India A vs Australia A Live Score Day 3, 1st unofficial Test: IND-A 259/4 at Tea; Jurel, Padikkal battle on

India A gets to 259/4 in 74 overs as Tea is taken. Australia A still leads by 273 runs.

Australia bowling off spinners from ends. With the ball turning into right-handed Jurel, there’s leg side set up with a short leg, leg slip, catching midwicket and deep square leg in place.

India-A in a spot of bother with the side already four down with the deficit just under 300 runs. Dhruv Jurel is the new batter for the home team and he gets going with a six against Rocchiccioli over mid wicket.

Short stay for Iyer. Goes on backfoot to defend vs Corey, misses it, and is struck in front. Just 8 runs for him this innings.

- Sahil Mathur

Shreyas Iyer — with his classic wide open stance — dances down the track vs Murphy and smacks the ball towards mid on for four!

-Sahil Mathur

Another India A batter who squanders a start.

“Sudharsan is out. Not the best way to be dismissed as well— was going for reverse sweep, misses it and adjudged leg before,” says Sahil.

IND-A 213/3 vs AUS A

Sai Sudharsan adds a couple of boundaries. IND-A closing in on 200. The arrears still over 300. Drinks taken!

IND-A 198/2 in 54 overs

Sudharsan reaches his fifty as he places a length ball towards square leg for four. Silky wrists; beautiful innings so far. Padikkal also picked up his first couple of boundaries in the previous over off Todd Murphy.

IND-A 179/2 in 49 overs vs AUS-A

Dark clouds hovering over the ground

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Another glorious cover drive by Sudharsan, this time vs pacer Liam Scott. He moves to 47 with that shot.

IND-A 169/2 in 47 overs vs AUS-A

He welcomes Todd Murphy, who has been brought into the attack, with an inside-out shot over covers for FOUR!

Australia has laid out a leg-side trap with two catching midwicket fielders and two fielders in the deep at fine leg and square leg. Scott bluffs him with a fuller ball and Sudharsan drives it straight for four. Well controlled shot.

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Sahil Mathur: The players are out and so is the sun. A crucial session for India-A ahead. Australia-A continues with pace — Liam Scott to begin proceedings.

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And that’ll be Lunch. The brief 30-minute session had plenty for the pacers. Ball was nipping around, stayed low on a couple of occasions. India managed 22 runs in seven overs and lost Jagadeesan.

IND-A 138/2 in 37 overs.

OUT! Jagadeesan is caught behind! Bartlett with the wicket. A back of the length delivery, kind of hurried onto him. Jagadeesan falls for 64. Devdutt Padikkal is the new batter for India A.

IND-A - 137/2

O’Neill comes around the wicket to Sudharsan. Ball kept low and angled into the left hander. Sudharsan was lucky the inside edge didn’t end up in the stumps.

-Sahil Mathur

Bartlett drifts down the leg and Jagadeesan tickles the ball off his thigh pads past the keeper for four. This has been a confident start by the Indian batters on Day 3.

Jagadeesan begins the day with a delicate cut from the right of the gully fielder for four!

-Sahil Mathur

11:00 A.M - 11:30 A.M - 1st Session

11:30 A.M - 12:10 A.M - Lunch

12:10 P.M - 2:40 P.M - 2nd Session

2:40 P.M - 3:00 P.M - Tea Break

3’00 P.M - 5:00 P.M - 3rd Session

Minimum 75 overs to be bowled in the day.

The third day will start at 11am IST. The lunch for the day will be taken at 11:30am IST.

Some positive news from Lucknow. The umpires will have a check of the outfield at 10:40am IST.

Sahil Mathur: The time for inspection hasn’t been decided yet; it’ll take some time.

Sahil Mathur: Cover is coming off but it will take time to get the ground ready.

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It’s a steady drizzle. We are in for a long wait, pings Sahil.

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Another rainy morning here in Lucknow as we head into the third day of the first multi-day game between IND-A and AUS-A. While it is raining heavily in some parts of the city, it is still drizzling around the stadium. Surely a delayed start on the cards.

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When will the the India A vs Australia A first unofficial Test match be played?

The India A vs Australia A first unofficial Test match will be played from September 16 to 19.

Where will the India A vs Australia A first unofficial Test match be played?

The India A vs Australia A first unofficial Test match will be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

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The India A vs Australia A first unofficial Test match will start at 9:30am IST. The toss will take place at 9:00am IST.

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India A: Abhimanyu Easwaran, N. Jagadeesan, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Shreyas Iyer (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Tanush Kotian, Harsh Dubey, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Khaleel Ahmed.

Australia A: Sam Konstas, Campbell Kellaway, Nathan McSweeney (c), Oliver Peake, Cooper Connolly, Josh Phillippe (wk), Liam Scott, Xavier Bartlett, Fergus O’Neill, Cory Rocchiccioli, Todd Murphy.

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