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52nd over: India 180-5 (Pant 22, Jadeja 4) Smokes a pull shot! Pant moves along to the 20s by clattering Boland, then takes a single. Jadeja keeps blocking.
Guy Hornsby winds up the crank handle on the email machine. “Morning/evening Geoff. I’m somehow still up in darkest Sale in Manchester, full of port and cheese and wondering if Pant and Jadeja can actually save anything here. Their records suggest there’s a chance, but Pant is Cummins’ bunny of late and India must have felt an absolute gut punch after getting to 153-2 before the calamitous run-out. I’m not going to even attempt to apportion individual blame, just say it was a proper horlicks that took the wind out of India’s sails. Now it’s down to these two and a longish but bullish tail to see how much of a dent they can put into this huge Australian total. Perhaps Bumrah has made clear just how much of a rest he’d like after a mammoth series so far. We’ll find out soon enough!”
Written by Geoff Lemon (now) and Tanya Aldred (later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2024/dec/28/australia-vs-india-boxing-day-test-cricket-day-3-scores-results-start-time-melbourne-mcg under the title “Australia v India: fourth men’s cricket Test, day three – live”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
