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Ind vs Aus 2nd test Day 1 highlights:Cummins, Paine take Australia to 277/6

Australia win the toss and elected to bat first. India picked Hanuma Vihari and Umesh Yadav in place of Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin.

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Last Updated : Dec 14 2018 | 3:47 PM IST

3:25 PM

And with this first day's play end at Perth. 

3:24 PM

Over 90, Australia: 277/6

Jasprit Bumrah bowls last over of Day 1, and Cummins defends the first ball. Beaten outside off, blocks the next. FULL TOSS defended. Bouncer, Cummins ducks under it, A loud appeal off the last ball, Bumrah indicates its and edge. 

3:19 PM

Over 89, Australia: 277/6

Mohammed Shami [18.0-3-58-0] is back into the attack and Shami left the first ball alone to the keeper. A quick single off the 2nd ball. Cummins drive the 5th ball for a couple of runs. Bouncer and brilliantly taken by Pant, WIDE called. A single to end the over

3:15 PM

Over 88, Australia: 272/6

Jasprit Bumrah continues and Cummins block, block and block before he takes three runs to the right of mid-on off the 4th ball. Tim Paine defends the 5th ball to backward point. Paine pulls the last ball for one run.

3:11 PM

Over 87, Australia: 268/6

Umesh Yadav continues and Cummins take a single off the 2nd ball. Paine blocks the remaining deliveries. 

3:06 PM

Over 86, Australia: 267/6

Bumrah continues and starts with a jaffa, squared Cummins. One run taken off the 2nd ball by Cummins. Block from Paine and a single off the next ball. Cummins leave the 5th ball alone. Yorker but the ball is missing leg stump.

3:02 PM

Over 85, Australia: 264/6

Umesh Yadav [16.0-2-60-1] is back into the attack and Cummins scores couple of runs off the 3rd ball after getting beaten off first two deliveries. Paine pulls the last ball for FOUR. 

2:57 PM

Over 84, Australia: 257/6

Jasprit Bumrah [18.0-7-33-1] is back into the attack, Paine leaves the first ball alone to the keeper. Full toss at 139.4kph and Bumrah gets away with it. Paine reaches out and square-drives it staright to backward point follows by Jaffa. 4 byes, it just took off from a length, seamed away as well - probably hit the crack. 

2:52 PM

Over 83, Australia: 251/6

Ishant Sharma [15.0-6-35-1] is back into the attack and he gets the wicket of Travis Head, who played an extravagent shot and Shami takes the catch at deep third man. It was full and outside off, Head plays away from his body and flashed his bat hard at it. The ball flies off the outside edge and settles into the hands of Shami.

Pat Cummins, right handed bat, comes to the crease and defends the first ball he faced, and now its block block and block to end the over.

2:45 PM

Over 82, Australia: 251/5

Shami continues with the new ball, Head tries to flirt outside off beaten due to extra bounce. Shami ends the over with a jaffa, Paine beaten outside off

2:42 PM

NEW BALL TAKEN

2:41 PM

Over 81, Australia: 250/5

Hanuma Vihari continues and Paine hits the 3rd ball for FOUR and while trying to pull the 5th ball Paine gets an leading edge, but he is safe. 

2:38 PM

NEW BALL IS DUE NOW

2:37 PM

Over 80, Australia: 244/5

Shami continues and Head pulls the first ball for a single. Paine leaves the 2nd ball outside off stump. Travis head flashes hard off the last ball to collect 4 runs

2:32 PM

Over 79, Australia: 238/5

Hanuma Vihari continues and conceeds only one run

First Published: Dec 14 2018 | 6:00 AM IST