India v Australia: first Test, day two – live

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112th over: India 321-7 (Jadeja 66, Patel 52) Matt Renshaw is given the nod by his skipper and the less said about his over the better. I know that goes against my job description but trust me on this one, let’s agree on ‘full toss laden nonsense’ – and leave it at that. (Ok, there was seven runs off it and Jadeja smashed the fourth full-bunger for four)

111th over: India 314-7 (Jadeja 61, Patel 50) Top knock! Well played Axar Patel, he calmly pushes a single to long-on to bring up his second Test fifty.

Good this from Ray Downing: “Todd Murphy definitely has the look and name of a character Harold Bishop gives a roof to in Neighbours (despite all of Madge’s gravelly warnings not to) before falling back in with the wrong crowd and having to go on the lam after participating in a midnight robbery of Lou’s Place.”

Yep. He’d hotfoot it to Oakey on the back of a ute with nothing but his loot and a couple of Salvation Army tuba tunes ringing in his ears.

110th over: India 312-7 (Jadeja 60, Patel 49) Lyon hits his handkerchief six times in a row to chalk up a maiden. We’ll have a couple more overs, inky shadows sprawl out across the Nagpur outfield. Another absorbing day of Test cricket.

109th over: India 312-7 (Jadeja 60, Patel 49) Patel nudges a single off Murphy to go one run away from a priceless half-century. The partnership is worth a punishing 72 runs.

Amen.

108th over: India 311-7 (Jadeja 60, Patel 48) Axar uses his height and long levers very effectively against the spinners, he gets on the big ‘front dog’ (felt weird typing that) and negates any turn. Labuschagne has been given his cable knit and told to have a blow after a meandering few overs, Todd Murphy is summoned.

107th over: India 310-7 (Jadeja 60, Patel 47) Marnus continues and a full toss is hoicked, yes hoicked away by Axar Patel for four. Runs coming apace at the end of the day, Australia yearning for stumps.

106th over: India 303-7 (Jadeja 58, Patel 42) Good effort Nathan Lyon, a maiden.

Spot on this.

105th over: India 303-7 (Jadeja 58, Patel 42) 300 up for India and the lead ticks up to 126 runs. Marnus gets the ball to rip in the shadows but he sends down a mixed bag, Patel gliding a shorter one away for another antipodean-wince-inducing boundary.

104th over: India 297-7 (Jadeja 57, Patel 37) Axar Patel plays a stylish late glide to pick up four off Pat Cummins, using the pace of the Aussie captain and steering the ball down to third for his sixth four, Patel has been the aggressor in this partnership with Jadeja. Marnus Labuschagne is coming on for a bowl, Ravi Shastri on the TV commentary is happy with this decision and booms his name out at a decibel shattering level, making me spill some of me Yorkshire Gold in the process. No need, Mr Shastri.

103rd over: India 292-7 (Jadeja 57, Patel 32) Todd Murphy sends down his seventh maiden. He has 5-79 off his 33 overs. Top effort.

102nd over: India 292-7 (Jadeja 57, Patel 32) The fifty partnership comes up for Jadeja and Axar Patel, off 113 deliveries. It’s been a tough one for Australia who would have been hoping to polish India off for a lead of 80-odd once they saw the back of Rohit. Cummins sends down a half-volley, he’s been guilty of a few of those in this match, Axar doesn’t miss out, bunting down the ground for four.

101st over: India 288-7 (Jadeja 57, Patel 28) Murphy continues and there’s just a single off it. Pat Cummins is going to come on for a bowl ‘mongst the shadows. The lead is 111 runs.

100th over: India 287-7 (Jadeja 57, Patel 27) There looks to be some weary bodies out there in the field, both Lyon and Murphy have got through 30 overs of graft, it. might be time for Cummins to have a late burst or Marnus to haver a twirl. India sense the fatigue and pounce on it, Axar Patel playing another crunch for four off a Lyon drag down. Another medium-sized partnership is hurting Australia.

99th over: India 282-7 (Jadeja 57, Patel 22) Murphy flashes one past the off stump as Axar shoulders arms, that was probably closer than Patel would have wanted, the ball passing so close to the off peg that the lacquer on each share a sweet nothing or two. Perhaps. Bosh! Next ball is dragged down by Murphy and Patel doesn’t miss out, rocking back and cutting to the fence. That was a tired looking delivery from the debutant.

98th over: India 277-7 (Jadeja 57, Patel 17) More punishing runs from the flowing blade of Ravindra Jadeja – Lyon drops short and his slapped in front of point, the ball beating a sprawling David Warner to the boundary sponge. Ominously for Australia, the lead is now into three figures.

97th over: India 272-7 (Jadeja 53, Patel 16) Shot! Patel gets on the front foot and on-drives the returning Murphy down the ground for a glorious four. Shadows begin to creep onto the playing surface, we should have an hour or so of play left.

96th over: India 267-7 (Jadeja 53, Patel 11) Lyon toils away after drinks, Jadeja works him away for a couple. Australia need to get these three wickets tonight to stop the damage becoming terminal. The lead is up to 90.

94th over: India 265-7 (Jadeja 51, Patel 11) Axar Patel crunches Boland away for his first boundary, finding the gap between mid-off and extra cover. This pair up the ante a little, Jadeja play a flamboyant flamingo flick off his pads and Patel is looking to unfurl his drive. The lead for India is now 88 and it is time for a drink. The Aussies need a stiff one.

93rd over: India 257-7 (Jadeja 50, Patel 4) Another maiden for Nathan Lyon. India’s lead stands at 80 runs.

“Morning James”

G’morning OBO stalwart V Krishnamoorthy!

“Unprecedented control in resisting the “Murphy’s Law” quip so far? Or have you done it already?”

Let’s pretend I haven’t seen this and I’ll come up with a zinger before the close of play, yeh?

Alvin, Simon, Theodore!

92nd over: India 257-7 (Jadeja 50, Patel 4) Jadeja moves to fifty! And there is the bat flourish! Lovely. What a game he is having, a half century to go with his five key wickets yesterday.

91st over: India 255-7 (Jadeja 49, Patel 3) Lyon continues and is picked off for three runs by Jadeja who moves to 49. Will we see his trademark bat twirl, hope so.

90th over: India 251-7 (Jadeja 46, Patel 2) It’s a double bowling change as the miserly Scott Boland comes on for a trundle. He is on the button as per and finds Axar Patel’s edge but the ball doesn’t carry to the slips, Smith pouching the ball on the half-volley. There have been a few that have died, I wonder if they’ll come forward a few feet to counter that, is a drop as a result of being too close less annoying than the ball just not carrying? I reckon so.

89th over: India 250-7 (Jadeja 45, Patel 1) Nathan Lyon replaces his captain and starts with a maiden. ‘Gaz’ has 1-81 from his 28 overs so far,the old hand has played understudy to his understudy.

88th over: India 250-7 (Jadeja 45, Patel 1) Axar Patel nudges one off his hip to get off strike and it is the only action of the over.

Just as there is a quiet moment in this game – a reminder that the Women’s T20 World Cup gets underway today. It promises to be a corker and Raf Nicholson is there for The Guardian:

87th over: India 249-7 (Jadeja 45, Patel 1) Another Murphy maiden. His control is very impressive, he’s doing a smashing job for his side here, not only claiming five big scalps but keeping the run rate down too.

Ben Bernards emails in to say Todd M reminds him of a young Daniel Vettori. Hmm the glasses might be fooling you though Ben, his action is actually eerily reminiscent of one Graeme Swann.

86th over: India 249-7 (Jadeja 45, Patel 1) India creep up to a lead of 72, Cummins looks desperate to get rid of Jadeja, another hour of the Indian all-rounder could sway the Test decisively India’s way.

“Don’t they dance on the streets of Echuca every night?” Asks Peter Salmon. I confess Peter that being a Pom I don’t know too much about Todd Murphy’s place of birth but a quick google shows some lovely pictures of paddle steamers chugging up and down the Murray River. Maybe they’ll be dancing on the dock?

85th over: India 246-7 (Jadeja 42, Patel 1) A Murphy maiden. This made me chuckle:

84th over: India 246-7 (Jadeja 42, Patel 1) The dangerous Jadeja drives Cummins down the ground for four but Big Pat follows up with a huge appeal as he strikes the batter on the pad, the umpire says not out but Australia send it upstairs. Oooof. NOT OUT. Jadeja just got outside the line enough to make it umpires call. Cummins winces, he thought he had his man there.

83rd over: India 242-7 (Jadeja 37, Patel 1) The Aussie players swarm the debutant Todd Murphy who has bowled phenomenally well to pick up five wickets. He managed to get one to hold it’s line on leg stump and Indian debutant Srikar Bharat paid the price for pushing forward with pad in front of bat. Axar Patel is the new man and is off the mark with a nurdle.

Murphy has five wickets on debut!

83rd over: India 240-6 (Jadeja 37, Bharat 8) Cummins well and truly has his dander up now, he’s hustling in and scudding the ball in at the stumps with a hint of away movement. Wonder if we’ll see Jadeja open his swashbuckling shoulders a bit here, the lead is already a significant one at 63 runs, any lead over 100 could be terminal.

82nd over: India 236-6 (Jadeja 35, Bharat 6) Murphy rather than Lyon shares the new ball with Captain Cummins. Srikar Bharat is the new batter and he ups the ante straight away by skipping down and bunting Murphy over mid-wicket for four.

Looking back at the replay of the Sharma dismissal, Rohit was slightly unbalanced, on the walk even as he played his shot, the ball just nipped enough to beat his drive and the off stump went cartwheeling in a very pleasing fashion, especially if you are Australian – which I’m guessing emailer David Kalucy is: “Yesssssss! Comes the cry from a cold desk top in Spain...” It was all for you, David.

Here we go! What a start after tea for Australia. Cummins went from anguish to delight in the space of one delivery, he nicked Sharma off only for Steve Smith (him with the incredible Test catching record) to shell the chance in the slips. Cummins went into full “if you need a job doing…” mode and followed up with as beauty that pitched and jagged just enough to beat the forward poke of Rohit Sharma. A fine delivery to end a fantastic knock by India’s captain. Game on!

81st over: India 229-6 (Jadeja 34, Bharat 0)

The players emerge and Pat Cummins is grasping the new ball. Let’s play!

*I went for a bagel with marmite, thanks for asking.

Teatime reading:

Stuart Broad giving his two’penneth on Pope:

Time for tea. Rohit Sharma strolls off with 118* not out to his name and India lead by 49 runs, this Test match simmering away nicely.

I’m off to raid the cupboards in a second but it would be remiss of me not to ask how the good ship OBO are doing today? Thoughts on how you see this one shaping up? Heck, thoughts on what I should wolf down for breakfast on a bright and frosty morning in London town. Feel free to get in touch on email or holler at me @Jimbo_Cricket.

80th over: India 226-5 (Rohit 118, Jadeja 34) A couple collected off Marnus’ latest, the new ball due imminently and ALL of Australia will be looking to Pat Cummins to make something happen, he’ll feel like he owes his side something after a somewhat off-colour spell with the new nut last evening.

79th over: India 224-5 (Rohit 117, Jadeja 33) NOT OUT. Todd Murphy puts his head in his hands as the DRS shows the ball hitting Jadeja just outside the line, the ball was indeed going to smash into middle stump but the umpire’s call was not out so the batter gets the benefit. Australia retain their review but that will be scant consolation.

We have a review for a Jadeja lbw…

78th over: India 223-5 (Rohit 116, Jadeja 33) Jadeja rocks back to a half-tracker from Labooshaayne and smokes a four to the point fence. A punishing shot that brings up the fifty partnership for this pair.

77th over: India 217-5 (Rohit 115, Jadeja 28) Todd Murphy replaces Boland and serves up a half-volley that Rohit smears high and handsome over the infield to pick up four. These runs are hurting Australia, their body language has just started to droop a little.