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Things are going from bad to worse for the Australian Test team with David Warner and Josh Hazlewood set to join skipper Pat Cummins in flying home from India.

Cummins will fly home due to a serious family illness before rejoining his teammates ahead of the third Test which begins on March 1.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/star-aussie-pair-reportedly-to-join-cummins-on-flight-home-as-india-tour-gets-worse/news-story/4c912e2f98d9ed5a9931b28635eb230b

[taztiger4]

Things are going from bad to worse for the Australian Test team with David Warner and Josh Hazlewood set to join skipper Pat Cummins in flying home from India.

Cummins will fly home due to a serious family illness before rejoining his teammates ahead of the third Test which begins on March 1.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/star-aussie-pair-reportedly-to-join-cummins-on-flight-home-as-india-tour-gets-worse/news-story/4c912e2f98d9ed5a9931b28635eb230b

Losing Warner is a god send

[WilliamPowell]

Our Men's team might be crap over in India

But our Women continue to do us proud 

Through to the World Cup T20 in Sputh Africa, defeating India by 5 runs

Going for their 3rd T20 title in a row 

[one-eyed]

Cummins out of the 3rd Test due to family reasons.

Steve Smith to take over as captain.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/cummins-to-miss-third-test-to-spend-time-with-seriously-ill-mother-20230224-p5cne0.html

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Our Men's team might be crap over in India

But our Women continue to do us proud 

Through to the World Cup T20 in Sputh Africa, defeating India by 5 runs

Going for their 3rd T20 title in a row 

Aussies won it  .

Beth Mooney with 74 not out was player of the final  .

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India won the toss and batted.

Starc and Green in for the forced changes of Cummins and Warner out.

India 5/70

Kuhnemann has 3 wickets and Lyon 2.

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Great first session for the Aussies.

India 7/84 at Lunch.

Wickets: Kuhnemann 3, Lyon 3, Murphy 1.

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India 109 all out.



Aussies currently 1/22 in reply. Head out for 9.

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Aussies 1/71 at Tea.

Khawaja        33*
Labuschagne  16*

Trail by 38 runs.

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Aussies 4/156 at Stumps. A lead of 47 runs.

Khawaja       60
Labuschagne 31
Smith          26
Handscomb  7*
Green          6*

[WilliamPowell]

Aussies 4/156 at Stumps. A lead of 47 runs.

Khawaja       60
Labuschagne 31
Smith          26
Handscomb  7*
Green          6*

A good day would have been  a really great day if not for the last hour or so

We were 1/101.....

Losing 3 wickets for 53 runs was a poor return

But having said that, India's apparent doctoring of their pitches to suit them has bit them this time. Doctoring only seems to be successful if you bat 2nd LOL.

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Aussies 197 all out.

Another embarrassing collapse. After being 4/186 at one stage, we lost our last 6 wickets for just 11 runs .

A first innings lead of 88 runs.
 

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India 4/79 at Tea. Trail by 9 runs.

Lyon 3 wickets and Kuhnemann 1.

Pujara 36* is the wicket the Aussies need.

[mightytiges]

Fair catch that by Khawaja 



Needed it too. Iyer was going the smash against our spinners.

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India 163 all out.

Lyon 8/64.

Aussies need 76 runs to win.