Live: Australia striving to take the final wicket after India fight back

Cummins bowls to Siraj who defends the primary ball.

The second ball is straight on the pads and Siraj is ready to defend.

The quantity 11 is surviving effectively.

Cummins bowls brief however it’s down the leg facet and is collected by Carey.

Cummins makes an attempt the yorker and Siraj fends by way of backward level for a single.

Cummins bowls to Nitish and the Indian steps throughout his stumps. Nitish will get bat on it and whips it to tremendous leg for a single.

Siraj must survive the ultimate ball of the over.

Nathan Lyon is bowling to Nitish.

Nitish skips down the wicket and hits a lofted drive to mid-on.

India takes the run. That was a shocking resolution.

Siraj goes to face. Siraj blocks and it will get previous the backward level for a run.

Australia push the sector again and Nitish sweeps into the deep and India runs two.

Nitish costs and blocks. Two balls left within the over.

FOUR. Nitish backs away and SMASHES the ball previous Lyon, previous mid-on, and to the boundary.

Nitish costs and hits it straight to mid-wicket for NO RUN.

Siraj is on strike for the following Cummins over.

We’re underway.

Pat Cummins bowls to Nitish and the primary ball is defended.

Cummins once more exterior off stump and Nitish defends once more.

Cummins bowls straight and Nitish defends on the entrance foot.

Nitish drives to mid-off and takes a single.

Mohammed Siraj should see off two balls.

Cummins bowls on the stumps and Siraj performs a ahead defence. Nicely carried out Siraj.

One ball left to outlive.

BEATEN! Nice ball from Cummins. That was adequate to beat a top-order batter. Siraj performed a ahead defence and had the sting crushed.

Right here we go.

Day 4 of this thrilling, charming and to date sensible Take a look at match is about to start.

Nitish Reddy Kumar is 105 off 176 balls.

Mohammed Siraj is 2 off 7.

Australia wants yet one more wicket to bat once more.

Nitish Kumar Reddy’s father supplied an unforgettable second within the MCG stands as India’s younger weapons allowed the vacationers to claw their method again into the match.

Listed here are the fast hits from day three of the fourth Take a look at.

Worse than backward.

I used to be simply flat-out fallacious.

Play begins at:

AEDT: 10amAEST: 9amACDT: 9:30amACST: 8:30amAWST: 7am

Day three was purported to be a batting day for Australia, and one the place the hosts set themselves up for an important MCG victory. However in its method was Nitish Kumar Reddy, and the dogged willpower of India’s era subsequent.

Learn Dean Bilton’s evaluation of day three under.

Nitish Kumar Reddy got here of age on the Melbourne Cricket Floor on day three, scoring a maiden Take a look at century to tug India again into the Boxing Day Take a look at.

Compensate for the motion from yesterday with our weblog and wrap-up.

Due to the time misplaced yesterday, play on day 4 will start an hour early.

Beginning time for day 4:

AEDT: 10amAEST: 9amACDT: 9:30amACST: 8:30amAWST: 7am

Good morning and welcome to the 4 day of this Boxing Day Take a look at on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.

The brilliance of Nitish Kumar Reddy yesterday gave India the spark they wanted to nonetheless imagine that may get one thing out of this sport.