Grandstand brought you all the action as Australia crushed India inside three days in Perth.
4:27pm: WICKET! V Kohli c. Haddin b. Siddle 75 (India all out 171)
That's it, all over! Kohli edges the Siddler behind and Australia has crushed India by an innings and 37 runs to take a comprehensive 3-0 lead in the four-Test series. And with that they claim back the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
4:25pm: Umesh Yadav survives the last ball of a frantic over and Hilfenhaus finishes with three wickets from it. He gets a standing ovation for his efforts.
4:22pm: WICKET! I Sharma c. Cowan b. Hilfenhaus 0 (India 9-171, Kohli 75*) - Listen to the dismissal
He gets one two balls later though and that's three wickets in five balls for Ben Hilfenhaus! Sharma can only fend that short one straight to a grateful Ed Cowan and India is nine down.
4:21pm: No hat-trick but another fantastic delivery which Ishant Sharma plays at and misses.
4:19pm: WICKET! Z Khan c. Clarke b. Hilfenhaus 0 (India 8-171, Kohli 75*) - Listen to the dismissal
Hilfenhaus is on a hat-trick! Same rising delivery, same result as Clarke takes two straight at first slip. Excellent effort too by Clarke considering Haddin was leaping in front of him.
4:16pm: WICKET! V Kumar c. Clarke b. Hilfenhaus 6 (India 7-171, Kohli 75*) - Listen to the dismissal
Third over after lunch and more success for the resurgent Hilfenhaus.
4:10pm: Hilfenhaus delivers a maiden upon the resumption.
3:30pm: An excellent maiden over from Peter Siddle brings us to lunch with India reaching 6 for 165, still 43 runs behind.
3:26pm: Vinay Kumar gets himself a healthy slice of that Hilfenhaus delivery, bashing it down the ground for four. No holding back on that occasion.
3:15pm: A four from Kohli brings up India's 150 and moves the batsman to 64 - his highest Test score.
3:10pm: WICKET! MS Dhoni c. Ponting b. Siddle 2 (India 6-148, Kohli 60*) - Listen to the dismissal
Dhoni pushes hard at a fuller delivery from Siddle and Ponting takes a good catch diving forward in front of Michael Clarke. The end is nigh now for India, which still needs 60 runs to make Australia bat again.
3:05pm: Ben Hilfenhaus on for Ryan Harris now from the northern end.
3:01pm: Peter Siddle replaces Mitchell Starc from the River Stand end now.
2:57pm: Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) tweets: "Won't be surprised if there is a subtle change of guard at adelaide. kohli at no 3 & dravid at 5? if kohli future no 3, might be worth a look."
2:53pm: That's the 54th time Dravid has been bowled - a new Test record, surpassing AB. It's also the fifth time he's been bowled in both innings of a Test, equalling VVS Laxman's Indian record.
2:50pm: WICKET! R Dravid b. Harris 47 (India 5-135, Kohli 52*) - Listen to the dismissal
Got him! That's the wicket Australia's been searching for and Dravid is The Wall no more - he's been bowled eight times in his last 10 innings now. That one's clean taken out leg stump and Harris finally gets the reward for some hard toil.
2:33pm: India has added 41 runs so far today to be 4 for 129 at drinks. Kohli is on 52 with Dravid reaching 41.
2:30pm: That's 50 for Virat Kohil as he prods a Starc delivery to the boundary. That's his first half-century of the tour but he's only had a short Test career and India should persevere with him. Listen to the milestone here.
2:18pm: "If there's one criticism of Australia's bowlers this morning it's that they've not made the batsmen play enough, just drifted too far outside off," says Harsha Bhogle. Kohli plays at this one, fending a shortish Siddle delivery off the outside edge for four.
1:48pm: It's been a watchful start from India with the first boundary not coming till the last ball of the fifth over, with Dravid swatting a loose Hilfenhaus delivery past point.
1:30pm: We're underway on day three with Ben Hilfenhaus bowling from the Prindiville Stand end to Virat Kohli, who resumes on 21. Rahul Dravid is on 32. And the Tasmanian delivers a maiden to start off. It's a hot day too in Perth today - nudging 35 degrees Celsius.
Prior to play Grandstand's Corbin Middlemas caught up with Australian coach Mickey Arthur, who said he is pleased with his batting top six and is not concerned about Shaun Marsh, who has scored just 14 runs in his last five innings:
India's batting line-up struggled again on day two after Australia compiled 363 on the back of David Warner's 180.
Here's how we covered it below:
Tags: sport, cricket, perth-6000, wa, australia First posted January 15, 2012 13:24:00
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