22/02Result
1st Test, Australia tour of India at Pune, Feb 23-25 2017
Australia won by 333 runs
Player of the Match
Steve O'Keefe
Steve O'KeefeAustralia
22/02Result
1st Test, Australia tour of India at Pune, Feb 23-25 2017
Australia won by 333 runs
Player of the Match
Steve O'Keefe
Steve O'KeefeAustralia

1.15 pm Well, that happened. Steve O'Keefe - six wickets in 24 balls after lunch. He walks off thrusting his baggy green up in the air, having dismantled an Indian batting line-up that was razing all comers. India were 94 for 3, then in the blink of an eye, 105 all out. KL Rahul batted beautifully for his half-century, but one bad stroke, to O'Keefe, after he had changed ends, sparked the collapse. This is India's fifth lowest total against Australia and that gives the visitors a mammoth lead of 155 runs on a pitch that is still spinning sharply.

Greg: "Why the surprise that O'Keefe has taken wickets? Isn't he the Australian version of Jadeja?" Didn't look it in the morning, lobbing up full tosses, and bowling both sides of the pitch. That's essentially the anti-Jadeja. But since the break, and with a change of ends, he began to control his length and line better to exploit a helpful pitch in devastating fashion.

Swarnadeep: "Dare I say if India doesn't get Australia all out within double digits in the second innings this is going to be almost impossible for the Indians in the 4th innings to win the match"

40.1
W
O'Keefe to UT Yadav, OUT, finishes it off with his sixth wicket! Umesh runs at the left-arm spinner and slogs against the turn, gets a thick outside edge and Smith takes a fine catch, reverse cup in front of his head to his left

UT Yadav c Smith b O'Keefe 4 (15m 11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 36.36

END OF OVER:
40 | 2 Runs | IND: 105/9

  • Ishant Sharma2 (5b)
  • Umesh Yadav4 (10b)
  • Nathan Lyon11-2-21-1
  • Steve O'Keefe13-2-35-5
39.6
0
Lyon to Sharma, no run, not sure if he plays a shot to that, and umpire Kettleborough rules dead ball, indicating he hasn't. Good length, rips into the right-hander from outside off, Ishant shoulders arms and it deflects off his thigh pad past leg slip
39.5
1
Lyon to UT Yadav, 1 run, pushes to long-off, preferring to play from deep in his crease despite the length being fullish
39.4
0
Lyon to UT Yadav, no run, goes back and blocks a flatter delivery on off stump
39.3
0
Lyon to UT Yadav, no run, struck on the pads in front of middle, but the offbreak, pitching well outside off, has turned far too much
39.2
0
Lyon to UT Yadav, no run, goes back and blocks a flatter delivery on off stump
39.1
1
Lyon to Sharma, 1 run, whips a flighted delivery outside off past short midwicket's left. It was in the air, but fell short of Mitchell Marsh

END OF OVER:
39 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 103/9

  • Ishant Sharma1 (3b)
  • Umesh Yadav3 (6b)
  • Steve O'Keefe13-2-35-5
  • Nathan Lyon10-2-19-1
38.6
1
O'Keefe to Sharma, 1 run, pushes a length ball to the left of silly point
38.5
0
O'Keefe to Sharma, no run, blocks a fuller delivery on off stump past Handscomb's reach at silly point
38.4
0
O'Keefe to Sharma, no run, good length ball on off stump, defends
38.3
1
O'Keefe to UT Yadav, 1 run, good length ball on middle and off stump, Umesh goes forward to block and gets an inside edge behind square leg

chirag: "Lyon and Keefee are already looking like Panesar and Swann. Who knew making a spinning track will backfire in such spectacular fashion!"

Mark: "As implosions go, this Indian implosion is out of the top drawer. However, as England found to their cost, when you *think* that you have your foot on the Indian throat, you often get a nasty surprise."

38.2
W
O'Keefe to Jadeja, OUT, he has five! Who would have thought he would bring about India's downfall? And really, O'keefe hasn't done much more than plug away at a good length in line with the stumps - and that too only after lunch. This wicket though is the result of Jadeja thinking he doesn't have too much time to bat on this pitch with only Nos. 10 and 11 for company. Races down the pitch the moment he sees some flight and slogs to deep midwicket. Can't beat the fielder

RA Jadeja c Starc b O'Keefe 2 (23m 14b 0x4 0x6) SR: 14.28

38.1
0
O'Keefe to Jadeja, no run, tosses it up on middle and leg from over the wicket, the left-handed Jadeja blocks

END OF OVER:
38 | 2 Runs | IND: 101/8

  • Umesh Yadav2 (5b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja2 (12b)
  • Nathan Lyon10-2-19-1
  • Steve O'Keefe12-2-33-4

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37.6
0
Lyon to UT Yadav, no run, stays back and flicks to leg gully
37.5
0
Lyon to UT Yadav, no run, goes for a big ole slog sweep, but Lyon bowling slower through the air has done him in. Umesh is through with the shot and is struck on the back of his shoulder
37.4
0
Lyon to UT Yadav, no run, good length ball on off stump, defends to short leg
37.3
1
Lyon to Jadeja, 1 run, this one goes straight on. Wicked bowling from Australia. Jadeja just about manages to flick through midwicket

IND v AUS 2016-17 News

Kohli's worst

13

Runs by Virat Kohli in this match (0 & 13) - the lowest in a home Test where he batted in both inns.

Big task, bad start

2004

Last time India were 2-down for less than 20 when chasing at home, also vs Australia - in Nagpur (2 for 9, chasing 542) and Bangalore (2 for 7, chasing 456); lost both.

Big target

441

The target set by Australia - their third-highest in India. The top-2 had come in 2004-05 series: 542 in Nagpur and 456 in Bangalore and Australia won both.

Steve's streak

5

No. of 100s for Steven Smith against India in 5 consecutive Tests, including this. Before this series, he had hit a century in each match of the 2014-15 home series.

Worst collapse ever

11

No. of runs for which India lost their last seven wickets - their worst ever in Tests. Previous: 18 runs in Christchurch in 1989-90.

Quick five-for

19

No. of balls in which O'Keefe took 5 wickets - the joint second-fewest span of balls vs India. Others: Broad (16 balls), Toshack (19), Imran Khan (19).

mini collapse

1

No. of runs added by India's 5th to 7th wkts - their joint-lowest ever. They had also lost 4 wickets for 1 run against Sri Lanka in Delhi in 2005-06.

After a long time

104

No. of consecutive innings in International matches without a duck for Kohli, before today. His last was in the Cardiff ODI in 2014.

Rare flop start

2

No. of times in the last 9 Test series that Vijay has failed to make 50+ in the first innings of the series - West Indies 2016 and this series.

Starc show

53-1

Runs contributed by Starc and Hazlewood in their 55-run partnership for the tenth wicket.