Australia secured a dominant 184-run victory over India in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, taking a 2-1 lead in the series. India's batting crumbled spectacularly in the final session, losing seven wickets for just 34 runs.
Australia has taken seven wickets in the final session of day five at the MCG to beat India by 184 runs in the Boxing Day Test and take a 2-1 lead going into the final game of the series. 'There's always belief in this group, it's been a feature of this group over the years. Calmness and ability to adapt to situations.' Travis Head, who took the key wicket of Pant, is happy he was able to contribute after a quite Test with the bat.
'I've had four and a half days, didn't do much with the bat, happy to contribute. (The plan to Pant) Have everyone on the fence and bowl a rank one. Two teams went at it pretty hard, and there were moments where both teams stepped up.' Whew, what a win from Australia. That's got to be one of the best wins this generation of cricketers have enjoyed. This match looked certain to be headed towards a draw or an India win when the tourists headed into tea just three wickets down. After that, no other Indian batter reached double figures in a truly incredible collapse. In the end, Australia has won with PLENTY of time to spare. India's last seven wickets fell for just 34 runs in the space of 21 overs. An absolute, absolute bottle job.Nathan Lyon bowls one at the stumps and it smacks keeps low, almost goes under Siraj's bat and strikes him in front of middle. Boland to continue. The second new ball is two overs away. Boland goes short and it's awkwardly defended by Bumrah. Sam Konstas is a chance for half a second but doesn't quite get there. He gets off strike with an uppish flick off his hips, it's leg byes. A length ball catches the edge of Bumrah's bat and it's taken by a diving Steve Smith at first slip. Bumrah is gone for an eight-ball duck. India has collapsed like a house of cards. I kid you not, literally every fielder is on the centre square. Lyon continuing to draw Washington forward into defending. I wonder when Washington starts thinking about farming the strike here. Particularly when the new ball arrive
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