RESULT
2nd Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 29, 2020, India tour of Australia
Australia 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Pant b Bumrah | 0 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Jadeja b Ashwin | 30 | 39 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 76.92 | |||
| c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Siraj | 48 | 132 | 206 | 4 | 0 | 36.36 | |||
| c Pujara b Ashwin | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Rahane b Bumrah | 38 | 92 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 41.30 | |||
| lbw b Mohammed Siraj | 12 | 60 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| c Vihari b Ashwin | 13 | 38 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 34.21 | |||
| c Mohammed Siraj b Jadeja | 9 | 33 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 27.27 | |||
| c Mohammed Siraj b Bumrah | 7 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 87.50 | |||
| lbw b Bumrah | 20 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 117.64 | |||
| not out | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 400.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 10, nb 3, w 1) | 14 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 72.3 Ov (RR: 2.68, 326 Mins) | 195 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Joe Burns, 4.2 ov), 2-35 (Matthew Wade, 12.5 ov), 3-38 (Steven Smith, 14.3 ov), 4-124 (Travis Head, 41.5 ov), 5-134 (Marnus Labuschagne, 49.3 ov), 6-155 (Cameron Green, 61.4 ov), 7-155 (Tim Paine, 62.6 ov), 8-164 (Mitchell Starc, 67.1 ov), 9-191 (Nathan Lyon, 71.5 ov), 10-195 (Pat Cummins, 72.3 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 3.50 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4.2 to JA Burns, there's the nick and Burns' poor run continues! Bumrah has got him nicking off to a delivery he should've looked to leave. Bumrah angles this back in from wide of the crease, this one angles in to hit the seam and then leave Burns as he pokes at it. Pant takes a regulation catch.. 10/1 41.5 to TM Head, and he gets his man. Rahane pouches one at gully. Short of length just outside off, was coming in with the angle, Head looked to push at it but the ball held its line. Didn't bounce as much as Head expected but Rahane took a neat, tumbling catch to his right. 124/4 67.1 to MA Starc, bounces him out! Angled in short, furious pace and it's too good for Starc who is late on the hook, gets the top edge and Siraj takes it nice and easy at fine leg.. 164/8 71.5 to NM Lyon, two bouncers followed by a fuller one. It was fast and straight and thuds into Lyon's pads before he could get his bat down. Up goes the finger. The only doubt is if it's going down. There's no bat, the impact is on middle and leg and it would have just gone on to clip the leg stump, the on-field umpire's call stays as it is. Bumrah gets his fourth. 191/9 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 3.25 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 1.45 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12.5 to MS Wade, Oh, Matt Wade! What have you done? Going for a glory hit so soon? Steps out to take him on, Ashwin gets this to dip and turn, Wade heaves across the line to get a top-edge. Now, Gill runs back from midwicket, Jadeja to his left from mid-on. There's confusion, it seems as if both of them will collide. They do, but Jadeja just manages to hang on as this descends on them. Mighty relief in the Indian camp. I could almost imagine fielding coach R Sridhar flinging his cap in disgust had that gone down. What a big moment. Ashwin into the act straightaway and India have taken the first hour.. 35/2 14.3 to SPD Smith, big, big moment. Smith has glanced one to Pujara at leg gully. Ashwin bowls one down the leg side, not sure how much that was part of the plan but Smith couldn't help and looks to get off the mark. Makes the connection alright but ends up hitting it straight to Pujara, who tumbles to complete the catch. Smith fetches a blob, means he has two runs in three innings with one not-out for Smith so far in this series. 38/3 62.6 to TD Paine, there's a third for Ashwin as Paine has nudged this to backward short leg. Held the length back, got it to dip and turn, Paine went with hard hands and that is an excellent catch from Vihari. Australia crumbling.. 155/7 | ||||||||||
| 5.3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2.72 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
72.3 to PJ Cummins, goes for the slog sweep and a good catch by Siraj, pedalling back towards long-on. No five-for for Bumrah but India wrap up Australia under 200. Was a length ball around off and spinning away and Cummins decided there is no point playing the waiting game. Went for it but couldn't middle as the ball was spinning away. 195/10 | ||||||||||
| 15 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 2.66 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
49.3 to M Labuschagne, Gill takes a brilliant catch at backward square leg to give his fellow debutant his maiden Test wicket. Siraj bowled this from wide of the crease, Labuschagne had been glancing them for ease so far. He tries again but cannot keep this fine enough or down. Gill dives to his right and takes a good, low catch. 134/5 61.4 to C Green, sucker ball! Kept bowling deliveries that go away and then gets this to slant back in full and nip in, Green plays all around the line to be struck on the pad, given out on field and Green chooses to review He didn't review immediately so definitely no bat that means, only question is if this was missing, but that too is very unlikely because he was struck on the right pad. Ball tracking confirms this would've smashed the stumps so Green has to go and Siraj has a second wicket. What an impressive spell he's turned in after tea. India continue to chip away. 155/6 | ||||||||||
India 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Starc | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Paine b Cummins | 45 | 65 | 103 | 8 | 0 | 69.23 | |||
| c †Paine b Cummins | 17 | 70 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 24.28 | |||
| run out (Labuschagne/†Paine) | 112 | 223 | 359 | 12 | 0 | 50.22 | |||
| c Smith b Lyon | 21 | 66 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 31.81 | |||
| c †Paine b Starc | 29 | 40 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 72.50 | |||
| c Cummins b Starc | 57 | 159 | 228 | 3 | 0 | 35.84 | |||
| c Lyon b Hazlewood | 14 | 42 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| c Smith b Lyon | 9 | 19 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 47.36 | |||
| c Head b Lyon | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 12, lb 6, nb 2, w 2) | 22 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 115.1 Ov (RR: 2.83, 540 Mins) | 326 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Mayank Agarwal, 0.6 ov), 2-61 (Shubman Gill, 21.6 ov), 3-64 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 23.4 ov), 4-116 (Hanuma Vihari, 44.4 ov), 5-173 (Rishabh Pant, 59.1 ov), 6-294 (Ajinkya Rahane, 99.5 ov), 7-306 (Ravindra Jadeja, 106.5 ov), 8-325 (Umesh Yadav, 113.6 ov), 9-325 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 114.4 ov), 10-326 (Jasprit Bumrah, 115.1 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 5 | 78 | 3 | 3.00 | 118 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.6 to MA Agarwal, this looks close and the finger goes up. Agarwal discusses with Gill and reviews just in time. This is high-quality bowling from Starc. Hardly any loosener here. Pitched just around off and swung back in to beat the bat and hit Agarwal near the knee roll. Would have gone on to hit the top of off, as coaches prescribe. Umpire's call, so India don't lose the review at least. 0/1 59.1 to RR Pant, got him! Pant looking to slash that through point but gets a thin bottom edge through to the keeper. The game is back on an even keel just as India were looking to take it away slowly. Faintest of edges to bring wicket No. 250 for Starc . 173/5 106.5 to RA Jadeja, short ball finally does the trick. Another bouncer, Jadeja backs away and goes for the pull, it made good sound off the bat as well. Perhaps that was also the reason it carried to Cummins who although was stationed well inside the deep midwicket boundary, and takes a good tumbling catch. 306/7 | ||||||||||
| 27 | 9 | 80 | 2 | 2.96 | 124 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21.6 to Shubman Gill, finally a wicket for Australia. Gill plays a loose shot outside off. Was a fuller delivery around fourth-fifth stump, Gill went after it but his front foot didn't move. A healthy nick and Paine takes a regulation catch. 61/2 23.4 to CA Pujara, a brilliant delivery and an equally brilliant catch from Paine. Was a length ball angled in, making Pujara play. But as he looks to defend, the ball starts moving away, takes the outside edge and Paine, for a moment, looked like was wrong-footed. Does well to go low to his right and pouch it with his right hand. Cummins has changed the complexion of the game in his last two overs. 64/3 | ||||||||||
| 23 | 6 | 47 | 1 | 2.04 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
114.4 to R Ashwin, Lyon takes it at backward point. Was a length ball outside off, Ashwin wanted to drive it on the up, over covers but gets it only from the outer half of the bat and an easy catch for Lyon there. 325/9 | ||||||||||
| 27.1 | 4 | 72 | 3 | 2.65 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
44.4 to GH Vihari, Lyon gets his man. Vihari was looking to sweep it from outside off but misreads the line. The turn doesn't help either as he gloves it and the ball lobs behind the wicketkeeper. An easy catch for Smith who moves to his left from first slip to pouch it. 116/4 113.6 to UT Yadav, taken at slip. A loopy offbreak outside off, Umesh lunges forward and looks to defend. Hard hands and the ball takes an outside edge. Smith takes it at knee height. 325/8 115.1 to JJ Bumrah, Lyon finishes with three as Bumrah perishes while going for a slog sweep. Was tossed up around off, Bumrah can only get a top edge and an easy catch for Head at midwicket. 326/10 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 2.58 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Australia 2nd Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Jadeja | 40 | 137 | 188 | 3 | 0 | 29.19 | |||
| c †Pant b Yadav | 4 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| c Rahane b Ashwin | 28 | 49 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |||
| b Bumrah | 8 | 30 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 26.66 | |||
| c Agarwal b Mohammed Siraj | 17 | 46 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 36.95 | |||
| c Jadeja b Mohammed Siraj | 45 | 146 | 175 | 5 | 0 | 30.82 | |||
| c †Pant b Jadeja | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |||
| c Agarwal b Bumrah | 22 | 103 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 21.35 | |||
| not out | 14 | 56 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| c †Pant b Mohammed Siraj | 3 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| b Ashwin | 10 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 47.61 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 3) | 8 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 103.1 Ov (RR: 1.93, 423 Mins) | 200 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Joe Burns, 3.1 ov), 2-42 (Marnus Labuschagne, 17.5 ov), 3-71 (Steven Smith, 32.2 ov), 4-98 (Matthew Wade, 43.6 ov), 5-98 (Travis Head, 46.1 ov), 6-99 (Tim Paine, 47.4 ov), 7-156 (Pat Cummins, 82.5 ov), 8-177 (Cameron Green, 90.6 ov), 9-185 (Nathan Lyon, 96.4 ov), 10-200 (Josh Hazlewood, 103.1 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 2.00 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
32.2 to SPD Smith, got him! What a big wicket against the run of play. Smith shuffles across to tickle this fine, misses it and the ball clips the bails. Smith is wondering how that hit the stumps, but there was no other way the bail was going to come off. What a big moment in the game. Smith was so far across that he thought he had the line covered, apparently not. India are chipping away. His lean run in the series continues.. 71/3 82.5 to PJ Cummins, the resistance is over! It's a snorter from Bumrah that has Cummins fending awkwardly. This was a short ball coming right at his throat, hard hands that froze as the ball ballooned to Agarwal who takes a dolly at second slip. Huge relief for India.. 156/7 | ||||||||||
| 3.3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1.42 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3.1 to JA Burns, what a ball! Burns runs out of luck. Umesh with an absolute peach. India celebrate, Burns reviews as the clock strikes the 15-second mark. Given out caught behind. It's strange that he consulted his partner, he surely knew? Hotspot says there is a spot so yeah, he's gone. India strike early. This one was full, pitched on off and left him late as it hit the seam, Burns pushes tentatively and gets a faint edge. Wasted review, very very poor from Burns . 4/1 | ||||||||||
| 21.3 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 1.72 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
46.1 to TM Head, got him! Siraj gets stuck in immediately as he comes back. Slants a length ball across, there's a hint of movement and Head is caught nicking to second slip as he looks to punch one away from the body. Awful shot under the circumstances.. 98/5 90.6 to C Green, taken at midwicket! Siraj has done the job on debut! Short of a length and hurrying into the corridor. Green looking to capitalise on the field being in again, looking for the boundary shot - the pull. He got out trying the exact thing against Ashwin in the last match. It gets big on him and comes off the high, inside part of the bat. Floats to Jadeja's right and he times his jump well to hang on. An innings of so much promise ends tamely. He's show his wares, this guy. Couldn't stretch on this time. 177/8 96.4 to NM Lyon, taken down leg side. That was going to be the last over before lunch, possibly, and Australia are nine down. Short and a bit too quick for Lyon's pull at hip height. He's strangled and gets a glove on that. Doesn't review it. Wicket number five for Siraj on debut. 185/9 | ||||||||||
| 37.1 | 6 | 71 | 2 | 1.91 | 177 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17.5 to M Labuschagne, Ashwin shows his class once again, pushes one across Labuschagne, it's a length ball around middle and off, Labuschagne has to play it but he is stuck on the back foot. Looks to defend but the ball goes the other way, takes the outside edge and a simple catch for Rahane at slip. 42/2 103.1 to JR Hazlewood, shoulders arms and that hits off stump! Good length ball at a middle and leg stump line. He leaves expecting that to turn away more than it did. Off stump was completely exposed and Ashwin found the top of it. 200/10 | ||||||||||
| 14 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 2.00 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
43.6 to MS Wade, huge appeal for lbw and Jadeja has got his man. Wade reviews reluctantly. Goes too far across to work it to the leg side, given on the field. The leg stump was visible at the point of impact. Ball tracking comes back with three reds, gone! Did all the hard work, was looking increasingly comfortable against spin.. 98/4 47.4 to TD Paine, a big appeal for caught-behind, denied but Rahane has reviewed immediately. Was a length ball around off, it turned and bounced, Paine went for the cut but there is nothing on the HotSpot but Snicko has a spike. Paine has to walk back. 99/6 | ||||||||||
India 2nd Innings (T: 70 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Paine b Starc | 5 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| not out | 35 | 36 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 97.22 | |||
| c Green b Cummins | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |||
| not out | 27 | 40 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 67.50 | |||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTAL | 15.5 Ov (RR: 4.42, 68 Mins) | 70/2 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Mayank Agarwal, 4.2 ov), 2-19 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 5.1 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5.00 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4.2 to MA Agarwal, oh, dear. Agarwal's gone and it's come about because of uncertainty again. This one holds its line, Agarwal just feeling for the delivery yet again, gets a healthy edge and Paine does the rest. Muted celebration from Starc.. 16/1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4.40 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5.1 to CA Pujara, edged and gone! Pujara pushes with hard hands into the gully. Uncharacteristic from him. This was full, not quite there for the drive, a hint of away movement with Pujara literally poking at the delivery half-heartedly. Australia have a second. Pujara kicks the turf, smashes the bat into the advertising triangles as he storms of fuming at the shot he's just played.. 19/2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.76 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Sat, 26 Dec - day 1 - India 1st innings 36/1 (Shubman Gill 28*, Cheteshwar Pujara 7*, 11 ov)
Sun, 27 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 277/5 (Ajinkya Rahane 104*, Ravindra Jadeja 40*, 91.3 ov)
Mon, 28 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 133/6 (Cameron Green 17*, Pat Cummins 15*, 66 ov)
Tue, 29 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 70/2 (15.5 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
General
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
- Over 75.3: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - PJ Cummins (Struck down)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 191 balls (C Green 27, PJ Cummins 21, Ex 2)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Australia: 150 runs in 81.2 overs (491 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Australia - 156/7 in 82.5 overs (C Green 33)
- Over 95.6: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - MA Starc (Upheld)
- Over 101.6: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - MA Starc (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Australia: 200 runs in 102.2 overs (617 balls), Extras 8
- Lunch: Australia - 200/10 in 103.1 overs (MA Starc 14)
- India 2nd innings
- India: 50 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (Shubman Gill 24, AM Rahane 26, Ex 0)
MATCH DETAILS
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2020/21 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | 4-match series level 1-1 |
| Match number | Test no. 2398 |
| 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 December 2020 - day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | India 30, Australia -4 |
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