One word to describe Day 2’s play of the Day/Night Test at Adelaide Oval: Phenomenal. Yes, that’s right because our Aussie Test side has been smashing it left, right and centre – both bat and ball.
Yes, most of our top order batters sans Marnus Labuschagne (scored okay on 64) may not have gone far as they would’ve liked at the hands of the always reliable Jasprit Bumrah alongside Mohammed Sirah who later demolished our tail end.
Although I wouldn’t discount that much on the new opener Nathan McSweeney (current SA player too) following his sound knock for 39. For Steve Smith though, looks like his magic tricks have continued to wane though following a string of his poor scoring record, especially at age 35.
Don’t know what to say but better to give the best Shield batter in place then for this next Test don’t you think? while there’s still more time for McSweeney to prove his worth in the hope of forging a long-term stint there much like his other SA players.
This is where we continue to see the best from No.5’s Travis Head who got away with his Test Match 100, which is things we love to see with fellow SA team-mate & first-choice keeper Alex Carey by his side before we were all out for 337 with 157 run advantage not long after the dinner break.
Fortunately, we continued to follow up with a stunning impact when the Aussies were flying on the field and also with the ball once again thanks to India’s early wicket dismissals – such as the young left-hand opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and of course, Virat Kohli. There’s a still a long way to go ahead of Day 3 tomorrow afternoon with the destructive keeper-batsman Rishabh Pant still in the middle with Nitish Kumar Reddy as getting these two out would be the key towards winning this Test Match.
Gotta say Scott Boland was there at the right place at the right time as wondering if he could keep Josh Hazlewood out for the 3rd Test at The Gabba in Brisbane? Meanwhile, every time Pat Cummins gets a wicket, love seeing celebrate with pride for the Baggy Green. And yes, Mitchell Starc may had a series of no balls over the line tonight but he’s still the best we got with the pink ball while being able to score runs for a bit.
It’s up to the Aussies now to finish off the other half’s job now by going one step closer to go 1-1 all with the bat in this five-match series as India currently on 128/5 and 29 runs behind the run trail.
