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62nd over: India 179-7 (Patel 28, Ashwin 11) Kuhnemann to bowl the final over earlier than tea. Ashwin nudges a single. A drag down is then laced by means of the covers by Axar, he’s seeing it massive and it’s an announcement of intent to finish the session. Australia have picked up three wickets – together with the silver tuna Virat Kohli – however this partnership is already as much as a irritating (for them) 40 off simply 66 balls. The Straya first innings lead is 84 runs. Join us for what guarantees to be an intriguing remaining session. Off for a cup of Java, again quickly!

61st over: India 174-7 (Patel 24, Ashwin 10) Axar is wielding the his err axe with relish. Cummins drops quick and is cracked away by means of the covers, a whip-cracking lower shot that Indiana Jones or The Judge himself can be happy with.

sixtieth over: India 170-7 (Patel 20, Ashwin 10) The lead is now lower than 100. Patel lofts a 4 off Kuhnemann that goes for a one bounce 4 and follows it up by nailing a slog sweep excessive and good-looking into the group. SIXAH! As a bouffant Mark Nicholas would say.

59th over: India 159-7 (Patel 9, Ashwin 10) As if to show me incorrect for besmirching him in these pages, Patel will get on the entrance foot and drives Cummins down the bottom for a bootiful 4. That’s me instructed, Axar. Ay carumba! Forget skidding low – Cummins will get one to rear up and whistle previous Ashwin’s flailing tried lower. From a private POV it’s a pleasure to have a tempo bowler on, a Cummins over takes minute longer than one from the spinners. First world OBO issues eh?

58th over: India 153-7 (Patel 5, Ashwin 9) Lyon whirls away and lands six balls on the button, a maiden retains the stress on. Pat Cummins is approaching for a spell, if he can get the ball to skid low at his tempo then he may mop up these previous couple of wickets shortly. Not that both of those batters would thank me for lumping them in with the tail.

57th over: India 153-7 (Patel 5, Ashwin 9) Murphy is correct if a tad unthreatening. Patel works a single.

56th over: India 152-7 (Patel 4, Ashwin 9) The pitch continues to throw up – or down – the odd grubber. Lyon pins Ashwin with one on the again foot nevertheless it was heading down leg. A strangled attraction from ‘Gaz’.

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fifty fifth over: India 151-7 (Patel 4, Ashwin 9) Todd Murphy into the assault, his line is a bit of off, beginning the ball too straight to trigger too many issues nevertheless it leads to a maiden nonetheless. The digicam cuts to Virat Kohli within the India dressing room, he’s clearly ticking – both at himself or on the third umpire. My cash is on the latter however FWIW I reckon it was the precise name.

54th over: India 151-7 (Patel 4, Ashwin 9) Counterpunch from Ravichandran Ashwin, he’s such a candy timer of the ball. Kuhnemann drops his size a smidge and is punched by means of the covers for an additional 4.

53rd over: India 146-7 (Patel 4, Ashwin 4) Lyon twirls in along with his dander properly and really up, each ball an occasion. Patel does properly to jam down on one into the leg-side to choose up two runs.

52nd over: India 144-7 (Patel 1, Ashwin 4) Ashwin is the brand new batter and India want all his nouse with the blade. He will get going immediately by driving Kuhnemann sq. for 4.

WICKET! Srikar Bharat c Smith b Lyon 6 (Australia 139-7)

fiftieth over: India 135-6 (Bharat 2, Patel 0 ) Thanks Jonathan, I simply snorted into my morning cuppa! The silence was certainly palpable when Kohli was finally given… after which there was Ravi Shastri. Hello everybody. Crikey, what a time to take over the instruments! The pitch is capturing and the sport is on a knife edge. Axar Patel is the brand new man on the crease.

WICKET! Kohli LBW Kuhnemann 44 (India 135-6)

forty ninth over: India 135-5 (Kohli 44, Bharat 2) ‘Kohli doing Kohli things’ now means discovering a single early within the over to rotate the strike and preserve the scoreboard tickign over. He does precisely that to Murphy earlier than Bharat will get off the mark with a drive into the covers. Murphy then thinks he’s within the recreation with a supply that retains low, however Kohli watches it like a hawk and drags a boundary by means of square-leg. Spurred on by the earlier supply, Kohli advances down the pitch and drills one other single, this time to lengthy on. We might be within the guts of a memorable innings. India are in a little bit of a multitude however Kohli has the bit between his tooth.

forty eighth over: India 126-5 (Kohli 37, Bharat 0) Kohli continues his coverage of discovering an early single, making batting look straightforward. Bharat then takes no threat towards Kuhnemann, enjoying ahead and straight as he acclimatises to the situations. There’s nonetheless an ethical victory for the bowler although, getting one to float into the right-handed batter, grip, after which flip previous the skin edge.

forty seventh over: India 125-5 (Kohli 36, Bharat 0) Another failed assessment (this time by India) on a day already filled with them. Australia resume the higher hand simply as India have been mounting a counter-offensive. What will Kohli do now?

WICKET! Jadeja c Handscomb b Murphy 26 (India 125-5)

forty sixth over: India 120-4 (Kohli 31, Jadeja 26) Kuhnemann replaces Lyon, looping the ball into the tough outdoors the left-handed Jadeja’s off-stump from over the wicket. There are puffs of mud however the strike is rotated neatly. This partnership is now wanting ominous for Australia. Few deliveries have misbehaved since lunch and it is likely to be time to see if there’s any reverse swing for Cummins earlier than Kohli is immovable.

forty fifth over: India 118-4 (Kohli 30, Jadeja 25) Ooof! Murphy will get one to carry its line from across the wicket and spit a fraction off a size. Kohli will get a thick edge to it that flies simply broad of the diving Smith at slip and away for 4. A way more typical two follows because the partnership passes 50.

forty fourth over: India 112-4 (Kohli 24, Jadeja 25) Just the usual Kohli single from Lyon’s newest over. Neither facet giving an inch in the intervening time, each understanding the worth of this partnership.

forty third over: India 111-4 (Kohli 23, Jadeja 25) Just the usual Kohli single from Murphy’s newest over.

Meanwhile, it seems Stuart Broad (AKA Nighthawk) is in the midst of one among *these* spells.

forty second over: India 110-4 (Kohli 22, Jadeja 25) Kohli is making an attempt to say himself towards Lyon however the bowler is as much as the duty, various his size to disclaim the batter any timing. The scoreboard advances nonetheless with a deflection off the hip working high-quality for 4 leg-byes.

forty first over: India 105-4 (Kohli 21, Jadeja 25) Murphy’s newest over begins with the umpires sending a stumping assessment upstairs, solely to disclose completely nothing of notice. The supply was glorious, spinning previous the skin edge, however regardless of sharp glovework from Alex Carey, Jadeja’s again foot by no means left the crease or terra firma. There’s one other shout three balls later, this time for LBW, however from across the wicket, beating the left-hander on the within is at all times prone to result in the conclusion the ball is heading down the leg-side.

fortieth over: India 104-4 (Kohli 20, Jadeja 25) Lyon is again across the wicket and it appears clear that after searching for flip and bounce with the more durable ball earlier within the day, the technique is now to use the low bounce and bowl a stump-to-stump line. It fails to pay dividends this time with Kohli working his common single and Jadeja tucking right into a supply only a fraction quick and inserting it firmly broad of midwicket for 4. My scepticism over Jadeja being “in” or not has now disappeared.

thirty ninth over: India 99-4 (Kohli 19, Jadeja 21) This partnership is now within the 30s and a function has been the working between the wickets; each obtainable run has been taken. Murphy is providing India’s batters extra run-scoring alternatives than Australia’s different spinners along with his size – each full and quick – only a fraction off.

thirty eighth over: India 97-4 (Kohli 18, Jadeja 20) A contact of low bounce on a few events raises Indian heart-rates however Kohli’s palms are fast sufficient to jam down on Lyon’s deliveries. The bowler adapts to the pitch’s indicators by transferring over the crease, however succeeds solely in permitting every batter a single. Excellent cat-and-mouse cricket.

thirty seventh over: India 95-4 (Kohli 17, Jadeja 19) It’s Todd Murphy to share duties with Lyon however he begins by dropping quick and permitting Kohli to bunt a pair in the direction of sq. leg. The subsequent supply is drilled to the long-on sweeper confidently, suggesting Kohli doesn’t intend merely to occupy the crease this session. It’s a special story with Jadeja, who has but to settle in his 40+ supply keep on the crease, and there’s an enormous attraction for LBW that’s turned down by umpire Gough for a tiny inside-edge. India’s No 6 responds by driving Murphy again down the bottom for 4, a shot that solely simply evaded the bowler in his comply with by means of.

thirty sixth over: India 88-4 (Kohli 14, Jadeja 15) Lyon returns to his lovely line and size from across the wicket, teasing Jadeja’s outdoors edge on a few events, one that features beating the Indian allrounder within the air. Maiden over.

The groups are again out for the afternoon session. An enormous couple of hours of cricket developing. Nathan Lyon has the ball in his palms, Ravindra Jadeja is on strike.

Greg Wood has spent the lunch interval properly, by crafting me an e-mail. “Just another thought about Australia’s batting line up for the third Test in the absence of David Warner,” he begins.

”It can be possible that Cam Green would are available in, however as a substitute of opening with Travis Head, why not think about opening with Marnus Labuschagne? He is a No 3 in any case and at first drop has to have the ability to play like an opener anyway. That would additionally create a right-left opening combo with Usman Khawaja. Then Steve Smith for granted hander at No 3, Head as a left hander at 4, Peter Handscomb for granted hander at 5. This would assist create alternatives for extra left proper combos within the high order to maintain Indian bowlers altering their traces and area placement. Then in fact Green at 6 and from there down by means of Alex Carey and the bowlers.”

There is a whole lot of benefit to that proposal Greg, and I wouldn’t problem the logic. The solely factor I’d provide is that by shuffling Labuschagne and Smith you possibly can find yourself meddling with issues that aren’t damaged. We know cricketers are filled with superstitions and idiosyncrasies, so what appears logical to us might have way more emotional resonance to them. I’d be reluctant to disrupt what’s clearly the engine room of Australia’s order when another was obtainable.

Or drop into some pink ball shenanigans over in New Zealand:

Here’s some lunchtime studying for you:

Lunch: India 88-4 (Australia 263)

thirty fourth over: India 87-4 (Kohli 14, Jadeja 14) Murphy provides Lyon a break and he sends down a maiden.

Fully 40 minutes after the story was damaged, the TV protection lastly relays the information that David Warner has fractured his elbow. It makes the dialogue about Australian choice for the third Test way more simple (i.e. Cameron Green is available in and Travis Head opens).

thirty third over: India 87-4 (Kohli 14, Jadeja 14) Kohli will get his single, then Kuhnemann retains Jadeja sincere. Australia’s back-up spinners have supported Lyon ably this morning.

thirty second over: India 84-4 (Kohli 13, Jadeja 14) Jadeja doesn’t look set but, however he digs in towards Lyon and whips a pair into the leg-side when the bowler drops a fraction quick. He then advantages from a thin edge working alongside the bottom by means of the cordon and away for a boundary.

thirty first over: India 78-4 (Kohli 13, Jadeja 8) Kuhnemann is again for his third spell of the morning, changing Murphy from the Delhi Gate finish. Kohli nudges his customary single then Jadeja struggles to pierce the sector, till driving handsomely to long-on for one.

thirtieth over: India 76-4 (Kohli 12, Jadeja 7) Lyon beats Jadeja’s outdoors edge then finds a wholesome edge that drops inches quick of Smith at first slip. That was so so near a session five-for. Perhaps pissed off on the misfortune, Lyon sends down his first unfastened supply of the day, and Jadeja clatters it to the duvet boundary. After the opening over experimenting along with his tempo and size, Lyon has been excellent.

twenty ninth over: India 70-4 (Kohli 12, Jadeja 1) Kohli and Jadeja rotate the strike comfortably in an unusually run-of-the-mill over. 20 minutes till the lunch break. India might be blissful to creep to the interval with no additional injury.

twenty eighth over: India 68-4 (Kohli 11, Jadeja 0) After Kohli rotates the strike Lyon pins down Jadeja. Not solely have Australia taken a cluster of wickets in dramatic vogue, they’ve slowed the run-rate to a crawl.

twenty seventh over: India 67-4 (Kohli 10, Jadeja 0) Murphy is now copying Lyon and coming into the crease from across the wicket. Kohli offers with it nonchalantly however there’s a powerful attraction for LBW towards the left-handed Jadeja. Of course, Australia haven’t any extra opinions so the on-field umpire’s choice is remaining, and Michael Gough says not-out.

twenty sixth over: India 66-4 (Kohli 9, Jadeja 0) What a session that is turning into for Australia. India turns its eyes to Virat Kohli as soon as once more.

WICKET! Shreyas c Handscomb b Lyon 4 (India 66-4)