- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.1 caught behind! Nicked him off! Perfect delivery. Beat him twice at the end of the last over. This is full, angled in on a fourth stump line, it just wobbles away a touch as Khawaja defends from the crease with minimal footwork, gets a tiny nick and Pant takes a simple catch. 31/118.3 edged to second slip! Bumrah again! Back of a length, angled in, straightening and climbing, McSweeney is squared up on the crease, defending the wrong line, gets thick edge and it floats to Kohli who pouches it easily 38/233.2 tempted, and falls! Labuschagne has been itching to get a solid cover drive away. Nitish bowls full, bit wider outside off, and Labuschagne tries to play the drive. Expansive shot, away from his body, and that's taken the edge to Kohli! Flying to second slip's right but Kohli manages to take a sharp one at shoulder height. Labuschagne falls one over after the bail swap 75/382.6 edged and taken by Rohit at first slip! Bumrah again! Wide of the crease, full, seam up, inviting the drive, he drives hard, it just nips away to catch the edge and Rohit takes the catch well moving to his right 316/486.5 five for Bumrah and the fifth wicket is the prized scalp of Travis Head! Scramble-seam ball, full and slightly wide outside off. Head tries to crunch a drive through the off side, but he ends up nicking off to Pant! Gone for 152 and he leaves with a standing ovation. 327/686.2 Kohli with a sharp catch! Fullish ball just outside off. Angling into off stump. Marsh presses the bat forward to defend under his eyeline, but it takes the outside edge and flies to Kohli at head height. Kohli topples over behind himself after completing the catch but it's a safe take. Bumrah with a fourth, Marsh gone without much impact 326/5117.1 holes out to deep midwicket! Short ball, chest high, there to hit, he tries to take on deep midwicket but gets it off the toe of the bat and it falls well short of the rope, Gill is there to take the catch 445/1097.5 Siraj wicket the wicket! No real talk from the man this time. He gets a pat on his head from Rohit and Kohli after that dismissal. This was a good length ball on a fourth-stump line. Good bounce off the pitch, and a bit of movement away. Cummins pokes at it, and gets the edge to Pant. 385/7105.6 caught behind! Bumrah has six! 136kph, full, seam up on a fifth stump line, threatening to shape in but it holds it's line, he pushes with minimal footwork and gets a little nick through to the keeper. Easy catch for Pant 423/8116.3 bowled him! Through the gate! Full, tailing into middle, it seams in too, Lyon plays a booming drive but leaves a huge gap between bat and pad, it crashes into middle, three-quarters of the way up 445/9Extras35 (lb 17, nb 5, w 13)TOTAL445 all out (117.1 Overs, RR: 3.79)Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Usman Khawaja, 16.1 ov), 2-38 (Nathan McSweeney, 18.3 ov), 3-75 (Marnus Labuschagne, 33.2 ov), 4-316 (Steven Smith, 82.6 ov), 5-326 (Mitchell Marsh, 86.2 ov), 6-327 (Travis Head, 86.5 ov), 7-385 (Pat Cummins, 97.5 ov), 8-423 (Mitchell Starc, 105.6 ov), 9-445 (Nathan Lyon, 116.3 ov), 10-445 (Alex Carey, 117.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JJ Bumrah 28 9 76 6 2.71 0 2 Mohammed Siraj 23.2 5 97 2 4.15 2 0 Akash Deep 29.5 5 95 1 3.18 1 2 K Nitish Kumar Reddy 13 1 65 1 5.00 1 0 RA Jadeja 23 2 95 0 4.13 0 1
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 Starc has his man! Pitched up on middle and Jaiswal looks to flick, but ends up just chipping it to Marsh at forward square leg! That's a very soft dismissal. 4/142.3 Redemption for Smith! He takes a blinder at slip! Rahul looks to punch away a length ball and the ball flies to Smith's right. He flings himself at it and grabs it one-handed. A resolute knock comes to an end. Smith will be delighted, having dropped Rahul on the first ball of the day today, when he was on 33 141/62.1 You can't do that, Mitch Marsh! Starc tempts Gill with the full ball outside off and Gill takes the bait. Drives hard at it and the ball flies to Marsh's left at gully, where he flies and grabs it mid-air. That flew off the edge, so it was a difficult grab too. No Cam Green at gully? No problem for Australia! 6/27.2 Hazlewood draws the nick from Kohli! It's a scene we have seen before. It's pitched up outside off and straightens off the pitch, but Kohli goes chasing and gets a thin edge. A lot of the Australian players run up to Starc, as his fielding meant Australia saved three runs and got Kohli on strike for this ball! 22/313.5 Edged and taken! Cummins angles a length ball across Pant, that pitches on middle and seams away slightly. It's enough to take the edge as Pant brings his bat down in defence and Cummins sends Pant back for the third time this series 44/423.3 caught behind! The leg cutter does it. Wobble seam, fifth stump line, it just nibbles away a touch, Rohit drives with minimal footwork, gets a healthy edge and Carey takes a simple catch 74/565.6 holes out to deep square! Another good catch from Marsh. 142kph, good high bouncer, outside off, Jadeja took on the pull but couldn't control it, Marsh runs in from his position 10 metres off the deep square rope and takes a good diving catch low to the turf 213/959.5 This time he chops on! Cummins gets the breakthrough! Length ball seams in ever so slightly as Reddy fends at it away from his body. Takes the inside edge onto the stumps. India still 52 away from avoiding the follow-on 194/762.6 caught behind! Good catch by Carey to his right! Full from around the wicket, angled into off, touch of seam away, just a hint, he drives hard and gets a thick edge, Carey is positioned closer to the stumps line because of the angled and had to dive full stretch to his right and it stuck in the right glove 201/878.5 Carey thinks he has stumped Akash! And he has! Tossed up and drifting across, drawing a forward defence, it slides on with the arm, Akash had dragged his back foot out trying to reach pout to defend, it beats the edge, Carey whips off the bails and Akash hadn't slid his foot back in time. Great wicketkeeping 260/10Extras14 (b 8, lb 2, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL260 all out (78.5 Overs, RR: 3.29)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 0.2 ov), 2-6 (Shubman Gill, 2.1 ov), 3-22 (Virat Kohli, 7.2 ov), 4-44 (Rishabh Pant, 13.5 ov), 5-74 (Rohit Sharma, 23.3 ov), 6-141 (KL Rahul, 42.3 ov), 7-194 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 59.5 ov), 8-201 (Mohammed Siraj, 62.6 ov), 9-213 (Ravindra Jadeja, 65.6 ov), 10-260 (Akash Deep, 78.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Starc 24 3 83 3 3.45 1 1 JR Hazlewood 6 2 22 1 3.66 0 1 PJ Cummins 22 2 81 4 3.68 0 0 NM Lyon 23 1 55 1 2.39 0 0 TM Head 1.5 0 3 1 1.63 0 0 MR Marsh 2 0 6 0 3.00 0 1
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.3 caught behind! Bottom edge! Another poorly executed shot. Short and wide, he tries to cut but it maybe stays a touch lower than expected, he gets a bottom edge and Pant has another easy catch 16/32.4 bowled him! Through the gate off a little inside edge. Full length, angled in, he lures the drive without much footwork, it nips in a little further and catches the inside edge, hits the pad and knocks back the top of off 11/16.1 Caught behind! Very loose waft! Nowhere near Bumrah's best ball of this spell. Back of a length, wide of off, but not short enough to cut. He plays an unconvincing flap off from the crease and gets a thick edge through to Pant! 16/29.5 caught behind! Another one! Good length, sixth stump line, Marsh in two minds shaped to force on the up through cover and it just seamed away, he tried to withdraw the shot but got a little nick and Pant does the rest 28/414.4 top edge straight up and Pant takes it! Shorter length, outside off, he tries to flat bat pull down the ground and gets a top edge that flies high towards gully, Pant calls everyone out and takes the catch 60/610.6 caught down the leg side! Just like Adelaide! Angled down the leg side, he glances and only gets a little tickle, Pant flies to his left and takes a superb catch 33/517.1 KL Rahul gets under it and holds on! It's a slower ball from Bumrah, full outside off. Cummins has a swing and skies it. Rahul settles under it around mid-off and grabs it 85/7Extras9 (b 1, lb 6, nb 2)TOTAL89/7d (18 Overs, RR: 4.94)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Usman Khawaja, 2.4 ov), 2-16 (Marnus Labuschagne, 6.1 ov), 3-16 (Nathan McSweeney, 7.3 ov), 4-28 (Mitchell Marsh, 9.5 ov), 5-33 (Steven Smith, 10.6 ov), 6-60 (Travis Head, 14.4 ov), 7-85 (Pat Cummins, 17.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JJ Bumrah 6 1 18 3 3.00 0 2 Mohammed Siraj 7 0 36 2 5.14 0 0 Akash Deep 5 1 28 2 5.60 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras0TOTAL8/0 (2.1 Overs, RR: 3.69)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Starc 1.1 0 4 0 3.42 0 0 PJ Cummins 1 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
5-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.20 start, Lunch 12.20-13.00, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.20
Match days
14,15,16,17,18 December 2024 (5-day match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia 4, India 4
Close of Play
- Sat, 14 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 28/0 (UT Khawaja 19*, NA McSweeney 4*, 13.2 ov)
- Sun, 15 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 405/7 (AT Carey 45*, MA Starc 7*, 101 ov)
- Mon, 16 Dec - day 3 - India 1st innings 51/4 (KL Rahul 33*, RG Sharma 0*, 17 ov)
- Tue, 17 Dec - day 4 - India 1st innings 252/9 (JJ Bumrah 10*, Akash Deep 27*, 74.5 ov)
- Wed, 18 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 8/0 (2.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Over 77.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - Akash Deep (Struck down)
- Innings Break: India - 260/10 in 78.5 overs (JJ Bumrah 10)
- Australia 2nd innings
- Australia: 50 runs in 13.4 overs (84 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Australia - 60/6 in 14.4 overs (AT Carey 15)
- Innings Break: Australia - 89/7 in 18.0 overs (AT Carey 20, MA Starc 2)
- Rain: Australia - 0/0
- Lunch: Australia - 0/0
- India 2nd innings
- Bad Light: India - 8/0 in 2.1 overs (YBK Jaiswal 4, KL Rahul 4)
- Tea: India - 8/0 in 2.1 overs (YBK Jaiswal 4, KL Rahul 4)
- Rain: India - 8/0 in 2.1 overs (YBK Jaiswal 4, KL Rahul 4)
- KL Rahul: 50 off 85 balls (6 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 94/5 in 27.0 overs (KL Rahul 61, RA Jadeja 3)
- India: 100 runs in 28.6 overs (176 balls), Extras 4
- Rain: India - 105/5 in 30.5 overs (KL Rahul 68, RA Jadeja 6)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (KL Rahul 32, RA Jadeja 17, Ex 2)
- India: 150 runs in 43.4 overs (264 balls), Extras 8
- Over 48.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - K Nitish Kumar Reddy (Struck down)
- Lunch: India - 167/6 in 49.0 overs (RA Jadeja 41, K Nitish Kumar Reddy 7)
- Rain: India - 167/6 in 49.0 overs (RA Jadeja 41, K Nitish Kumar Reddy 7)
- RA Jadeja: 50 off 82 balls (6 x 4)
- Rain: India - 180/6 in 51.5 overs (RA Jadeja 52, K Nitish Kumar Reddy 9)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (RA Jadeja 33, K Nitish Kumar Reddy 13, Ex 4)
- India: 200 runs in 61.4 overs (372 balls), Extras 8
- Rain: India - 201/7 in 62.2 overs (RA Jadeja 65, Mohammed Siraj 1)
- Tea: India - 201/7 in 62.2 overs (RA Jadeja 65, Mohammed Siraj 1)
- India: 250 runs in 74.4 overs (451 balls), Extras 10
- Bad Light: India - 252/9 in 74.5 overs (JJ Bumrah 10, Akash Deep 27)
- End Of Day: India - 252/9 in 74.5 overs (JJ Bumrah 10, Akash Deep 27)
- AT Carey: 50 off 53 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Rain: Australia - 435/8 in 112.0 overs (AT Carey 64, NM Lyon 0)
- Over 114.2: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - NM Lyon (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Australia - 445/10 in 117.1 overs (JR Hazlewood 0)
- India 1st innings
- Rain: India - 22/3 in 7.2 overs (KL Rahul 13)
- Lunch: India - 22/3 in 7.2 overs (KL Rahul 13)
- Rain: India - 27/3 in 9.1 overs (KL Rahul 14, RR Pant 4)
- Rain: India - 39/3 in 13.0 overs (KL Rahul 21, RR Pant 9)
- Rain: India - 48/4 in 14.1 overs (KL Rahul 30, RG Sharma 0)
- Tea: India - 48/4 in 14.1 overs (KL Rahul 30, RG Sharma 0)
- Rain: India - 48/4 in 14.1 overs (KL Rahul 30, RG Sharma 0)
- Wet Ground: India - 48/4 in 14.1 overs (KL Rahul 30, RG Sharma 0)
- Rain: India - 48/4 in 14.1 overs (KL Rahul 30, RG Sharma 0)
- Wet Ground: India - 48/4 in 14.1 overs (KL Rahul 30, RG Sharma 0)
- India: 50 runs in 15.5 overs (96 balls), Extras 1
- Rain: India - 51/4 in 17.0 overs (KL Rahul 33, RG Sharma 0)
- Bad Light: India - 51/4 in 17.0 overs (KL Rahul 33, RG Sharma 0)
- End Of Day: India - 51/4 in 17.0 overs (KL Rahul 33, RG Sharma 0)
- Wet Ground: India - 0/0
- Australia: 50 runs in 21.6 overs (133 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Australia - 53/2 in 24.0 overs (M Labuschagne 7, SPD Smith 7)
- Drinks: Australia - 75/3 in 33.2 overs (SPD Smith 18)
- Over 34.3: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - SPD Smith (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Australia: 100 runs in 41.3 overs (252 balls), Extras 17
- Lunch: Australia - 104/3 in 43.0 overs (SPD Smith 25, TM Head 20)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls (SPD Smith 13, TM Head 36, Ex 3)
- Over 49.5: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - SPD Smith (Struck down)
- Australia: 150 runs in 54.3 overs (332 balls), Extras 20
- TM Head: 50 off 71 balls (6 x 4)
- Drinks: Australia - 158/3 in 56.0 overs (SPD Smith 44, TM Head 52)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 171 balls (SPD Smith 30, TM Head 65, Ex 7)
- SPD Smith: 50 off 128 balls (4 x 4)
- Australia: 200 runs in 64.1 overs (390 balls), Extras 24
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 209 balls (SPD Smith 44, TM Head 98, Ex 9)
- TM Head: 100 off 115 balls (13 x 4)
- Tea: Australia - 234/3 in 70.0 overs (SPD Smith 65, TM Head 103)
- Australia: 250 runs in 71.6 overs (437 balls), Extras 25
- 4th Wicket: 200 runs in 252 balls (SPD Smith 68, TM Head 122, Ex 10)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Australia: 300 runs in 80.1 overs (486 balls), Extras 25
- SPD Smith: 100 off 185 balls (12 x 4)
- Drinks: Australia - 313/3 in 82.0 overs (SPD Smith 100, TM Head 146)
- TM Head: 150 off 157 balls (18 x 4)
- Australia: 350 runs in 91.6 overs (557 balls), Extras 26
- Drinks: Australia - 351/6 in 92.0 overs (AT Carey 16, PJ Cummins 9)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (AT Carey 32, PJ Cummins 17, Ex 1)
- Australia: 400 runs in 99.4 overs (603 balls), Extras 32
- End Of Day: Australia - 405/7 in 101.0 overs (AT Carey 45, MA Starc 7)
- Australia 1st innings
- Rain: Australia - 19/0 in 5.3 overs (UT Khawaja 13, NA McSweeney 2)
- Rain: Australia - 28/0 in 13.2 overs (UT Khawaja 19, NA McSweeney 4)
- Lunch: Australia - 28/0 in 13.2 overs (UT Khawaja 19, NA McSweeney 4)
- Rain: Australia - 28/0 in 13.2 overs (UT Khawaja 19, NA McSweeney 4)
- Tea: Australia - 28/0 in 13.2 overs (UT Khawaja 19, NA McSweeney 4)
- Rain: Australia - 28/0 in 13.2 overs (UT Khawaja 19, NA McSweeney 4)
- End Of Day: Australia - 28/0 in 13.2 overs (UT Khawaja 19, NA McSweeney 4)
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