Live: Australia striving to take the final wicket after India fight back
Live: Boxing Day Test — Australia vs India
118th over — Lyon to bowl
Nathan Lyon is bowling to Nitish.
Nitish skips down the wicket and hits a lofted drive to mid-on.
India takes the run. That was a surprising decision.
Siraj is going to face. Siraj blocks and it gets past the backward point for a run.
Australia push the field back and Nitish sweeps into the deep and India runs two.
Nitish charges and blocks. Two balls left in the over.
FOUR. Nitish backs away and SMASHES the ball past Lyon, past mid-on, and to the boundary.
Nitish charges and hits it straight to mid-wicket for NO RUN.
Siraj is on strike for the next Cummins over.
117th over – Pat Cummins bowls
We are underway.
Pat Cummins bowls to Nitish and the first ball is defended.
Cummins again outside off stump and Nitish defends again.
Cummins bowls straight and Nitish defends on the front foot.
Nitish drives to mid-off and takes a single.
Mohammed Siraj must see off two balls.
Cummins bowls at the stumps and Siraj plays a forward defence. Well done Siraj.
One ball left to survive.
BEATEN! Great ball from Cummins. That was good enough to beat a top-order batter. Siraj played a forward defence and had the edge beaten.
The players and umpires are walking to the middle
Here we go.
Day four of this thrilling, captivating and thus far brilliant Test match is about to begin.
Nitish Reddy Kumar is 105 off 176 balls.
Mohammed Siraj is 2 off 7.
Australia needs one more wicket to bat again.
Quick hits from day three at the MCG
Nitish Kumar Reddy’s father provided an unforgettable moment in the MCG stands as India’s young guns allowed the tourists to claw their way back into the match.
Here are the quick hits from day three of the fourth Test.
The time is now correct
AEST and AEDT times backwards?
– Clock
Worse than backward.
I was just flat-out wrong.
Play begins at:
- AEDT: 10am
- AEST: 9am
- ACDT: 9:30am
- ACST: 8:30am
- AWST: 7am
ANALYSIS: Australia’s hopes of MCG victory worn down by fighting spirit of India’s youth
Day three was supposed to be a batting day for Australia, and one where the hosts set themselves up for a crucial MCG victory. But in its way was Nitish Kumar Reddy, and the dogged determination of India’s generation next.
Read Dean Bilton’s analysis of day three below.
Catch up on day three of the Boxing Day Test
Nitish Kumar Reddy came of age at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on day three, scoring a maiden Test century to drag India back into the Boxing Day Test.
Catch up on the action from yesterday with our blog and wrap-up.
Play starting early on day four
Because of the time lost yesterday, play on day four will begin an hour early.
Starting time for day four:
- AEDT: 10am
- AEST: 9am
- ACDT: 9:30am
- ACST: 8:30am
- AWST: 7am
Welcome to day four at the MCG
Good morning and welcome to the four day of this Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The brilliance of Nitish Kumar Reddy yesterday gave India the spark they needed to still believe that can get something out of this game.
Australia is still ahead by 116 runs and only needs one more wicket to start their second innings.
But India’s terrific batting yesterday has them believing that anything is possible.
I’m Michael Doyle and I’ll be bringing you all the action along with Chris De Silva and the rest of the ABC Sport team.
