Welcome to news.com.au’s stay protection of the primary Test between India and Australia from Nagpur.
It has been a bleak opening two days for the Aussies with India in full management after a dominant day on the crease.
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Skipper Rohit Sharma led the cost with a masterful knock of 120 because the delighted their dwelling followers by constructing a primary innings lead of 144 runs.
Todd Murphy supplied the one spark for the Aussies as he turned the thirty fifth Australian to take a five-wicket haul on debut.
Don’t miss any of the motion when play will get underway from 3pm (AEDT).
12.30pm – Dad’s embarrassing Shane Warne comparability
With the deification of a brand new hero in Australian cricket come comparisons galore, and none are greater than being in comparison with the late, nice Shane Warne.
Perhaps the most important praise within the sport for a spin bowler, it’s an enormous name to make for anybody, however particularly somebody who doesn’t really bowl Warne’s trademark legspin.
That didn’t cease Todd Murphy’s dad Jamie on Friday although, saying he thought “there’s a lot of traits, of Warnie, I think, in Todd.
“That never-say-die attitude, that ‘we can win from anywhere’ attitude.”
Jamie Murphy performed with Warne at St Kilda Cricket Club within the late Nineteen Eighties and early Nineties, together with a premiership with the blonde-haired legend in 1991-92, shortly after Warne had made his Test debut, additionally in opposition to India.
Murphy himself was incredulous when he heard what his previous man had stated, saying “I shook my head when I saw that.
“I’m not sure I’m anything similar to Warnie!”
It comes after a “hectic” couple of days for the Murphy household attempting to journey to Nagpur to look at his debut.
With uncle Troy, cousin Riley, brother Joel, companion Bec and father Jamie in tow, the Murphy clan left the NSW border city of Moama at 2am to get on a flight to Nagpur in time from Melbourne by way of Sydney and Bangalore.
“I don’t know what we packed in the suitcase,” stated a travel-weary Jamie.
“I forgot to even pack my clothes into the suitcase.”
The Australian’s Peter Lalor, on commentary, stated that the household had even left their suitcases on the airport within the mad sprint to Nagpur, and have been all sharing garments out of the one bag.
Source: www.news.com.au
