India vs Australia, 4th Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Australia Test tour of India, 2017 Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Date & Time: Mar 25-Mar 29, 09:30 AM LOCAL
Ashwin 3-29(13.5 ov)
53.5
Ashwin to Hazlewood, out Lbw!! This time the umpire raises the finger in conviction. But we once again wait for it to be all over officially. Hazlewood takes the remaining review. Challenges the LBW. A nice in-drifter this from Ashwin and it just doesn't turn. Hazlewood meanwhile looks to play for just that with his bat. Struck just under the knee roll. Okay here's the tech - everything fine. And grazing the top of the sticks. Officially all over now. Hazlewood lbw b Ashwin 0(9)
53.4
Ashwin to Hazlewood, no run, the arm ball. Keeps going straight through. A lined up leave alone
53.3
Ashwin to Hazlewood, no run, all over. A stark contrast between the slip catching against spinners and the paceman. Vijay takes an absolute blinder. Gets way low and pouches. Cleanly? He reckons. Runs off on a celebratory run - to the dressing room. The umpire meanwhile asks the third umpire to do the dirty work. And yes, there is no conclusive evidence to show the ball going straight through. Could have been a simultaneous contact with the turf. Enough to overturn the soft signal of out. He survives. The Indians are made to come back from the boundary. Smith is angry..so is Vijay. Hazlewood doesn't mind walking back though
53.2
Ashwin to Hazlewood, no run, a bit more on middle and leg. Solidly kept out off the inside half of the bat
53.1
Ashwin to Hazlewood, no run, a float up outside off drifting back in with the angle. A full faced push
51.6
Ashwin to Hazlewood, no run, Hazlewood had one ball to survive and he does well. Gets right forward and offers the full face of the bat in defence
51.5
Ashwin to Wade, 1 run, shuffled across and tucked it square on the leg-side
51.4
Ashwin to Wade, 2 runs, once more does not connect with the sweep as he would have liked, more off the inside edge, but it is in the gap this time and hence he's able to come back for the second
51.3
Ashwin to Wade, SIX, lovely use of the feet. Why didn't he play like this from the start? He was happy to defend. Shimmies down and gets to the pitch of the delivery, then goes inside out with the spin, lofted handsomely over the deep extra cover fence
51.2
Ashwin to Wade, no run, comes down the track and isn't to the pitch of the ball, defended into the off-side
51.1
Ashwin to Wade, no run, Wade knows that he has to get on with things, kneels down to play the slog sweep, drags it off the inside edge to deep backward square. He does not take the single on offer
44.6
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, FOUR, this was the biscuit ball. Ashwin gives this plenty of air time outside off, he wanted Cummins to drive and the fast bowler took the invitation, creams it right between extra cover and mid-off
44.5
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, the top-spinner which is very slow in the air, Cummins watches it carefully and blocks
44.4
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, once more he's too full with the carrom ball, easily negotiated into the leg-side
44.3
Ashwin to Wade, 1 run, carrom ball on a fuller length, Wade drives it towards extra cover, a fumble there allows the duo to cross over
44.2
Ashwin to Wade, no run, just outside off and Wade sees the opportunity to drive, toe-ends it to cover
44.1
Ashwin to Wade, no run, Ashwin keeps probing away on the off-stump line, Wade defends
42.6
Ashwin to Wade, no run, another solid front foot defence from Wade
42.5
Ashwin to Wade, no run, forward and blocked
42.4
Ashwin to Wade, no run, huge shout for LBW. Umpire Erasmus shakes his head every so slowly. Ashwin knew it was marginal, does not ask for the review. The drifter which drops in front of Wade and beats him on the inside edge. The impact was around off and might have been umpire's call, the ball was turning as well. So would have missed off-stump
42.3
Ashwin to Wade, no run, straying onto the legs, turned gently to square leg
42.2
Ashwin to Wade, no run, shortens the length and Wade punches to cover
42.1
Ashwin to Wade, no run, tossed up on off, blocked with the bat in front of the pad
40.6
Ashwin to Wade, no run, round the wicket, flighted delivery, defended straight back to the bowler
40.5
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, 1 run, very full and spinning back in, Cummins drives it down to long-on
40.4
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, too full to trouble the batsman, Ashwin is very lucky that Cummins drove this straight to cover, when he could have easily collected a boundary through the big open spaces on the off-side
40.3
Ashwin to Wade, 1 run, flatter delivery on the stumps, Wade goes back and works it towards mid-wicket
40.2
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, 1 run, goes back and works it to short mid-wicket
40.1
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, flighted delivery outside off stump, Cummins looks to defend, gets an inside edge that rolls towards short leg
38.6
Ashwin to Wade, no run, half-shout for LBW as Wade tries to defend, seemed like the ball hit the pad first before hitting bat, anyway, impact was outside off stump
38.5
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, 1 run, slower through the air, inviting the drive, Cummins manages to drive it to the right of Ashwin
38.4
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, fullish and outside off stump, Cummins drives it into the off-side
38.3
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, on the off stump, Cummins defends
38.2
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, lovely bowling, bowled the previous one quicker than this, looped this up and got it to drift away a touch as well, Cummins wanted to cover-drive, instead hit it back to the bowler
38.1
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, flighted delivery just outside off stump, Cummins drives it to the right of the bowler
36.6
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, this is down the leg-side, Cummins kicks it away
36.5
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, watchfully defends into the on-side
36.4
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, on the off stump, Cummins leans forward and defends
36.3
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, close to the off stump, Cummins defends
36.2
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, 2 runs, Cummins looks to defend and gets a thick inside edge that rolls past leg gully
36.1
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, beaten in the flight and it drifted away late as well, Cummins was looking to cover-drive, missed and Saha checked the bails off, Cummins had his back foot grounded though
34.6
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, on the leg stump, much straighter line this from Ashwin, Cummins manages to turn it towards mid-wicket
34.5
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, on the off stump, Cummins defends
34.4
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, Cummins is not committing himself on the front foot, waits for the ball to turn and then blocks gently
34.3
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, quicker through the air, Cummins defends
34.2
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, the ball rolls into the off-side off the outside half of the bat
34.1
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, tossed up on the off stump, Cummins defends
32.6
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, bit of extra bounce, flighted delivery on the stumps, Cummins manages to defend to short leg
32.5
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, covers the line and defends
32.4
Ashwin to Pat Cummins, no run, flighted delivery on the stumps, Cummins defends
32.3
Ashwin to Maxwell, out Lbw!! Another chance for everyone to think of the word brain-fade! He's not offering a shot to the ball that's spinning back from a fullish length and that has convinced umpire Erasmus to rule in favour of the bowler. Looked a very good shout, looked very out to the naked eye, although DRS shows the ball just clipping the leg stump by a centimetre or so. Massive moment this for India. Maxwell was set and looked very good for a big innings, but Ashwin gets his reward for some fine bowling. This flighted delivery pitched outside off stump and turned, Maxwell didn't play a shot, offered his pad, the impact doesn't matter when a batsman does that, it seemed like hitting leg stump and Erasmus raised the finger to delight India. Australia six down for 106. Maxwell lbw b Ashwin 45(60) [4s-6 6s-1]
32.2
Ashwin to Maxwell, no run, flatter and shortish, Maxwell defends
32.1
Ashwin to Maxwell, 2 runs, thick outside edge and it rolls away past the man at slip. Flighted delivery outside off stump, Maxwell lunges forward to defend, gets a thick edge
30.6
Ashwin to Wade, FOUR, that's a brilliant diving effort from Karun Nair, but the ball rolls back to touch the rope unfortunately. Lovely over from Ashwin. Wade wasn't comfortable at all. This time he tries to drive the flighted delivery very hard, gets a thick edge, in fact the ball disturbed the surface on pitching, hence the spin was more, luckily the short third man area was unmanned
30.5
Ashwin to Wade, no run, and again, not sure about the foot work. The slider from Ashwin, nicely drifts in, Wade was leaving the ball late, hit the face of the bat and landed in front of gully
30.4
Ashwin to Wade, no run, pushed into the off-side
30.3
Ashwin to Wade, no run, flatter delivery from Ashwin, Wade defends
30.2
Ashwin to Wade, no run, in two minds there, Wade was on the front foot, wanted to leave, realised late the ball was in line with the off stump and managed to defend awkwardly
30.1
Ashwin to Wade, no run, Ashwin continues from round the wicket to Wade, flighted delivery on the stumps, defended
28.6
Ashwin to Wade, no run, oh past the outside edge again. Pitched just around the off stump line, turned big, Wade was forward to defend, the ball just missed the outside edge
28.5
Ashwin to Wade, no run, on the stumps, defended
28.4
Ashwin to Wade, no run, nice and straight from Ashwin, Wade defends
28.3
Ashwin to Wade, no run, oh that's beaten him all ends up, flighted delivery just outside off stump, Wade leans forward to defend, the ball hits the crack and turns square, bounced extra as well, even Saha couldn't collect cleanly
28.2
Ashwin to Wade, no run, defended off the back foot
28.1
Ashwin to Wade, no run, Wade gets behind the line and defends
26.6
Ashwin to Wade, no run, flatter and outside off stump, Wade defends off the back foot
26.5
Ashwin to Wade, no run, leg stump line, Wade glances it to short fine leg
26.4
Ashwin to Wade, no run, defended into the off-side
26.2
Ashwin to Wade, no run, flighted delivery on the leg stump, Wade defends into the on-side
26.1
Ashwin to Wade, no run, it was pretty evident to the naked eye - height was the issue, but a good review from India nonetheless. Very tight call. Ashwin begins with a slider, Wade was on the back foot and played for turn, the ball missed the inside edge and thudded into the pad, he was deep in his crease but there was a lot of bounce for the on-field umpire to say no. India discussed and reviewed, ball-tracker showed that the ball would have only clipped the top of leg stump. On seeing the replay in the dressing room, Virat Kohli goes "Oooohhhhh."
24.6
Ashwin to Shaun Marsh, 1 run, so nearly through. The slider, hits the inside edge on the forward block
24.5
Ashwin to Shaun Marsh, no run, hit high on the bat as Shaun Marsh came forward to block
24.4
Ashwin to Shaun Marsh, byes, FOUR, poor first delivery, slides down leg, Saha can't get across, misses the glance and runs away. Four bonus runs for Australia
24.3
Ashwin to Handscomb, out Caught by Rahane!! Astounding slip catch. Rahane take a bow. He may have dropped a few this home season, but head and shoulders above the rest in this current Indian side. India's best slipper after Rahul Dravid. And he is Dravid's disciple. How fitting. Rahane got out like this in the first innings. Handscomb didn't play an inch or two more inside the line to this non-turning length ball outside off, that's why the edge flew to Rahane's right and the ball stuck in his right-hand and he used his left to cup it. That flew and Rahane's reaction time was less. One can say that the ball stuck rather than Rahane catching it. But he has the mental strength to hold on and then sits down in relief. Gives the ball a kiss. Before being engulfed by his mates. Three similar dismissals in this match - Smith and Rahane's in the first innings. Now Handscomb. Handscomb c Rahane b Ashwin 18(46) [4s-3]
24.2
Ashwin to Maxwell, 1 run, swept from middle stump and wide of Che
24.1
Ashwin to Maxwell, no run, swept hard and Che at short leg takes one. The ball is fiercely struck by Maxwell and it almost lodges in Che's grasp before it goes down. Maxwell gave it his all on the sweep, Che was taking evasive action with his head bowed down, the ball settles near his chest and goes down. Good to see Maxi offer a hand to Che who accepts. Maxi is a very cheerful bloke and did so with a smile. Even Jinks and Saha were checking on Che who too didn't show any effects of the blow. Offered a smile in return. A great moment in a series headlined by bad blood. But the big question is whether the press will talk about this?
22.6
Ashwin to Handscomb, no run, again, but this spins back in and hits him on the thigh pad. No appeal from India as it was too high
22.5
Ashwin to Handscomb, no run, trusts his back foot technique and blocks to short leg
22.4
Ashwin to Maxwell, 1 run, trust me Ashwin wouldn't get a call up to play football anywhere in the world. Pushed to his right and initially he was slow to react and then lazily thrusted his right boot out to stop the ball. The ball escaped and he has the audacity to stare at Handscomb. Who stood his ground. Poor from Ashwin, every run is important here. Single gifted away
22.3
Ashwin to Maxwell, no run, wanted to slog that initially as he saw the tossed up delivery outside off, then decided to defend
22.2
Ashwin to Maxwell, no run, runs down and defends to the right of backward point, Handscomb is sent back
22.1
Ashwin to Maxwell, no run, tossed up outside off, driven softly back to Ashwin
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