{"id":73139,"date":"2018-12-27T02:56:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T01:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/12\/27\/australia-v-india-boxing-day-test-day-two-live\/"},"modified":"2018-12-27T02:56:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T01:56:26","slug":"australia-v-india-boxing-day-test-day-two-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=73139","title":{"rendered":"Australia v India: Boxing Day Test, day two \u2013 live!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Live updates from day two of the third Test at the MCGJoin the conversation: via email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 1.56am GMT G\u2019day from the \u2018G. Thanks, Geoffers. That may have been the least attacking of Pujara\u2019s tons (so CricViz tells me, in terms of strokes played) but it didn\u2019t detract from it one bit. His powers of concentration really are up there with anyone to play the modern game. Along with Kohli, they are preparing to drive the hosts into the dirt as the day matures. We all know that the mighty OBO works best when you tell me what you think along the way. You can do that through the usual channels via email or the idiot machine. Yes, this might end up being a long and tiring day. But let\u2019s experience it together. Flash-forward to the Percy Beames Bar in three days time. #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com\/3PtMO6XsBb 1.37am GMT If you\u2019re going off the scoreboard alone, 62 runs added in the session is pretty painful. It was entertaining for the first hour though, as a good duel developed between Cummins and Starc and the batsmen. It got a bit more attritional, if I dare, afterwards. That works for India, as mentioned \u2013 the longer they bat, the harder it\u2019ll be for Australia. But as crazy as it sounds, the visiting side still need runs. Collapses can happen any time, and if they suddenly found themselves out for 350 by tea, they\u2019d be in a fairly weak position given the conditions. Hopefully things can go up a gear or two after the break. Adam Collins will be your escort for that session, and from me until tomorrow it\u2019s adios. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2018\/dec\/27\/australia-v-india-boxing-day-test-day-two-live\" target=\"_blank\">Australia v India: Boxing Day Test, day two \u2013 live!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live updates from day two of the third Test at the MCGJoin the conversation: via email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 1.56am GMT G\u2019day from the \u2018G. Thanks, Geoffers. That may have been the least attacking of Pujara\u2019s tons (so CricViz tells me, in terms of strokes played) but it didn\u2019t detract [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}