India v Australia, 4th Test, Day three 6:30pm: Siddle puts it up again and is lucky that the ball carries over the head of the fielder. Four runs off the over. 6:26pm: Ishant Sharma into the attack. 6:24pm: Three more for Siddle. Jadeja saved the extra run, but it was a nice shot from Siddle nonetheless. Australia 8/144, lead is 134 runs 6:20pm: Another boundary to Siddle! He goes over the top, one bounce for four. Applause from the rest of the Australian team, watching on. Peter Siddle could well be the first thing they've had to smile about since Nathan Lyon's effort this morning. Australia 8/141 6:12pm: Wow, huge effort by Kohli, looks like he has saved a boundary and kept it to three runs with a courageous dive into the rope. He just managed to flick the ball back before he hit the rope. Australia leads by 119, 8/129 6:07pm: Siddle looks cool as a cucumber out there. He is still playing shots, easy as you like. Australia 8/125 6:06pm: Siddle and Pattinson in the middle for the Aussies now. Can they repeat their first-innings effort? Wade is gone, caught behind. Magnificent catch by Dhoni, who also tried to stump him for good measure. Australia 8/122 Upvotes:8 Downvotes:0 Copy Link 6:02pm: Following on from his first-innings performance, Siddle is now top scorer for the Australians. His single off Ojha takes him to 25. Next best was Cowan (24) 6:00pm: Ojha is back into the attack, replacing Ashwin. Australia leads by 111. 5:59pm: Siddle again! Four more. And another ten-run over. Guess Siddle didn't get the memo about his team being under massive amounts of pressure. Australia 7/120 5:57pm: Peter Siddle! He goes over the top for four more off Jadeja. 5:56pm: Big over from Ashwin there, and not in a good way. Ten runs off it. Australia now leads by 100 runs. 5:54pm: Another full toss from Ashwin, and Peter Siddle give it the same treatment. Every run counts! Australia 7/109 5:53pm: Four! Nice shot from Siddle. He was handed a full toss from Ashwin and dealt with it beautifully. 5:51pm: Siddle survives, and Jadeja is denied the hat-trick. He gets two. The very next ball is yet another good one from Jadeja, a half-chance for a catch, but the fielders can't get there and it runs away for four. That brings up the 100 for Australia. 5:48pm: Forgive the caps, but that was a ripper ball and deserved them. Jadeja is on a hat-trick now. Johnson is trudging back and I would not want to be in Peter Siddle's shoes at the moment. 5:47pm: Mitchell Johnson is in for the Australians, who lead by 84 runs. Steve Smith is on his way. He didn't play a shot and Jadeja has bowled him, clipping off stump. That's four wickets to Jadeja. Australia 6/94 5:42pm: Ashwin the opening bowler, Smith facing, and it's four byes to kick things off. Dhoni couldn't get near it. Australia 5/93 5:41pm: Not far away from the start of the second session in Delhi. Seven wickets fell in the first - Wade and Smith will be hoping that isn't the case after lunch. But excellent spin bowling by the Indians could see this match wrapped up quickly. Australia 5/89. Here we go! 5:29pm: It was a mammoth first session on day three. Read the lunch report here. 5:04pm: Indians with another big appeal for lbw. Not given, and Kettleborough tells the Indians to settle down. He's also had words with the Aussie batsmen (Wade had a bit to say to the Indians earlier). Good time for a break, I'd say - and how fortuitous, that's lunch. Though the Indians, particularly Jadeja, have bowled excellently, Smith and Wade look the most comfortable partnership for the Australians so far. Not that there has been much to compare it to. Fielders diving left, right and centre but no one could stop that racing away for four. It's given runs - initially looked like byes but replay shows it coming off Wade's glove. Lead is 78 runs, Australia 5/88 Upvotes:2 Downvotes:5 Copy Link 4:57pm: Big shout (s) from the Indians! First of all, for lbw as Wade didn't offer a shot - no luck. Then a second appeal, for a catch, again off Wade - but the ball came off his pad. Nervous couple of moment there's for Matthew Wade. Australia 5/83 Nice shot from Steve Smith, he is actually looking pretty comfortable out there. 4:51pm: Wade and Smith have put on 24 runs together - Australia's biggest partnership so far. Ouch. 4:48pm: Four! Edged by Wade and the ball flew low and just under Dhoni's gloves - right through his legs. Would have been a great take had he managed it. But he didn't and Australia extends the lead. At the end of the over, it's 5/76 4:45pm: Australian lead out to 58 runs now. Wade 4, Smith 8, Australia 5/68. Not even lunch yet, and seven wickets have fallen. It's been an eventful first session. 4:36pm: Four byes to Australia. Beat everyone, including the batsman, keeper and slip before racing off to the rope. Australia 5/63 4:33pm: Australia's two top scorers so far: Ed Cowan (24) and Glenn Maxwell (8). Australia 5/57 4:29pm: In comes Matthew Wade and very first ball he is a chance for a catch...no, wait. The ball spills past the fielders and the Aussies take a run. Umpire calls a leg bye. Even if the fielder had got there, Wade would have been safe. Australia 5/54 Jadeja must surely feature in the Australian team's nightmares. Cowan is gone lbw for 24, and this game could be over by the end of the day. Australia 5/53 Upvotes:4 Downvotes:2 Copy Link 4:23pm: Steve Smith is in now, and I don't envy him. The Indians are up and about (and why wouldn't they be?) and the Aussies are in serious trouble. The Australian lead is 42 runs as Smith works a single to get off the mark. Australia 4/52 Ojha has got the Australian captain with an inside edge onto his stumps. Watson goes for 5, it's 4/51. 4:20pm: Indians up for a catch but umpire Kettleborough wanted none of it. There were two noises - seems to have been bat on pad and ball on pad. Cowan survives. Australia 3/51 4:12pm: Ojha is into the attack for India, replacing Ashwin. Watson drives Jadeja through midwicket for a nice boundary. Australia leads by 40 runs, 3/50 Upvotes:4 Downvotes:3 Copy Link 4:10pm: Watson is in, and he's off the mark straight away. And then Ed Cowan sends one to the rope. Positive work by the Australians...they need it. Replay of Hughes lbw shows the ball was turning enough that it may have missed off stump. The umpire was clearly of a different mindset though, and Hughes had to go. I spoke too soon. Hughes is gone lbw two balls later. Australia in all sorts, 3/41 Upvotes:7 Downvotes:2 Copy Link 4:06pm: Phil Hughes breathes a sigh of relief - he tried to defend against Ashwin, sent the ball up for a possible catch and was well out of his crease so was lucky to avoid a stumping. 4:01pm: A single to Hughes and then Ed Cowan smashes the ball up and (luckily for him) just over the head of Tendulkar at point. Tendulkar gives chase but can't reach the ball intime. Australia 2/40 3:58pm: Indians go up for a catch, wasn't too convincing an appeal. And the replay shows the ball coming off Cowan's thigh. No worries there for the Aussie. Australia 2/35 Well, eight, really. Ed Cowan smacks two boundaries in quick succession. Beautiful shots. Australia needs a strong partnership here, and boundaries certainly don't hurt. Australia 2/33 3:50pm: Hughes takes a tumble after he and Cowan took a dangerous single. Hughes had to motor and the toe of his bat got cought in the ground, sending him tumbling. He's ok though, and every run counts! Australia 2/25 3:48pm: Australia's lead out to 14 runs at the end of that over. At 2/24, Australian morale must be a fair bit lower than it was about an hour ago when Lyon took two quick wickets to end the Indian innings. 3:46pm: Phil Hughes is in and kicks things off with a three. A sliding Ishant Sharma saved the boundary, just. Australia 2/23 Jadeja strikes again! And Warner is on his way, gone lbw. Australia 2/20 3:38pm: Here comes Ed Cowan, and he almost fell first ball. Somehow the ball fell in a gap between three fielders and wasn't caught. Whew! Jadeja is looking very, very dangerous! And it's Glenn Maxwell who has been bowled by Jadeja. Just what Watson and the Australians didn't want. Wonder who will be in next? Australia 1/15 3:34pm: Fairly quiet over for the Aussies but still, the runs are ticking over. 3:32pm: Chris Barrett reports that Maxwell opening is a Watson tactic. An Australian spokesman says Cowan is fine - no illness. 3:29pm: Oops...overthrow by the Indians and the Aussies help themselves to an extra run, before Maxwell smacks a boundary. And guess what Australian fans...that's the lead to the Aussies! Only the one run, but a lead nonetheless. Australia 0/11 3:24pm: Ashwin into the attack and Maxwell is up...and he's off the mark with a single. Australia 0/5 Kumar has opened the bowling and after a couple of dot balls, Warner has hit him for a boundary. Australia 0/4 3:19pm: Here come the players and...Glenn Maxwell will open. Maxwell and Warner to open for Australia. 3:14pm: Well, that was quick! Nathan Lyon has come in and cleaned up the stragglers, ending up with a career-best seven wickets in the process. Should be a very interesting couple of days to come! Upvotes:5 Downvotes:1 Copy Link There it is, Lyon strikes again and Ojha goes first ball. A great ball by Lyon trapped Ojha lbw. India's lead is just ten runs. They are all out for 272. Ishant Sharma is the man out. That is Nathan Lyon's sixth wicket for the match and Sharma is bowled for a duck. India 9/272 3:06pm: Replay of the Hughes catch attempt shows it was a great effort on his part, fielding at silly point. He dived forward, grabbed the ball, juggled it, but it hit the ground before bouncing back into his hands. Would have been a ripper catch had it stuck. There goes Kumar, and Maxwell has a less-than-perfect start to the morning. India 8/272 3:04pm: Aussies go up for a catch, big shout! Lyon for sure looks pleased. In fact the only man that didn't go up was Hughes - and he was the one who supposedly took it. Sharma survives though. Australia stills needs two wickets. 3:02pm: Here we go! Nathan Lyon kicking the bowling off, Sharma facing. India 8/268, leads by 6 runs 2:51pm: Hello and welcome to day three of the fourth Test. Should be another big day of cricket today! Start of play not far away.