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[VIDEO] Australia vs India highlights: Adelaide Test - Day 5 cricket scores, blog

12th December, 2014
Australia XI:
Clarke, Haddin, Harris, Johnson, Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Rogers, Siddle, Smith, Warner, Watson

India XI
Aaron, Karn, Dhawan, Rohit, Kohli, Shami, Pujara, Rahane, Saha, Ishant, Vijay

Time: 10:30am (AEDT)
Venue: Adelaide Oval
TV: Nine Network
Michael Clarke lofts one over the offside. Is his back injury going to be an issue on the final day? (AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN)
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David Warner hammered a second century in the match and helped Australia to an almost-unassailable lead by the end of the fourth day of the first Test against India. You ​can ​follow the live blog of the fifth day from the Adelaide Oval starting ​10:30am (AEDT).​

After Nathan Lyon’s five-wicket haul in the first innings helped Australia to a healthy 73-run lead, Warner pressed home the advantage as he rode his luck to a century.

It was his 11th Test century and the second time he has made two in the same Test, seeing Australia ahead by 363 runs.

On a day when tempers flared for the first time in the series, India capitulated in a manner that was expected from them given the pedigree of their lower-order.

Once Rohit Sharma became the first overnight batsman to be dismissed, the rest of the batsmen followed quickly enough. Rohit’s chip back to Lyon set up a soft dismissal for the Mumbai middle-order batsman, not for the first time in his Test career.

Wriddhiman Saha fought on for a gritty 25 and was unlucky to be given out, caught in the slips off the pad, but the remaining batsmen offered no resistance.

Karn Sharma and Mohammad Shami seemed to have come out knowing just one way to bat and they perished swinging. Karn failed to trouble the scorers too much while Shami piled on a lucky 34. Ishant Sharma’s forward-prod off Lyon got him another duck in Test match cricket.

It was then the turn of Warner to turn on the heat, but the temperature also rose between the players.

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Warner got into a tiff with Varun Aaron that threatened to escalate into something nastier before captain Virat Kohli intervened. The in-form batsman later admitted in the press conference he should have kept his emotions in check.

Later it was the turn of Kohli to turn on the heat on Steven Smith after he got into an argument with Rohit Sharma. This time Warner got the Indian captain off his mate’s back.

Amid all of this, Warner was bowled off a no-ball, caught down the leg-side but not given by the umpires and then dropped at the wide slip before he completed his century. He was dismissed soon after.

Smith wasted no time in hitting his straps and getting to his half-century but it was Mitchell Marsh’s 26-ball 40 that game Australia the final impetus in the day.

Captain Michael Clarke did not risk a declaration late on the fourth day but is bound to make a call overnight to set the Indians this aforementioned target in the 98 remaining overs on the final day.

Batting on the final day in Adelaide will not be an easy task, particularly for an Indian team which has only twice survived more than 98 overs in the final innings of a Test since 2000.

Lyon will remain the key on a wearing pitch but look out for Mitchell Johnson, who could come out more fired up than he was in the first innings after what transpired on the fourth day.

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