Lovely pull for 4 by Handscomb off Shami!

4-112 is looking slightly better!

we are actually batting well to pace who are bowling a touch short

Game is completely different though when a spinner is on top. They take longer to get tired and the other end just has to keep things tight

if we can just see off a few more ashwin overs he will probably start bowling more loose deliveries

ashwin just finished his 22nd so we might finally be using up his gas

india lose a review which helps

2 for 60 that session so we narrowly lose 2 in a row. Game is probably 50-50 now. Next session is key

Slow going by the Baggies. 

we can bat for 5 more sessions if we are good enough. Doesn't matter how slow you go given the match situation

Handscomb saying he has tweaked his technique. Where exactly? He still does not cover his off stump. 

Agree. Marsh put us in this holding pattern.. These two young blokes are doing a good job. 

would really like to see maxwell and renshaw in the team

I just get the feeling that if we survive and tire out ashwin there is runs here.

Pace has barely threatened all day

big if though

Renshaw yes. There are better batsmen out there than Maxwell.

can't remember a convincing drive today incidentally

India of course are bowling short but still it says that this pitch isn't easy

who?

I cannot remember Ashwin getting as much out of any pitch in Australia when he has visited before.

He is getting drift, loop, dip, bounce and sideways spin.

Awful lazy, late cut, played by Handscomb that resulted in a caught behind and his dismissal.

So often wickets fall immediately after a break. 

There goes our batting for 5 sessions. 

Handscomb you played a silly one day run down to third man shot.

5-120 at home is shocking!

He has been listening to Warne in commentary about bowling differently in Australia. Took him long enuff. What is this his third series?

To be fair this is not an easy deck to bat on. It has a good covering of grass.. so there is plenty of seam movement.

Baggers, Paddles or Mike R were trying to convince me of Bumrah’s quality.

He has a nice yorker at over 140 kph!

Shot Paine!

Great late cut for 4!

He has a much higher Test batting average than FC average.

At Bellerive in recent times Head has batted much better in the Shield than the Marshes or Handscomb.

He and Starc have the best yorkers in the world...

Bumrah is the best ODI/T20i bowler in the world.

His test career only started this year, but has started very well...

Timmy's dismissal is a prime example of that seam movement. 

Now we are in big poo.

Barely swung, just an example of how shit our batters are when there is the slightest amount of movement.

It cut off the seam. The tiny amount of movement ones are the easiest to nick. It was also an excellent length by Sharma.

This is the time when we find out how much Steve Smith is missed. 

See how many have of our blokes made starts then perished.

Ashwin has been more dangerous than Lyon. Proving to be the difference.

Kurtis Patterson,Jake Weatherald, Will Bosisto, Tom Cooper, Sam Heazlett.