India tour of Australia, Nov 21 - Jan 18

[bigfluffylemon]

Agreed. Agarwal and Shaw to begin in the opener's spot next series.

I agree with Adi that the declaration will come before lunch if India are not all-out by then. My guess is that they'll be aiming for 450, but to be honest they probably already have enough. The batting this morning is to give a cushion and demoralise the Aussies as much as they can.

That said, they won't get any runs from 9-11, so a wicket means they won't be able to accelerate too much.

Aggarwal gives it some heave-ho against Lyon. Nicely played.

[backfootpunch]

Agreed. Agarwal and Shaw to begin in the opener's spot next series.

I agree with Adi that the declaration will come before lunch if India are not all-out by then. My guess is that they'll be aiming for 450, but to be honest they probably already have enough. The batting this morning is to give a cushion and demoralise the Aussies as much as they can.

That said, they won't get any runs from 9-11, so a wicket means they won't be able to accelerate too much.

Aggarwal gives it some heave-ho against Lyon. Nicely played.

I'd be surprised if they don't already have 150 more than Australia could chase

[backfootpunch]

Cracking pull shot from jadeja

Made a glorious sound of the bat

Followed up by a perfect short one from Cummins to get him out

Good cricket

[Arthur Crabtree]

Pant goes. Might as well declare.

[Arthur Crabtree]

They have!

[backfootpunch]

Terrible shot from finch

Be surprised if he plays the next match

[Arthur Crabtree]

Last 19 wickets have fallen for 265. Doesn't say world record run chase to me.

[backfootpunch]

Last 19 wickets have fallen for 265. Doesn't say world record run chase to me.

To have any chance either one player has to make 200+ or two to both get hundreds

And even then you could still lose

Very very hard to see them even getting within 100 on this wicket against some excellent bowlers

[backfootpunch]

Think the Aussies will be playing golf tomorrow not cricket

Batting line up is hopeless

[backfootpunch]

Harris is starting to remind me of mark stoneman

At times he looks a good player but keeps finding a way to get out

Wont make many runs against spin going hard at it like that

[Arthur Crabtree]

A couple of years ago their batting was poor and they made some wholesale changes. Not many of them stuck around, but I wonder if they'll do the same again.

Might even give Callum Ferguson another go.

[meninblue]

Australia score is 94/3.

306 runs still to defend and 7 wickets to be picked by the strong pace attack and Sir Jadeja who can be very useful bowling stumps to stumps on a wicket with inconsistent bounce.

Jas just bowled a very good over. Shami too is bowling well.

[meninblue]

Shaun Marsh gone too. One specialist batsman less.

Bowling change as Ishant replaces Jadeja.

[alfie]

When you are struggling , you never get the close ones go your way...

S Marsh , playing well , lbw to Bumrah...fair enough , it was hitting (just) : but on another day the onfield umpire probably gives that not out , and the umpires call verdict goes your way.

Having said that the umpires in this match have done very well - that decision was correct , after all , and to be honest it looked good live. But that little bit of luck Australia crave to prolong this just isn't there .( Probably used it up yesterday , I guess , with Cummins getting three top bats caught down the leg side - reward for good bowling overall , but still something that won't normally happen)

No doubt about this game anyway : India are taking a 2-1 lead either this evening or tomorrow morning. One more wicket now and I'd fancy a finish today. MMarsh could use a score here : India would prefer an extra days rest...

[alfie]

Head having some good fortune though : Pant unable to hang onto a edge off Jadeja... They've played the spinner quite well today (actually taking him for a lot more runs than normal) but you get the feeling that he's likely to pick one of them up at any moment...