![]() ![]() But nothing about this series has been ordinary, most of all Australia’s extraordinary batting collapses. Australia’s batters go out hard and lose a couple of wickets in the quest but chase 76 down easily. We’ve had breathless cricket for the first two days – wickets tumbling, umpires fumbling, batters crumbling – and we have a breathtaking scenario on the table for today: Australia require 76 runs for victory. Hello cricket lovers! Welcome back to Indore for the third – and final – day of this third Test between India and Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Head and Labuschagne put on a great show of pyrotechnic batting today to put chasten India further and set us up for what will be a memorable fourth Test showdown at Ahmedabad from March 9. The heroes were Usman Khawaja, whose chanceless 60 set Australia up and Nathan Lyon whose eight wickets in the second innings (11 for the match) kept India’s lead to a mole hill not a mountain. Having been pilloried in the press since their abject collapse in Delhi, Australia have showed resolve and character to now inflict a heavy defeat in return, one of the greatest victories in a decade. India batted like a team who had already won the Trophy, with loose shots and impatience across both innings. On a pitch heavily-favouring India’s spinners, the home side have been undone by their own devilry. But Head and Labuschagne patiently mounted the comeback and then accelerated the chase with some wonderful hitting to all parts of the ground. Set 76 runs to win, Australia suffered an early blow when Usman Khawaja was dismissed on the second ball of the day. Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head finish it off in style to get the series back to 2-1 and restore some much-needed pride in the baggy green cap after heavy defeats at Nagpur and Delhi. ![]() 05.23 GMT Australia win the third Test at Indore by nine wickets Maybe Team India can realign their karmic balance at Ahmedabad with a green top? Not that it’s easy being green… It’s been a karmic pleasure to see blatant unfairness served up its just punishment.” Perhaps the larger lesson for India is that conniving with their groundsmen to create unplayable pitches cuts both ways. India’s batting looked OK in Tests 1 & 2.ĭarryl agrees the home side got their comeuppance: “Shameful gamesmanship from Ashwin, rushing the man on strike and whining about the state of the new ball (two new balls in fact). India’s famed batting line up is only good against minnows. Let’s hope Maxy gets some runs in the minor leagues to win a ticket to the UK as Travis 2.0.įrom the subcontinent, Sandeep says: “This is the reason why Australia is No 1 side. But I think in Travis Head we have our ‘Middle-Order Mayhem Man Who Bowls a Bit’. I too long to see “The Big Show” back as a knight in white satin. Is there still an Ashes tour left for him?” Gervase Greene asks: “Travis Head won’t always come off, sure, but surely he is too lethal when it does to leave him out? (And me and plenty others have long said the same about Glenn Maxwell. Our OBO readers are popping corks from Clovelly to Kolkata… ![]()
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