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[one-eyed]

Snip! This is a sports thread. Leave out the political crap!

[one-eyed]

Aussies all out for 181.

Webster 57 ..... nice knock on debut. Showed up many of his more experienced teammates.
Smith  33
Konstas 23
Carey  21

Woeful effort especially by the top order. India didn't have Bumrah bowling either for most of it as he went to hospital for scans.
https://x.com/cricketcomau/status/1875380898561974447

A repeat of the first test just meekly giving away the advantage after India's first innings and handing it back to India.

India currently 0/16 in their second innings.

[one-eyed]

Just as an aside, that outfield collision in the BBL last night between Bancroft & Sams was brutal .

https://x.com/RyanLDScott/status/1875143072931262886

[one-eyed]

15 wickets in a day. Could have been 16 if Smith didn't dive in front of Khawaja in the slips.

India  6/141 ......... Boland 4/42, Webster 1/24, Cummins 1/31, Starc 0/36 (off just 4 overs)

India lead by 145 runs with 4 wickets in hand at stumps.

[Andyy]

Bumrah may be injured and if he is I reckon that'll be the match to us.

[Diocletian]

Bumrah may be injured and if he is I reckon that'll be the match to us.

Have you seen our batting and that pitch - they won't need him and probably have enough runs already.

[WilliamPowell]

Poor footwork or in some case zero footwork led to the dismissal of the majority of Australia's batsmen

The only ones who looked the part were Webster and Carey

Pant took the Aussies, clearly decided to play his natural game. It was amazing while it lasted

I just hope the Steve Smith drop (wasn't his catch BTW) doesn't cost us. It was an extremely poor decision by him to go for that catch. And as an aside I think our slips cordon stand too close together

Would be nice of the Indians told everyone what's going on with Bumrah

[Andyy]

Boland 6/45 amazing.

Can't see Hazel pushing him out except that Cummins isn't playing in SL so it'll be Starc, Hazel, Boland which is fine.

Chasing 160 odd with all the time in the world. Should be a Monty.

[mightytiges]

Even a 162 run target won't be easy on this pitch. Mind you the Indian bowlers in the first two overs have given us free runs.

Konstas out for 22 off 17 balls go for the slog. Aussies 1/40.

Just on the pitch, a wicket that produces a 3-day test match with scores below 200 isn't a good one. I know wickets are prepared in advance but if this was overseas and the home side was 2-1 up with one test to play, they would have produced a flat road of a wicket. 

[WilliamPowell]

Marnus gone (poor shot again)

Smith gone, brut of a delivery and sits on 9,999 test runs

Aussies have the wobbles again

Konstas... well..  no commnet

[one-eyed]

Aussies 3/71 at Lunch.

Need a further 91 runs to win.

Konstas 22
Labuschagne 6
Smith 4 ...... still one run short of 10,000 runs.
Khawaja 19*
Head  5*

[one-eyed]

Aussies 4/147 at Drinks.

15 runs needed to win.

Khawaja  41
Head      32*
Webster 26*

[Damo]

Snip! This is a sports thread. Leave out the political crap!

Political?
What a load of BS

Anyway , go Aussies

Well done for beating the Indians (if I’m allowed to say that)

[one-eyed]

Aussies win by 6 wickets

Webster 39* and Head 34* get us home.

Aussies win the BGT and series 3-1.

[Diocletian]

INB4 Boland dropped for Hammywood again.