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| BATSMEN | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | This Bowler | Last 10 ovs | mat | runs | hs | ave | ||
| Steven Smith*SPD Smith*(rhb) | 68 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 61.26 | 7(13b) | 5(26b) | 113 | 9877 | 239 | 56.44 | ||
| Pat CumminsPJ Cummins(rhb) | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 47.05 | 3(10b) | 8(17b) | 66 | 1362 | 64* | 16.81 | ||
| BOWLERS | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | This Spell | mat | wkts | bbi | ave |
| Jasprit BumrahJJ Bumrah(rf) | 21 | 7 | 75 | 3 | 3.57 | 97 | 6 | 2 | 3.0-0-11-0 | 44 | 197 | 6/27 | 19.60 |
| Akash DeepAkash Deep(rfm) | 19 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 3.10 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 2.0-1-5-1 | 7 | 14 | 3/83 | 31.42 |
Current Partnership : P'SHIP : 12 runs, 3.5 overs, RR: 3.13 (Steven Smith 0, Pat Cummins 8)Last Bat : L'BAT : Alex Carey c †Pant b Akash Deep 31 ( 41b 0X4 1X6) SR: 75.60 FoW : FoW : 299/6 (82.1 ov) | |||||||||||||
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25/12Stumps
4th Test, India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 2024
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![Australia]( "Australia")
311/6 * (86 ov) -
![India]( "India")
Current Run Rate
CRR
3.61
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
29/1 (2.9)
25/12Stumps
4th Test, India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 2024
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![Australia]( "Australia")
311/6 * (86 ov) -
![India]( "India")
Current Run Rate
CRR
3.61
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
29/1 (2.9)
Match Centre Ground time: 01:13
Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy
Statistics
Current Batsmen
SPD Smith
68(111) 5x4 - 1x6
Control %87%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 18 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
PJ Cummins
8(17) 1x4 - 0x6
Control %70%
- Productive Shot
- defended
- 6 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
Current bowlers
JJ Bumrah
- O21
- M7
- R75
- W3
- Eco3.57
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
Akash Deep
- O19
- M5
- R59
- W1
- Eco3.10
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
PARTNERSHIPS
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days
26,27,28,29,30 December 2024 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
END OF OVER:86 | 3 Runs | AUS: 311/6
- Pat Cummins8 (17b)
- Steven Smith68 (111b)
- Jasprit Bumrah21-7-75-3
- Akash Deep19-5-59-1
6.04pm Phew, quite the Boxing Day we've had. The early punches were all thrown by Australia, particularly by the 19-year-old Sam Konstas who rode his early luck and made one of the more memorable debut half-centuries you'll ever see, peppered with audacious scoops, reverse-scoops and dashes down the track against the quicks. Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith built on his early work, and put Australia in a commanding position at 237 for 2, but India hit back thereafter, with who else but Jasprit Bumrah leading the way. Australia lost 4 for 74 towards the end of the day, and that brings the Test match back towards something like parity, but at 311 runs on day one, on a pitch where the ball is beginning to go up and down, you would think the home team are a little better placed.
Prasanna S: "Whose day it is? Would say 55 - 45 in favor of Australia. Could have been way worse for India if not for Bumrah's final session spell. Amazing how he singlehandedly keeps India in the contest."
Pranay: "Akash is playing in place of Shami so of course he is going to carry his luck in some matches. "
Sam L: "Bumrah worked hard today. He was unlucky early. Could have had 5-for today"
Here's Alex Malcolm's piece on the story of the day: Sam Konstas' debut scooping. There's also a stack more cricket to come today with the BBL and two more Boxing Day Tests: South Africa vs Pakistan and Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan. And we'll be back tomorrow for more. For now, from Karthik and Gnasher, it's goodbye.
85.6
0
Bumrah to Cummins, no run, again it's full, straight, and swinging in, and again Cummins keeps his feet out of the way and brings his bat down straight enough to squeeze it out and play it back to the bowler
85.5
2
Bumrah to Cummins, 2 runs, in the blockhole, inswinging yorker on off stump. Jams his bat down, keeps his feet out of the way, and smacks Jaiswal in the thumb as he looks to stop this at short leg. Bump ball
85.5
1nb
Bumrah to Cummins, 1 no ball, back of a length, angling into the hip, Cummins judiciously lifts his bat up and leaves it alone, doesn't try and tuck it away with his bat
85.4
0
Bumrah to Cummins, no run, fullish, angling into middle and leg, clipped to short midwicket, who's very straight. He's looking to make Cummins play around his front pad
85.3
0
Bumrah to Cummins, no run, ooooh, inswinger in the channel, and Cummins leaves it alone. Doesn't miss the top of off stump by much
85.2
0
Bumrah to Cummins, no run, full inswinger finishing around off stump, defended solidly to mid-on
85.1
0
Bumrah to Cummins, no run, outswinger, good length, too wide to make Cummins play
This will be the last over of the day. The official attendance flashes on the big screen: 87,242.
END OF OVER:85 | 5 Runs | AUS: 308/6
- Steven Smith68 (111b)
- Pat Cummins6 (10b)
- Akash Deep19-5-59-1
- Jasprit Bumrah20-7-72-3
84.6
0
Akash Deep to Smith, no run, full, swings in towards off stump, lets it come and pushes towards mid-on
84.5
1
Akash Deep to Cummins, 1 run, goes wide of the crease and angles a back-of-a-length ball in towards off stump. Steered to deep point
84.4
4
Akash Deep to Cummins, FOUR, fullish, angling in towards off stump, and Cummins presses forward to defend, probably playing for inswing. It either doesn't swing in, or moves the other way, and he gets a thick edge that runs away to the right of third slip
84.3
0
Akash Deep to Cummins, no run, length ball, a bit of inswing, finishing on off stump. Stays leg-side of the ball and punches to point
84.2
0
Akash Deep to Cummins, no run, back of a length, down leg again, left alone
84.1
0
Akash Deep to Cummins, no run, length ball, a bit of inswing, but well down the leg side, past the attempted glance
END OF OVER:84 | 3 Runs | AUS: 303/6
- Steven Smith68 (110b)
- Pat Cummins1 (5b)
- Jasprit Bumrah20-7-72-3
- Akash Deep18-5-54-1
83.6
0
Bumrah to Smith, no run, length ball swinging away outside off, left alone
83.5
0
Bumrah to Smith, no run, length ball on top of off stump, dabbed with soft hands towards backward point
83.4
0
Bumrah to Smith, no run, back of a length in the corridor, left alone
Backward short leg in place.
Krishna Swaroop: "Excellent from Akashdeep. Persistent despite no luck. He is made for test cricket. Brave call to retain him over Harshit Rana - who was being favoured by quite a few experts. I thought Akashdeep just brought in more discipline. some of the credit to this wicket should also go to NKR for keeping it tight before the new ball. Great cricket all around."
83.3
1
Bumrah to Cummins, 1 run, full, angling into off stump and straightens late. Outswing. Opens Cummins up, but he manages to squeeze a push into the covers
83.2
2lb
Bumrah to Cummins, 2 leg byes, again he tries to flick one off the front foot and is beaten by inswing. Off the pad into the backward square leg region. Was missing leg stump anyway
Commentary Feedback
Match Coverage
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Opting for increased batting insurance is placing a greater workload on India's MVP - and Jasprit Bumrah is still delivering
Gill not dropped, 'just unfortunate' says India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar
The India batter had made scores of 31, 28 and 1 in his three innings in Adelaide and Brisbane
Kohli fined 20% of match fees after heated altercation with Konstas at MCG
Konstas later brushed the incident aside, but Ricky Ponting said on commentary that Kohli "instigated that confrontation"
Konstas arrives at the Test arena like a supernova
Neither a new-ball spell from Jasprit Bumrah nor a confrontation with Virat Kohli could faze the young debutant
Teenager Konstas takes Bumrah for record 18 runs in an over
Stats highlights from the first day's play at the MCG
