Boxing Day Test Live Cricket Score, India Vs Australia Day 1: Usman Khawaja Hits Fifty – News18

35.5 – Nice and full, on off, Marnus Labuschagne blocks it out.

35.4 – An appeal for LBW by Nitish but the umpire shakes his head in denial. Attacks the pads does Nitish, on a fuller length. Usman Khawaja misses to clip it across and the ball deflects off the pads to deep backward square. A leg bye taken.

35.3 – Full and outside off, Marnus Labuschagne gets on the front foot and drives it through covers for a single. Labuschagne looks for the double but Khawaja denies.

35.2 – Length, on middle, blocked in front off the back foot.

35.1 – Nitish Kumar Reddy is introduced into the attack now. He replaces Siraj. Bowls it straight and outside off, on a length, Marnus Labuschagne leaves.

34.4 – FOUR! Nicely played! Short one from Siraj, attacking the bodyline, Marnus Labuschagne goes for a pull shot but gets a thick top edge. The ball flies over leg slip for a boundary. However, the on-air commentators reckon that it pinged his helmet and went to the boundary off the deflection. But it is given as runs from the bat nonethless.

34.6 – Back of a length, and angling into the leg stump. Labuschagne tucks it off to fine leg for a single.

Batsman_1 : Marnus Labuschagne 21(43)

Batsman_2 : Usman Khawaja 50(103)

Bowler : Mohammed Siraj 0/41(9)

Over : 35

Run : 7

Wicket : 0

Score : 134/1

34.5 – Fuller length around middle. Labuschagne flicks it to deep backward square leg and comfortably gets back for two runs.

34.3 – Siraj is asking some tough questions to Marnus! Back of a length, stays low a bit on the middle stump and nips back in sharply. Marnus Labuschagne opens up his body and goes to block it out but plays over it. Gets a blow on the body.

34.2 – Short and nipping back in a long way into the batter. On leg, Marnus Labuschagne is taken aback and gets it off the inside edge which goes on the bounce to Yashasvi Jaiswal at leg gully.

34.1 – Pitched fuller and on off, Marnus Labuschagne presses ahead and blocks it right under his bat.

33.6 – Khawaja leaves this length-delivery which angles outside off to end the over.

Batsman_1 : Usman Khawaja 50(103)

Batsman_2 : Marnus Labuschagne 14(37)

Bowler : Akash Deep 0/28(11)

Over : 34

Run : 8

Wicket : 0

Score : 127/1

33.5 – Outside off, on a length, left alone.

33.4 – FOUR MORE! FIFTY FOR KHAWAJA! This will surely give him a lot of confidence, especially after underwhelming returns in this series. A good composed knock from the southpaw. Back of a length, outside off, Usman Khawaja gets a thick outside edge as he plays it very late and gets it past the gap between backward point and gully for a boundary at deep third.

33.3 – Short and outside off. Khawaja hops, and controls the bounce to knock to mid on.

33.2 – FOUR! Khawaja moves onto 46 with this glorious stroke!

33.1 – Short of a good length, around off, Usman Khawaja covers the stumps and punches it across to the leg side.

32.6 – Marnus Labuschagne stands way out of the popping crease now as Siraj bowls a short one, on top of stumps. Marnus Labuschagne watchfully clips it off the back foot to the leg side. A maiden for Siraj to start his new spell.

Batsman_1 : Marnus Labuschagne 14(37)

Batsman_2 : Usman Khawaja 42(97)

Bowler : Mohammed Siraj 0/34(8)

Over : 33

Run : 0

Wicket : 0

Score : 119/1

32.5 – Short of a good length, just outside off, Marnus Labuschagne shoulders arms.

32.4 – This one goes gun-barrel straight, on middle, Marnus Labuschagne just about manages to block this full ball in front.

32.3 – Siraj keeps the line of attack identical. On middle but pulls his length on a shorter side. Marnus Labuschagne tucks it across to square leg.

32.2 – An appeal for LBW now from Siraj, but the umpire is unmoved! Identical line nipping back into the batter, on middle and leg. Marnus Labuschagne walks into the line of the ball, looks to defend, gets beaten again, and gets a sharp blow at the area where it hurts the most. He looks in a bit of discomfort after being pinged a couple of times in a row now.

32.1 – Mohammed Siraj replaces Jasprit Bumrah. Bangs the hard length, on off, and gets an extra bounce off the pitch. Marnus Labuschagne gets on the back foot and looks to block in front but the ball nips into him and raps him right on the box.

31.6 – Hard length, outside off, from around the wickets. No interest shown by Khawaja to have a poke at it.

Batsman_1 : Usman Khawaja 42(97)

Batsman_2 : Marnus Labuschagne 14(31)

Bowler : Akash Deep 0/20(10)

Over : 32

Run : 1

Wicket : 0

Score : 119/1

31.5 – A bit fuller and on the stumps, Khawaja pushes it back to the bowler.

31.4 – EDGED, but short of the slips again. The third time the edges haven’t carried to the slip cordons! Fraction full, around off, nibbling away. Usman Khawaja strides ahead and looks to defend but gets a thick outside edge that lands just ahead of the third slip on the bounce.

31.3 – Straight and full, on off, Usman Khawaja gets behind the line and blocks it out.

31.2 – Around the wickets. Back of a length, fairly outside off. Left alone.

31.1 – Almost a half-tracker, around off, Marnus Labuschagne walks into the line of the ball and clips it across to deep mid-wicket for a single.

30.4 – Length ball, on middle, Marnus Labuschagne brings the bat in front of the pads and pushes it firmly to mid on.

30.6 – Misfield and a NO BALL for overstepping! Full and straight on middle, Marnus Labuschagne clips it to mid-wicket where the fielder fumbles and parries the ball behind him. They cross.

30.6 – Full and from around the stumps, on off, Usman Khawaja defends it off the inner half of the bat to short mid-wicket.

Batsman_1 : Usman Khawaja 42(92)

Batsman_2 : Marnus Labuschagne 13(30)

Bowler : Jasprit Bumrah 0/43(11)

Over : 31

Run : 2

Wicket : 0

Score : 118/1

30.5 – An effort ball from Bumrah! Steep bumper, on the bodyline. Marnus Labuschagne ducks safely under it. Rishabh Pant moves to his left and grabs it over his head.