England’s chastened cricketers attempted to mend their ways after being asked to bat first at Gros Islet. But, though a run rate of two an over suggested a determination to dig in and wait for their chances, the actual runs that they scored in the first session-and-a-half told a different story. Here are the first ten occasions on which the ball crossed the boundary, as recorded on ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary. Not all of them were quite as intended …8.5 Roach to Jennings, FOUR, dropped! Jennings turned into an S, feet going one way, hands another as the ball bends away to take the shoulder of the bat… but Chase puts it down at third slip! Burst straight through the hands18.2 Paul to Burns, FOUR, pitched up and swinging, Burns drives and edges wide of fourth slip! Flashes and gets away with it… England’s second boundary of the day, picked up via a second edge through the cordon27.1 Gabriel to Denly, 5 runs, on the back foot, thumped firmly into the covers, and that is a disastrously bad shy at the stumps! No-one backing up and Gabriel shrugs futilely as the ball whizzes to the rope! Hetmyer the culprit. That’s four more he’ll need to score later28.1 Roach to Denly, FOUR, short, wide and wafty! Denly picks up four, but not in a convincing fashion. Almost too wide to reach, like his debut dismissal, and toe-ended through point to the rope29.5Gabriel to Denly, 5 wides, wild and leg-sided! The only mercy about that delivery is that Dowrich wasn’t penalised with byes. He got a glove to it but that was way off target30.3 Roach to Denly, FOUR, wider on the crease, speared into the pads, and tickled very fine. Denly starting to enjoy his innings now after a dour start35.6 Gabriel to Buttler, FOUR, a wild flashing drive, and dropped by second and third slip combined! Another revolting fling of the bat outside off from Buttler, scuppered by the outswing, and well, where was the 6’8 Jason Holder when his team needed him?37.6 Gabriel to Buttler, FOUR, squeezed off a thick outside-edge. This has been a manic 20 minutes. In the air for a while, but safe enough in the circumstances. England need a stiff drink … which is opportune …38.1 Paul to Root, 5 wides, oops, he’s swung that one too far, well down the leg side and giving Dowrich no chance40.1 Paul to Root, FOUR, schwing and pinged! Classical cover drive from Root, that sashays silkily away to the rope… Possibly the first boundary in front of square today

Harry Maguire netted a record-breaking goal when he equalised against Sheffield United in the Premier League on Wednesday.

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• Records tumble at Old Trafford
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  The Manchester United defender's strike in the 42nd minute – which brought the club back into the game against Sheffield United at Old Trafford – was the 1085th goal in the Premier League in the 2023/24 season, the most scored in a 20-team campaign in the league's history. It beat the previous record of 1084 goals which was created only last season.

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  The teams went on to score four more goals in the match as Manchester United clinched the clash 4-2. With the rock-bottom Blades conceding four in the night, they have now leaked 92 goals in the current campaign which is the most any team have conceded in the history of the league.

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  The remarkable comeback win over the Blades has helped the Red Devils to reduce their gap with fourth-placed Aston Villa. Yet they still remain 13 points behind albeit with a game in hand.

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  Erik ten Hag's side will be next seen in action on Saturday as they host another relegation-threatened side Burnley in a Premier League clash.

Jason Roy also absent for birth of child, meaning recalls for Sam Billings and Dawid Malan

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Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes have been rested from England’s T20 squad for the three-match series against West Indies.Buttler and Stokes, key members of the side in all three formats, will be allowed to return home immediately after the fifth ODI of the current series against the same opposition. Both men face a hectic 2019 schedules which include the World Cup, the Ashes and spells at the IPL, which starts on March 23.But Ed Smith, the national selector, insisted there was no way the decision to rest them from the T20 series should be interpreted as a case of prioritising franchise cricket over England duty.”I have not favoured franchise cricket over international cricket,” Smith said. “The contracts that Jos and Ben had with their franchises pre-date my involvement. There were a set of obligations in place and, with a busy year coming up, I’ve accepted the strong recommendations of the head coach to rest these guys now.”Jason Roy will also miss the West Indies T20s to ensure he is on hand for the birth of his first child. As a result, Sam Billings and Dawid Malan have been recalled to the squad for the first time since last year’s tour of Australia and New Zealand.”Sam is a very talented cricketer who hits the ball as hard as anyone,” Smith said. “But he’s been in a position where he’s been picked up by franchises but then not always been playing. And he’s been in England squads but not always been playing.”So last summer we took a view that we didn’t want him to be in a squad and not playing. So we left him out so he could play for Kent and he captained them to a Lord’s final and promotion. He then played both legs of full Lions tours before and after Christmas and I think that will have been a good thing for him. He has considerable ability.”Dawid would love an England career across all three formats. It’s just a question of where the opportunities come and, when he has played T20, he has grabbed his chances.”There were also discussions over whether to rest Joe Root. Ultimately, however, Root, who has not always commanded a place in England’s T20 team, was keen to play.”Joe is an absolutely critical asset for English cricket in the very big 2019 summer,” Smith said. “His form and preparation is essential for England, so we did discuss resting him. But he is very keen to play in these games. He feels playing in the white-ball sides offers a different experience to captaining the Test side and he likes that blend.”While Smith is usually reluctant to talk about players outside the squad, he did confirm that James Vince’s good form in various franchise tournaments “had been noted” and said he remained in discussions.He also had praise for Harry Gurney, who ended up with a winner’s medal from a successful period in the BBL. “Harry has terrific skills,” Smith said. “And we’re very aware of what he’s doing. But he misses out in this instance.”England T20 squad: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, David Willey, Mark Wood

Boult was also pleasantly surprised by his performance for the day, given his early assessment of a ‘dry, sticky wicket’

ESPNcricinfo staff31-Jan-2019There had been little evidence of it during the first three ODIs, but swing made a belated appearance in the fourth ODI in Hamilton. It’s a rare sight in white-ball cricket – so much so that a struggling Tim Southee finds himself out of New Zealand’s ODI attack – and when it’s there it spooks batting teams.And when there’s swing, who better than Trent Boult to exploit it?Boult’s 5 for 21, his seventh five-wicket haul in ODIs, blew away an India line-up lacking Virat Kohli, who has been rested from the remainder of this tour, helping skittle them out for 92, and helping New Zealand register their first win of the series.Boult bowled his 10 overs in one allotment, unchanged, and by the time he was done India, at 55 for 8, had just gone past their lowest-ever ODI total. Despite causing such devastation in the opposition ranks, however, Boult didn’t actually feel like this was his day and everything would go his way.”Some days you do, but today really wasn’t one of those days,” Boult said in his post-match press conference. “I thought the wicket was pretty dry and it was actually quite slow, and yeah, couple of overs there, a little bit of swing, [which will] obviously keep you interested, but I suppose the modes of the dismissals there – a couple of caught-and-bowleds, which literally lobbed back to you, probably not how you traditionally see your wickets as an opening bowler.”Yeah, it wasn’t one of those days, to be honest, and it came out nicely and it was just nice to get a little bit of reward.”For all the modesty, even the two seemingly soft caught-and-bowleds were the result of Boult’s two big weapons as a fast bowler: his awkward left-arm-over angle and his late swing back into the right-handers.Both Rohit Sharma and the debutant Shubman Gill initially followed the angle across them, moving their front foot forward and across, as if in preparation for drives through the covers. Then, as the ball swung back in, they hurriedly pulled their front leg out of the way to make room for their bat to come down straight, but the panic of the late adjustment hardened their hands, causing them to pop the ball back to the bowler.The same kind of delivery did for Kedar Jadhav too, the No. 6 batsman falling lbw, forced to play around a too-firmly-planted front pad.It wasn’t just Boult who swung the ball. Colin de Grandhomme did so too, picking up three wickets with his wobbly medium-pace, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar managed a couple of wickets in New Zealand’s chase.What makes a white cricket ball swing so much on some days, and so little on most other days in ODI cricket?”I wish I had the answer, but no, I’m not sure,” Boult said. “I think it’s been a windy summer and wind kills the fast bowler, to be honest. Once it’s a bit gusty, it eliminates the swing and the wicket dries out pretty quickly as well, and turns into a pretty good batting wicket, but yeah, the conditions were there today, and not just myself, the guys that backed each other up, they played their roles, and it was done nicely as a collective.”ALSO READ: Daryl Mitchell, Blair Tickner make NZ T20 squadWith Kohli not around, and MS Dhoni not fit, Boult’s dismissals of both openers, by the eighth over of the innings, left an experimental India middle order facing a difficult situation.”Yeah, it’s the first time we’ve really got down into the middle order [in this series],” Boult said. “Obviously they’ve lost a classy player there, with their captain, but yeah, it’s all about putting pressure on the top order, it’s always been that kind of gameplan.”It was nice to get through them and have a look at the middle order today. Very satisfying, we know we’ve got the gameplan, we know it works, and it was just about executing it, which I thought we did nicely today.”

A wicket-maiden by Alasdair Evans to open the match was followed by a pair of three-fors to debutant seamer Adrian Neill and left-arm spinner Mark Watt as Scotland rolled Oman for 111 before chasing down the target with 27 balls to spare in a seven-wicket win.The speed of the victory allowed Scotland to claim the tournament title after leapfrogging Netherlands and Ireland on net run rate with all three teams level on two wins.After being sent in to bat, Oman experimented with their order by promoting Naseem Khushi to open in an effort to spark them following a sluggish start in their previous loss to the Netherlands. But the move backfired as Khushi failed to get the ball away off the first five deliveries from Evans before a charge down the pitch resulted in Evans dragging the length back and a pull being sent to Michael Leask at deep square leg.Wasim Ali was run out to end the second over after being caught ball-watching when Jatinder Singh pushed to mid-on for a run to make it 2 for 2. The 6’9″ Neill was given the ball for the first time in the fourth and struck on his second ball as Jatinder dragged a drive onto his stumps for 2, setting the stage for his Man of the Match performance. Neill claimed his second in his next over when Khurram Nawaz pulled him to George Munsey at deep square leg as Oman ended the Powerplay at 17 for 4.Watt put his stamp on the middle overs once more as Oman captain Ajay Lalcheta top edged to Neill at short fine leg in the 10th. Sufyan Mehmood walked too far across his stumps trying to flick through the leg side and was given leg before in the 14th. Watt rounded off his tournament-best seven wickets with his final ball of the day, beating Mohammad Nadeem on a sweep for his second lbw decision of the day to make it 76 for 7 after 16.Sandeep Goud brought some respectability to the Oman innings with a late flourish, carving Safyaan Sharif over backward point for six before scooping him over fine leg for four in the 19th, eventually ending on 31 not out off 19 balls. A mix-up with Bilal Khan in the final over when Goud wanted two to keep strike allowed Watt’s relay to account for Bilal and end the innings with three balls unused.Scotland had an uncharacteristically nervy start to the chase as Munsey and Kyle Coetzer were bowled by Nadeem on mistimed drives while Matthew Cross drove Bilal to short extra cover for 10 to make it 42 for 3 one ball into the eighth. Calum MacLeod got off the mark with an inside-edged four off Bilal that just missed the stumps and also survived a strong lbw appeal to the same bowler not long after.Vice-captain Richie Berrington extinguished any remaining hopes Oman had of pulling off an upset, clattering an unbeaten 47 off 29 balls as part of an unbroken 73-run partnership with MacLeod.A Berrington drive over extra cover for six off Wasim’s left-arm spin brought up the 50 stand and another straight six off Nadeem took Scotland within one shot of victory. After a single by MacLeod leveled the scores, Berrington drove Wasim for his sixth four through extra cover to deliver Scotland the title.The two sides will play a series of three 50-over matches at the same venue beginning on Tuesday.

Martin Odegaard's girlfriend Helene Spilling danced away to Arsenal fans singing "Waka Waka" for Kai Havertz during the 5-0 victory over Chelsea.

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One-way traffic at the EmiratesOdegaard ran the show in midfieldNotched two assists including one for HavertzWHAT HAPPENED?

The Norwegian midfielder hardly put a foot wrong against the Blues on Tuesday evening. He pulled the strings from the centre of the park and sliced open Chelsea's brittle defence time and again with his vision and made two assists to wrap up an incredible showing at the Emirates.

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Kai Havertz, who had a difficult time as a player at Stamford Bridge, found the net twice against his former employers and had no qualms in bursting into vibrant celebrations after both goals. The Emirates enjoyed every bit of it and sang their own version of Shakira's chartbuster Waka Waka in unison to hail the German forward for his heroics.

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Odegaard's partner, Spilling, also shook her hips to the chants of the Arsenal fans in the VIP box as she soaked in the incredible atmosphere in north London.

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Arsenal will face Tottenham next on Sunday afternoon in the Premier League, where they will look to build on the momentum after the thumping victory over Chelsea. After the north London derby, they will host Bournemouth, then set off for Manchester to take on Erik ten Hag's side and will end their campaign with a home game against Everton on May 19.

Zambia are at risk of missing the women's football tournament at this summer's Olympics over charges against the country's senior football officials.

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• Zambia threatened with FIFA suspension
• Charges brought against senior officials
• Women could be forced out of Olympics

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  Doubts have emerged over whether Zambia's women will be allowed to compete at the Olympics in France this summer. It follows the potential threat of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) being suspended by FIFA.

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  FAZ president Andrew Kamanga stands accused of obtaining government funds under false pretences and involvement in conspiracy to defraud. Reuben Kamanga, FAZ general secretary, and support staff Madalitso Kamanga and Jairous Siame have also been charged. But all have denied those charges. reports that FIFA has already written to FAZ to request relevant documents "received in relation to the accusations". FIFA additionally instructed FAZ to hold its AGM after an injunction accusing Kamaga of changing the governing body's constitution without following procedure was filed in the country's high court to stop it taking place. Failure to hold the AGM could be grounds for FIFA suspending FAZ's membership. The knock-on from that would be the women's national team not getting the chance to take part in the Olympic tournament.

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  Zambia's Racheal Kundananji became the most expensive female player in the world in January when she moved from Madrid CFF to NWSL side Bay FC for a record fee of $860,000 (£625,000).

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  If the FAZ situation is resolved without suspension from FIFA and Zambia are allowed to go the Olympics, they will face three tough games but will back themselves to cause an upset. The Copper Queens are due to face Emma Hayes' USWNT on July 25, followed by Australia three days later, and then Germany on July 31. They famously pulled off a 3-2 friendly win over Germany in the build-up to last summer's World Cup.

Wakim became just the fifth Tasmania batsman to score a century on first-class debut as they build a hefty lead

Daniel Brettig25-Feb-2019Tasmania’s debutant Charlie Wakim turned a first-up score of note into a match-shaping century before South Australia commenced the long road to a draw on day three of the Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide.Resuming on 79 not out after combining well with Matthew Wade on day two, Wakim notched century stands with both Jake Doran and Ben McDermott to venture as far as 160, the bulwark of the Tigers’ imposing 467.Wakim’s was the first hundred by a Shield debutant since Sam Heazlett in late 2015, amd the fifth ever by a Tasmanian. Its effect was to leave the Redbacks some 210 in arrears, despite three wickets apiece with the Dukes ball for Chadd Sayers, Nick Winter and Joe Mennie.In reply, the hosts made a dreadful start, losing Conor McInerney third ball of the innings, then Jake Lehmann before nine overs had elapsed, both at the skilful hands of Jackson Bird. This left Jake Weatherald and the captain Travis Head, recently dropped from Australia’s limited overs squad, with the job ahead of them.In the final session Head and Weatherald were able to establish something of a platform, their union worth 116 by the close. However, it was Tasmania with the chance to push for outright points on a tightly packed Shield ladder with one day’s play remaining.

He looks set to miss the World Cup bus, having been out of India’s ODI side for nearly two years, but the offspinner isn’t ready to think of himself as Test-only player yet

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On June 30, when ODI cricket’s top two sides meet in one of the World Cup’s most anticipated clashes, India’s spin discussions will revolve around Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravindra Jadeja. One man who almost certainly will not is R Ashwin.On that day, unless India’s selectors spring a major surprise with their World Cup squad, it will have been exactly two years since Ashwin last played an ODI.Since that game against West Indies in Antigua, Ashwin has found himself cast as a Test specialist, another fingerspinning casualty in the worldwide push for wristspin as a wicket-taking force in white-ball cricket. Kuldeep and Chahal have been India’s first-choice spinners in ODIs since then, and if Jadeja has re-entered the picture over recent months, it’s thanks in large part to his utility as a lower-order hitter and gun fielder.Ashwin hasn’t reconciled himself to being a Test-only player, however, and says his exclusion from limited-overs cricket is down to a “perception” that wristspin is a must in the shorter formats.”I am not looking at it like that because I am no slouch,” Ashwin said in an event in Mumbai on Saturday. “In the white-ball format, my records are not bad like what it is perceived to be. It is out of perception that wristspinners are required in the modern day one-day cricket format, that [is why] I am sitting out. The last one-day match that I played, I got 3 for 28.”I would always look back at my career and say it is not due to my effort that I am sitting out of the team, it is due to the supply and demand that the team requires.”I went and played in the Syed Mushtaq Ali [domestic T20 tournament] and I had a decent outing and that is how I look at it. I am playing cricket and it is not like I need to specialise in one particular format. It is the challenges of the modern-day game, I will be looking forward to do whatever I can do best.”Perception or not, the rise of wristspin in ODIs has coincided with Ashwin trying to reinvent himself as a limited-overs bowler; during last year’s IPL, he alternated between legspin and his usual offspin, and he’s set to do so again this season for Kings XI Punjab.Kuldeep Yadav practices at training as R Ashwin watches•Getty Images

“I have always maintained that you can spin the ball into the batsman or out of the batsman, you can’t do anything more than that,” Ashwin said when asked if he was working on any new variations. “I am just adding more ammunition to my own skill and try and add more strength to my game and that’s all it has always been.”I have never played for the galleries, never really played for the records, never really played for places. I just enjoy the sport, the sport has given me everything. When I picked up the bat and ball as a eight-year-old it gave me everything, I love it. Even today when I play a club game, when I play on the streets, I enjoy it. For me it is all about playing the game that I love and excelling in the best possible way I can.”Ashwin also weighed in on the discussion over whether India’s World Cup contenders should have their workloads monitored during the IPL. Virat Kohli recently said it was up to individual players to monitor their fitness requirements and arrive at the World Cup sharp and match-fit. Ashwin felt a clearer picture would develop as the IPL progresses, and that the bowlers might require rest at some point.”I don’t think as a cricketer you can look far ahead about what needs to be done and how you can manage it,” he said. “As a cricketer or as a sportsperson, you just concentrate on what happens today. The franchise has invested money on you. Obviously it is a massive tournament, everybody plays for pride, everybody wants to perform and excel. It definitely stays at the back of the head because it is being spoken about a lot more right now.”I am sure the players are responsible enough and more fitness-aware and able to handle it better than they ever were. I don’t think going into the tournament people will be thinking about it but as the tournament pans out and the way it goes for each and every franchise and for each and every player, they will take decisions wisely. Probably because of the number of injuries and the amount of premium players that are right now available for the country, and how important every spot is.”It is a dream for every cricketer to represent his country at the World Cup, it is a big stage. I think that is the point of view from where they are coming. Obviously, bowlers have more chances of succumbing to injuries because of the workload they go through, it is physically more hard on the body than the batters. Probably from that point of view, if you look at a [Jasprit] Bumrah or a Bhuvneshwar [Kumar], Bumrah has been fine but Bhuvneshwar has had a few concerns over the last year or so. I think from that point of view the bowlers need to be taken good care of.”

Jasprit Bumrah’s discipline and wickets shared among the rest meant that the Australians lost 6 for 54 in 77 balls in the final overs

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India’s middle order still a concern?

A decade ago Australia won an ODI series in India despite a surfeit of injuries. Numerous stronger sides have left empty handed since then, so it was with a great deal of satisfaction that Aaron Finch’s team sealed this victory from 0-2 down, the first time an Australian side had ever done so in 50-over matches, with a disciplined, determined and tactically astute defence of 272 in Delhi.Being 0-2 down is something the Australians have become used to in more than one sense over the past year, missing the names of David Warner and Steven Smith from their team sheet as a result of the Newlands scandal.But there was much to be savoured in winning a series over one of the World Cup fancies in the final assignment before the Smith and Warner bans expire at the end of this month. Their reintegration meeting in the UAE later this week will take place in the afterglow of a first series victory in seven attempts dating back to January 2017, at the same time inflicting India’s first home ODI defeat since 2015.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Tellingly, two of the men to stand up in the former leaders’ absence were those who were directly replacing them: Usman Khawaja gliding to a second century of the series to further press his case for World Cup inclusion, and Peter Handscomb providing more than useful support having been promoted to No. 3 after Shaun Marsh was dropped. Finch and the national team coach Justin Langer have spent some months feeling like they were short of viable options; now they find themselves spoiled for batting choice.Equally the Australian effort with the ball and in the field showed an expanding tactical and technical repertoire, as Adam Zampa and Nathan Lyon combined artfully as spin bowlers on a slow, low Feroz Shah Kotla pitch, only a matter of weeks after it appeared that Langer and company had belatedly acknowledged the need to find wicket-taking spinners for the middle overs. Masterful too was Pat Cummins, giving barely anything away, while Marcus Stoinis returned from injury to enjoy his He-Man moment when coaxing an edge from Virat Kohli.India had not lost any ODI series at home since going down 3-2 to South Africa in October 2015. That result arrived only a matter of months after Australia won the previous World Cup so was not considered a major reverse. However this defeat, on the cusp of the IPL, has left India with precious little time to iron out an increasing number of wrinkles. By contrast the Australians can now look forward to a further five matches against Pakistan.Marcus Stoinis is fairly pleased with his work, don’t you think?•Getty Images

India’s chase, and defeat from 2-0 up for the first time in history, opened more than a few questions for Kohli and the coach Ravi Shastri, not least team balance after only three specialist batsmen were selected. With Shikhar Dhawan and Kohli dismissed cheaply, Rohit Sharma seemed weighed down by the task before him, twice offering chances spurned off Zampa’s bowling before charging wildly to be well stumped by Alex Carey. MS Dhoni’s resting for the final two matches provided opportunities for others in India’s middle order, but they were far from taken.All this was after Khawaja’s dismissal in the 33rd over of Australia’s own innings had seen the game change markedly. Jasprit Bumrah’s discipline and wickets shared among the rest meant that the team lost 6 for 54 in 77 balls just as they were looking to accelerate. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja were the chief wicket-takers for India, while Ashton Turner and Stoinis were irritated to have failed to go on from their starts. Jhye Richardson and Cummins put on a pesky 34 runs in 2.4 overs and ultimately ensured the Australians would be happy with their total.Despite Australia’s record-breaking chase in Mohali, led by Turner, Finch chose to bat first and attempt to put scoreboard pressure on India, who also made a couple of changes, calling in Jadeja and Mohammed Shami while dropping Yuzvendra Chahal and KL Rahul.Shami and Bhuvneshwar floated the ball full in the early overs in search of swing, but slipped obligingly into the driving zones of Khawaja and Finch as the tourists made a fluent start. Khawaja in particular was punishing on balls either too straight or too short, while Finch was for the most part content to bat in his partner’s slipstream. Neither batsman was overly troubled as they rattled to 76, and it took an excellent delivery from Jadeja, spinning past the outside edge of Finch’s bat and clattering off stump, to separate them.Adam Zampa is starting to bamboozle more and more batsmen in international cricket•Getty Images

Handscomb was quickly into stride however, maintaining the momentum from his Mohali innings by finding the boundary while rotating strike expertly with Khawaja, who was soon saluting his second century of the series. It was his third in international cricket since he returned from knee surgery with a hundred against Sri Lanka in Canberra last month.At 175 for 1 with 17.1 overs left, a major score seemed likely, but when Khawaja picked out Kohli at cover, causing the Indian captain to hurl the ball into the turf as he released his frustration, the game began to shift in momentum.The ball was ageing, the pitch slowing, and new entrants to the crease found the going harder. Glenn Maxwell shaped to hit Jadeja inside out but could not clear cover, Handscomb’s innings ended when he was surprised by extra lift from a Shami delivery he wanted to run down to third man, and Turner’s follow-up innings to Mohali ended when he miscued Kuldeep Yadav to long-on after he had lifted the left-arm wristspinner for six.At the other end Stoinis soaked up 16 dot balls out of 27 faced before dragging Bhuvneshwar onto the stumps, but Richardson and Cummins were able to pull together a priceless stand in the closing overs to push Australia’s total past 270. From a point where Kohli’s men had looked likely to need to beat the previous record chase at the ground – 281 in 1982 – they were ultimately left with a target of more modest dimensions.Kedar Jadhav punches through covers•Getty Images

Much depended on how the hosts could start, and though there was a sprinkling of boundaries against the new ball, Cummins’ dismissal of Dhawan opened up the opportunity to hunt Kohli’s wicket while the ball was still new. Cummins and Richardson were unable to find a way through, but Stoinis, bowling across the seam and finding extra bounce, did the trick by finding a thin edge through to an exultant Carey.Rishabh Pant threatened for a while, but was becalmed and then dismissed by Lyon’s offbreaks, prodding at a delivery that turned and bounced, offering a catch to Turner at slip. Vijay Shankar also made a start, only to sky Zampa to Khawaja at deep midwicket, and when Rohit was dropped off consecutive Zampa deliveries – first a thin edge through to Carey and then a catch by Maxwell at cover – Indian frustration was clear.Zampa did not have to wait long to celebrate, for in his next over Rohit ran down the wicket, was beaten between bat and pad and clearly stumped by Carey after he had stayed admirably low with the ball. Ravindra Jadeja had not scored when he stretched forward and was beaten by a Zampa wrong’un with Carey again in position for a stumping, this time achieved by the barest of margins as the left-hander’s foot was deemed to be stuck on the line and not behind it.That left India 132 for 6 and seemingly in quicksand. Bhuvneshwar and Kedar Jadhav got the equation down to 50 off 25 balls with a nifty union of 91 that brought the crowd to life and had Finch nervously drying the ball as late evening dew began to settle.But Cummins returned to have Bhuvneshwar miscuing to mid-off, and the very next ball Jadhav was well pouched by a running Maxwell off Richardson, leaving Stoinis to complete formalities by knocking out Kuldeep’s middle stump. At the boundary’s edge Langer, so frazzled for much of the past 10 months, raised two arms in triumph.