove and towards the floating third man for a single. He retains strike for the next over. |
| 51.1 : N Lyon to Pant, Tossed up delivery on off, Pant dances down the track and smashes it towards long off for a run. |
| 51.2 : N Lyon to Yadav, On middle, Yadav defends it off the front foot and onto the ground. |
| 51.3 : N Lyon to Yadav, Loopy delivery on middle, UY defends it by presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 51.4 : N Lyon to Yadav, A tad full on off, Yadav defends it with a straight bat. |
| 51.5 : N Lyon to Yadav, Flighted delivery on off, UY watchfully blocks it. |
| 51.6 : N Lyon to Yadav, Gives it a bit of air on off, Yadav comes forward and tries to defend it but it flies off the inside edge of the bat. Luckily for Yadav he did not fall in the hands of the short leg fielder. |
| 52.1 : M Starc to Pant, Another bouncer on middle, Pant gets his bat high and plays the ball out on the leg side. The run isn't taken though. |
| 52.2 : M Starc to Pant, A short of a length ball on middle and leg, the ball is pushed towards mid-wicket. Pant runs the first one very hard but there is only one available there and Umesh has four balls to face from Mitchell Starc now. |
| 52.3 : M Starc to Yadav, Some chin music first up! Umesh does what a tailender would do. Takes his eyes off and goes for the swing but connects with only air. |
| 52.4 : M Starc to Yadav, Another bouncer! This time Yadav gets out of the line and goes for the wild swipe but yet again, he makes no connection. Also, tumbles while attempting the shot. |
| 52.5 : M Starc to Yadav, A loud appeal but the umpire is unmoved! The ball is short of a length and seems to have landed in line. It keeps low and Umesh who is jumping thinking that the ball will bounce, is rapped on the pads. But the impact seems to be outside off and the ball seems to be missing off. Probably what made the decision go in favor of the batsman. That was quick, 142.6 kph to be precise. |
| 52.6 : M Starc to Yadav, Outside off and defended back down the ground. Yadav survives the four balls! |
| 53.1 : N Lyon to Pant, FOUR! Lyon drags it short outside off, Pant cuts it through backward point and the ball races away to the boundary. Good short form the left-hander. |
| 53.2 : N Lyon to Pant, Flatter on middle, Pant defends it from within the crease. |
| 53.3 : N Lyon to Pant, Outside off, Pant lets it go. |
| 53.4 : N Lyon to Pant, OUT! What a stunning catch from Handscomb. Pant departs. It was nicely tossed up by Lyon on middle, Pant charges down the track and tries to whack it over mid-wicket but hits his inside half of the bat and the ball flies towards Handscomb at short mid-wicket who goes to his left and takes a brilliant catch. That must surely be curtains for India now. Australia need 3 wickets more to level the series. |
| Ishant Sharma is in at number 9. |
| 53.5 : N Lyon to Sharma, Woah! Turn and bounce and almost had Ishant off the first ball. Well outside off, Ishant wants to feel the ball but misses. Paine goes up in an appeal almost instantly and then the others follow suit. The umpire wants nothing to do with it though. |
| 53.6 : N Lyon to Sharma, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| 54.1 : M Starc to Yadav, Ouch! That would be nasty. Starc comes around the wicket and the ball is a nasty bouncer aimed at the head. Yadav takes his eyes off the ball and is hit on the left shoulder. |
| 54.2 : M Starc to Yadav, Yadav wanted to hit that to Melbourne it seems! Getting hit maybe initiated this. Makes room to another bouncer and goes for a huge swipe and misses completely. |
| 54.3 : M Starc to Yadav, Quick, real quick! 150.9 kph. The ball goes off the inside edge and gets hit on the pads. The ball just drops on the off side. |
| 54.4 : M Starc to Yadav, Yadav manages to get bat on this and push it away to square leg for a couple. |
| 54.5 : M Starc to Yadav, Kept out, from outside the off stump. |
| 54.6 : Starc to Yadav, OUT! Brutal is the word. Starc gives the Indians a taste of their own medicine. Yesterday, Shami and Bumrah were aiming at the batsman's head. Today, it is Starc's turn to give it back. Yadav backs away to hit this away but the bowler follows him and the ball is aimed at Umesh's head. The bouncer is too good for the tailender and all he can do is just hang his bat out in front of his face. The ball goes off the top of the handle and pops up back to Starc for what probably c |
| Mohammed Shami is in at number 10. Meanwhile, Drinks have also been called for. Pat Cummins to bowl now. |
| 55.1 : Pat Cummins to Sharma, Starts off with a short delivery. Ishant nicely ducks underneath it. |
| Pat Cummins to Sharma, Short delivery again on middle, Sharma defends it off the back foot and onto the ground. |
| 55.2 : Pat Cummins to Sharma, Goes short again on off, Ishant tries to slash hard but misses. |
| 55.3 : Pat Cummins to Sharma, OUT! Number 9 is gone now. And it was pretty expected as well. Short delivery outside off, Ishant backs away and tries to hit it through the off side but gets a thick outside edge straight into the gloves of Tim Paine. Australia need just 1 more wicket level the series. |
| Jasprit Bumrah is the last batsman to the crease. |
| 55.4 : Pat Cummins to Bumrah, Outside off, and Bumrah is beaten as he goes for a cut on the off side. |
| 55.5 : Pat Cummins to Bumrah, Another swipe at this one outside off and it is missed completely by the tailender. |
| 55.6 : Pat Cummins to Bumrah, OUT! It is all over! India are bowled out for 140. AUSTRALIA WIN BY 146 RUNS AND THE SERIES IS BACK LEVEL AT 1-1. The ball is on a good length and Bumrah looks to go for a slog but manages to get just a top edge. The ball goes high in the air but Pat Cummins takes a smart catch while sitting down right in front of the non-striker's end stumps. What a morning, 5 wickets within an hour and it wouldn't be far-fetched to say that this was on the cards too. It was just a |
| 'Series is on, boys and girls!' says an excited Michael Clarke on air. Sensational win for Australia. First win for Australia since March 2018. 5 losses and 1 draw have preceded this match. First win for Tim Paine as captain. First win for Justin Langer as coach. Boy, aren't they delighted! |
| Bumrah and Shami have to wait a while to shake hands. The Aussies take a moment for themselves. They have not got an opportunity to do this for so many months. Every player is hugging one another and just crushing each other's hair. Finally, they disperse and the players shake hands. Well played, Australia. |
| Was this a match where a win at the toss meant a win at that time itself? Perhaps. Have a look at the innings run-rates. The hosts played at around 3 an over. India replied with 2.67. Then it was only 2.6 for the Kangaroos in their second dig. And in the final innings, it came down to 2.5. Clearly, the pitch got more and more difficult to bat as the game progressed and eventually, a target of 287 was way too many for India. |
| If you just look at this match alone, we can compare it with India's batting performances in England. Kohli stands out, without a doubt. But cricket is a team game. This bloke has been scoring around 50-60 percent of the team's totals since 2018 in Tests and eventually, when the opposition attack is better, the rest of the batting line-up gets exposed. The hosts needed a good start to make a fist of this run chase and probably, the game was sealed in the 20th over, when the captain edged one to |
| In true manner, Australia have 'bounced back' in this series. The pacers actually bounced out the Indians this morning and it was really ruthless, finishing the game off pretty quickly. Starc has responded to Shane Warne's criticism pretty well, strutting his fitness with 5 wickets and quality bowling. Hazlewood and Cummins did their bit and the biggest difference in this match - NATHAN LYON - 53.5-10-106-8 - bit the Indians hard. Their ploy of not going in with a specialist spinner backfired. W |
| Spare a thought for the Indian bowlers. Before this year started, every Indian fan must have been complaining - 'Our batting is terrific. But our bowling is toothless overseas.' Under Virat Kohli, the bowlers look fired up but sadly for him, the batting is not stepping up. It is a collective failure and even though, one might argue that the management misread the conditions by selecting the wrong playing XI, at some point of time, if the batting does not fire collectively, the team is going to p |
| You don't see this much often but read this - Indian bowlers were better than their counterparts, that too, in the latter's backyard. But Australia's batsmen outplayed the Indian batters. It will be interesting to see who is awarded the Player Of The Match. Stay tuned for the presentation... |
| Indian skipper Virat Kohli is up for a chat first with Isa Guha. Kohli says that as a team they played well in patches and admits that Australia played much better than India with the bat and feels 330 was a bit too much and they deserved to win. On being asked for the target, Virat says that in the middle, no one thinks that any target is impossible to chase but when one is in the dressing room, all such thoughts come into the minds. Stresses that India tried hard and were confident but Austral |
| Now comes the victorious Australian captain Tim Paine. Cheekily admits that this win is more of a relief for him. Is proud of his staff and his boys for working hard and is happy that finally some reward has been earned. Agrees that both Tests have been tough and competitive and both teams have not given an inch. On the patience required when a wicket was not falling, Paine says that after the first hour on Day 1, the pitch seemed to flatten out but given that it was behaving up and down, the te |
| Who is the Man Of The Match? NATHAN LYON! Surprised? Probably not. He has been the difference between the two sides. Is amazed to have played a role in a win as Australia have not tasted victory for a while. Thanks all the support from the supporters and for believing in the team and cannot wait to sing the team's winning song which was passed on to him by Michael Hussey. Credits the entire team for batting well and then bowling with fire. On his own bowling, Lyon says that he did not have to do |
| Wow. 2 Test matches, 2 cracking games. Australia stretched India to the limit in Adelaide and here, except the final innings where the Indian batting caved in, both teams were neck-and-neck and small moments made the difference. We now have a week's break as everyone gets busy in their Christmas festivities. Then, comes Boxing Day which will be Australia's biggest game of the year at the MCG. Do join us for that as the third Test begins on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 10.30 am local (2330 GMT |
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