India edge ahead in compelling encounter
After eight sessions of carnage it would have been little surprise to find the second Test all over inside three days. But out of nowhere this odd surface in Bangalore calmed down, Australia’s intensity wained and the finest partnership of the series so far ensued. An unbroken 93-run stand between Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane has dragged India from a perilous state of effectively 33/4 and guided them to a lead approaching favouritism.
It was hard to imagine such an outcome at the start of a day that began with a flurry of Australian wickets, nor heading to the tea interval when both Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja had recently perished. But this latest chapter adds another layer of intrigue to an engrossing Test match that seems set to deliver a grandstand finish.
Join us back here for day four, for who knows what?
End of day three - India lead by 126 with six wickets remaining
72nd over: India 213-4 (Pujara 79, Rahane 40)
Starc to bowl the final over of the day and he almost makes it a short one, Pujara edging his first delivery but it flies wide of the solitary slip Smith. In response, Smith brings Handscomb into second slip, under a lid, and about five metres closer to the stumps than Wade. Pujara survives, finds a single from the penultimate delivery to secure his appearance at the crease tomorrow. Rahane dabs the final ball safely into the offside, high-fives his batting partner and leaves the field to warm applause.
71st over: India 208-4 (Pujara 74, Rahane 40)
Terrific umpiring as India try to minimise the number of remaining overs with a drink and physio break but India’s support staff don’t reach the square before they’re told to hop it. Now both the striker and non-striker are trying to delay O’Keefe. And while Rahane’s so focussed on playing out time he almost chases a lovely delivery into Wade’s gloves.
A maiden is dotted out. One over left.
70th over: India 208-4 (Pujara 74, Rahane 40)
Mitchell Starc is recalled in a bold late move by Steve Smith. He’s looking for fast reverse swinging yorkers, hurling down javelins to Rahane’s toenails. One after another, like he’s trying to nail the batsmen to the ground. This is an excellent effort late in the day by the big fast bowler, but Rahane survives and even farms the strike with a single from the final delivery.
@JPHowcroft This is why test cricket is so vital. Looking for a way to get off work early tomorrow. Fascinating stuff, could go either way
— phil withall (@phil_withall) March 6, 2017
69th over: India 207-4 (Pujara 74, Rahane 39)
Pujara is delivering a masterclass out there for India. Solid in defence, watchful, but still alert to scoring opportunities. A stellar innings in this match and series. What else can Australia do?
68th over: India 205-4 (Pujara 72, Rahane 39)
Lyon’s come out of nowhere to start making things happen again. Two overs in a row with more turn and bounce but with two set batsmen nearing the close of play they’re avoiding the pitfalls of previous sessions.
India reach 200 for the first time this series. Four byes sends the lead to 118 and nearing dangerous territory for Australia.
Australia searching for that fifth wicket late on day three... https://t.co/iGxoJAaz64 #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/fEFEFiDW4R
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) March 6, 2017
67th over: India 198-4 (Pujara 70, Rahane 38)
Australia rattling through the overs now as play draws to a close. O’Keefe beats Rahane’s forward prod but again there’s no edge.
Replays of Pujara’s discomfort from Lyon’s bowling in the previous over does reveal a glove to one of those deliveries that spat at him, so a catch was on offer had a fielder been stationed in the right place.
66th over: India 198-4 (Pujara 70, Rahane 38)
The first delivery to take off in ages rears at Pujara from Lyon - and another immediately afterwards! The luck is with India though and there’s no gloved chance to a close catcher. Better for Australia, who have gone from chirping in the field to some positively village geeing-up.
"Come on lads" pic.twitter.com/uqlOIXyvXH
— The Grade Cricketer (@gradecricketer) March 6, 2017
65th over: India 198-4 (Pujara 70, Rahane 38)
Rahane’s playing with fire to O’Keefe, padding up outside off-stump but despite the appeal O’Keefe concedes it probably didn’t do enough to warrant a review.
Rahane blocks that aberration from his mind and plays a wristy flick in front of square, deep in his crease, for a classy boundary.
India’s lead now 111, this partnership worth 78.
64th over: India 194-4 (Pujara 70, Rahane 34)
Under half an hour remaining of play as this partnership, unbroken for the final session, seems set to be the decisive factor in another gripping day of Test cricket.
Lyon continues to plug away, but this is no longer on his terms.
63rd over: India 192-4 (Pujara 69, Rahane 33)
Another over from O’Keefe seen off without much fanfare.
Some local knowledge from Anod, perhaps? “The third session on the third day and fourth day morning session are best for batting at Bangalore. Honest. Honest. Warm regards, Amod Paranjape.”
62nd over: India 191-4 (Pujara 68, Rahane 33)
India’s lead stretches beyond 100 as Lyon spends an over with his hands on his head. This pair are playing so well form deep in their crease Lyon’s prodigious turn is not bothering them and anything loose is being scored off.
Robert Wilson joins in. “I’m glad to see that everyone is enjoying this cracking match. May I just say that this sportingly carnivorous pitch is very much a part of its charms. Quicks have to show some mettle, spinners have to control it and the batsmen have to globally man up. Every run is precious, skill and will can make a difference. No need for congressional oversight or anything, Cricket is meant to be hard.” Hear hear. But then I was born in Yorkshire, so...
61st over: India 186-4 (Pujara 63, Rahane 33)
O’Keefe to make it spin from both ends and the left-armer gets a little bit more out of the surface but not enough to disturb what is now the highest partnership in the match.
60th over: India 183-4 (Pujara 60, Rahane 33)
Whereas earlier in the day KL Rahul was farming the strike to see off Lyon, now both batsmen are looking to score off Australia’s premier spinner. The spite in this surface has evaporated. The odd one is keeping low and the odd one is still spitting but nowhere near the extent we’d become accustomed to.
59th over: India 180-4 (Pujara 59, Rahane 31)
Rahane into his stride now, driving gloriously against Hazlewood but a superb stop by Shaun Marsh in the covers denies what would have been a textbook cover drive four. He does pick up two with a patient cut later in the over.
Australia need something out of nowhere to break this partnership as the lead reaches 93.
Nathan Lyon
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 6, 2017
1st inns: 22.2-4-50-8
2nd inns 22.0-1-56-0#IndvAus
58th over: India 178-4 (Pujara 59, Rahane 29)
Rahane’s confidence starting to flood back, despite his demotion down the order. A half-volley on off-stump is swept hard for four. Strong wrists, risky shot, but another indication of how this pitch has changed its behaviour since tea. This is not the crazy paving we’ve seen in previous sessions.
To prove the point Rahane dances down the track and drives ambitiously through the off-side. The sort of shot nobody would have dared to attempt on previous days.
57th over: India 171-4 (Pujara 59, Rahane 22)
Hazlewood also recalled to the attack and he’s greeted by a deft late cut from Pujara to guide a four down to fine third-man. Two more with a confident push to the cover sweeper is followed by another two, cut behind point. That brings up the 50 partnership, a cheer from the crowd and an acceptance that this pair are digging India out of a massive hole.
Talking of massive holes, Hazlewood’s fifth delivery looks to bury itself in one but Pujara is watchful, sees the grubber early and gets his bat down in time.
India now lead by 84.
56th over: India 163-4 (Pujara 51, Rahane 22)
Lyon returns to the attack after drinks and his drift is evident immediately but without the prodigious turn and bounce of the first innings Rahane is able to play him from the crease off the back foot into the offside.
Can anyone add to this from Ian Forth? “Been trying to think of whose bowling Mitch Marsh reminds me of. Going back a bit, but there’s a touch of the Bob Woolmer about him.”
A quick search fails to find Bob Woolmer in action, but here is coaching bowling, which is probably more fun.
55th over: India 159-4 (Pujara 50, Rahane 19)
50 for Pujara, just the fifth of the match, and it’s been a vital calming knock, keeping India ticking over despite the drama at the other end before tea.
Mitch Marsh is plugging away but the ball has stopped talking for Australia. They’ll hope for a change of fortunes after drinks.
Pujara has done more grinding than is seen in most nightclubs. Helped admirably by Rahul early. This Test rocks. #INDvAUS
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) March 6, 2017
54th over: India 157-4 (Pujara 49, Rahane 18)
More action from O’Keefe at the start of his over. One beats Pujara’s outside edge and then one looks to beat him on the inside prompting a vocal appeal but there was a big edge on closer inspection.
53rd over: India 156-4 (Pujara 48, Rahane 18)
Marsh plugging away as you’d expect but this pitch has gone into its shell a little. Whether it’s the older ball, more accomplished batting, or what, it’s hard to say, but this game has entered an unlikely phase this evening compared to what went before.
In the first innings Lyon landed 96% of his deliveries on a good length; in this innings he has only landed 39% on that length. #IndvAus
— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) March 6, 2017
52nd over: India 155-4 (Pujara 47, Rahane 18)
O’Keefe not getting much turn from around the wicket, making the dangerous delivery, the straighter one, less of a variety. Another over comfortably seen off.
"There's been a lot of talk about his batting.That will come good if he's given an opportunity." Brett Lee on M Marsh, playing his 21st Test
— Russell Jackson (@rustyjacko) March 6, 2017
51st over: India 153-4 (Pujara 45, Rahane 18)
Hold your horses! What’s this? It’s the lesser spotted Mitch Marsh to trundle in for just his third over of the series. You’d fancy him on this surface, bowling those heavy stump-to-stump quicker-than-you-expect seamers. If there is uneven bounce, his line and high action should exploit them.
And he gets one fourth delivery, that prompts an appeal but it’s just angling past leg stump. Otherwise, pretty uneventful, as much of this final session has been, thanks to a very solid, watchful partnership.
“Mitchell Marsh is a big sweater,” says Michael Clarke as the bowler aborts a delivery to pick up the palm-blotting towel that had escaped from its bum-crack moorings.
50th over: India 153-4 (Pujara 45, Rahane 18)
Smith packs his off-side field for O’Keefe, trying to repeat Rahane’s Pune dismissal but India’s number six is reaching the pitch of the ball comfortably and sees out a maiden.
49th over: India 153-4 (Pujara 45, Rahane 18)
Starc has yet to find his groove since he came on, his line outside off from around the wicket being left alone and anything straight worked with the angle to leg for runs.
Partnership now worth 33, India’s lead creeping up to 66.
48th over: India 149-4 (Pujara 44, Rahane 15)
Double change with Steve O’Keefe replacing Nathan Lyon. The first Test superstar has found a decent partnership blossoming for India, both right-handers judging length and turn beautifully since tea. Not much doing for SOK.
Peter Salmon is invoking Corporal Jones on the email to try and capture the magnitude of this brilliant Test match. “So as things stand, either Australia runs through the tail and knocks off an easy 100 to win. Or they don’t and have to chase a difficult 120-150. Or one of these Indians plays one of the great innings of all time and Australia has to chase 200 which is impossible. Unless one of the Australians also plays one of the great innings of all time and chases it down. Or there could be a tie, under any of the above scenarios. BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK EVERYONE JUST HAS TO CALM DOWN!!!”
47th over: India 148-4 (Pujara 43, Rahane 15)
Sandeep has his wish... on comes Mitchell Starc for Hazlewood, and he is bowling from around the wicket, really wide with that slingy left-arm action of his. The sightscreen will need to be at extra-cover.
A mixture of full and short doesn’t overly concern either batsman although that lack of bounce looks as though it could bring about a wicket at any time.
Australia bowled 16 maidens in 71.2 overs in the first innings; they have bowled one in 45 in this innings. #IndvAus
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) March 6, 2017
46th over: India 146-4 (Pujara 42, Rahane 13)
This pair looking increasingly adept at facing Lyon, Rahane now unfurling the sweep, although it’s perhaps not the most advisable stroke considering the prodigious bounce Lyon can generate. One does turn sharply but stays low and there’s an LBW shout. It would be hard to give it moved so far but replays show it was an umpire’s call on DRS. Blimey, who’d be an umpire?
Sandeep is perhaps a bit quick with his assessment by email, but I share the sentiment. “Lyon is hardly troubling the batsmen and Smith is letting the game slip here. I thought Mitch Marsh would be more than a handful on this wicket but he hasn’t had a bowl! Other option is to get Starc in from around the wicket for some magic to happen.. it needs to happen soon or the game will be gone.”
45th over: India 145-4 (Pujara 42, Rahane 13)
Excellent from Rahane. Despite the pressure of the situation he’s still able to cut a rare Hazlewood loosener to the point boundary. You can see what Hazlewood’s trying to do though, find a length just shorter than normal for the shooter - and he hits the spot with his fifth delivery - but an unplayable rolling boulder is outside the off stump and no threat to Pujara.
India’s lead now 58.
44th over: India 140-4 (Pujara 42, Rahane 8)
This pair are using their feet well to Lyon, smothering most of the grenades by stepping forward and then defusing the ones that spit by being so deep in their crease they have time to play them with soft hands.
43rd over: India 137-4 (Pujara 41, Rahane 6)
And just for pure comedy value Hazlewood’s opening two deliveries barely get above ankle height, the first of which provokes a stifled cry for LBW. This pitch is so unpredictable.
Hazlewood wants to try out as many of its weak spots as he can, testing different shorter lengths searching for the unplayable pea-shooter. Rahane and Pujara are watchful though.
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42nd over: India 134-4 (Pujara 40, Rahane 4)
Pujara noticeably using his feet more against Lyon, especially to anything tossed up. The benefit of that is Lyon readjusting to a shorter length allowing the batsman to move back deep into his crease with plenty of time to whip runs on the on side.
The last delivery of the over is reminiscent of the first innings, an unplayable jack in the box that Rahane does well just to get anything on. It flies just beyond David Warner’s fingertips at leg slip and away to safety. That could easily have been another wicket.
41st over: India 131-4 (Pujara 38, Rahane 3)
Hazlewood shares duties with Lyon and his radar is slightly askew in his first over after the break. A number of deliveries angled down the legside could have been punished but despite Pujara’s intent the bowler escapes with just a couple of singles damage.
This session yet to reach the same intensity of the previous two in what has been another engrossing day’s play.
40th over: India 130-4 (Pujara 38, Rahane 2)
Lyon to open proceedings after tea. 32 overs to be bowled in the session.
Good start for India. Four byes followed by a driven four through the covers, Pujara using his feet to turn a length delivery into a full toss. Plenty of intent there from the Indian number three. Perhaps attack is his best form of defence?
So, what is a dangerous total for Australia to chase? Anything over 100? 150? You wouldn’t fancy chasing more on this shocker of a strip.
Aniket has completed the Venn diagram of current affairs with this thought provoking email.
“This test match ranks among the most exciting I have ever seen. Truly absorbing. There is an interesting analogy here. The general consensus here in India was that the Australians are going to be steamrolled and that they will be whitewashed, much like what Hillary Clinton, most of America and the the rest of the world thought that Trump will lose by a landslide. But as we can see, the tables have turned, and the Australians are playing magnificent cricket. Sadly, Trump has not been a magnificent president.”
Australia - The Deplorables.
Aus seem to me to giving a top display of how to use a balanced bowling attack to best effect. Know your conditions
— mike selvey (@selvecricket) March 6, 2017
Well, well, well. This is already a modern classic of a Test match and hurtling at pace into a defining one for this young Australian outfit. Those two wickets just before tea have transformed this Test from an ominous one for the visitors with Kohli looking to assert himself into another that could be over inside three days.
Much has come down to Steve Smith’s captaincy, and as the old adage goes, it doesn’t matter if you’re good if you’re lucky, and Smith’s luck came in just at the right time courtesy of Hazlewood’s golden arm.
The major talking point from the two sessions so far and inevitably for the next week or so will be Kohli’s LBW. He seemed convinced he hit the ball before it struck his pad, and he was an umpire’s call outside the line of off-stump for good measure. Umpire Llong couldn’t be wrong either way but his raised finger could prove to be diplomatic dynamite.
You dare not blink during the next two hours of play.
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Test cricket, eh?
India lead by 35 runs as my spell finishes, but JP Howcroft will be stopping by shortly to relieve me, and he’s a master of reverse swing. Do make him welcome.
Tea on day three - India 122-4 with a lead of 35 runs
39th over: India 122-4 (Pujara 34, Rahane 2)
And that is tea on day three. What a finish to the session by Australia’s Josh Hazlewood. He’s got 3-37 from 11 overs as he leads his side off, and they’re right in this game. Ajinkya Rahane was dropped down the order – which didn’t work when Ravi Jadeja was nipped out for 2 – and endured a minor nightmare in this over. The first ball he faced from Hazlewood spat up off the pitch to rap him on the knuckles, but he gets off the mark with two and survives until the break.
WICKET! Jadeja bowled Hazlewood 2 (India 120-4)
Ravindra Jadeja’s middle stump just landed somewhere in Wednesday! Josh Hazlewood is producing an absolute gem of a spell here and gets another. This time it’s full and straight and swinging in, and with India’s makeshift No5 playing all around it, his timber is splattered. What a game of cricket this is.
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38th over: India 120-3 (Pujara 34, Jadeja 2)
We’re close to tea now on what has been another enthralling day of Test cricket. And to think there are still two Test left after these. I might need oxygen tank. Pujara just needs to get through to the next session, so pads up to the off-spinner. “Good Gary,” says Matthew Wade, giving himself wiggle room for grander compliments when it spins even more than this. Which is quite a lot.
37th over: India 120-3 (Pujara 34, Jadeja 2)
Sohid Ahmed writes in now. “Russell, we have work to do. cCn you please not make it so exciting? I am on the verge of asking my boss for a half day.” To misapply a well-worn quote from former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, any boss who doesn’t give his staff a half-day to watch this is a bum! Hazlewood continues here. Have I mentioned that he’s a genius, and that Steve Smith was very smart to bring him on? I hope so. Hazlewood finishes this over with another throaty LBW shout against Jadeja, but Nigel Llong shakes his head. He’s had a reasonable day today, the ump.
36th over: India 119-3 (Pujara 33, Jadeja 2)
I’m currently receiving a lot of emails containing the words “benefit of the doubt” and “batsman”. Sorry folks, that is not a rule, and never has been. Tough for Kohli, but as the third umpire said, he could see nothing to conclusively prove that the Indian skipper got bat on it. Meanwhile, Nathan Lyon is back on the ground and back on to bowl. He starts with a shocker, and Pujara batters it over mid-wicket for four. Jadeja faces the last couple and remains circumspect, nudging two runs to leg to get off the mark.
35th over: India 112-3 (Pujara 28, Jadeja 0)
This just gets better. Now Ravindra Jadeja strides out to the middle rather than normal No5 Ajinkya Rahane, who is out of form and now sliding down the order. Bizarre, and utterly brilliant. He sees off the rest of the Hazlewood over, though Hazlewood finishes it with another LBW shout. Kohli stands in the sheds watching TV replays. He is not amused.
Before all this had even happened, I got this email from Phil Withall: “This is hypnotic cricket, properly absorbing Test cricket. Having just finished reading a book on England’s singlehanded attempts to stiffle cricket with dour batting in the sixties and seventies this competitive, evenly balanced stuff is a panacea to the soul! Loving it.”
Amen, Phil. This game is not even over and I’m seriously considering getting the scorecard tattooed across my back.
WICKET! Kohli LBW Hazlewood 15 (India 112-3)
Kohli is gone! I take back everything I said. Steve Smith is a genius. I am an idiot. Pace has done the job. The danger man is gone cheaply again! Hooley dooley this is some sort of Test match. It took an age for the third umpire to review all the evidence, but the Indian skipper is on his way back to the pavilion and this game is well and truly alive. India lead by 25 runs but face a real battle here.
Review! Hazlewood traps Kohli in front and it's given!
Well, well, well. Kohli is reviewing it, but this looks salmon trout. Kohli thinks he’s feathered an edge before it hit his pad.
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34th over: India 110-2 (Pujara 28, Kohli 13)
Something is up with Nathan Lyon, and he departs the ground. Glenn Maxwell comes out as sub-fielder, and O’Keefe takes Lyon’s end. Not ideal for Australia. With only a small amount of diplomacy, Michael Clarke is starting to rip into Steve Smith’s captaincy here, particularly his (under)use of the spinners. He wonders why O’Keefe doesn’t have a short leg in place in this over, and I can see what he means.
33rd over: India 106-2 (Pujara 27, Kohli 10)
Hmm, right as I’m waxing lyrical about the pressure being built by O’Keefe, Steve Smith reintroduces the pace of Hazlewood. His first ball strays onto Kohli’s pads and gets tenderised on its way to the deep mid-wicket boundary. Deary me. Kohli will be loving this. Unless Australia nip him out cheaply this could get very desperate very quickly. That tail end collapse is looking even worse now.
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32nd over: India 100-2 (Pujara 26, Kohli 5)
Oooh, Pujara gets very lucky here, dancing down the wicket at Lyon and missing an on drive. The ball thuds into his pad but might have snuck through a gap for a stumping opportunity. Matthew Hayden is talking about building up the bricks. Hopefully whatever wall eventuates will keep him away from the microphone. A single to Kohli brings up 100 for India, and they now lead by 13 runs. Push that past 150 and Australia might be in serious bother. Much is at stake in the following half-hour, and whatever comes in the final session.
31st over: India 98-2 (Pujara 25, Kohli 4)
O’Keefe must wish he could roll up the Indian wickets and take them home with him, the way his career has turned the corner in the last two weeks. He’s probing away again in this over, but the main threat for now is at Lyon’s end. What O’Keefe is doing far better than the pacemen before is building pressure. He’s got a wicket, but he’s also bowled plenty of dot balls.
30th over: India 96-2 (Pujara 23, Kohli 4)
Pujara is a little more comfortable to Lyon now, and drives handsomely to long on for a single before Kohli dices with danger by pushing one inches past the right hand of Handscomb at short leg. He gets two but he’s still not comfortable. “No idea, Gaz!” cries Wade, which is a bit rich given the way he’s been keeping in the last few Tests.
29th over: India 94-2 (Pujara 23, Kohli 2)
“Bowling SOK-y” cries Matthew Wade behind the stumps, reminding everyone of what his mouth is missing. O’Keefe beats Kohli’s edge was an absolute peach, and must weather a testing little spell here from the Australian spinners. The stage is perfectly set for his combative genius, I reckon.
28th over: India 93-2 (Pujara 22, Kohli 2)
“Seriously great advert for test cricket here after England’s rather tame regression to the home team dominance paradigm,” says reader Brian Withington, and for the sake of stopping an argument, I think he’s a Brit. Pujarafinishes the Lyon over with a single and looks switched on, though Matthew Wade is carrying on as though he’s facing up with the wrong end of the bat in his hands.
27th over: India 92-2 (Pujara 21, Kohli 2)
There is no escape from the spin now for Pujara, and he’s looking only slightly more comfortable against O’Keefe than he was early on against Lyon. With the left-armer rushing between balls, Pujara tries to make him wait, and O’Keefe does a good job acting as though these demands are completely unreasonable. Buckle in for a thrilling final hour of this second session, folks.
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26th over: India 89-2 (Pujara 18, Kohli 2)
Kohli is getting a huge stride in as he gets forward to counter the sharp spin of Nathan Lyon, but even a batsman as brilliant as him looks human in the face of some sublime bowling. Lyon has a slip, a leg slip and a short leg, and by the end of the over he’s also wearing a slightly sadistic grin by his affable standards. He probably fancies another eight poles here.
25th over: India 87-2 (Pujara 17, Kohli 1)
“If catches win matches then Australia have already won,” says Matthew Hayden, who might actually be demented. Anyway, O’Keefe’s introduction has had the impact we all thought it might, scores are now level, and batting wizard Virat Kohli is at the crease. What else would you rather be doing on a Tuesday, I ask you?
Steve Smith = FREAK!!!! #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/nX9kYs6Cg6
— Daisy Pearce (@DaisyPearce6) March 6, 2017
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WICKET! Rahul c Smith b O'Keefe 51 (India 84-2)
Steve Smith you genius! But also not... The Aussie skipper took an age to bring Steve O’Keefe on, and now that he has they’ve combined for the wicket of the danger man. The act itself was remarkable: Smith leapt to his right at first slip and reeled in what looked an impossible chance. It’s a one-hander of the highest order. Holy moly. Rahul can’t believe it. but he has to go.
It’s a pity. Rahul made this dicey pitch look like day two in Adelaide. His half-century has India on the brink of a lead and that’s no mean feat. It took a miracle catch to dismiss him. How good is cricket?
Holy crap. What a catch by Steven Smith. Watch the replays. #AUSvIND #Australia #India pic.twitter.com/UiAH58RbI7
— Ali Thanawalla (@Ali_Thanawalla) March 6, 2017
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24th over: India 83-1 (Rahul 51, Pujara 14)
Rahul faces up to Lyon and gives about 1/8th of a chance when he turns one hard to leg. It gets to Handscomb very quickly at short leg, and you can’t really fault him, or call it a drop. In relative terms, Pujara is also more comfortable against the off-spinner and gets one. This is genuinely absorbing Test cricket at the moment.
23rd over: India 81-1 (Rahul 50, Pujara 13)
In a surprise to absolutely nobody bar Steve Smith, the Indians continue to profit from pace bowling when Rahul lathers a half-volley through cover for another boundary off Starc, then flicks off his pads with class to pick up two. Might Darren Lehmann or the bowling coach David Saker send a memo out to the skipper at this point? O’Keefe stands with his hands on his hips as Rahul strokes a single off the final delivery of the over, which brings up his half-century from 82 deliveries. He’s making batting look ridiculously easy when you consider the grim efforts of the other 21 batsmen in this game.
22nd over: India 74-1 (Rahul 43, Pujara 13)
Fascinating stat: Lokesh Rahul averages 60 in the first innings of Tests but only 16 in the second. This is now his highest score in the second innings. He’s playing with house money. In an odd moment of this over, he backs away as Lyon moves in and gets bowled by a dead ball. Somebody is moving around in front of the sight screen again. Lyon had an opportunity to work Pujara over here, but his first delivery of the over was short and allowed his bunny to pull a single. Rahul handles the rest with aplomb.
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21st over: India 70-1 (Rahul 40, Pujara 12)
A run-out is the last thing India needs at this point but Pujara almost perishes running to the danger end for a Rahul single. It was Pujara’s call, to be fair. A direct hit from gully might have had him in trouble but the throw misses. But more to the point, why is Mitchell Starc replacing Hazlewood and not Steve O’Keefe? Spin is the clear threat here, so it’s all a bit baffling from Steve Smith. Pujara has a grand old time flicking the paceman to leg and restoring his confidence a little.
20th over: India 66-1 (Rahul 39, Pujara 9)
Again Rahul decides it’s best to concede the over to Lyon and shield his partner, though Pujara might actually want to face a ball at some stage. Probably at the other end. Rahul eventually takes a single from the penultimate delivery, and Pujara’s in all sorts for the final one. So...the original plan was a good one.
19th over: India 65-1 (Rahul 38, Pujara 9)
Somewhat surprisingly, Hazlewood gets another over. Personally I think it’s time for some Steve O’Keefe, which is underlined when the tired paceman fires one down the leg side and gets turned for a gimme boundary. Puzzlingly, Rahul tries to ramp a short one over the cordon, which doesn’t seem wise. Luckily for him he fails to make contact. That aside, he’s continuing where he left off in the first innings, and boy didn’t India need his 90 runs then. They’re starting to feel like 200 as this game wears on. He’s also kept the strike for Lyon’s over.
18th over: India 60-1 (Rahul 33, Pujara 9)
Lyon’s bowling to Rahul again in this over, and turning it sharply to put his close-in fieldsmen into play. There is a slip, a leg slip and a short leg, but when his third delivery keeps low, Rahul does very well to get bat on it and avoid an LBW demise. It’s fantastic bowling by Lyon. It actually has the vibe of those times when Harbhajan Singh was off on one and tormenting the Aussies. Rahul gets a single from the final delivery to keep the strike. He’s shepherding Pujara to safety here. Brilliant batting under immense pressure.
17th over: India 59-1 (Rahul 32, Pujara 9)
Pujara is on his fourth life here, and takes advantage by opening the face and gliding Hazlewood down to third man for a boundary. The big paceman might be out of gas here, so from the next over at his end we might see a change.
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16th over: India 55-1 (Rahul 32, Pujara 5)
“87 is an unlucky number in the Australian culture,” says Brett Lee, referring to Australia’s first innings lead. It’s utter hogwash, of course, though Nathan Lyon might be starting to disagree. This over he manages to avoid any further frustration, though it’s only because Pujara is standing at the non-striker’s end throughout.
15th over: India 53-1 (Rahul 30, Pujara 5)
Something worth mentioning as Josh Hazlewood is hit for Lokesh Rahul’s 1000th run in Test cricket: Che Pujara has been dismissed five times in Tests by Nathan Lyon. In the last ten minutes he’s given no less than three chances as Lyon works him over. This is the primary contest right now, and it’s enthralling. Rahul will have the strike to start with in the next over. He might want to keep it.
Drop! Now Steve Smith drops Pujara off Nathan Lyon!
14th over: India 50-1 (Rahul 27, Pujara 5)
Rahul turns a single towards fine leg to get off strike, which seems a good idea the way Lyon is bowling. Sure enough, the second ball of the over is ANOTHER DROPPED CATCH! It passed Wade’s right pad – and really should have been his – but it’ll go down as a Steve Smith drop. The Aussie skipper dived to his left at first slip but he couldn’t see the ball until it was until late, and it just slaps into his palm before hitting the turf. Matthew Wade is having a shocker here. Lyon is bowling like a dream here but he could do with some help. Pujara survives.
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13th over: India 47-1 (Rahul 25, Pujara 4)
Hazlewood continues with diligent intentions, but he’s a little inconsistent with his line and length so there are singles on offer for both batsmen. He attacks the stumps again with his final delivery but Rahul keeps it out. Strap in for some more of that Nathan Lyon chaos in the next over. This could be fun.
Che Pujara is dropped by Matthew Wade off the bowling of Lyon!
12th over: India 44-1 (Rahul 23, Pujara 3)
Ooft. Big turn for Lyon with his first delivery of the session. Rahul is forward to it but it jags in at an alarming angle to rap him on the front pad. Matthew Wade being Matthew Wade, he screams for an LBW decision, but there’s nothing doing. Rahul composes himself and gets off strike, then Pujara pushes through cover for two.
Then a drop! Another beautiful delivery from Lyon – keeping lower this time – takes a decent deviation of Pujara’s outside edge and thuds into Matthew Wade’s right pad. He didn’t get the gloves anywhere near it. He was so far from taking that you could actually argue it wasn’t a chance at all. The next is half a chance for a catch at short leg too. It’s all happening for Lyon.
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11th over: India 41-1 (Rahul 21, Pujara 1)
Che Pujara is the new man for India, and he’ll be aiming to improve on his strange showing in the first innings, where he looked well set on 17 before getting himself out. He’s off the mark with a single and Nathan Lyon will pair with the wicket-taker Hazlewood in the next over.
WICKET! Mukund bowled Hazlewood 16 (India 39-1)
What a start to the second session for Australia! Josh Hazlewood appeared after the break with a few innocuous deliveries but then ripped through the defences of Indian opener Abhinav Mukund from around the wicket, castling him with the fourth ball of the session. Perfect start for Australia.
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Some very sad news for lovers of great Australian sportswriting
Trevor Grant, the longtime sportswriter at the Herald Sun, Sunday Press, The Age, Sporting Globe and Newsday, has died at the age of 65. There is a tribute to him here by his former colleague Jon Anderson, but it suffices to say he was one of the most inquisitive, humane and excellent sports journalists in Australia, and a must-read cricket writer for much of his almost 50-year career.
RIP Trevor Grant one of the best sports journos I ever had the pleasure to work with. Gone too soon. #shortone
— Martin Blake (@martinj_blake) March 6, 2017
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I have no idea how this is calculated but it looks good for India
An great morning session for India has seen their #WinViz rise from 14.8%. #IndvAus pic.twitter.com/yBvKknKyDV
— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) March 6, 2017
Lunch on day three in Bangalore - India trail by 49 runs
10th over: India 38-0 (Rahul 20, Mukund 16)
Lyon’s over is an accurate and probing one, but Rahul and Mukund both push singles on their way to seeing off the threat. They couldn’t have done much better in this 35-minute barrage. They’ve chipped off 38 runs to trail by 49, and didn’t lose a wicket. The Australians will be a little disappointed with that. None of the four bowlers used produced anything compelling. The net result: India’s best session of the series.
India have had a great session there, but the last ball from Lyon was the first ball that has kept low all morning.
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) March 6, 2017
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9th over: India 35-0 (Rahul 18, Mukund 15)
Steve O’Keefe does indeed appear for a pre-lunch over now, but it won’t be the last of the session. Rahul nudges a single to cover and knock me down with a feather, but Mukund drops his glove as he runs through for it, eking out a bit of time in the process. Then he pulls away from the final delivery as well. It doesn’t work. O’Keefe is through his six deliveries in a flash, so Lyon will have one more over.
8th over: India 34-0 (Rahul 17, Mukund 15)
Hmm, there was a little more to the Starc-Mukund conversation at the end of the last over, though it was a one-way street. Starc was unloading on the Indian opener. I wonder what Ian Healy will think. Lyon continues to left-handed Mukund, and he’s getting a decent amount of spin in this over, coming around the wicket and fizzing it past the outside edge. In a moment of madness, Mukund leaves the last, which goes on with the flight and misses the off stump by a matter of inches. Mukund chuckles, but that wasn’t his finest moment.
7th over: India 33-0 (Rahul 16, Mukund 15)
Steve Smith might have been tempted to give Steve O’Keefe an over here but sticks with Starc. The Indian openers continue to take brisk singles, which has been an obvious ploy to set a tone early in their innings. So far it’s working. Mukund can’t cash in on a wild and wooly short one from Starc, which he attacks with a full-blooded hook shot but misses. Brilliantly, he does latch on to another, top-edging it rather unconvincingly but picking up a six in the process. Starc laughs because crying wouldn’t inspire confidence.
6th over: India 25-0 (Rahul 15, Mukund 8)
Spin time now as Nathan Lyon wanders in to replace Josh Hazlewood. That seems sensible to me. Something needed to change, and he’s worth a go before lunch. He’s also on a hat-trick after taking wickets with his final two deliveries of the first innings. Mukund keeps the first one out with a solid forward defence, and when he’s on the back foot he’s offering a dead straight bat. Without a diving stop from Warner at point, Mukund also might have picked off a boundary from a half-tracker but contents himself with a single. Not much turn for Lyon in his first over.
Here’s a little more on Ian Healy’s dig at Virat Kohli:
5th over: India 24-0 (Rahul 15, Mukund 7)
We’ll have 15 minutes more play before lunch, which probably means three overs after this one from Starc. He comes around the wicket to Rahul but both he and his partner are handling things comfortably at the moment. They might not want to go off the way the early momentum has gone in their favour.
4th over: India 20-0 (Rahul 12, Mukund 6)
Remember half an hour ago when I floated a theory about India being bowled out for 75? Funny thing: I was hacked. The IT boffins tell me the security breach has since been fixed. Speaking of remedies, Josh Hazlewood seems to have reined his line in a decent amount now, and this is much tidier in his second over. A single to Rahul is the only damage and there’s a quarter of a LBW shout against Mukund from the final delivery. Not out.
3rd over: India 19-0 (Rahul 11, Mukund 6)
Rahul is making himself a little vulnerable in one sense; Starc’s extra pace means he’s not opting to bat outside his crease as per the approach of the Australians, thus he’s a greater liability to be trapped in front by Starc’s yorker. Still, the big left-armer has to nail one for that to be a problem. At the moment he’s taking the Ishant approach and pitching it a yawning distance outside off stump.
Wade mis-gloves a lifter to concede a bye and looks like he’d prefer to be attending a four-hour lecture on medieval crop rotation than dealing with this variable bounce. Mukund gets going by whipping Starc through mid-wicket for an over-ending boundary. Starc went for the yorker there and misfired.
2nd over: India 14-0 (Rahul 11, Mukund 2)
Matthew Wade is grimacing already, and you can’t really blame him. Hazlewood steams in with a wide one and as well as taking off at right angles towards the cordon, it bounces a couple of times before Wade has to stop it. I hope he’s wearing a mouthguard. The next ball takes off like the pitch is the WACA circa 1975. Rahul continues his bright start by clipping a compact and effective straight drive to the fence when Halzwood over-pitches. This is a dreadful start by Australia’s opening bowlers. Both have bowled six entirely different deliveries. Line and length would do the job here. Even Mukund gets a couple.
1st over: India 7-0 (Rahul 6, Mukund 0)
We’re away in India’s second innings, and facing up to start with is Lokesh Rahul, the only major contributor of the first innings. He immediately clips Starc down to fine leg for a single. Less settled in this line-up is Abhinav Mukund, who hasn’t played a Test in six years and looks a bit rusty when he fences outside off stump to Starc first up. The Aussie laughs, then literally licks his lips.
Mukund gets off strike thanks to a bye when a huge but innocuous deviation off a crack sends the ball darting past Matthew Wade. Starc has an enthusiastic LBW shout against Rahul but there’s a thick inside edge and Nigel Llong is having none of it. That swung appreciably, but Starc errs next up by putting another on Rahul’s hip; this time he makes solid contact to send it crashing to the fence at fine leg. Money for jam. Showing admirable intent, Rahul scampers through for a quick single to retain the strike. He looks a million bucks. Mukund is about as convincing as a velcro Billabong wallet.
Losing 4-7 is hardly an ideal way to finish
Though Australia’s nose is slightly ahead here. In more good news, Robert McLiam Wilson’s migraine must be clearing. He writes: “Reasons to wish you were Australian: Vol I – every single time any Aussie ever says ‘crook’ or ‘strides’ (I was born to say such things but neither work convincingly with my accent). Mind you, I feel something the same when Americans say ‘doofus’ or ‘No shit, Sherlock’.”
“Australia are looking very good here. Building a serious unit just in time to absolutely destroy Joe Root’s nascent captaincy during the Ashes. Yes, this is that most unusual thing – a gleeful preview of a lifetime of flashbacks.”
The Indian openers are now making their way to the middle, and their second innings will be under way shortly.
Australia all out for 276 and Jadeja has six wickets!
WICKET! Hazlewood c Rahul b Jadeja 1 (Australia all out for 276)
That is that. Jadeja finishes with 6-63 from 21.4 overs having done a superb job finishing off the Aussies. The final wicket was Hazlewood, who thumped one down to long on but not far enough to avoid Rahul in the deep. The tourists lead by 87 runs and will have somewhere in the vicinity of 35 minutes to jag a few wickets before lunch.
87 run lead for the Aussies. Very well played in tough batting conditions once again
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) March 6, 2017
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122nd over: Australia 275-9 (O’Keefe 3, Hazlewood 1)
Does anyone else get the sneaky feeling India might be bowled out for 75 on this track? Just me? A qualifier: Josh Hazlewood is playing Ashwin comfortably in this over, and he’s hardly Sir Garfield Sobers.
121st over: Australia 275-9 (O’Keefe 3, Hazlewood 1)
Hazlewood survives the hat-trick ball and gets a single to boot. Having bowled half as many overs as Ravi Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja now has 5-62 from 21 overs of canny left-arm spin. That was an outstanding over to reduce the Australians to nine down. They lead by 86 runs at the moment, and that could have been a far bigger deficit for India.
WICKET! Lyon LBW Jadeja 0 (Australia 274-9)
Jadeja is on a hat-trick! Lyon is gone for a golden duck and things are falling away very quickly for the Australians. Often their tailenders have got them out of bother, today they’re falling like nine pins. The tourists have lost their last three wickets for five runs.
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Review! Lyon is given out first ball, LBW to Jadeja!
It’s given, and Lyon opts for the last chance saloon review. If he fails, Jadeja is on a hat-trick!
WICKET! Wade LBW Jadeja 40 (Australia 274-8)
Wade’s gone! It was a hit and hope referral, that one, but it was heading straight for the stumps when it struck him in line. Off he trots and the rest of them stop for drinks.
Review! Jadeja traps Wade in front and he's given!
Well that answers the question about Jadeja’s fitness, though Matthew Wade’s stay might be over. He’s been given out and he conferences with O’Keefe before asking for a review. Worth a shot.
120th over: Australia 274-7 (Wade 40, O’Keefe 3)
Hmm, has Ravi Jadeja just crocked himself diving in the outfield? He’s certainly grimacing in pain after Wade scurries through for a single. It looks like his hamstring or buttock is the issue. Sod’s law has it that he’s forced into another chase soon after. In the next over we’ll see how it’ll alter his delivery stride, if at all.
119th over: Australia 271-7 (Wade 39, O’Keefe 1)
Steve O’Keefe gets off the mark with a single, and it is worth mentioning at this point that he too can handle a cricket bat. In first-class cricket he averages 28.74 with nine half-centuries. One more here would just about get Australia over the line.
118th over: Australia 269-7 (Wade 38, O’Keefe 0)
OBO favourite Robert McLiam Wilson arrives now with his first dispatch of the Test. I won’t hold it against him that it’s taken until day three, because it appears he’s crooker than that Nigel Llong decision from earlier in the over.
“As I enter the third day of a migraine that has, so far, prevented me from seeing any of this game, I’m manning up and squinting through the pain just in case it doesn’t go the distance. In my altered state, two things seem very clear to me. One, no one ever knows what to do about Jadeja (including his own captain, sadly). Two, Mitchell Starc is now just really good at everything, isn’t he? Have you got any Aspirin?”
Yes. And no. Though you mozzed Starc very well with that. Sheesh.
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WICKET! Starc c Jadeja b Ashwin 26 (Australia 269-7)
Starc goes! Finally he latched onto a slog sweep, but I was wrong about the distance covered; he picks out Jadeja at cow corner, though the latter has to do some very smart work moving around to take the catch. With that wicket down, Australia have three more in the bank and lead by 80 runs. Forty more and they’ll be reasonably content.
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Not out! Starc survives!
OK, I was completely wrong on that one. It’s been overturned! Starc lives to fight another day.
Review! Ashwin thinks he has Starc caught behind
And it’s been given! Starc immediately reviews but the replays don’t look good for him.
117th over: Australia 267-6 (Wade 37, Starc 25)
This is actually much better from India. Jadeja has a wide-ish leg gully in place as he comes around the wicket to Wade and when he claims an inside edge the ball nearly reach that man. Wade weathers a searching five deliveries and then plays a beautiful stroke, dancing down the wicket and gently driving past mid-off for a boundary.
116th over: Australia 262-6 (Wade 33, Starc 24)
Ashwin changes his plan of attack and comes around the wicket to Wade. He’s got a slip, a silly point and a man on the 45 (that is a close-in fine leg or a deep leg gully, in case you’re wondering). At least it gives Wade something else to think about, and he’s watchful and defensive in this over. Maiden.
115th over: Australia 262-6 (Wade 33, Starc 24)
Kohli’s seen enough of Ishant now, and I don’t entirely blame him on that front. Ravindra Jadeja appears for his first bowl of the day, and Wade is crouching low to sweep him for a single down to fine leg. Starc does even better, opening the face and running one to third man to pick up two. It’s all Australia so far. The Indian bowlers are really battling.
114th over: Australia 257-6 (Wade 31, Starc 21)
This is turning into a pesky partnership for Virat Kohli and his side. It now totals 35 runs from just under 13 overs, and Australia’s lead has stretched to 68 with a couple of bys in this over. Ashwin has half a LBW shout against Starc but it’s a rather desperate one, and not taken seriously by Nigel Llong.
113th over: Australia 255-6 (Wade 31, Starc 21)
Ishant was approaching Wade from around the wicket before, but he comes over now, which means he’s a bit straighter in his approach, and no less likely to miss out on an LBW if he’s not going to bowl straight. He draws Matthew Wade into a thick outside edge but it’s low and wide of the cordon, and runs away for four. Unlucky.
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112th over: Australia 249-6 (Wade 25, Starc 21)
Ravi Ashwin is coming over the wicket to Starc, spinning it from a fourth stump line outside leg, but when he straightens up a bit Starc angles the bat and gets a couple through gully. He’s also throwing the kitchen sink at those slog-sweeps I mentioned earlier, but can’t quite make contact. When he does it might clear the stadium roofline.
111th over: Australia 247-6 (Wade 25, Starc 19)
Starc misses out on clipping one to fine leg but Wade scurries through for a leg bye, making his ground well before Saha throws down the stumps with his glove still on. Fair effort, that. I know containment is the name of the game for Ishant, but his economy rate is a moot point when Ashwin isn’t taking wickets at the other end. BOWL IT AT THE STUMPS, ISHANT!
110th over: Australia 246-6 (Wade 25, Starc 19)
Ashwin continues to Starc, who is often shaping to slog sweep but having difficulty wedding his premeditated stroke to the delivery in question. Matthew Hayden wants him to hit it flat and straight, which is his best suggestion in a while. A misfield gives Starc a single, and he retains the strike.
109th over: Australia 245-6 (Wade 25, Starc 18)
Ishant returns and finally gets one in the vicinity of the stumps, but it’s angling into Starc’s pads and he clips it away for three hany runs. So far so bad from the Indian paceman, who was excellent yesterday if a little wide with his line. Something else worth asking, re the Mitch Marsh debate: is he really needed when Starc is batting this well? Another thing: I haven’t received one publishable email about Ian Healy yet, but will keep checking them all off with the lawyers.
108th over: Australia 242-6 (Wade 25, Starc 15)
Ravi Ashwin is on from “the spinner’s end” of the ground, and will settle in for most of the morning I would think. Starc greets his first with a gigantic front pad, and then he plays an accidental French cut through his legs before four byes fly away to the boundary. It might be a tough morning behind the stumps for Wriddhiman Saha.
107th over: Australia 237-6 (Wade 25, Starc 14)
And we’re off on day three. Ishant Sharma has the ball in his hand first up and Matthew Wade faces up, whipping his hand off the bat and shaking it when the Indian paceman gets one to rear up and rap him on the gloves. Others keep lower, and I might make an early suggestion that Ishant takes on board a lesson from his dismissal of Mitch Marsh and just bowls it at the stumps. Crazy, I know, but you’re not bowling anybody or trapping them in front by pitch it a foot outside off stump on an up-and-down pitch. Balls three, four, five and six are all pitched outside off, drastically reducing the chance of a wicket as Wade gropes around. Get it together, Ishant.
Ian Healy has taken a decent old swipe at Virat Kohli
We’re still five minutes from the first ball and the hostilities have begun. The former Australian wicketkeeper says he’s “losing respect” for the Indian skipper after his verbal skirmish with Steve Smith yesterday. “The pressure is starting to tell on (Kohli),” Healy said on Melbourne radio station SEN this morning. “I’m losing respect for him. He’s not only now continuing his disrespect of the Australian players and umpires, but I think he’s putting pressure on his own players now.”
“Kohli’s aggression was good for them. But I think it’s not good for them anymore. He’s really putting some pressure on (his players). You can read pressure all over Ravi Ashwin’s face. I think there’s massive cracks showing in (Kohli). He’s got to be a lot more respectful of his opponents. The stuff he did with Steve Smith was unacceptable.”
Tell us what you really think, Heals!
The pitch
“It looks like a totally different morning, this morning,” says Brett Lee, explaining the key differences between the concepts of yesterday and today. The pitch? The cracks are opening up like sinkholes. It’s an alarming sight on day three. We’re going to see a lot of deliveries staying low, and t’s going to be very fun to bowl on. “If Australia get the lead to 120, India’s going to have their backs to the wall,” says Sunny Gavaskar, and he’s pretty much spot-on there. “It’s almost been a pitch of two halves,” adds Lee. Somebody gag him, please.
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On Shaun Marsh
“I don’t really know why he comes under the scrutiny he does,” says national selector Mark Waugh of Australia’s No4. Waugh is, remember, a member of the national selection panel, so has something of a vested interest in Marsh’s success on this tour. It’s tough on Usman Khawaja, who really should be in this side instead of Mitchell Marsh, but the older brother was magnificent yesterday. He’s not quite as stylish as Khawaja, but there is something inarguably artful about his batting on Asian pitches. He had a bit of luck in his 66 yesterday, but he did precisely the job he was brought in for.
Preamble
Hello all and welcome to day three of the Bangalore Test. Russell Jackson here to take you through the first couple of sessions on what will prove the pivotal day in deciding the result. In actual fact, I have a feeling that 45 minutes of big hitting by Mitchell Starc could put India out of the game and with it, the series. If you disagree, please do hit me with an apoplectic email or tweet.
Australia hold a 48-run lead at present. Push that past 140ish and it’ll be very hard for the home side, though this pitch will be an absolute nightmare to bat on by the fourth innings and by then Australia might well have a chase on their hands. Resuming with Starc is Matthew Wade, who compiled a useful 25 not out last night, and is a born scrapper. I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to settle in for another day of this fascinating series. Yesterday was nirvana for lovers of tense, attritional Test cricket. Long may it live.
Russell will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s how yesterday went down. It was enthralling stuff.
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