Cricket live scores: Australia vs India Adelaide Test Day Two - Australia chase 250 in first innings

11:18am

Sharma starts with a wicket-maiden

Brilliant from the Indian quick, had it swinging back and Finch just could not help himself. Plenty of pressure on Harris now to try and find a way through this period. Bumrah bowls, Harris guides it past the in-field and runs three. Well done young man.

11:14am

Oh dear... Finch just got his stumps DEMOLISHED

Is it a no ball? Very close. But he's out for a duck. Went hard at the ball and it swung back and just shattered the sticks. That was very pretty if you are an Indian fan, a complete nightmare if you are Aaron Finch. Australia are 1/0. Not ideal. Usman Khawaja to the crease.

11:11am

Harris, Finch to get things rolling

Debut for Marcus Harris, first home Test for Aaron Finch. Ishant Sharma with the first ball and Finch with a CONFIDENT leave outside off stump. Brilliant start. 0/0.

11:03am

Out, first ball

Well, that as easy. Josh Hazlewood had one ball left in the over and he gets the result he wanted, although with a fairly ordinary ball. Mohammed Shami is gone for six, India all out for 250. Tim Paine did the honours after Shami had a swipe at a short one down legside. Anyway, all done, Australia preparing to have a bat.

10:45am

Morning all

Day two in Adelaide, Australia needing just the one wicket before they have a go with the bat. Look forward to another good day in the City of Churches... thanks for tuning into the coverage.

8:24am

Stumps report: Australia can ram home advantage after reckless Indian display

By Andrew Wu

Australia's batting newbies will have the opportunity to ram home the advantage delivered by their prized attack after India's batsmen failed to heed Virat Kohli's warning in the first Test.

After the trying tour of the Middle East, captain Tim Paine could not have asked for a better start to his reign on home soil.

Sure he could have won the toss and sat in the sheds as Australia's new top six piled on the runs but if he had been presented the day one stumps scoreline of 9/250 after Kohli called correctly at the toss he would have accepted without a moment's hesitation.

Though they tired late, Australia finished the day on a spectacular high when Pat Cummins nailed a direct hit run out from side on to remove century-maker Cheteshwar Pujara, an effort rivalling Usman Khawaja's one-handed blinder to dismiss Kohli as the play of the day.

It will take some grab to top Khawaja for the catch of the summer.

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8:23am

Australia give a toss, and a shout, on day one

By Greg Baum

Australia had won the toss and would bowl, it was announced to media. It made no sense when a broiling sun was already beating down on Adelaide Oval and all except the hardiest patrons were retreating into the shady recesses.

It turned out to be fake news, but it prefaced a dyslexic sort of day of Test cricket on which nothing came out in a recognisable shape or form.

Having won the toss, India might have expected to bat all day, and half of Friday as well. Australia might have resigned themselves to it.

Instead, the Indian top order proved as substantial as a mirage.

By lunch, four had perished through extravagant drives, including the great Virat Kohli.

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8:22am

Glut of white-ball cricket softens India for kill

By Malcolm Knox

Like men trying to change the tyres on a moving vehicle, India’s batsmen tried to relearn how to play Test cricket while playing a Test match. Their failure was both understandable and a resounding disappointment.

One after another, the touring top order threw away their wickets. For all the reams of paper and hours of effort in analysing how to dismiss Virat Kohli, Australia stumbled on the theory of poisonous dross. Loose half-volleys were enough to remove not only the Indian champion but also three of his top-order colleagues.

In the middle order, surprise recall Rohit Sharma slogged away his reprieve, while Rishabh Pant attempted vigorously to do the same.

Only Cheteshwar Pujara could remember enough of the first-class format to salvage some of the opportunity that had been wasted.

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8:21am

Paine plays the right game on home soil

By Jon Pierik

While it was only day one of his captaincy on home shores, Tim Paine reinforced why he had been given the top honour as Australia overcame potential disaster and left India in trouble.

Test great Adam Gilchrist was among those who praised Paine for the manner in which he handled his bowlers and team on the opening day of the first Test in Adelaide.

In temperatures rising to 40 degrees, pacemen Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins were used in shorter spells while off-spinner Nathan Lyon was a major threat from the River Torrens end.

The absence of all-rounder Mitch Marsh could have hurt the home side in such demanding conditions but Paine ensured his three quicks maintained their pace and followed a plan of pushing the batsmen back then tempting them into flaying at fuller balls outside off stump.

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