Live Cricket Score India A vs Australia A, 2nd unofficial Test at Chennai Day 2 AUS A 329/9: AUS A lead by 194 runs at stumps
Live Cricket Score India A vs Australia A, 2nd unofficial Test at Chennai Day 2 AUS A 329/9: AUS A lead by 194 runs at stumps
Hello everyone and a very warm welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of the second day’s play of the second unofficial Test between India A and Australia A. India A won the toss and elected to bat first but where in tatters when the Australian A bowlers had them reeling at 56 for four. It was Karun Nair’s fifty that got India past total of 100 runs. India were eventually bowled out for 135. Australia A have started well and will want to build a huge lead to put the home side under pressure. Catch the live cricket scores and updates from the second Test at Chennai here.
Live cricket score Australia A 329/9 | Overs 103 | Lead by 194 runs| Batting: Stephen O Keefe 6 (43), Andrew fekete 0 (6). Australia A are just one wicket away from folding up as Baba Aparajith has picked up five wickets. Australia A will hope to that they can get as many wickets as possible tomorrow when play resumes.
Live cricket score Australia A 310/7 | Overs 94 | Lead by 175 runs| Batting: Stephen O Keefe 3 (15), Gurinder Sandhu 26 (21) Bancroft is finally out for 150 as Baba Aparajith picks up his third wicket of the innings. India will now look to wrap up the innings at the earliest. OUT! Cameron Bancroft c Kohli b Aparajith 150 (267)
Live cricket score Australia A 282/6 | Overs 88 | Lead by 130 runs| Batting: Cameron Bancroft 150(265), Stephen O Keefe 1 (3) Australia A have lost Matthew Wade but Bancroft is playing extremely well and looks set to make a huge score. He needs some support at the other end though. OUT! Matthew Wade b Aparajith 11 (18)
Live cricket score Australia A 265/5 | Overs 81 | Lead by 130 runs| Batting: Cameron Bancroft 142(236), Matthew Wade 4(6) | And India A take another wicket as Bancroft builds on his score. B Aparajith strikes as Stoinis is caught by Naman Ojha. OUT! Marcus Stoinis c Ojha b Aparajith 10(32)
Live cricket score Australia A 255/4 | Overs 78 | Lead by 120 runs| Batting: Cameron Bancroft 139(227), Marcus Stoinis 10(29) | Runs continue to come well for Australia A at a slower pace though. India A are looking for wickets but both Bancroft and Stoinis are looking good.
TEA! Session Australia A – Cameron Bancroft’s ton has ensured that Australia A continue to dominate the game. Despite the wicket of Ferguson for 54, Australia A are looking good to post a good lead over India A. An important session coming up for India A.
Live cricket score Australia A 236/4 | Overs 71 | Lead by 101 runs| Batting: Cameron Bancroft 128(208), Marcus Stoinis 0(6) | Finally the stand is broken as Shreyas Gopal get rid of Calum Ferguson. Ferguson had just brought up his fifty but departed soon after. OUT! Calum Ferguson c Nair b Gopal 54(103)
Live cricket score Australia A 207/3 | Overs 61 | Lead by 72 runs| Batting: Cameron Bancroft 110(177), Callum Ferguson 43(80) | India A continue to search for wickets as Australia A pile on runs at the other end. The scoring is not that quick but India are letting go of the match after a good spell from Ojha. India A need wickets to stay in the game for a longer time.
Live cricket score Australia A 189/3 | Overs 54 | Lead by 54 runs| Batting: Cameron Bancroft 103(162), Callum Ferguson 33(53) | Bancroft has got to his ton and looking really good for a huge one. He has got good support from Ferguson at the other end. No wickets for India A yet.
Live cricket score Australia A 137/3 | Overs 45 |Lead by 2 runs | Batting: Cameron Bancroft 80(140), Callum Ferguson 4(21) | Bancroft is nearing his ton here after lunch on Day Two. The lead is now 2 runs and Australia will want to make it a huge one and put India A under pressure.
LUNCH! Session India A! A very good session for India A compared to the one yesterday, Pragyan Ojha has already taken three and will want to keep taking wickets to ensure Australia A do not run away with the game. Do join us in a while for the second session.
Live cricket score Australia A 130/3 | Overs 43 | Batting: Cameron Bancroft 74(130), Callum Ferguson 3(19) | Twin strikes for P Ojha as India are back in the game just about as Ojha takes two in an over. Joe Burns and Handscomb do not last long. India A will want more wickets before lunch. OUT! Joe Burns c Mukund b Ojha 8(17) OUT! Peter Handscomb c Kohli b Ojha 0(2)
Live cricket score Australia A 115/1 | Overs 36 | Batting: Cameron Bancroft 68(116), Joe Burns 2(10) | A wicket last last for India as Pragyan Ojha strikes, he traps Usman Khawaja in front of the stumps. Joe Burns is the new man in. OUT! Usman Khawaja lbw Pragyan Ojha 33(94)
Live cricket score Australia A 94/0 | Overs 29 | Batting: Cameron Bancroft 50(92), Usman Khawaja 33(86) | A well made fifty for Cameron Bancroft comes up as Australia A cruise towards the 100-run mark. It has come in quicker time than it did for India.
Live cricket score Australia A 66/0 | Overs 22 | Batting: Cameron Bancroft 33(70), Usman Khawaja 23(66) | The two Australian A openers have started well for them. India A will want to strike early and get back in the game as Australia A seem to be running away with the game.
India A will be under pressure as they begin Day Two of the second and final unofficial Test between India A and Australia A at Chennai. They are firmly on the back foot and will hope to strike early to ensure that the visitors do not run away with the game.
Australia A do not quite have an experienced batting line-up in these conditions and will want their skipper Usman Khawaja to lead them from the front with the bat. He will need support though as the Indian spinners will wish to extract something from the surface.
Teams:
India A XI: Cheteshwar Pujara(c), Virat Kohli, Abhinav Mukund, Karun Nair, Naman Ojha(w), Shreyas Iyer, Baba Aparajith, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Shardul Thakur, Pragyan Ojha.
Australia A XI: Usman Khawaja(c), Cameron Bancroft, Joe Burns, Peter Handscomb, Callum Ferguson, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade(w), Ashton Agar, Steve O’Keefe, Gurinder Sandhu, Andrew Fekete.