Every Test, ODI, T20I, and BBL match live. Barmy. Image Credit: Getty. By stumps on day one of the third Australia-India Test, Pujara walked off the MCG – in his whites, however – not out on 68 alongside skipper Virat Kohli (47); the pair’s side well placed at 2-215. The team has played seven Boxing day Test so far, with the first being a draw. Really quite amazing,”. 27th over: India 54-5 (Agarwal 28, Pant 6) Josh Hazlewood bowls the final over of the day and it begins with bouncer after bouncer at Pant. “A) Could we just drop Alyssa Healy and Meg Lanning in the top order and see how we go? The MCG is bouncing. “His optimism is relentless, his instinct is to attack - attack and attack, and it’s frankly amazing to hear the guy truly believe that the Aussies can still win this one. Jasprit Bumrah and Cheteshwar Pujara starred as India won their first Boxing Day Test against Australia . “He’s like a turtle: Solid and plods away,” Waugh said. 26th over: India 48-5 (Agarwal 28, Pant 1) Plenty of chat from Tim Paine to Rishabh Pant during this Lyon over. I gravely doubt Dhoni would have done this.”. And at the other end? India went into the test match with a big question mark about their openers. Watch LIVE on Fox Cricket & join our match centre: https://t.co/1X1BKu1snw #AUSvIND #FoxCricket pic.twitter.com/mQkuwrHSj2. Centurion takes Boxing Day Test as CSA confirm 2018-19 fixtures. Australia v India: Live coverage of Boxing Day Test 2018 Day 3 from the MCG On a tear ... Pat Cummins celebrates the first wicket in a sizzling spell late on Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test. That is the lowest figure he's ever recorded in a Test. This is a dispiriting little session for the Aussie quicks. WICKET: Sharma is out for 5. Adam Collins, & Vihari c Khawaja b Cummins 13 (India 28-1), WICKET! Paceman Jasprit Bumrah took six Australian wickets to put India on track for a series-sealing victory in the 2018 Boxing Day Test Boxing day test 2018 This year’s edition promises to be a cracker jack. With Bhumrah and co not exerting themselves on Day 3, it would have been ideal to take the new ball and get a few wickets by close of play. A lead of 289 runs was not enough to convince Virat Kohli to enforce the follow on early in the final session, and at 28-0 in India’s second innings his side were gambolling away without a care in the world. Pujara dropped the anchor early in his knock and ensured his defence-first game was sound. Minutes later, a Starc ball down the leg side almost rolled along the ground before taking a bad turn passed Paine’s legs for four byes. Seven overs or half an hour remaining in this ridiculous day. “His concentration’s amazing.”. James Matthey jamesmatthey news.com.au December 30, 2018 2:23pm Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. @jphowcroft can you explain the bannerman discussion please? Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara gave India the upper hand on day one of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. Agarwal survives a loud LBW call, which is good news for fans of Bannerman-watch. Cummins is on a hat-trick! Mitchell Starc produced next to no swing with his full deliveries with the new ball, before an attempted Josh Hazlewood bouncer in the second over ended up going passing the batsman at waist-height and bounced almost at Tim Paine’s ankles. But when Indian captain Kohli won the toss, he opted to bat with little hesitation – perhaps because he had an inkling of how day one would eventually pan out. Tim Paine will have an extra mind to turn to if he’s in need of advice during the Boxing Day Test after seven-year-old Archie Schiller … This is bizarre. Brad Hodge has revealed how he cracked under pressure in his only Boxing Day Test, bringing him to the brink of one of Australia’s most controversial Test … #AUSvIND. Expect to see plenty of stories about it on social media in a matter of seconds. “This (pitch) is made for Cheteshwar Pujara,” O’Keeffe said even before Pujara walked onto the MCG. 9th over: India 23-0 (Vihari 10, Agarwal 13) Lyon’s promising opening over did not go unnoticed by Agarwal who welcomes the Australian spinner’s second effort by lofting a drive over mid-on for four. “While a lot of us are off work for a few days can we launch some kind of collective effort to invent a time machine so that we can go back (or is it forward) and play the Ashes now rather than last year. 8th over: India 19-0 (Vihari 10, Agarwal 9) Hazlewood has tightened his line from outside off to stump-to-stump. It is a two-match series and both … @patcummins gets a second, and Pujara goes for ... a duck!#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/xkzNMNaWJR. Series result: India led the 4-match series 2-1 : Match number: TEST No. India’s two premier batsmen perishing in the same over, both flicking harmless deliveries straight to the unconventionally placed fielder behind square on the leg side. Most Test wickets in debut year45 - Jasprit Bumrah (2018)42 - Terry Alderman (1981) & Curtly Ambrose (1988)#AusvInd#AusvsInd. All four of Vihari's Test dismissals against pace have come to deliveries pitching short of a good length. Australia v India: Heading into the Boxing Day Test, this is Paine's Australia now By Geoff Lemon Australian cricket commentator Last updated on 24 December 2020 24 December 2020 . “I don’t think the quicks will like that bounce,” former Aussie batsman Mark Waugh told Fox Cricket. Yeah, we’ve reached that point in the match where avian activity is more interesting than the cricket. On the first two days of this Test, a wicket fell once every 25 overs. The WBBL that’s on right now, for example, has been terrific to watch. #AusvInd. 3rd over: India 8-0 (Vihari 4, Agarwal 4) Starc shifts around the wicket and is immediately more threatening angling the ball into Vihari’s body. Australia are likely to go with an unchanged XI into the Boxing Day Test. #ResultPitch. Following the somewhat laborious Ashes draw 12 months prior, around 10 to 12mm of grass was left on this season’s Boxing Day Test wicket to create a bit of interest for both disciplines. Cummins adopts a short-ball approach to Vihari and eventually it pays dividends, the Indian opener failing to deal with a far from unplayable delivery with the ball kissing the shoulder of the bat and looping to Khawaja in the gully. New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Boxing Day Test 2018: Another contest to take place on Boxing Day 2018 is the second Test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. The Tim Paine-led Australia will be high on confidence going into the third Test, having beaten India inside three days in the first Test in Adelaide where the visitor recorded its lowest Test score of 36. 6th over: India 18-0 (Vihari 9, Agarwal 9) Just the single from a routine Hazlewood over. He’s flighting the ball menacingly into the footmarks outside Rohit’s off stump and provoking a series of uncomfortable inside edges and LBW appeals. Vihari nudging three off his hip, Agarwal four off his pads. It’s not game on though, is it? #AUSvIND, 33,447 at MCG today and in this Cummins spell they've been louder than at any other stage of the match #AusvInd. Find out what happens right here with Adam, Geoff and I. Australia's collective batting averages in this series:Nos.1-5: 24.44Nos.6-10: 25.52#AUSvIND. “I find it extraordinary for Kohli to elect to bat again when even Ponting said it would be tough to get 20 Aussie wickets and win the match after India’s slow batting rate. #AUSvIND. If this (opening) pair profit and put on a big stand, it sets up it for Pujara to play an Adelaide-like innings.”. WHAAAAAAAATTTTTTT!!!??? 16.2 over: India 33-4 (Agarwal 18, Rohit 1) No hat-trick for Cummins, but he wasn’t far off! “As I listen to Shane Warne doing his commentary, I’m getting a real sense of why the man was one of the all-time greats to play the game,” emails Sankaran Krishna. How did the teams fare in the test match? Stumps are scheduled for 5:30pm. Boxing Day Test: Sachin Tendulkar stated that Ajinkya Rahane's strategy as captain may be different from Virat Kohli's but he and his team would have a common goal to win matches. This is what my colleague Geoff Lemon once described as “the silver unicorn of cricket records,” the highest percentage of a team’s runs scored by one player. The biggest Test match of the summer is here as Australia and India head to the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground for the Boxing Day Test. Pant blocks five Lyon deliveries but launching at the last, squirting a mistimed drive into the offside. “Pujara is a Test playing run machine,” former Aussie batsman Mitchell Johnson wrote on Twitter. Cummins is replaced by Hazlewood and the change works almost immediately. It was chaotic and compelling. “Hi Jonathan,” hi Gopal Sankaranarayanan. Olly’s back with some chirp. The odd ball lifted off the wicket – promoted opener Hanuma Vihari was hit in the helmet by a well-directed Pat Cummins bouncer then Pujara copped an awkward one to his bottom hand – but it was predominantly easy pickings for the Indian batsman. India Win By 137 Runs (2018… Agarwal unseating Bannerman is what the curators need here - it’s also what cricket needs. The signs of a placid, lifeless first-day wicket were evident from the opening overs. 21st over: India 43-4 (Agarwal 25, Rohit 4) A rare boundary for India, Agarwal using soft hands to guide Cummins to third-man off a thick outside edge. 10th over: India 24-0 (Vihari 11, Agarwal 13) Another unremarkable Hazlewood over sees the score advance by one run. The Boxing Day Test is a cricket match where Australia faces an international team touring the country. If Australia pull off an unlikely win after this, Kohli will have to hand in his captaincy. He evades the first then wears the second on his gloves, prompting a visit from the physio. Australia vs India Boxing Day Test start time. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. This year’s Boxing Day Test starts on Wednesday, December 26 at 10:30am AEDT. Hazlewood b Bumrah 0 (Australia 151 all out), India 54-5 in their second innings, a lead of 346, Australia bowled out for 151 in just over two sessions. No Comments . Think! 5h ESPNcricinfo staff. Even when Kohli gets out for a duck, he improves India's chances of winning @JPHowcroft. On December 26, 2018, Australia commenced a game that ended in a record-breaking loss. 7th over: India 19-0 (Vihari 10, Agarwal 9) Lyon is invited to find out how stiff his bowling action is following his workload of previous days, and he responds superbly, finding prodigious bounce and no little turn, befuddling both openers in a promising over. Following two days of ponderous action on a lifeless surface the Boxing Day Test exploded into life with 15 wickets falling in three madcap sessions. Unfortunately his value in white ball cricket has consistently disrupted his first-class game, an impediment clearly not helped by being messed around by a series of selectors and coaches. But it was the impressive, efficient way in how he reached the milestone that impressed most. 11th over: India 26-0 (Vihari 12, Agarwal 14) The MCG has done a remarkable job of ridding the arena of seagulls (especially compared to AAMI Park over the road which is infested by the blighters on a nightly basis) but one interrupts proceedings during Pat Cummins’ first over of the innings. It almost has the desired effect too. Pujara reached his half-century – his third for the summer to date – in, quintessentially, his own time (152 balls). Cummins has Kohli for a duck, in exactly the same fashion as he dismissed Pujara. Australia XI: Marcus Harris, Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Tim Paine (c, wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, India XI: Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Tap here if the blog does not appear above. Do we just want another Shaun Marsh to hate?”. The 292-run lead that India hold at Melbourne is the third highest they've ever held at the halfway mark of Tests in SENA countries. Today, one had fallen once every 24 minutes. Shots fired. Boxing Day 2018: The Boxing Day Test match is a game of cricket played at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Australia every year between December 26 and 30. Thank you to the Indian cricket team and Cricket Australia for having me perform on the day. David … The Boxing Day Test match is a cricket Test match held in Melbourne, Victoria, … Within that there were a couple of scorching deliveries (if you haven’t seen his slower ball to Shaun Marsh yet you must rectify that immediately) but in the main he profited from another display of poor quality Australian batting. India are top, top class but playing this bunch of ordinary Aussies I think we would avoid a whitewash.” I do enjoy how splendidly English the optimism is - avoiding a whitewash being the summit of ambition. I owe the Test hat-trick to Kohli - Jasprit Bumrah . Dec 22nd, 2018. 24th over: India 47-5 (Agarwal 28, Pant 0) Lyon remains wicketless but he has been the partner bowler for both Cummins and Hazlewood, building pressure, keeping India on their toes with a spell of very clever off-spin. While openers Vihari and debutant Mayank Agarwal didn’t necessarily “profit” – their opening stand produced 40 runs – they faced nearly 19 overs, softening up the Kookaburra and clearing the path for Pujara to face the rest of the day. Your support powers our independent journalism, Available for everyone, funded by readers. Lyon Australia’s most dangerous bowler so far. 2018 is almost over, but the cricket action is just getting started. Watch LIVE on Fox Cricket & join our match centre: https://t.co/1X1BKu1snw #AUSvIND #FoxCricket pic.twitter.com/9WU79ms7IH, Silly old Cummins taking wickets here, giving India more time to bowl Australia out and win the Test. WHAT IS GOING ON!!? ALSO READ - IND vs AUS 2nd Test Dream11 Predictions, India vs Australia at Melbourne: Best Picks for Captain, Vice-Captain . Something about encouraging the big-hitter to join the Hobart Hurricanes, babysitting, and other examples of banter. I wanted to ask whether the Aussie authorities are able to deter the local seagulls because of the proliferation of ducks?”. The comeback continues! And as Pujara strode to the wicket and warmed into his innings, it was clear he had one intention: To be not out at midnight … more likely in his whites, as opposed to his pajamas. And it could be longer on day two, with Pujara possibly still at the crease. The recent women’s World T20 was superb. 17 overs left today, 80 minutes remaining in which to bowl them. It’s a much more productive approach, especially with the odd one keeping low and forcing nervous defensive jabs. It didn’t get much better for the bowlers for the remainder of the day. Jasprit Bumrah was the star of the first two, obliterating Australia’s first innings with figures of 6/33. Jonathan Howcroft, 12th over: India 28-0 (Vihari 13, Agarwal 15) Ooh, Agarwal gets away with one, scooping an ugly slog just over short midwicket despite aiming to send the ball wristily through the covers. 22nd over: India 44-4 (Agarwal 25, Rohit 5) Lyon has now perhaps overtaken Cummins as Australia’s greatest threat. India will be bowled out or declare at some point tomorrow, leaving them at least a day to take ten Australian wickets, or find themselves on the receiving end of a record run-chase, which seems unlikely given the evidence of today. 16th over: India 32-3 (Agarwal 18, Rahane 1) This flurry of wickets may not matter a great deal in the context of the match, but they are just reward for Pat Cummins who has bowled superbly all series, especially in the first innings here where he toiled largely in vain. Boxing Day Test 2018. Coincidence? WICKET: Vihari is out for 13. Following two days of ponderous action on a lifeless surface the Boxing Day Test exploded into life with 15 wickets falling in three madcap sessions. 13th over: India 28-1 (Agarwal 15, Pujara 0) “It remains an abiding mystery that Australia can be in the most parlous state either side of an Ashes down under and England in supreme form, but, for the six weeks of the Ashes Aussie bowlers who have been unfit or unselectable for five or ten years hit unprecedented veins of form (Harris, Cummins, Johnson) while world class Poms (Pietersen, Trott, Trescothick, Vaughan, Flintoff, Thorpe, Jones, Gough, Stokes, Swann, Prior etc etc) find novel and/or ridiculous methods to render themselves useless.” Ian Forth responding to Olly’s earlier Ashes missive with some mental disintegration. Around that the news isn’t so good. InCheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli will resume their partnership on day two. While this dead cat bounce lifted spirits in Bay 13 it is unlikely to have any impact on the overall result. Rohit c S Marsh b Hazlewood 5 (India 44-5), WICKET! Here are the key head-to-head stats, results, hundreds and best bowling figures from the Boxing Day Test matches between India and Australia. #AUSvIND. © 2021 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. SIGN UP NOW! Excellent maiden over. Debutante Mayank Agrawal and makeshift opener, Hanuma Vihari, were … Watch LIVE on Fox Cricket & join our match centre: https://t.co/1X1BKu1snw #AUSvIND #FoxCricket pic.twitter.com/VSRhzs3sQ2. Jasprit Bumrah was … India dominated day one of the Boxing Day Test against Australia on sluggish pitch. What’s more, his damn optimism actually instills fear in the opponent. 19th over: India 35-4 (Agarwal 18, Rohit 3) Cummins continues to charge in, mixing up his lengths, the short balls keeping India’s batsmen on the crease, the fuller ones targeting the pads. Charles Bannerman in the first ever Test notched 67.34 per cent. This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising. 23rd over: India 44-5 (Agarwal 25, Pant 0) This match continues to career into absurd territory. Cummins again, this time sending down a rare fuller delivery that Pujara shovels to the waiting Harris at shortish backward square leg. With this win, India has taken an unassailable 2-1 lead against the Aussies in this four test series. Paceman Jasprit Bumrah took six Australian wickets to put India on track for a series-sealing victory in the 2018 Boxing Day Test India will win the Boxing Day Test but day four at the MCG belonged to Pat Cummins who delivered a superb all-round performance. Bannerman-watch update from Ian Forth: “Agarwal is behind on the Bannerman Duckworth-Lewis. Posted by: Louise Mosqueda. #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/MBIw3HvPiT. Rahane c Paine b Cummins 1 (India 32-4), WICKET! The first Test at Wellington ended in a draw after an unbeaten partnership between Kusal Mendis and Angelo Mathews and rain on day five saved the visitors. The length is fuller thereafter with Pant nurdling a single into the on-side and Agarwal at the crease for a leg-bye. Indian Batting What worked? When India get to 50, his par BD-L is 34.”. And until stumps, Pujara barely raised a sweat during a near-chanceless innings. Dross ball, leaking down the leg-side, but Rahane plays an awkward sort-of-pull that results in a glove behind the wicket that Paine gobbles up with ease. Until then, thanks for your company. Come on, Pat. Virat Kohli doffing his hat to Jasprit Bumrah in recognition of the quick’s superb 6/33. #AUSvIND. However, one might be tempted to say that Australia will have the mental edge, after having defeated India by a wide margin at Perth. Premier League 2018-19 Boxing Day Results, Highlights And Points Table: Manchester United, Chelsea , Liverpool, Spurs Win, Arsenal Draw, Manchester City Loses . B) Why is everyone suddenly obsessed by Maxwell? It is the second time in as many years Handscomb has been dropped two Tests into the summer, with Marsh's part-time seamers getting him … The debacle that was Australia’s performance in the Boxing Day Test has ended as India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. 496d ESPNcricinfo staff. On point A, I wouldn’t advocate that approach, however I would recommend as a nation everybody focussing more attention on the women’s game so that the mood of despair is rebalanced. India lead by 318 with ten second wickets in hand. 17th over: India 33-4 (Agarwal 18, Rohit 1) Terrific entertainment. “You’ve got to get him in while the ball’s newish. 14th over: India 28-1 (Agarwal 15, Pujara 0) Lyon is bowling well but with no reward, coming close to inducing a bat-pad chance from Agarwal and also pinning him on the back foot LBW. Again it’s an ordinary delivery on an Indian batsman’s hip but this time Rohit middles it beyond the dive of Harris at leg gully. Twelve months ago, Australia arrived at the Boxing Day Test with a very different outlook. But then out of nowhere five wickets fell in a flash, four to Pat Cummins, three of them catches behind square on the leg-side, two of them - Che Pujara and Kohli - in near identical fashion in the same over. A preposterous day of Test cricket comes to a close. 5th over: India 17-0 (Vihari 8, Agarwal 9) Starc does hit his straps at least once this over, testing Agarwal with a tidy bouncer. Something weird has gripped the MCG in the last few minutes. “He’ll still be batting at midnight in his pyjamas,” former Test spinner Kerry O’Keeffe quipped on Fox Cricket. “I don’t mean to dominate proceedings but I can’t sleep so am following the action. 18th over: India 34-4 (Agarwal 18, Rohit 2) Panic is spreading like a fever around the Indian team. The outcome is a healthy edge that Shaun Marsh clutches to his chest at first slip. “Jonathan,” yes, Paul Blundell? Meanwhile here are two opinions without judgement: This isn't commentating by Shane Warne on Fox, it's cheerleading @JPHowcroft. Besides the lack of scalps, what would concern Aussie skipper Tim Paine more is that Pujara – the leading run-scorer of the series so far thanks to his knocks of 123 and 71 in Adelaide – could still be not out deep into day two, as all signs point to an Adelaide-like Pujara knock. India has lost 5 and drawn 2 test before the test on 26th December 2018 began. OUT. November 23, 2018. Nobody in a green helmet passed 22 despite little appreciable difference in the pitch. Just short of a good length outside off stump - typical Hazlewood areas - and Rohit can’t resist an ambitious cut shot despite the ball cramping him up. The highly-discussed and debated MCG pitch certainly assisted Pujara and his top order teammates – and ensured Australia’s Boxing Day was anything but merry. All sport is peculiar on some level, but cricket is more peculiar than most, a reality borne out during an incredible day’s play in Melbourne. Nobody who has dismissed Virat Kohli 4+ times in Test cricket has done so with a better strike rate (44.5) or average (15.25) than Pat Cummins. Kohli c Harris b Cummins 0 (India 28-3), WICKET! Kohli looks menacing. WICKET: Kohli is out for a duck! It was a long afternoon for the Aussies on day one. #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/9gQb5D3Qwm, @JPHowcroft This is like when you play a video game, figure out that one move that works, and then keep doing it. It’s scheduled to get underway on Wednesday, December 26 at 10:30am (AEDT). Just 4% of the deliveries Mitchell Starc has bowled in this Test match would have hit or clipped the stumps. : 2337: Hours of play (local time) 10:30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30 Maiden over. Plus, an innings defeat would have a demoralising effect on the hosts. Matt Page is the happiest man in Australia, if not the world right now! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/jPckFyp0NY. 2nd over: India 8-0 (Vihari 4, Agarwal 4) Hazlewood’s radar is also skewiff in his opening over and he also goes for four, this one much a more pleasing effort with Agarwal striding to meet the pitch of the ball and calmly stroking an elegant boundary through extra cover. parvyn Indian national anthem - boxing day Test cricket match 2018 'Hi Everyone, it was an incredible honour performing Jana Gana Mana at the opening ceremony of the Boxing Day Test held at the MCG on 26th Dec 2018. India drew the Boxing Day Test during 2014 and clinched a famous win in 2018 to seal a historic series victory Down Under. After the attrition of days one and two day three has delivered in spades. The left-hander almost gloves the first, evades the second, then shovels the third to the fine-leg boundary. CAPE TOWN - SuperSport Park in Centurion has been awarded the prestigious Boxing Day Test for the 2018-19 season with the Proteas set to face off against Pakistan. All rights reserved. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is the venue for the Boxing Day Test. The latest display of mayhem is a near run out, Agarwal making his ground following Rohit’s anxious call but he would have perished with a direct hit. #AUSvIND. Just to put a bit of a lid on Aussie prospects in this Test, CricViz have Aus at 3% to win this Test, even after Pat Cummins' heroics. Sad. India won the Boxing day test in MCG after about 37 years! The slower wicket allowed him to pick the line and length of most deliveries quickly and easily – a scary thought when you consider what he was able to achieve in Adelaide on a trickier wicket. Mike Hussey is talking to him like he's a child. When & Where Date/s: Sunday 26th December 2021 - Thursday 30th December 2021 Venue Melbourne … Dec 25th, 2018 Australia have recalled all-rounder Mitch Marsh for the Boxing Day Test against India, dropping struggling batsman Peter Handscomb. 20th over: India 37-4 (Agarwal 19, Rohit 4) Lyon has performed the wingman role for Cummins and once again he keeps India on their toes with a teasing over. What better way to continue the holiday celebrations than going to see the cricket game with your family. As for B, speaking only for myself, I think Maxwell has a talent ceiling higher than most of his peers and when he’s been given the opportunity to focus on red ball cricket in the past he has delivered. You wouldn’t think they had a 326 run lead. India vs Australia, Boxing Day Test: Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Md. Teams and details tba Christmas is over and it's Day 1 of the Vodafone Boxing Day Test. Given support and a clear role I think he would be a successful Test cricketer. According to The Cricket Professor (@CricProf), Pujara played just eight per cent false shots in his half-century – comfortably the lowest figure of any of his 50-plus scores outside of Asia. Nowadays, India is playing their 8 boxing day test and always had a torrid time playing there. Pujara c Harris b Cummins 0 (India 28-2), WICKET! “Liquid gold,” according to James Brayshaw. First published on Thu 27 Dec 2018 22.34 GMT. A metre from a Pat Cummins hat-trick. 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