India ambush Australia Day 2 SCG

India 185 & 6-141. Australia 181

“All of Tasmania is holding its breath”, Launceston’s Tim Lane speculated on Seven. One lusty stroke through the covers later all they were “dancing and singing in the streets of Snug”.

Beau Webster, the man from the curiously named town, had brought up a half-century on debut; a confident, carefully crafted innings by the big man, and one that stood out amid the modest contributions from the more senior Test teammates.

Picture courtesy Phil Hillyard and the SCG Trust

Breaths, however, continued to be held in the Indian camp, as a van containing Jasprit Bumrah exited the bowels of the stadium and made its way to some medical facility somewhere.