61st over: Australia 153-5 (Green 10, Paine 13) Green seems to have befuddled himself against Ashwin. Even at MCG India have won only 3 of the 13 Tests played. Hopefully it's nothing too serious and he's back on soon... #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/oC5uvvHBnN. 51st over: Australia 135-5 (Green 5, Paine 0) Green continues to look assured against Ashwin, getting in a huge stride to disrupt the spinner’s length then taking advantage to rock back and milk a single in the offside. Find tickets ... Melbourne City 2020/21 Season Find tickets. Replays suggest it was a good call with the ball hitting the tall Green high on his leg. He induces a genuine edge from Paine but it flies through the vacant second slip region and away for four. Meanwhile Starc rips continues to hurl down thunderbolts, ripping one of them past Gill’s hesitant prod. Head averages 25 when right-arm seamers come around the wicket (42 over). Just what India needed. - REUTERS . They never looked defensive. After being clubbed for a six and a four off successive deliveries, Bumrah has his revenge as he traps Nathan Lyon lbw. After Tim Paine won the toss he made the obvious decision to bat first but his decision quickly backfired when the superb Jasprit Bumrah (4/56) sent back a scratchy Joe Burns for a duck. It also has to be noted that the Boxing Day encounter would be the 100th Test match between India and Australia. They ,must have not thought of fielding so early after Tim Paine won the toss and opted to bat first. The Boxing Day Test match will begin on December 26 and the last day of the game will be held on the 30th of this month. 58th over: Australia 144-5 (Green 7, Paine 7) Siraj continues to plough his furrow, forcing Paine to defend from his crease with a series of deliveries targeting that area around the top of off stump. That is Starc's 12th wicket in a first over of a Test. This after Gill had hit an exquisite boundary to get off the mark in Test cricket. In this blog we will discuss Australia Vs India Test Series 2020/21. The one exception is a regrettable bouncer that Paine is onto in a flash, swivelling and pulling with superb timing for four through square leg. I’m reaching for stylistic comparisons but they all fall down due to his unusual size and gait. For all India’s discipline and control, Australia will be bitterly disappointed with their total. Apologies for repeating myself, but if India’s pace attack was full strength they would be a much more dangerous prospect. A total of 27 fixtures ended in draws. 56th over: Australia 143-5 (Green 7, Paine 6) Siraj is doing an excellent job maintaining the pressure with this old ball that is reversing just enough to force Green to second guess. The chase is a successful one from Wade - who has returned to the field - but he ends it hobbling again. They seemed to have been bowling with a plan. 4th over: India 5-1 (Gill 5, Pujara 0) India begin their fourth over without a run and with Gill rooted to the crease in the face of a high-quality barrage from Cummins it’s hard to see where a run is going to come from. It looks as though Australia have set up for the low bounce of Adelaide and they have been caught out by the pace. Even at MCG India have won only 3 of the 13 Tests played. India vs England, 1st Test: Axar Patel Ruled Out; Shahbaz Nadeem And Rahul Chahar Added to Squad. Superb technique from the young opener. By Neds on 27/12/2020 at 8:12 pm Filled in: Cricket News, Featured. He follows that up with a textbook push for two, then almost earns more runs but a swivel pull hits the field. You can find out more-, 1st Test: Gautam Gambhir Surprised India Didn't Pick 'Rare Commodity' Kuldeep Yadav. 42nd over: Australia 124-4 (Labuschagne 43, Green 0) He is a treat Jasprit Bumrah. India vs Australia: Boxing Day Test crucial in deciding fate of the series, says Burns ... 2020 11:28 IST Joe Burns reacts after hitting the winning runs to give Australia victory on Day 3 of the first Test match against India at Adelaide Oval. He’s done it again in the first over! Members’ arrangements for the 2020 Boxing Day Test We are excited to be welcoming live sport back to Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test in what will be a significant milestone for Victoria after an immensely trying year. Cummins then eschews his circumspection, larruping a length delivery high and wide over cow corner! Gill was given a reprieve when he was dropped by Marnus Labuschagne at third slip. It looked to be sliding down the leg side and DRS was not called upon. 60th over: Australia 152-5 (Green 9, Paine 13) Siraj is a tad wider to Green than he has been to Paine, but that’s a consequence of that reverse swing tailing the ball away from the right-hander. Facebook Twitter. Glorious batting. Two in quick succession for India! 9th over: India 29-1 (Gill 22, Pujara 6) Here comes a change, and it’s the Adelaide destroyer, Josh Hazlewood. Here are the key head-to-head stats, results, hundreds and best bowling figures from the Boxing Day Test matches between India and Australia. 52nd over: Australia 136-5 (Green 6, Paine 0) Another huge LBW appeal from Siraj, this time against Green, and Paul Reiffel again declines the offer to raise his finger. Others I know so well they call me Mum. Pat Cummins is bowling fast and getting the ball to lift off from length. ... All the Test matches of the India tour of Australia 2020-21 will be broadcasted on Sony SIX, Sony TEN 1 and Sony TEN 3. Starc feeds off the energy, sending the ball hurtling towards Che Pujara with Tim Paine stood back almost on the sightscreen. Gill’s languid approach and that extra second while facing fast bowlers, coupled with a way tighter technique than Prithvi Shaw, might just give the dressing room the confidence required in testing times. He will have the company of Mayank Agarwal, who would be wanting to do an encore, if not better, of his performance at a venue where he made his Test debut. Sigh! The Boxing Day Test will be played between December 26 to 30,2020. That was a real effort over and a vital partnership-breaker just as the game was swinging Australia’s way. Still, that was enough to end an entertaining knock. Awesome. He starts down the legside before locating his radar third ball and rapping Pujara on his pads. Score 191/9 in 71.5 overs, FYI: This is the 100th Test between India and Australia, Hello everyone! The Melbourne Cricket Ground first staged a Test on Boxing Day in 1950, and Melbourne has hosted a Boxing Day Test every year since 1990. Alternative venues could be considered for Boxing Day Test – Given the rising COVID-19 cases in Victoria, Perth or Adelaide could host the clash between Australia and India. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. What a first over by Mitchell Starc!He gets his reward by trapping Agarwal LBW for a #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/cbxwT2zN1o. Agarwal walks back without troubling the score. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. A solid defense from Shubman Gill as he brings down curtains on the opening day of the second Test between India and Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The analyst community is a little miffed India took so long targeting the weakness that ultimately brought about Head’s decapitation. Thrilling high-quality sport. The youngster does well with his first test, defending from his crease then accepting a single to a delivery with a touch of width. Get our app. The visitors have held onto their catches, Rahane has captained smartly, and in Bumrah he has a gem that is capable of breaking any game open. This is slowly growing into a proper day for India. You’re waiting for a horrible return to reality? And it would have clipped the leg-stump and thus the on-field umpire’s decision is upheld. Eventually he takes a couple of steps down the track and milks an easy single, much to the delight of Ricky Ponting on commentary, who is advocating some counterattack. The appeal arrived with Green glued to his crease. For breaking news and live news updates, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and Instagram. What percentage of the attending Boxing Day Test crowd will be MCC members? AUS vs IND Cricket Scorecard (TEST) ... How to Watch India vs Australia Boxing Day Test Today's Match on SonyLIV. Had to pinch myself to check that yesterday was real, did the rain of Christmas morning really oh so gently turn into softly falling snow as we unwrapped presents? 49th over: Australia 134-4 (Labuschagne 48, Green 4) Ashwin deceives Labuschagne in flight first up with his arm ball but the batsman’s hands are quick enough to jam down before he yorks himself. ... India Vs Australia Boxing Day Test. 10th over: India 35-1 (Gill 28, Pujara 6) The tenth over is delayed after the field was reset for one more Hazlewood delivery after the third umpire called a very marginal no ball from the last delivery of the ninth over. Cummins nearly had him with the final delivery as Gill looked to work one away to mid-on but instead got an outside edge with Labuschagne not managing to hold on to it. However, there’s a suggestion the appearance of a play and miss may be exaggerated by Gill’s tendency to play inside the line. Magnificent delivery heading for the middle of middle with some away swing, Gill tries to play across the line but can only find a leading edge that flies quickly to Labuschagne’s right at third slip. Held in Melbourne, Australia involving the Australian cricket team and national team which is touring Australia that summer. ... 2020. The Aussies, expectedly, lead the head-to-head stats having won 43 matches of the 99 played while India have won only 28. So far, Rahane has produced one of the best days of test captaincy I can remember. Paine, by contrast, is still a tad jittery early in his knock. Ashwin is holding up an end, Bumrah is resting ahead of the new ball, and the misfiring Umesh is not being missed. Jasprit Bumrah, Ravi Ashwin, and - on debut - Mohammed Siraj, all shone. After two pleasing-looking dots Green is offered a fuller delivery that he pushes down the ground for a single, ending Siraj’s string of maidens. #AUSvIND. Then he’s out. ALSO READ: Quarantine is … Australia only being four down is largely down to the solidity of Labuschagne. 11th over: India 36-1 (Gill 28, Pujara 7) Final over of the day, Hazlewood to Pujara, two patient characters... and the over begins with overthrows and a near run out! Facebook Twitter. It’s not about the defeat but the manner of capitulation which can come back to haunt a side that’s not short on quality. They made four changes to their XI and three paid off immediately. Magical ball. Might be time for Paine to shake things up in the few minutes before the close. Quite a moment #AusvInd. Shubman Gill, the debutant, will open the innings with Mayank Agarwal. Home / Cricket / Ajinkya Rahane becomes first recipient of Mullagh Medal after being named Player of the Match in Boxing Day Test India's Ajinkya Rahane … 7th over: India 23-1 (Gill 19, Pujara 4) Starc has beaten Gill’s outside edge every over, and he does so again. 53rd over: Australia 136-5 (Green 6, Paine 0) Ashwin resumes by teasing Green with his artfully flighted off-spin. The downside of India’s excellent performance in the field is a testing 50-minute spell for the top-order. 46th over: Australia 130-4 (Labuschagne 45, Green 3) Green spent the first four deliveries of his innings patiently sizing up the conditions, but ball five he takes a long stride forward and checks a drive through extra cover off Bumrah that didn’t just ooze class, it erupted it. Australia . Likewise, young workhorse Siraj will step in temporarily to fill the void created by crafty Mohammed Shami’s injury and it will be about how Rahane, touted as a bowler’s captain, handles him. His second spell has seen 66% of his deliveries on a good line and length, well up from 44% in his first spell. Some start by the Australia bowlers. All while filling Kohli’s shoes after an eight-wicket defeat. While KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj are expected to come in for Kohli and Shami, three more changes are possible in the XI. #AUSvIND @1116sen. Golden arm Starc to the rescue once more. 21-23 of 23 Prev; 1; 2; 3; Next; Connect with us. The left-hander swipes at it, as much out of self-preservation, and the top-edge steeples into the Melbourne sky before landing safely in Siraj’s hands at fine-leg. 67th over: Australia 164-7 (Cummins 2, Starc 7) Cummins again repels Ashwin with his focus entirely on preserving his wicket. Also read Boxing Day Test India vs Australia Melbourne: Key moments where Ajinkya Rahane’s team won the match Geoff Lemon at the MCG (earlier) and In December 2019, Cricket Australia announced plans for a medal to be awarded to the best player of the Boxing Day Test match from 2020, named in honour of Indigenous Australian cricketer Johnny Mullagh. Matthew Wade counterpunched his way to a rapid 30 but his T20 mindset proved his downfall when he skied Ravi Ashwin (3/35) just when Australia needed him to grind out until lunch. That sound ❤️. Mon 28 Dec 2020 22.49 EST 1 India pulled off one of their greatest Test wins, chasing down Australia’s fourth-innings target of 70 to secure victory by eight wickets at the MCG. Updated: December 20, 2020 … I have a question, a curiosity that has long niggled away at me; why and when did Aussies begin saying wickets before runs?”. Lyon LBW Bumrah 20 (Australia 191-9), WICKET! That will raise pulses in Green’s army of fanboys and aesthetes (myself included). Superb action. Every time I … His method is straightforward; full and straight, angling into the right-handers from wide on the crease - not dissimilar to Makhaya Ntini in his pomp. Boxing Day Test 2020 TBC. Special credit to Ajinkya Rahane who was proactive throughout the innings as he kept on attacking be with his bowling changes or field placements. Shubman Gill’s first taste of Test cricket is turning out to be one tough exam. He does however shift a pebble from hand to pocket, teasing us all and making Green sweat. The Boxing Day Test match will begin on December 26 and the last day of the game will be held on the 30th of this month. Top results match "boxing day test match" 21-23 of 23 Prev; 1; 2; 3; Next; To the Point Festival Sandstone Point Hotel, Sandstone Point, QLD Sat 6 Feb 2021 12:00pm . Green’s dismissal upped Paine’s urgency at the crease but after five dots he was unable to get Ashwin away. That brings Cummins on strike and his outside edge is a whisker away from a perfectly flighted delivery that spins tantalisingly from leg to off. The Australian responds soon after by whipping his wrists and manipulating three runs through the covers. He tries it second ball and misses, but goes to it again two deliveries later and connects for a single. Mohammed Siraj has settled into a good rhythm here, and his accuracy has improved across the day. December 26, 2020, 1:59 PM IST India vs Australia (TEST) CONCLUDED. This is also the first individual fifty in the match. ... 2020. 55th over: Australia 143-5 (Green 7, Paine 6) Another teasing Ashwin over. India bowled and fielded very well on a pitch that offered a smidgen in the opening hour, then took some spin, before allowing reverse swing. Continuing the stodgy first-innings in Adelaide, this Australian side is short of form. #AUSvIND. Tim Paine's side were already reeling after a comprehensive eight-wicket defeat in the Boxing Day Test that levelled the four-match series at 1-1. You heard it here first, and possibly inaccurately. “Morning Jonathan,” afternoon Finbar. India has already lost the first Test match by eight wickets. And 75% of his dismissals are from there. He should have taken it, but it burst through him at pace. Something to work on with the coaches. Australia vs India 2nd Test 2020: Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj to Make Debut in Boxing Day Test He has beaten Gill thrice in the over. ... the average first innings of the match at the MCG is 389. Bet now: Boxing Day Test. #AUSvIND. If there is, it’s not visible to my naked eye. 5th over: India 11-1 (Gill 11, Pujara 0) Another boundary to Gill, driving Starc stylishly through the covers to compound Labuschagne’s misfortune. India are 36/1, trailing Australia by 159 runs. Paine ekes out a single but it’s hard work for Australia right now. Lyon though immediately went for the review. He could easily have held Bumrah back for the new ball but instead pressed ahead with his side in the ascendancy and he’s rewarded just seven balls later. That came out of nowhere, but suggests a fun few overs before the close. The players are back out for the final session. #AUSvIND. The next couple of deliveries are an excellent duel before Starc finishes a scintillating over by ripping one past Pujara’s edge again. Ind vs Aus Live Cricket Score: Wicket no. There’s much less turn and bounce than previously but the youngster remains cautious on the crease. If you want to know something extremely good, the MCG may look weirdly empty with 20,000 people in it but the "OOHHHHHHH" whenever Pat Cummins beats the edge is still detonating around the ground. Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets as the tourists were bowled out for 195 in 72.3 overs. Another maiden. Cummins dots a couple, then top-edges a slog-sweep straight to long-on. Gill was at fault for not accepting a single behind point and forcing Pujara to dive to make his ground. He was fortunate to claim one huge wicket, then unfortunate not to bag a second. So a superb bowling display from India. all of Australia) is clearly wrong. News. Aus vs Ind Live: Shubman Gill is slowly settling in after those early jitters that saw him being beaten on multiple occasions and surviving a dropped catch. Then GILL’S DROPPED! 8th over: India 28-1 (Gill 22, Pujara 6) After Pujara starts the over with a single Gill shows excellent defensive technique before earning three with another checked straight drive. Stumps on Day 1. The impact of Rishabh Pant, the other change, will be assessed tomorrow with the bat. Marnus Labuschagne top-scored with 48, and his partnership of 86 with Travis Head (38) was the only period of the day during which the home side looked on course for a par score. 44th over: Australia 127-4 (Labuschagne 45, Green 0) Labuschagne is happy to play conservatively against India’s star man Bumrah, keeping his bat and pad close together when he props forward, leaving anything wide, and whipping the one short ball sensibly along the ground to fine-leg. Steve Smith (0) remains out of form and he gifted Ashwin another soft wicket by glancing straight to the hands of leg-slip. India's Playing XI For Boxing Day Test: India will make four changes to their XI at Melbourne Cricket Ground and there would be two forced changes. Siraj is hiding the ball in his run-up, suggesting there could be some reverse swing on offer. 48th over: Australia 131-4 (Labuschagne 45, Green 4) Siraj gives Bumrah a breather and he’s immediately full and straight at Green, angling the ball into the right-hander from wide on the crease. Pat Cummins looks for a big hit but cannot get the distance as Mohammed Siraj takes a simple catch at long-on with Ravindra Jadeja getting a wicket as well. PTI Meanwhile, India openers are out in the middle. Bumrah shifts from full and straight to short, but Lyon is waiting for it and he hooks a majestic six, every inch the equal of anything a top-order batsman would execute. ... • The only One Day International match played on a Boxing Day was in the year 1989 between Australia and Sri Lanka. Since Australia's all-out 98 - ten years ago today - the average first innings of the match at the MCG is 389. Some people we really only see once a year at our game. Australia vs India Tips and Odds – Boxing Day Test Cricket Match 2020. Lyon scored 20 off 17 with two fours and a six. India’s performance in the field put them in a strong position on day one of the Boxing Day Test. And a warm welcome to our live coverage from the opening day of the second Test between India and Australia in Melbourne. Instead of full and straight, he opens his second over with a superb bouncer from around the wicket. ... India Vs Australia Boxing Day Test. India after winning at the MCG in 2018. Head’s shy missed the stumps and ran away for a bonus run for India. Advertisement. Australia XI: Tim Paine (captain and wk), Joe Burns, Matthew Wade, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, India XI: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj. India turning the screw. The MCG has always been the traditional hosting ground for the Boxing Day Test match. Also Read - IND vs ENG: Why Are England Cricketers Wearing Black Armbands in Chennai Test? Starc c Siraj b Bumrah 7 (Australia 164-8), WICKET! Published: 24th December 2020 09:46 AM ... And it wasn't that long ago probably a few weeks ago that we wonder if we had a Boxing Day Test match in Melbourne. The only delivery of note was the last when Labuschagne fell over to the off side attempting a leg glance and India appealing for leg before. Some people I have never met. He pushes a couple through the covers then skips down the pitch and drives elegantly with the minimum of fuss through wide mid-off for four. Advertisement. Siraj extends his spell into an eighth over (either side of Tea). When play does resume it’s Nathan Lyon with the ball in his hand, but that’s just what debutant Gill wants to see. 71st over: Australia 179-8 (Cummins 9, Lyon 8) After a spell of 12-4-15-1 Ashwin is replaced by Jadeja. India 0/1 in 1 over, trail by 195. It has been very impressive. Tim Paine ton in this innings. It sounded like a regulation outside edge to Pant, but the appeal is declined onfield and Rahane elects not to use DRS - smartly as it happens with Snicko revealing there was no edge. Australia could do with another Adelaide-like counterattack from their skipper. Channel Seven covered Paine’s almost run-out very well. You can find a brief preview of both teams, the match, and all of our 2020 Boxing Day Test tips below. India in Australia 2020/21 ... Langer has admitted that it would take a 'courageous' man to consider changing the side that demolished India for the Boxing Day Test match at the MCG. Shane Warne takes his 700th Test wicket — Australia v England, 2006. Batting alongside him is Cheteshwar Pujara on 7. The debutant has really stepped up for Rahane, finding a groove, and he earns another maiden by giving nothing away in terms of line or length. Replays show THIS IS AS MARGINAL AS YOU COULD IMAGINE - literally a frame in it either way. And he follows that up with a pull miles in front of square for four! All Rights Reserved. Updated: December 20, 2020 … Corporate. Paine encourages the review, but it was always going to be futile. India's Playing XI For Boxing Day Test: India will make four changes to their XI at Melbourne Cricket Ground and there would be two forced changes. A long and decisive evening session awaits after a spot of tea. Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets while Ravichandran Ashwin finished with three wickets. Up to 30,000 people a day will be allowed to watch the Boxing Day Test live at the MCG, after Victorian health authorities approved an increase in the number of spectators allowed into the stadium. It begins annually on Boxing Day (26 December) and is … Genuinely thought that should have been given out. Today has been a dream outing for skipper Rahane who has consistently pulled the right reins. It may not have carried had the cordon been reinforced, but Rahane probably missed a trick by not attacking harder with his team in the ascendancy. 2nd over: India 0-1 (Gill 0, Pujara 0) Gill’s first delivery in Test cricket is a sighter outside off from Pat Cummins, but his second is right on the money, drawing a play and miss. By my read this is the lowest day one crowd for an MCG Test since Aust v Pakistan in January 1990, but plenty of extenuating circumstances obviously #AusvInd. “Nearly 5am here in the hills of Piedmont. 54th over: Australia 141-5 (Green 6, Paine 5) Siraj also continues the spell he began before the break, an impressive three-over burst that included his maiden Test wicket. Bumrah outfoxes Starc. He’s on the money again to start the over, but then Green is allowed to cut a couple, before Siraj gets his man! Alternative venues could be considered for Boxing Day Test – Given the rising COVID-19 cases in Victoria, Perth or Adelaide could host the clash between Australia and India. The decision is NOT OUT but it could just as easily gone the other way. The general public can buy tickets from the same time the following day (December 11). Green moves to eight from 50 balls. It’s going to take a … The plans to pick off Smith and Labuschagne, Ashwin in early, and a series of tailored attacking fields to restrict scoring. 72nd over: Australia 195-9 (Cummins 9, Hazlewood 4) Hazlewood tickles his first ball to fine-leg for four. Siraj is adamant he has Paine pinned LBW. First published on Fri 25 Dec 2020 17.29 EST. The follow up then shapes past Pujara’s outside edge at pace in a demonstration of how the fast bowler threatens both edges with his subtle movement. Cummins sees off the remainder of the over, collecting a couple off his gloves down the legside for his troubles. Two deliveries then slant across the batsman before another one arcs back - and he’s GIVEN LBW! Another session goes India’s way. Score 5/1, trail by 191 runs, Over 2: Baptism by fire. Australia bowled out for 195 in 72.3 overs. Mitchell Starc, left-arm fast, to bowl the first over. ... the average first innings of the match at the MCG is 389. Australia are at risk of getting bogged down here, if they aren’t already. India vs Australia Boxing Day Test will kick start from December 26 After unveiling indigenous shirts for the T20I series vs India, Australia have now taken yet another step to recognise and encourage the involvement of Indigenous Australians in cricket. Kolkata; West Bengal; India; World; Sports; Entertainment; Business; Science & Tech; 1. The Boxing Day Test match also saw some interesting records. 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