Australia vs India, 3rd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: India tour of Australia, 2018-19 Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Date & Time: Dec 26-Dec 30, 10:30 AM LOCAL
Hazlewood 2-22(10.3 ov)
37.3
Hazlewood to Pant, out Caught by Paine!! The typical short response, Hazlewood's ego forces him to bump it in, bend his back in further and get some further bounce out of this one. Pant arches behind, looking to upper cut it over the cordon, runs it off the face, but doesn't get the elevation. Paine, after messing up a couple of low one-handers, compensates with a high jumping one-hander. Right hand. Pant c Paine b Hazlewood 33(43) [4s-3 6s-1]
37.2
Hazlewood to Pant, SIX, smashed straight down. In the slot, and why bother moving your feet when your hands move the way they do, and it's been smoked flush into the sightscreen. Kohli's waiting at the boundary to declare, and he can't resist his admiration either
37.1
Hazlewood to Pant, no run, full, angling away. Pant reaches forward, but settles to leave
35.6
Hazlewood to Jadeja, no run, nipping in on middle and leg, clipped wristily into mid-wicket
35.5
Hazlewood to Pant, 1 run, to point, 123kph, slower sucker on off. Gently tapped away into the covers
35.4
Hazlewood to Pant, no run, it's the bouncer's turn to take off. Pant gets stuck flat-footed, swipes a pull, and misses big time
35.3
Hazlewood to Pant, no run, full on off. A fuller bat face in defence
35.2
Hazlewood to Jadeja, byes, 1 run, big ungainly heave, agricultural, across the line, ugly. Jadeja, in his quest to swipe it out of here, doesn't get under the length, or read the pace right, but clears his front leg, swings and settles for the bye, thanks to Paine and his bad bounce
35.1
Hazlewood to Pant, 1 run, 138.3kph, high-elbowed punch on the up through extra cover
33.6
Hazlewood to Jadeja, no run, 139.7kph, remember his first innings dismissal. Yea, similar, almost. Hazlewood slips in the bumper, climbing into Jadeja - who's already dodgy against them even on dustbowls - makes him arch away and takes his glove in front of his face. But wide of slip
33.5
Hazlewood to Pant, 1 run, soft hands, waiting on the ball to knock it in front of mid-wicket
33.4
Hazlewood to Pant, no run, angles across again, full, enticing a drive. But no, Pant isn't falling for it, yet
33.3
Hazlewood to Pant, no run, wide tease, but Pant controls, resists
33.2
Hazlewood to Pant, no run, strides into a straight drive, but the over the wicket angle results in an outside half to mid-off instead
33.1
Hazlewood to Pant, no run, full on middle. A pressy, to-the-pitch drive to mid-off
26.6
Hazlewood to Agarwal, leg byes, 1 run, field was set for a short one and Hazlewood tries to bluff with a yorker, it clips his pads and ends up at fine leg. Was sliding down the leg-side and Hazlewood has his hand on his head: The universal sign of showing disappointment
26.5
Hazlewood to Pant, 1 run, Pant was cramped for room, he still went for the pull shot and somehow controls it well. A single to deep backward square leg
26.4
Hazlewood to Pant, no run, very full and outside off, Pant mistimes the drive to cover
26.3
Hazlewood to Pant, FOUR, another bumper, this was at a comfortable height and Pant gets some bat on the pull. He helps it wide of fine leg for a boundary
26.2
Hazlewood to Pant, no run, another short of length delivery down the leg-side, Pant ignores it as it was too high
26.1
Hazlewood to Pant, no run, terrific short of length delivery down the leg-side, Pant attempts a pull and it goes over his willow and it thuds into the gloves of Paine
24.6
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, that was a snorter! Beauty from Hazlewood. This pitch is becoming extremely hard to play now. Agarwal rises with the ball and blocks it down to the off-side. Brillaint combated it really well!
24.5
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, on a fuller length and marginally outside off, Agarwal comes forward and drives it wide of mid-off
24.4
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, excellent bumper! It kept following Agarwal who did really well to sway away from the line and take evasive action
24.3
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, fuller length delivery on the stumps, Agarwal goes on the back foot and defends it wide of FSL
24.2
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, lands this one on a fuller length and Agarwal comes on the front foot in a canter, he drives well but hits it straight to cover
24.1
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, short of length delivery on the body, Agarwal jumps in the crease and uses soft hands to block it down to cover
22.6
Hazlewood to Pant, no run, brilliant short of length delivery on the body, Pant drops his wrists and it sails over his head, into the gloves of Paine
22.5
Hazlewood to Rohit, out Caught by Shaun Marsh!! Edged and gone! It seems something unmissable is happening in the Indian dressing room as no Indian batsman wants to be in the middle. It was a short of length delivery outside off, Rohit slashes at it. It clips his outside edge and settles into the hands of Shaun Marsh at first slip. Rohit will unite with his partners in the dressing room. Rohit c Shaun Marsh b Hazlewood 5(18)
22.4
Hazlewood to Rohit, no run, on a good length and outside off, Rohit pushes it to cover
22.3
Hazlewood to Rohit, no run, short of length delivery around off, Rohit stands tall and defends it to cover
22.2
Hazlewood to Rohit, no run, pounds this one on a good length, Rohit gets behind it and blocks it to cover
22.1
Hazlewood to Rohit, no run, back of a length delivery on off-stump, Rohit defends it to cover
9.6
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, fuller length delivery fed on leg-stump, clipped comfortably to short midwicket
9.5
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, short of length delivery, effort ball, Agarwal climbs with the bounce and gets on top of it and smother it into the wicket off a hop
9.4
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, good length delivery in the perfect channel outside off, Agarwal gets across with his frontfoot and judges the leave to perfection. Some seam movement back in, I see, but not enough to threaten the stumps...
9.3
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, fuller length delivery going down leg, Agarwal misses the glance, and it's through to Paine - surely he won't be strangled down leg again *facepalm*. That'd be some terrible luck on debut
9.2
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, 1 run, short of length delivery on the thigh, Hanuma Vihari whips it away from the crease behind deep square leg for a single
9.1
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, fuller length delivery on middle and off, check-driven to mid-on
7.6
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, pitches on a good length in the channel outside off, Hanuma Vihari lunges forward to exhibit a copybook forward defensive
7.5
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off, Hanuma Vihari hurries to play the skidding ball seaming back in, opens the face and steers it to the man at point
7.4
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, angling in towards off-stump, Hanuma Vihari gets back in the crease, stands tall, and punches it solidly towards mid-on
7.3
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, stays rather low off a length again, perhaps bouncing on the lacquer, Hanuma Vihari almost falls over but keeps it out with a defensive drop into the on-side from the crease
7.2
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, back to true bounce, back to the channel outside off, gunbarrel-straight, and Hanuma Vihari shoulders arms comfortably with his leading eye over off-stump
7.1
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, angling towards middle and leg, pitches on middle, seams in and stays low, Hanuma Vihari crouches down late to keep it out off the toe-end
5.6
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, 1 run, angling in too far from a back of a length again, towards the groin, Hanuma Vihari nudges it off the backfoot towards deep square leg for a single. Retains the strike, does Vihari
5.5
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, back of a length delivery and staying low on the 4th stump channel, Hanuma Vihari waits for it to reach him and defends parallel to his pads into the off-side. Half-cocked, but well-balanced
5.4
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, short of length delivery seaming back in but soaring over twice the height of the stumps - harmless stuff, and Vihari shoulders arms comfortably
5.3
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, banged in on a short of length and jagging back in towards the off-stump line, Hanuma Vihari stays tall in his stance and defends it as late as he possibly can into the pitch
5.2
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, length delivery angling in towards the corridor, Hanuma Vihari drives it through the line and on the up towards mid-off - not the best ploy when the ball is seaming around
5.1
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, skids through from a back of a length outside off, possibly landing on the leather surface, and Hanuma Vihari jack-knifes a crouch from a jump to make swift contact and keep it out
3.6
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, pitches on a short of length marginally wide outside off, seams sharply back in with good bounce, and Agarwal shoulders arms on account of the latter more than the varying line
3.5
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, good length delivery in the corridor of uncertainty outside off, Agarwal gets half-forward and defends that gunbarrel-straight delivery
3.4
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, 1 run, short and angled into the body, not particularly pacy, Hanuma Vihari swivels on his heel into a neal pull behind deep square leg to turn over the strike to Agarwal
3.3
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off, Hanuma Vihari watches it onto the sticker and punches it with minimal leverage towards cover
3.2
Hazlewood to Hanuma Vihari, no run, good length delivery in the channel just outside off and angling in, stays low but doesn't seam sharply which saves Hanuma Vihari, who gets low to fend it off in a hurry. Manages to keep it out
3.1
Hazlewood to Agarwal, 1 run, banged in on a back of a length but the angle is too acute - on the pads, and tucked away off the backfoot towards fine leg for a single
1.6
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, on a good length and angling back into the right-hander, Mayank prods across and defends it back at the bowler
1.5
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, short of a length and well wide of off, Mayank stays back and mistimes the push to cover
1.4
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, much better from Hazlewood, on a good length and shaping back into the right-hander, Mayank gets half-forward and defends it to the off-side
1.3
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, Hazlewood shortens his length and angles this one down the leg-side, Mayank was looking to clip and missed
1.2
Hazlewood to Agarwal, FOUR, cracking shot, full and wide of off, Mayank throws his hands at that and places it into the gap wide of cover, a long and a teasing chase for two fielders, but the ball slowly rolls onto the ropes
1.1
Hazlewood to Agarwal, no run, short of a length and angling down the leg-side, Mayank was looking to tickle it fine and missed
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