0.3 A nasty bouncer, and a superb catch from Rocchiccioli! Neser tests the middle of the pitch early in the contest, landing it around off. Abhimanyu is squared up in defence and it lobs up off the outside edge. Rocchiccioli takes a few steps forward from gully and dives full length to pluck that. Early strike for Australia A after opting to bowl 0/1

1.3 Hello MCG, says Boland with a peach! Rahul's audition as an opener for the Border Gavaskar Trophy starts on a bad note. Superb delivery that. He goes wide of the crease and bowls it full, aiming at off. Rahul has to play at it, and ends up getting his bat down at an angle because of the late swing in. But the ball then lands and straightens to take the outside edge to the wicketkeeper. India A in some bother 9/3

0.4 Steered to second slip and two-in-two for Neser. A nothing shot really from Sai Sudharsan. Length ball angling away, he is perhaps done in by the late movement away. So he thinks he has to play at that and decides to leave it, too late as the ball goes off the face to Bancroft, who juggles a bit and holds on 0/2

2.4 Neser has three in ten balls! Lands this on a length outside off, Gaikwad plants his front foot forward and looks to defend it with hard hands. He gets a thick outside edge that carries low to second slip. India 4 for 11! 11/4

24.2 Four for Neser, he strikes early in his spell again. Padikkal is done in by the extra bounce here. He goes back to cut a length ball through the off side, but the ball not only jags back in appreciably but also gets an extra lift. As a result, Padikkal gets a thick outside edge low to gully, where Rocchiccioli takes a good, low catch again 64/5

54.3 Jurel's patience runs out. McSweeney entices the big shot with a flighted one from around the wicket. Jurel looks to swing it high and over midwicket but only gets a lot of height and not much distance. Davies has enough time to settle under it a few metres in from deep midwicket and take it safely 155/9

36.1 Reddy throws his wicket away. Dances down the track to a length ball from Webster, perhaps trying to slap it over cover. But he slashes at it, almost half-mindedly, only to get a thick outside edge to the wicketkeeper. He has thrown it away after getting a decent start 103/6

36.5 Error in judgement from Kotian there. Looks to pad away a length ball that is angled in from outside off and sees the off stump pegged back 103/7

40.1 Edged and taken. Webster has three. He bowls it full in the channel outside off, a hint of movement away. Too good for Khaleel, who can only edge it to first slip 119/8

57.1 Backs away to swing it over the on side but Prasidh gets a top edge. It goes high and comes down straight to Harris at mid-off. India A bowled out for 161 161/10

8.2 Mukesh strikes with a beaut! Lands it on a length on the fourth-stump line, gets it to move away a little late. McSweeney has to play at it and only manages an outside edge after getting squared up. Rahul takes a safe catch in front of first slip 31/1

53.1 Krishna is letting is rip at the MCG. Is he bowling himself into the India's senior squad? Back of a length, angling in from round the wicket, then seams away outside off. Harris hangs his bat out in the channel before belatedly withdrawing it. He can only feed an outside edge to Jurel. Krishna could've had four by now had Rahul not dropped McAndrew off him 167/7

14.3 Sharp catch from Kotian! Khaleel bowls it short from around the wicket, Bancroft hangs back to pull it over forward square leg but finds the man stationed there. A dent to his chances of grabbing that Australian opening slot for the Border Gavaskar Trophy 43/2

19 Khaleel thinks he has his man and the finger goes up! Khaleel ventures wide on the crease and bowls an inswinger. Kontas is caught on his crease. He prods at it and is beaten on the inside edge. Struck in front of off on the back pad and Kontas has to depart 58/3

23.2 Popped up to mid-on! The ball swerves away from Mukesh but he judges it well and pouches it. Fullish and outside off, Davies has a hack at it and miscues it to Mukesh. Smart catch 75/4

28.2 Edged and taken by Rahul at second slip. Outstanding catch from Rahul, diving in front of first slip to grab it inches from the turf. Full and seams away outside off, Webster jabs away from the body and Rahul dives across to his left to snag the catch. India A can dream of a first-innings lead 84/5

49.4 Jurel and Krishna think they have their man. Indeed, the finger goes up. Out caught behind. Short and outside off, Krishna gets it to skid through outside off. Pierson benefitted from the pull earlier today but this time he can just under-edge it behind to Jurel 152/6

53.2 Krishna now has four! Hits the in-between length outside off. Neither pullable or cuttable. Some extra bounce as well. Boland spars at it and outside-edges it to first slip, where Easwaran takes a smart overhead catch 167/8

62.1 Big swipe and gone! Short of a length delivery angling in, he moves back to go big and ends up nicking it behind to keeper.That will also be tea 223/9

8 Sharp catch at gully! Corey Rocchiccioli is it. He's been having a good day and it gets even better. Full and outside off, nips away, Easwaran pushes out with firm hands and nicks it to gully, where Rocchiccioli takes a fantastic catch. Another failure for Easwaran ahead of the Perth Test 25/1

17.1 What was that? Was he expecting it to turn down the leg side? Through the legs and bowled via a deflection of the pad. Tossed up and turning into middle, Rahul misjudges it and doesn't offer any shot. He simply pads up to it and deflects it back onto his own stumps. Bizarre dismissal. Rocchiccioli strikes with his first ball 44/4

10 edged and grabbed at slips. The finger goes up and Sudharsan has to go. Terrific, low catch from Bancroft at second slip. He dives forward to pouch it. Full and seams away enough to kiss the outside edge. Bancroft then makes it look ridiculously easy 31/2

16.4 This looks close and the finger goes up. McAndrew catches Gaikwad on the crease with a fuller delivery that skids back in to strike him in line with middle. That might have crashed into the leg stump 44/3

22.2 edged and taken at first slip. India A are five down and sinking at the MCG. Full and outside off, nips away against the inward angle from round the wicket, Padikkal wafts at it from the crease and nicks it behind 56/5

53.1 Jurel has thrown it away and is massively dejected. He is well set and looks to take on Rocchiccioli. Sees the tossed up ball and dances down to heave it over deep midwicket. But he is not really to the pitch of it and the bat turns in his hands and he drags it straight to deep square leg. End of the 94-run stand with India A only 88 ahead 150/6

56.1 Webster's short ball does it for Reddy. He was looking to get a move on in the last few overs and a case of one gets two as the other set batter departs for India A. Not the best back of a length ball, sliding down leg, he goes for the pull but manages a tickle. Peirson does not miss and the Webster-Peirson pair combine to get Reddy for the second time in the game. India lead exactly by 100 162/7

76.5 Miscued to mid-off! Kotian tries to accumulate some quick runs before the second new ball is due. Hence sees the length ball and looks to go inside out over extra cover. But the bat turns in his hands and he only hits it to Harris. Misses out on a fifty but a top knock down the order 229/9

69.4 Superh diving catch from Konstas! Runs back to his left from deep midwicket and dives full stretch to pluck that out. That ends Prasidh's freewheeling stay. He sees the flight and throws his everything at it to swing it over the on side. But is undone by a brilliant piece of fielding. End of the partnership on 49, India lead by 149 211/8

77.5 India A bowled out for 229, Australia A need 168 to win. Rocchiccioli fires one in on a length on off and middle, this one does not spin much. Mukesh goes back to clip it away but is struck in front of the stumps 229/10

20.4 Peach! And Mukesh gets his man, finally. Lands one on a length around off - aiming for top of off - it moves away just a touch. McSweeney has to play at it and does so in front of his body. The ball takes the outside edge and flies to Jurel. Superb delivery, and McSweeney also has low returns at the MCG 48/3

0.2 First-baller for Harris and Prasidh strikes with his second ball. The round the wicket works immediately for the tall fast bowler. Bowls it full and outside off, swings it in a touch. Harris looks to reach out for a drive but gets an inside edge onto it. Jurel does the rest. Harris, though, is not happy. Did his bat hit the ground? Anyway, he is sent packing for a golden duck after a half-century in the first innings 1/1

0.3 Toe-crusher from Prasidh and it is a golden duck for Bancroft, too! Prasidh breathing fire. Spears it full from over the wicket with some late outswing. Bancroft overbalances and is beaten on the inside edge, the celebrappeal from Prasidh is enough to tell you how plumb he is. Australia A two down for just one 1/2

27.2 Kotian gets his man! Nips the attacking Davies early in the bud. He was doing this thing constantly - making room to cut/slap the ball through covers against the spin. Pays the price this time because of the lowish bounce. He had escaped a couple of times before because of the high bounce. Makes room to go through off again after seeing the length ball land outside off, it spins back in to knock middle, passing underneath his bat. Timely strike for India A, Australia A need 95 more 73/4