Australia is in a strong position to take a significant first-innings lead in the Boxing Day Test. Meanwhile, Sophie Molineux suffers an injury, while Virat Kohli faces criticism for a run-out incident.
Australia have a massive opportunity to take a big first-innings lead in the Boxing Day Test, with the Border-Gavaskar series delicately poised. A great follow-up ball from Cummins which was pitched up, pitched just outside off, and beat the edge. Cummins bowls full, Nitish drives straight back to the bowler who fields the ball cleanly. Another short ball. It is a plan for Nitish. He bends backwards and gets out of the way. That was a good ball.
By Michael Doyle Lyon bowls to Washington who cuts, and there is a misfield by Boland. He slid and missed the ball. Washington scores two runs. Nitish is on strike and pushes into the off side and rushes for a quick single. EDGE. Washington defends on the front foot and edges past second slip. He gets two runs to end the over. The second ball from Cummins is short at the body and Washington parries it away. It was in the air but not near a catcher. Washington gets the first runs of the session with a punch through mid-wicket for two runs. Nitish will face the final ball of the over. The men's Test is not the only news from Australian cricket today. Alyssa Healy is in, but Sophie Molineux sadly needs surgery and will miss the series. Virat Kohli has been roundly criticised for 'barbecuing' young teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal in that run-out last night, but former Aussie Test players Darren Lehmann and Stuart Clark say the fault lies with the batter who called for a run that may not have been on. 'I don't know what sort of barbecue Nathan Lyon's talking about … I actually think Jaiswal was at fault,' Lehmann says on ABC Sport. 'He hit it straight to Patty Cummins who's one of the best fielders going around in the world for a fast bowler. It went straight to him at pace, and he just took off. He just had a bit of a brain fade, the young fella. 'There was no run. He hit it straight to him, unless I'm watching something differen
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