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Australia A vs India, second result of practice match: McDermott and Wildermuth reach brilliant centuries when practice game ends in a draw at Sydney Cricket Ground
292/4 after 73 overs: Both McDermott and Wildermuth heat up centuries and have put Australia A in a dominant position.
Australia A 256/4 after 65 overs: MacDermott needs another eight races to reach his century and Wildermuth is driving very well with a 78 race. Australia A needs another 216 races.
Australia A 200/4 after 55 overs: McDermott is well on his way to reaching his first hundred in First Class and this has been a superb hitting. The association is worth 58 and Australia needs 273 races to win.
Australia A 182/4 after 53 overs: Wildermuth and McDermott have raised a position and India is fighting to break this association. Mayank Agarwal and Navdeep Saini are trading the pink ball.
Australia A 143/4 after 44 overs: Hanuma Vihari hits and breaks support as Carey falls. India has an opportunity here and will seek to make further progress.
Australia 135/3 after 40 overs: McDermott reaches fifty and the partnership wins 109 of 173 deliveries. Indian pacemakers are unable to penetrate this tier and Carey, in particular, has been superb.
Australia A 111/3 after 33 overs: Both McDermott and Carey have played some fabulous shots and the duo are taking on the Indian attack. India needs a breakthrough. Carey turns fifty.
Australia A 89/3 after 27 overs: Jasprit Bumrah starts the post-tea proceedings and does well when he beats the batters’ outer edge a couple of times.
Tea break: Australia A 3/89 after 26 overs
Australia A 87/3 after 25 overs: The partnership between Carey and McDermott is worth 61 and this has been a good position, denying the Indians more land.
Australia At 3/71 after 17:00: Mcdermott and Carey have built a partnership and India looking for breakthrough after choosing early grounds.
Australia A 3/25 after 11 overs: After Shami gave India an early breakthrough, Mohammed Siraj chose ground to leave Australia in deep trouble.
Australia A 6/1 after 5 overs: Mohammed Shami attacks and gives India an early breakthrough when Marcus Harris leaves. Good start from India.
Australia A 0/0 after 1 more: Mohammed Shami begins India’s charge of choosing 10 wickets and it will be a test of character for both Harris and Burns.
Day 2 Stumps – India 386/4, lead by 472 runs
Day 2 has been fantastic for India as Rishabh Pant and Hanuma Vihari beat centuries to put the team in a dominant position. The likes of Mayank Agarwal and Ajinkya Rahane also played their part, even as the team appears to be eager to get started as the first test in Adelaide begins.
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Day 1 Stumps – India defeated Australia A by 108; led by 86 races
India, after being demolished at the hands of Jack Wildermuth and Sean Abbott, staged a comeback as the rhythm drummer led by Mohammed Shami and Navdeep Saini helped the team put up an 86-run lead, while collecting three wickets apiece. Day 1 saw 20 wickets fall and Jasprit Bumrah emerge as the star, scoring an undefeated half century; a first for him in first-class cricket.
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PLAYING XI Australia A: Joe Burns, Marcus Harris, Nic Maddinson, Ben McDermott, Jack Wildermuth, Alex Carey (c & wk), Sean Abbott, Will Sutherland, Mitchell Swepson, Mark Steketee, Patrick Rowe, Harry Conway, Cameron Green |
Squads
India: Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane (vc), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Rishabh Pant (week), Wriddhiman Saha (week).
Australia A: Sean Abbott, Joe Burns, Alex Carey (c, wk.), Harry Conway, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Nic Maddinson, Ben McDermott, Mark Steketee, Will Sutherland, Mitchell Swepson, Jack Wildermuth.
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