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[one-eyed]

Weren't able to bowl the last Indian pair out before stumps.

India 9/252 .... Cummins 4/80, Starc 3/83

Hazlewood injured again and now gone for the rest of the series. So, Boland will return for the Boxing Day Test.

[Andyy]

Boland a bit stiff.

Hazelwood would want to be cherry ripe for this one.

Knew he'd break down again.

Even if we'd followed in it would be difficult to bowl them out again with a pace bowler out of action.

I knew this would happen.

Hazelwood is good but doesn't seem up to the task of a full series anymore.

[one-eyed]

Australia XI for the Boxing Day Test:

Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4190480/pat-cummins-australia-team-xi-news-travis-head-injury-fitness-test-scott-boland-boxing-day-test-india-mcg-melbourne

[WilliamPowell]

Aust won the toss and elected to bat

Konstas faced the first ball and full over from Bumrah. Didn't lay bat on ball at all.

Just scored hos 1st runs in his 2nd

Well done young ,am

I just hope the selectors haven't thrown him to wolves like the did with McSweeney

[mightytiges]

Some soft dismissals today after the start we got. Labuschagne's was the worst.


Kohli btw should be suspended for the next test for this. Fake tough guy act going after the first gamer.

https://x.com/7Cricket/status/1872075722249912813
https://x.com/jackmolloy94/status/1872083446291710041


https://x.com/tommorris32/status/1872087544919433406

[one-eyed]

Stumps Day 1

Aussies 6/311

Labuschagne 72
Konstas 60
Khawaja 57
Carey 31
Smith 68*

[Andyy]

Disappointing leave by Head and another poor performance from Marsh, otherwise most of them have contributed.

Cool change coming tonight but no rain so hopefully we've made the most of the first/hot day and set up a win.

[one-eyed]

Virat Kohli has been fined 20 percent of his match fee and awarded one demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/world-test-championship/news/kohli-sanctioned-for-konstas-incident-on-boxing-day?sf211260721=1

[one-eyed]

Aussies 474 all out.

Smith backing up the last test with another century  .

Smith    140
Cummins 49

[one-eyed]

Good last half an hour thanks to Boland.

India 5/164 at stumps.

Boland 2/24, Cummins 2/57 plus a run out.

Aussies lead by 310 runs.


https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-vs-india-2024-25-1426547/australia-vs-india-4th-test-1426558/full-scorecard

[one-eyed]

India 7/326 at Tea.

Can't bowl out the tail  .

We let them off when they were 7/221 by just meandering through the next 10 overs while waiting for the new ball.

[one-eyed]

India 9/358 at stumps.

Boland & Cummins 3 wickets, Lyon 2.

Aussies lead by 116 runs.

[WilliamPowell]

India 7/326 at Tea.

Can't bowl out the tail  .

We let them off when they were 7/221 by just meandering through the next 10 overs while waiting for the new ball.

A very average day by Australia

It's one of the reasons I get frustrated with Lyon, quality spinners clean up the tail, he doesn't do it enough

We should've been looking for a lead between 180-230 runs but no it will be around 100

Very poor

[one-eyed]

India 369 all out.

Did this bounce after or before hitting the bat?
Third umpire said after and not out in about 2 secs.
https://x.com/TheTiserSport/status/1873150862564180248


Aussies 1/20 .... Konstas out.

Aussies lead by 125 runs.

[one-eyed]

Aussies 2/63 just after Lunch.

Konstas 8
Khawaja 21
Labuschagne 28*
Smith 4*

A lead of 168 runs.