India v/s Australia 2nd Test Day 3, Brisbane: India close day at 71/1; trail by 26 runs
Fri, 19 Dec 2014-01:10pm , Mumbai , dna webdesk
STUMPS-Day 3
23 overs- 71/1
Australian bowling made India work very hard.
21 overs- 69/1. India trail by 28 runs with 9 wickets remaining
Pujara- 15 off 29
Dhawan- 24 off 59
Dhawan-Pujara partnership sets the ball rolling for India as Australia's lead gets reduced.
18 overs- 61/1
Pujara- 10 off 19
Dhawan- 21 off 51
India trail by 44 runs
15 overs- 53/1
#INDvsAUS @bhogleharsha @cricketwallah @sakaltimes Pujara-Dhawan must get a 100 run partnership at the least. Ideally, a ton each.
— rahul chandawarkar (@rchandawarkar) December 19, 2014Dhawan- 17 off 32, Pujara- 6 off 13
10.3 overs- 41/1
Starc cleans up Vijay, OUT! Vijay was in two minds about whether to play or leave. It was too late by the time he chose the latter and raised his bat to leave, and the stumps had been castled.
M Vijay b Starc 28 off 39 balls
8 overs- 39/0
India trail by 59 runs.
Vijay 26 off 30, Dhawan- 12 off 19
4 overs- 13/0
Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan walk in to bat as they open India's second innings
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Australia all out for 505. Australia lead by 98. Given the kind of position India were in after the first hour, the lower-order has batted brilliantly, and India's bowling has been dismal
109.4 overs- Ashwin tosses that up outside leg and he goes for the big slog again. He completely misses it and the turning ball hits leg stump.
MA Starc b Ashwin 52 off 59 balls.
103 overs- 476/9
Australia take 69-run lead.
India continue dismal bowling run as they remain unsuccessful in claiming tenth wicket.
99 overs- 462/9
Tail enders give India a hard time as bowlers struggle to finish them up. Oz take 54-run lead
OUT! Nathan Lyon has to go! Varun Aaron bowls straight at the middle stump to Lyon who lofts it straight into the hands of Rohit Sharma at mid-on
Lyon- 23 off 23 balls.
93 overs- 435/8
Oz take 27-run lead
Official drinks break
Lyon- 13 off 13, Starc- 27 off 19 balls
Just when India thought that took control of the game they have yet another hurdle to overcome i.e. break the Nathan Lyon- Mitchell Starc partnership.
Ishant takes two wickets in four balls to put India in the driver's seat.
#INDvsAUS #AUSvIND @sakaltimes Good to see Ishant get johnson and smith in quick succession. Now wrap up quickly!
— rahul chandawarkar (@rchandawarkar) December 19, 2014OUT! And that's a double whammy! Late bloom for India as Ishant Sharma strikes again to clean up Smith for 133. SPD Smith b I Sharma 133 off 191 balls
OUT! Ishant bowls it slant across Johnson as he goes after it, looking to drive away from his body, and edges it to glovesman Dhoni. No-ball is being checked for, but Ishant's foot is fine
MG Johnson c Dhoni b I Sharma 88 off 93 balls
87 overs- 395/6
A 148-run partnership for a record seventh wicket partnership.
83 overs- 379/6
The bowling attack that had hit top form seems to be faltering bowling all ovet the place allowing Johnson to go for some big hits as he nears his century (82 off 80 balls).
80 overs-367/6. New ball has been taken. Australia trail by 41
Johnson- 75 off 72 balls, Smith- 118 off 126 balls
The partnership between Johnson and Smith was the turning point in the first sessio. Johnson seems unstoppable right now.
LUNCH
Australia dragged this session towards themselves.
Dream:switch on tv to see India take big first innings lead;Reality-wake up & see #NeversledgeJohnson smashing 'em out of the park #INDvsAUS
— Tanu Kaushik (@tanukaushik) December 19, 2014Johnson taking revenge of 0 wickets with bat! #INDvsAUS
— Men In Blue #AusvInd (@TheBlueBleeders) December 19, 201475 overs- 351/6
Steve Smith-110 off 155 balls, Johnson- 67 off 53 balls.
A crucial partnership off 102 off 83 balls has brought Oz back in the game.
73 overs- 340/6
Outstanding century by Steve Smith. He scored his 2nd 100 in this series. A brilliant 100 on debut as captain.
Stev Smith with a century in his first test as captain. Leading from the front. #INDvsAUS
— Kent Hodder (@kenthodder) December 19, 2014
70.2 overs-319/6
Some really poor, short pitch bowling by India
Mitch Johnson smashes a 37-ball fifty.
This Mitchell Johnson quickfire 50 is as valuable as 3 wickets in an innings; could alter fate of the match. #INDvsAUS #Brisbane
— Aniruddha Guha (@AniGuha) December 19, 2014By the way its gng...seems johnson will score century earlier than smith #INDvsAUS
— Budugu Sarika (@agrisarika) December 19, 2014
69 overs- 309/6
The last 10 balls have just been a flurry of runs for Johnson.
Is India letting this slip away from their hands as the Johnson-Smith partnership grows stronger and Australia trail by 99 runs.
Ashwin being introduced into the attack.
The first half hour was actually sustained aggressive bowling. This last half hour after haddin's wicket was mindless! #INDvsAUS
— Xplorer's (@hitchwriter) December 19, 2014We saw some disciplined bowling from India. Bowling full and outside the off stump. Ishant Sharma has been very impressive this morning.
DRINKS BREAK
67 overs- 291/6
Steve Smith anchoring Oz's innings with support from Johnson. The duo now have a partnership of 44 runs off 38 balls.
Mitchell Johnson- 28 off 23 balls, Steven Smith- 90 off 136 balls.
65 overs- 276/6.
Umesh Yadav bowls another brilliant over as he was economical giving away only two runs.
61.1 overs- 247/6
2 Indian fast bowlers bowling in tandem! Been watching cricket for over 30 years and this is a first! #INDvsAUS
— Samir Kumar (@SKHomes) December 19, 2014Indian bowlers hit top form after pitch assists seamers.
India continue to spring surprises in #tourthatmatters. 1st with their batting, now with accurate bouncers at the ribs. #INDvsAUS #cricket
— Kiran Nataraj (@kirannataraj) December 19, 2014OUT! Varun Aaron bowls a brilliant, unplayable bouncer that Haddin could only tried to evade until he was unaware what would be in store for him. Aaron bowls well to get him OUT on the first ball after the break. The India's plan works, as Haddin got his hands in front of his face to shield himself and gifted a simple catch to Pujara at short leg. BJ Haddin c Pujara b Aaron 6 off 12 balls.
61 overs- 247/5. Oz trail by 161
DRINKS BREAK
59 overs- 243/5
Its a shaky and nervous start for Australia this morning, while India will be delighted with Ishant Sharma 's yet another brilliant spell after picking up a wicket in the first half hour. Ishant bowls a lot fuller and Haddin is struck low on the pad, seemingly drifted towards the leg side. Huge appeal, and Marais Erasmus seemed disinterested.
57 overs- 232/5
WICKET! What bowling by Ishant Sharma as he bowls an inswinger to Mitchell Marsh who gets fooled by the wonderful delivery! That is a super delivery! Marsh completely misjudged that one and left it only to repent after his off stump was castled by lovely bowling. They're checking for no-ball but he's fine. MR Marsh b I Sharma 11 off 34 balls.
Up early watching the cricket & have been rewarded with a great spell from Ishant & Varun. #Cricket #IndVsAus
— Sairam Krishnan (@_sairamkrishnan) December 19, 2014Welcome to the coverage of the third day's play in the 2nd Test match between India and Australia in Brisbane. On Thursday, Australia fought back into the game, taking the last six Indian wickets for 97 runs. At close of play, the Australians had managed 221/4, ending 187 runs behind India's first innings score with six wickets in hand.
For Australia, captain Steve Smith is unbeaten on 65, and opener Chris Rogers finally managed to strike some form with 55 runs. Umesh Yadav was the stand out bowler for India, taking three wickets for 48. For the complete match report from Day 2, click here.
Ravichandran Ashwin, back into the side for the second Test, took one wicket. He believes India are ahead in this Test match at this point.
For the entire live coverage of Day 2, click here. And we also have a full coverage page on the India-Australia series which has photos, videos, slideshows, quotes, opinions etc.
