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  Shardul Thakur, Varun Aaron keep India A in hunt

Shardul Thakur, Varun Aaron keep India A in hunt

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Published : Sep 11, 2016, 12:26 am IST
Updated : Sep 11, 2016, 12:26 am IST

The four-day match between Australia A in Brisbane looks poised for a thrilling finish, with the hosts needing 100 more runs to win with six wickets in hand, after rain ended play at tea on day 3.

The four-day match between Australia A in Brisbane looks poised for a thrilling finish, with the hosts needing 100 more runs to win with six wickets in hand, after rain ended play at tea on day 3.

Having taken a two-run first-innings lead, India A resumed on 44/2 on the third day and collapsed to 156 all out. Jayant Yadav was the top-scorer for the visitors with 46. Australia A ended the day at 59/4, after Shardul Thakur’s two wickets in consecutive balls resulted in a poor start for the hosts. Opener Cameron Bancroft (16) and Beau Webster (6) were at the crease.

Joe Burns was bowled by Thakur on 11 while Travis Dean went very next ball, after being caught by Faiz Fazal at backward point. Varun Aaron then removed Marcus Stoinis for a duck, leaving Australia A reeling at 50/4.

Earlier, India A collapsed to 156 all out with Daniel Worrall (3/43), David Moody (3/64) and Chadd Sayers (3/21) doing bulk of the damage. Manish Pandey, who scored 75 in first innings, lost his wicket to Worrall on 11. Shreyas Iyer, Naman Ojha and Karun Nair soon followed Pandey leaving India A in all sorts of trouble.

Scorecard India A (1st innings): 230 Australia A (1st innings): 228 India A (2nd innings): A. Herwadkar c Webster b Moody 23, F. Fazal lbw b Worrall 6, S. Iyer c Handscomb b Moody 26, M. Pandey c Dean b Worrall 11, K. Nair c Whiteman b Sayers 21, N. Ojha lbw b Sayers 0, H. Pandya c Handscomb b Worrall 7, J. Yadav c Whiteman b Sayers 46, S. Thakur lbw b Swepson 0, V. Aaron c Whiteman b Moody 6, S. Nadeem (not out) 7. Extras: (lb3) 3. Total: (in 48 overs) 156. FoW: 1-23, 2-37, 3-50, 4-78, 5-79, 6-90, 7-106, 8-113, 9-120. Bowling: Worrall 16-6-43-3, Moody 14-1-64-3, Sayers 10-4-21-3, Swepson 8-0-25-1.

Australia A (2nd innings): C. Bancroft (batting) 16, J. Burns b Thakur 11, T. Dean c Fazal b Thakur 0, P. Handscomb c Aaron b Pandya 24, M. Stoinis lbw b Aaron 0, B. Webster (batting) 6. Extras: (lb2) 2. Total: (for 4 wkts, in 22 overs) 59. FoW: 1-17, 2-17, 3-42, 4-50. Bowling: Thakur 6-4-14-2, Aaron 8-1-28-1, Pandya 8-3-15-1.

Location: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane