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| 0/8 Australia trail India by 435 runs with 10 wickets remaining |
| 0/0 (1.0) | *Jadeja | O: 6.0 | Harris* | 5 (13) |
| 0/6 (3.0) | Bumrah | RR:1.14 | Finch | 3 (23) |
| First Innings: India | 7/443 d. | RR: 2.25 | O: 169.4 |
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| First Innings: India | 7/443 d. | RR: 2.25 | O: 169.4 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G.H. Vihari c. Finch b. Cummins | 8 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 12.12 |
M.A. Agarwal c. Paine b. Cummins | 76 | 161 | 8 | 1 | 47.20 |
C.A. Pujara b. Cummins | 106 | 319 | 10 | 0 | 33.23 |
V. Kohli* c. Finch b. Starc | 82 | 204 | 9 | 0 | 40.20 |
A.M. Rahane lbw. Lyon | 34 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 44.74 |
R.G. Sharma not out | 63 | 114 | 5 | 0 | 55.26 |
R.R. Pant+ c. Khawaja b. Starc | 39 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 51.32 |
R.A. Jadeja c. Paine b. Hazlewood | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
M. Shami | |||||
I. Sharma | |||||
J.J. Bumrah | |||||
Extras (b 15, lb 14, w 1, nb 1) | 31 | ||||
| Total | 443 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.A. Starc | 28.0 | 7 | 87 | 2 | 3.11 |
| J.R. Hazlewood | 31.4 | 10 | 86 | 1 | 2.72 |
| N.M. Lyon | 48.0 | 7 | 110 | 1 | 2.29 |
| P.J. Cummins | 34.0 | 10 | 72 | 3 | 2.12 |
| M.R. Marsh | 26.0 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 1.96 |
| A.J. Finch | 2.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 |
| First Innings: Australia | 0/8 | RR: 1.14 | O: 6.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M.S. Harris not out | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 38.46 |
A.J. Finch not out | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13.04 |
U.T. Khawaja | |||||
S.E. Marsh | |||||
T.M. Head | |||||
M.R. Marsh | |||||
T.D. Paine*+ | |||||
P.J. Cummins | |||||
M.A. Starc | |||||
N.M. Lyon | |||||
J.R. Hazlewood | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) | 0 | ||||
| Total | 8 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Sharma | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 |
| J.J. Bumrah | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 |
| R.A. Jadeja | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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Day two of the third Australia versus India Test will continue on a lacklustre MCG pitch – but will the uneven bounce provide some respite to the bowlers when play resumes? The day will begin at 10:30am (AEDT) and you can follow it with live scores and a blog from The Roar below.
The first day’s play at the MCG was the very definition of attritional cricket. India might have won an important toss but to then shrug off their recent batting woes and lose just two wickets in the entire day’s play would have made for excellent viewing to the Indian fan.
No, the batting wasn’t attractive. It was far from that in fact.
However, for a team in its 11th overseas Test of the year, India were averaging a mere 23.67 with the bat in 2018 – scoring an average of 236 runs every innings. That was down to some irresponsible stroke-play from the top of the order and a lower-order that rarely wagged.
With only one score of over 350 and none over 400 over these previous 10 Tests, it was obvious India’s tactic of going hard at the bowling even in conditions that are tough to bat in, were majorly backfiring.
Which is why their approach on day one at the ‘G was long time coming. The decision to drop both their openers underlined that change in mindset but then to watch all the top four Indian batsmen to grind their way through their respective innings looked to be a collective change in thinking.
Australia did what they could do given everything around them.
They lost the toss and tried to put the ball in the right place. They started off by bowling full, but quickly realised after the first few overs they needed to pull their length back to have a chance of controlling the scoring.
Pat Cummins rattled a few bodies; helmets, fingers and midriffs included, while going on to pick up both the wickets to fall too.
Tim Paine could be blamed for becoming defensive too quickly, especially with the fields, but with no turn on offer for Nathan Lyon and barely any seam or swing movement for either of the seamers even with the new ball, he could be forgiven for doing that.
Paine could have helped his team out by grabbing on to the only opportunity Kohli offered though. That might come back to bite them badly.
On Day 2, India will look to bat in a similar fashion, probably look at upping the ante only if they don’t lose too many wickets in the first session. A score of 400-plus will put the pressure right back on Australia, especially if Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami can exploit the up and down nature of the surface come days three, four and five.
Australia will be heartened by Mitchell Starc’s final spell in which he steamed in and almost got Kohli out. Because one thing’s certain, they will need much more than just Cummins to try and drill a hole in that Indian batting on this pitch.
Prediction
Slow scoring to remain a norm for both sides but the up and down bounce to become more exaggerated for bowlers prepared to bend their backs like Cummins and Jasprit Bumrah.
Be sure to join The Roar for live coverage of this second day of the third Test at Melbourne from 10:30am (AEST) and don’t forget to drop a comment in the section below.
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