Australia
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India
| 4/132 Australia lead India by 175 runs with 6 wickets remaining |
| 0/39 (8.0) | *Yadav | O: 48.0 | Paine* | 8 (26) |
| 1/33 (9.0) | Sharma | RR:2.36 | Khawaja | 41 (102) |
| c. Sharma b. Shami |  | 40.1 4/120 |  | Head 19(49) |
| lbw. Sharma | | 25.1 3/85 | | Handscomb 13(14) |
| c. Pant b. Shami | | 20.5 2/64 | | Marsh 5(11) |
| b. Bumrah | | 17.2 1/59 | | Harris 20(56) |
| First Innings: India | 283 all out | RR: 2.31 | O: 105.5 |
| First Innings: Australia | 326 all out | RR: 2.59 | O: 108.3 |
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| First Innings: Australia | 326 all out | RR: 2.59 | O: 108.3 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M.S. Harris c. Rahane b. Vihari | 70 | 141 | 10 | 0 | 49.65 |
A.J. Finch lbw. Bumrah | 50 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 47.62 |
U.T. Khawaja c. Pant b. Yadav | 5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 13.16 |
S.E. Marsh c. Rahane b. Vihari | 45 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 45.92 |
P.S.P. Handscomb c. Kohli b. Sharma | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 43.75 |
T.M. Head c. Shami b. Sharma | 58 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 72.50 |
T.D. Paine*+ lbw. Bumrah | 38 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 42.70 |
P.J. Cummins b. Yadav | 19 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 28.79 |
M.A. Starc c. Pant b. Sharma | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
N.M. Lyon not out | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 112.50 |
J.R. Hazlewood c. Pant b. Sharma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 7, nb 1) | 19 | ||||
| Total | 326 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Sharma | 20.3 | 7 | 41 | 4 | 2.00 |
| J.J. Bumrah | 26.0 | 8 | 53 | 2 | 2.04 |
| U.T. Yadav | 23.0 | 3 | 78 | 2 | 3.39 |
| M. Shami | 24.0 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 3.33 |
| G.H. Vihari | 14.0 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 3.79 |
| M. Vijay | 1.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 |
| First Innings: India | 283 all out | RR: 2.31 | O: 105.5 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K.L. Rahul b. Hazlewood | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11.76 |
M. Vijay b. Starc | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
C.A. Pujara c. Paine b. Starc | 24 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 23.30 |
V. Kohli* c. Handscomb b. Cummins | 123 | 257 | 13 | 1 | 47.86 |
A.M. Rahane c. Paine b. Lyon | 51 | 105 | 6 | 1 | 48.57 |
G.H. Vihari c. Paine b. Hazlewood | 20 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 43.48 |
R.R. Pant+ c. Starc b. Lyon | 36 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 72.00 |
M. Shami c. Paine b. Lyon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
I. Sharma c+b. Lyon | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
U.T. Yadav not out | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 12.90 |
J.J. Bumrah c. Khawaja b. Lyon | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 5, nb 2) | 18 | ||||
| Total | 283 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.A. Starc | 24.0 | 4 | 79 | 2 | 3.29 |
| J.R. Hazlewood | 21.0 | 8 | 66 | 2 | 3.14 |
| P.J. Cummins | 26.0 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 2.31 |
| N.M. Lyon | 34.5 | 7 | 67 | 5 | 1.92 |
| Second Innings: Australia | 4/132 | RR: 2.36 | O: 48.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M.S. Harris b. Bumrah | 20 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 35.71 |
A.J. Finch retired hurt | 25 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 83.33 |
U.T. Khawaja not out | 41 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 40.20 |
S.E. Marsh c. Pant b. Shami | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
P.S.P. Handscomb lbw. Sharma | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 92.86 |
T.M. Head c. Sharma b. Shami | 19 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 38.78 |
T.D. Paine*+ not out | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 30.77 |
M.A. Starc | |||||
P.J. Cummins | |||||
N.M. Lyon | |||||
J.R. Hazlewood | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 132 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Sharma | 9.0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3.67 |
| J.J. Bumrah | 13.0 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1.92 |
| M. Shami | 10.0 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 2.30 |
| U.T. Yadav | 8.0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 4.88 |
| G.H. Vihari | 8.0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1.38 |
Day result:
Australia hold the advantage at the end of the third day of the Test at Optus Stadium, leading India by 175 runs with six wickets still in hand.
Scores at end of day
Australia 326 and 4/132
India 283
Day preview:
The Perth Test chugs along to what could be the moving day of the game as both Australia and India look to continue their sparring on day three of the second Test. Play will begin at 1:20pm AEDT and you can follow it live with The Roar below.
It’s been a hard-to-predict two days of cricket and much of it is thanks to the unpredictable nature of the Optus Stadium surface.
In the first session of day one, signs of a high-scoring first innings looked written large over the pitch only for it to turn into a nastier version of its own self in the next two sessions.
After having got away to a flier, at least in comparison with what had happened in Adelaide, batsmen began to get beaten regularly and by the time it was stumps, Australia had reached 6/277.
It looked easy enough in the first hour of play following that on day two, more so because of India’s obvious struggles against the lower-order but once Pat Cummins fell, the remaining three didn’t last all that too long.
It was a big tick to the Indian bowlers but again, an indicator of a pitch that is ever so glad to jump up to the rescue of the bowlers.
And when the Indian openers provided their nth exhibit in an overseas series this year of why Team India need to look beyond them in times to come, Australia looked like their score of 326 had been an over-par score.
It took Cheteshwar Pujara’s third successive 100+ delivery blunting effort and Virat Kohli’s first half-century of the tour to bring India back into it.
The scoring wasn’t the quickest, not once Kohli had settled down and was happy to see out the balls outside the off, and India trundled to 82 from nearly 39 overs.
On a pitch where the ball was coming on to the bat well, despite the excessive bounce and pace, that was slow going but understandable given the early loss.
The trouble with such situations, however, is a loss of wicket at that stage, without a lot of runs made ends up amounting to not a lot.
Fortunately for India, the wicket of Pujara brought an unusually aggressive Ajinkya Rahane to the crease.
Rahane, himself under a cloud coming into this series but with some runs under his belt at Adelaide, fought fire with fire, going after the barrage of a watered-down version of Bodyline bowling.
At the other end, Kohli paced his innings beautifully, happy to get beaten on occasions outside the off while keeping his nicks down.
By the time the day had ended, India’s 3/172 would have pleased them but a lot of work still remains for the tourists.
Because on a surface where a wicket could easily bring another couple and with chasing expected to get really tough, India will need a big score on the board.
Their first target will be to get at least get as close to the Australian score but they will know how poorly their bottom four has batted in overseas Tests in recent times.
All the work will need to be done by the two at the crease and the two greenhorns to follow, one of whom is playing just his second Test.
Prediction
India to end the first innings almost level with Australia to make this a second innings Test
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Scott Pryde
Expert
Yes - retired hurt so he can come in at any fall of a wicket.
Kopa Shamsu
Guest
Of course you can do that non stop 20 years, all you have to make sure you win non stop & get tagged invincible like them in those period. Or is it just that you want to let out your hot air that is miss-termed as passion. "the world are generally fine until they play Australia" Funny,have you been watching cricket? What do you think happened in recent india-SL test series in SL? Or what about the Buttler incidence in Bangladesh ?(which i didn't like) What do you think happens when Bangladesh plays India or Pakistan plays India? What about the friendly behavior of Rabada-Stokes? Want me to go on? " there’s something about Aussie cricket culture that really gets up people’s nose." 5 WC ,2-3 Champions trophy probably that "others" did not win? We call it jealousy, nothing else.
ojp
Guest
Warnie loves his 'energy at the crease' ... !
Rob
Guest
Yeah I agree. Those sort of percentages indicate he hasn’t got the ability to be successful at this level.
Kopa Shamsu
Guest
+1. Just got from ESPN,he is cleared off any serious damage. I was already thinking Aussies 5 down.
anon
Roar Pro
Finch should have been out a couple of times this innings and about 5 times in the first innings. He's not one of the top 3 or 4 red ball cricketers in the country. Simple as that. If you're opener you're one of top 3 or 4 batsmen in the country. The guy just sticks his front pad and bat out at balls like it's a reflex action.
Ronan O'Connell
Expert
Finch is averaging 38 in Tests opening against Mohammad Abbas and this quality Indian attack. He's doing just fine as far as I'm concerned, much better than I would have predicted. I still think he's better suited in the middle order but I'm not sure how people expect a new Test opener to average much more than 38 in their first four Tests?
Pedro the Maroon
Guest
eek - LOL
Kopa Shamsu
Guest
I did not know warnie was batting for stoinis too until recently. My reason for him was his performance in this shield & couple of matured performances in international arena albeit different format. He averaged well above 40 in his first 2 SS followed by 2 rotten SS averaging 15 odd. But in this year he has upped his performance with both bat and ball.
Kopa Shamsu
Guest
I thought the injury was minor and there is gap between 2nd & 3rd test.
Nudge
Roar Rookie
So if Finch is right to bat, which I’m sure he will at some stage, when is he allowed in? At the fall of the next wicket?
jamesb
Roar Guru
Handscomb's technique is not fit for test cricket. He is standing too far back. In his 22 test dismissals, he has been out bowled five times and LBW on another five occasions. So that's 10 dismissals out of 22 in front of the wicket. For the bowlers, to get Handscomb out, just bowl full and straight.
jameswm
Roar Guru
Who could suggest Stoinis for tests? Seriously? Are you Warnie?
Ben
Roar Rookie
You seem to forget that stoinis is injured can’t bowl His first class batting average is 33!
Kopa Shamsu
Guest
That "30 runs" looks elusive now,don't they, Aussie tail-enders played some rash shot and left some valuable runs there. Seriously disappointed by a very scratchy innings from UK . Even at last ball of day he was pushing forward!! Finch is another that needs to be looked at,against certain bowlers he seems to be at sea.All over has been very scratchy. Two big hole in that line up that must be fixed up, S Marsh & Handscomb. Me particularly disappointed in PH. And S Marsh can't be reliable against an international attack on a pitch that is playing all sorts of tricks. Push UK at opening, Patterson at 3. Stoinis at 6, probably burns at 5.
Kangas
Roar Rookie
This is the perfect pitch for test cricket Excellent test cricket again
Kopa Shamsu
Guest
" Head should be dropped from the next Test just for that" Let's assume that ,it was a sarcasm. But about that shot, he should certainly be held guilty and need to be talked too. He is a consistent performer of this series closely following harris. That was a crucial moment of game which could have proven fatal.
Munro Mike
Roar Rookie
If Finchy is okay for Melbourne you could launch an argument for him dropping down to #5 and Burns to open (probs what should've happened at the outset). Gotta award marks to Finch - he's really fought hard - and with a relatively flying start today suddenly the opening partnership was looking to be our strength!! Wade though has certainly scored runs when no one else has and also scored runs when needed and gone triple figures. Could do worse - that's for sure.
VivGilchrist
Roar Rookie
Another Aussie Basher? Seriously? Let’s judge individual actions on their merits. Currently Kohli’s actions are disgraceful and if one of our CURRENT Aussies were acting the same way it would be exposed. Why the double standards?
rock
Roar Rookie
200 is definitely a target we can defend, but it is certainly touch and go. But if they can eek out enough to 250, we 'should' win from there on this pitch.