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The Aussies sit firmly within the drivers seat after taking barely longer than anticipated to wrap up the Indian tail on day three.
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After piling on 469 runs with the bat, the Australia diminished their opponents to five/151 by the top of day two earlier than knocking them over for 296.
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11.35pm – Sleeping Marnus is a meme
Australia and India are within the warmth of battle within the World Test Championship Final however Marnus Labuschagne has proven he’s the last word ice man.
As Australia regarded to construct an unassailable lead of their second innings, the Aussie first drop was not feeling the strain and was caught on digital camera taking a nap earlier than his flip to bat.
Asked if he’d ever be that relaxed, Justin Langer stated in commentary: “No chance in the world. I would be ready, listening to music and dancing around. That is a classic. He looks like one of the English supporters who has had a couple of pints and got a bit sun burnt. He is having a nice rest there.”
But it was by no means going to final lengthy for the quirky batter and David Warner nicked off Mohammed Siraj, with the Indian supporters going up as one — performing as an alarm clock for Labuschagne.
As he maded his option to the center, the commentators had been nonetheless guffawing concerning the hilarious scenes.
Harsha Bhogle stated: “Marnus Labuschagne at number 3, that is one of the more extraordinary arrivals to the crease that you will see. Are you awake, Marnus? Have you brushed your teeth? Have you had a coffee?
“What a batter, though, averaging 57. There he goes. Marnus, Marnus. And now he’s probably heard the sound of the crowd.”
Justin Langer added: “The appeal of the crowd, alarm, oh, I’m up and going. I will brush my teeth, a quick espresso coffee to get me going and now he’s got to face his first ball.”
11.05pm – Australia wrap up the tail
India have completed up on 296 within the first innings, 173 runs behind the Aussies.
It offers Australia a giant result in construct on however a robust rearguard motion from Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur gave India a good rating.
Rahane’s 89 led to ridiculous trend when Cameron Green nabbed one of many nice catches within the gully, whereas Thakur scored 51 earlier than edging Green by to Alex Carey.
Pat Cummins led the Aussies with 3/83, whereas Mitchell Starc (2/71), Scott Boland (2/59) and Cameron Green (2/44) all contributed with the ball.
10.22pm – Outrageous ‘catch for the ages’ stuns cricket
Cameron Green has snagged one of many nice gully catches to make up for dropping a sitter earlier within the day.
Green grassed an edge off Shardul Thakur when he was again on 8 however ended his 109-run stand with Ajinkya Rahane.
Rahane was on 89 when he edged Cummins by the gully with Green someway snatching the ball out of the air because it flew previous like a bullet.
Cricbuzz’s Bharat Sundaresan stated Green celebrated together with his teammates earlier than “he immediately walked to Pat Cummins and began sheepishly explaining why he dropped the sitter a while back”.
CODE Sports’ Lachlan McKirdy known as it “outrageously good” and “One of the all-time great gully catches”.
9.35pm – Unforgivable act is an Aussie catastrophe
Pat Cummins has had a second wicket taken off him for a no ball as India at the moment are simply shy of creating Australia bat once more.
The first session of the day noticed a wicket fall with the second ball earlier than India piled on 109 runs as Australia dropped three catches.
In the ultimate over earlier than lunch Cummins regarded to have lastly dismissed Rahane — just for the replay to point out that the Aussie captain had overstepped. Making it the second wicket within the innings he had taken that was overturned attributable to a no ball.
It’s an unforgivable act for any bowler and rubbing salt into the wound, it might have been out due to the umpire’s name.
On ABC, Jim Maxwell stated: “You can’t keep doing that, that’s poor cricket!”
The frustration was clear from Cummins who threw the ball away in frustration after the over because the facet headed off to lunch.
At 6/260, India at the moment are 9 runs from avoiding the possibility of a comply with on.
9.13pm – ‘Worst thing a keeper can do’
Australia have dropped two catches as India’s seventh wicket partnership is getting out of hand.
And they’ve simply missed a golden probability to dismiss Ajinkya Rahane.
Pat Cummins lastly discovered the sting of Rahane’s bat however the ball was spilled by David Warner at first slip.
However, Matthew Hayden didn’t consider it was Warner’s fault.
“Look at the subtle movement of (wicketkeeper Alex) Carey,” he stated in commentary.
“Just faked the catch and it put Davey Warner on his right hand heel. Once you get heely when it comes to a catch, you’ve got no chance.:
Dinesh Karthik said that generally when the ball goes to the left of the first slip, it’s a wicketkeeper catch.
It compounds the issues from the Aussies after Shardul Thakur was gifted two lives in dropped catches by Usman Khawaja on 0 and Cameron Green when he was on 8.
8.48pm – India steady the ship
It’s been a relatively uneventful middle of the first session after the early wicket as Ajinkya Rahane steadied the ship for India.
He’s moved to 65 as India moved to 6/220 at the end of the 52nd over.
Shardul Thakur has been solid at the other end, moving to 22.
At the moment Australia shouldn’t be too worried, they still lead by 249 and it’s exceptionally rare that Australia actually enforces the follow on.
But a wicket would go down well to stop India from closing the gap and giving themselves an achievable chase in the fourth innings.
7.35pm – ‘Scott Boland you superstar’
It’s taken just two balls for Scott Boland to put all the pressure on India, bowling KS Bharat in a perfect start to the day for Australia.
Ricky Ponting said it was simply “too good”.
“He’s done it again, this is what he does time after time,” Ricky Ponting stated in commentary. “He just starts right on the money.”
“Scott Boland you superstar,” he added in commentary.
7pm (AEST) – Cummins’ cardinal sin prices Aussies dearly
Pat Cummins had an overstepping challenge on the second day with the skipper’s no balls piling up and costing his workforce a significant wicket.
The Australian captain handed India 4 extras by no balls in his 9 overs, nevertheless it was one particularly that basically harm the Aussies.
An ideal supply from the star bowler slammed into the pads of India’s quantity 5 batsmen Ajinkya Rahane with the scoreboard sitting at 4/87.
The finger shortly went up from the umpire and the Aussies started celebrating as India’s fifth shortly fell.
But it was quick lived as replays confirmed Cummins had as soon as once more overstepped his mark and Rahane remained on the crease the place he placed on 12 extra runs earlier than the day completed.
Despite the damning error from the skipper the Aussies are answerable for the competition with cult hero Scott Boland stealing the present on the second day of play.
“My first experience with a red ball here and felt it came out okay,” Boland instructed Test Match Special at stumps.
“Hopefully we can get into it tomorrow and knock them over.
“Nothing changes in my game-plan. I am trying to land the ball in a small box and not go away too far from that.”
Steve Smith lauded Boland’s first displaying in England and acknowledged he was placing stress on Starc and Josh Hazlewood for an everyday spot within the Australian facet.
“I think the angles he provides, his ability to hit the stumps from slightly shorter than some of our other bowlers, is a big plus,” Smith instructed reporters at stumps.
“If there’s any seam movement, it gives the ball more chance to move and still hit the stumps.
“The skills he possesses are magnificent. He’s turned up every time he’s had an opportunity. So whether he’s leaving any of the big three out, I don’t know the answer to that, but he’s certainly a quality prospect, as we’ve seen for a couple of years now.”
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