At the start of the day, WinViz gave the draw a 31% chance. Strong jaw, confident hairline, square shouldered. No serious damage appears to be done but the physio is out nonetheless and the game is delayed. No spin, hit through the line - the uncluttered mind of a newcomer. Match Drawn (1985) #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/yeX6rChbDi. Say no more. James Matthey jamesmatthey news.com.au December 30, 2018 2:23pm What a wonderful time of it this man on debut is having. Starc’s radar is wayward for most of the rest of the over but he gets another one to shape back into Kohli from which the batsman does well to guide into the legside and accumulate a couple of runs. The late cut off Lyon here, played so expertly, is proof of that, running from the face of his bat to the boundary. Hazlewood induces a thick outside-edge but it drops short and wide of first slip. It is traditionally played at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban. The MCG is in full voice with 70,000-plus serenading Virat Kohli to the crease. What an over by Mitchell Starc. All the Boxing Day Tests that India have lost came in big margins but in 2018, the tables were turned and Virat Kohli's boys dominated the home team … Discipline is one of the most undervalued asset in modern day cricket. As moribund as the pitch is right now, it seems only fair to see how it behaves over the coming days before calling for heads to roll. These days, he immediately bounces back. India Win By 137 Runs (2018) Image Credit: Getty. I suppose you would call that natural variation? Gould is standing alongside Marais Erasmus in this Test, the pair of them convening periodically like avuncular bouncers, or rooks on a chess board. India firmly in control of this Test. Going big to begin, he follows up with a push down along the ground for an easy single. I think the tourists might benefit from Ricky Ponting giving them a pulling lesson after the close of play. He’s barely even learned how to phrase his explanation. Most Test wickets by Indians at MCG. While the pitch has received plenty of attention today the ball should also not get off scot free. #AUSvIND. Instead Marsh replaces Cummins and hurls down the old ball to little effect. With so little pace in the pitch, Kohli's advancing. F Share T Tweet Q SMS W WhatsApp B Email G J Tumblr L LinkedIn. 57th over: India 127-2 (Pujara 33, Kohli 4) Cummins is very handsome. Kohli then clips another two for good measure to advance the score beyond 150. 86th over: India 209-2 (Pujara 66, Kohli 47) Hazlewood remains off his line and length and Pujara accepts the hospitality, angling his bat to guide the ball to third-man for four. This final session is scheduled to contain 35.1 overs. For those of us in the family of that wonderful pod, this is an excellent development. GONE! managed to get Pete Doherty into my piece. Merry Christmas. Any news yet about when the groundsman will be thrown in the stocks? @patcummins30 strikes again! Australia won by 30 runs in front of a crowd of 45,012. After the visitors won the toss and chose to bat first they were rewarded with a superb debut 76 from Mayank Agarwal and a 66-ball eight from makeshift opener Hanuma Vihari. Kohli is scoring near enough a run-a-ball, Pujara a run every three balls. He scored 76 and 42 in the match that India went on to win by 137 runs. This is no reflection on other players who may or may not have come into consideration, but imagine the miles that would be in the legs of Australia's quicks by the end of this Test if Handscomb had been selected over M Marsh. The runs take this pair to a 50-run partnership, compiled without looking like giving a chance. We made our own fun that week. 79th over: India 192-2 (Pujara 61, Kohli 39) Pat Cummins hasn’t bowled many bad balls in his 19 overs today but he lets one go to Pujara that is whip-cracked to the point boundary like a chameleon darting out his tongue to snatch a tasty bug lunch. 64th over: India 159-2 (Pujara 44, Kohli 23) Oi oi! One for UK readers of the OBO: we’ve had a Tailenders sign spotting! A slideshow of its holiday in Lakes Entrance! Picture: Mark Stewart. 44rd over: India 99-1 (Agarwal 54, Pujara 31) Pujara is ON. It begins annually on Boxing Day (26 December) and is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). There isn’t a second, who might have got closer had he been stationed aggressively close. Starc returns to the attack. A view that is gathering pace. Get latest News Information, Articles on Boxing Day Test 2018 Updated on September 12, 2018 07:18 with exclusive Pictures, photos & videos on Boxing Day Test 2018 at Latestly.com - Page 18 Earlier, the cricket world’s most effective dancer (so the numbers tell us) came down at Lyon to drive him through extra cover on the up. Boring! The Boxing Day Test match is a cricket Test match held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia involving the Australian cricket team and an opposing national team that is touring Australia during the southern summer. It ends with a maiden and included an unsuccessful application of DRS. 63rd over: India 153-2 (Pujara 38, Kohli 23) Just a change of ends for Hazlewood who gives Cummins a breather. #AUSvIND. MASSIVE DAY! Not in the slightest, driving the ball following the resumption of play for two through mid-on. Get all the latest news and updates on BOXING DAY TEST 2018 only on News18.com. By Jon Healy and James Maasdorp. 43rd over: India 91-1 (Agarwal 53, Pujara 24) Pujara plays with such poise, turning Starc for two then standing up to smack him through cover for three more. For all the pre-Test rhetoric this is not the strip we were led to expect. “You asked in your preamble who we’re missing at Christmas. 68th over: India 167-2 (Pujara 46, Kohli 29) Nathan Lyon is recalled but he finds Pujara and Kohli with positive intent at the crease, both batsmen using their feet well to reach the pitch of the ball and snuff out any danger. Last year, the MCG saw a false shot off just 9.7% of the deliveries bowled in the Test, the lowest figure for a match in Australia since records began. It came from a Cummins short ball on his hip, a delivery Agarwal didn’t need to play. That paved the way for Che Pujara and Virat Kohli to lay the foundations for a big first-innings total against a lacklustre Australian attack. Hate to be that guy (I’m lying, I don’t mind one bit), but it’s ‘to the manner born’, at least in Shakespeare.” You are of course correct, Ian Forth, and you deserve your gloat. This could be interesting. 53rd over: India 119-1 (Agarwal 72, Pujara 33) Agarwal is into the 70s with a delightful cover drive off Cummins. The only other player to score 76 on their Test debut, where that debut was in Australia, was Roy Fredericks...at the MCG... 50 years ago to the day. It is my great pleasure to take on the OBO responsibilities for the final session of this thrill-a-minute, can’t take your eyes off it, rollercoaster of a Boxing Day Test, played on a surface that is a credit to the home of Australian cricket. Bumrah was in imperious form in the Boxing Day Test in 2018 as he picked up 9 wickets, including a 6-wicket haul, to lead India to a famous win. Lyon thinks he may have Kohli LBW. Drinks. Prior to this, Boxing Day Test cricket @ the MCG was a rarity. The bouncer to finish is a ripper, nearly finding a glove on the way through. 88th over: India 215-2 (Pujara 68, Kohli 47) Hazlewood’s follow-up over lacks the same pizzazz despite YET ANOTHER INDIAN BATSMAN ALLOWING A SHORT BALL TO STRIKE HIM. During a maiden to Pujara he finds enough movement to beat the defensive prod and bellow for LBW, an appeal declined by Ian Gould. He’d wish he hadn’t though after watching Kohli dismissively whip a full delivery from outside off through mid-on for four in a shot that oozed authority. 58th over: India 132-2 (Pujara 38, Kohli 4) Hazlewood overpitches, Pujara presents the full face of his well-pressed willow, the Kookaburra scuttles away for four effortless runs in the vicinity of the sightscreen. Traditionally handsome, in the Cary Grant mould. 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