Steve Smith has had a horror day in the field. The Australian skipper was left frustrated with his teammates when a potential run out resulted in a kerfuffle, before he himself dropped two catches.
Mitchell Starc left the field a satisfied man after day two. Source: News Corp Australia
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LIVE SCOREBOARD: AUSTRALIA vs INDIA FOURTH TEST
5.40pm — SMITH'S DROPS HIGHLIGHT DAY THREE
Smith's drop of Lokesh Rahul created all sorts of controversy. Source: News Corp Australia
FOR a man that can seemingly do no wrong with the willow right now, Steve Smith endured a tough day of cricket at the SCG on Thursday.
The Aussie skipper was the key figure in one of the most controversial moments of the summer when he was distracted by Channel 9's Spidercam before dropping a catch.
A furious Smith pointed towards the wire which controls the camera in the sky after putting down Lokesh Rahul when he was on 46.
It was the most interesting moment of two incredibly dull sessions to open the day.
India's cautious approach coupled with Australia's tight bowling saw scoring at a minimum and wickets almost impossible to find.
Smith didn't help with his clumsy hands, also putting down Virat Kohli at second slip late in the second session.
That meant two Indian batsmen who scored centuries slipped through Smith's fingers as the visitors finished the day at 5/342.
After a slow start, Kohli displayed the style which has him rivalling Smith for player of the series.
He finished the day on 140 not out — taking his series total to 639 runs.
That's the eighth highest ever by a visiting batsmen in Australia and a record for an Indian.
Australia will still have some hope of winning the Test after two wickets in two balls from Shane Watson late in the day moved them to the cusp of the Indian tail.
Mitchell Starc was the other Aussie bowler to enjoy some success, finishing with figures of 2/77.
Continue reading for more information about the Spidercam incident, including a joint statement released by Cricket Australian and Channel 9 regarding what happened, and rejoin us when play starts tomorrow at 10.30am.
4.40pm — WATSON TAKES TWO IN TWO BALLS
Shane Watson has just bowled a game-changing over. Source: Getty Images
SHANE Watson sent Ajinya Rahane and Suresh Raina back to the pavilion in consecutive balls to breathe life into the Sydney Test.
Rahane was trapped LBW (unfairly) attempting to pull a ball that stayed down and was gone for 13. Replays showed the ball would have travelled over the top of the stumps.
The very next ball Raina was drawn forward and sent an edge to Brad Haddin, who plucked a great catch low to his left.
Watson's hat-trick ball was on the money but well defended by Wriddhiman Saha. India is 5/292 and suddenly looking vulnerable.
4.20pm — KOHLI NOTCHES FOURTH TON OF SERIES
This guy is good, seriously. Source: Getty Images
VIRAT Kohli continues to have his way with the Australian bowling attack, scoring his fourth century of the series.
Kohli has now scored 600 runs in seven innings against the Aussies this summer, to move within 19 runs of Rahul Dravid's record for the most by an Indian in a series in Australia.
After scoring twin tons in Adelaide as acting-captain he's now passed triple figures in all three innings as skipper.
He is 101 not out in India's score of 3/282. His knock included 17 fours.
Kohli is only the 10th visiting batsmen to score 600 runs in a series in Australia:
905 — Wally Hammond (England, 1928-29)
766 — Alastair Cook (England, 2010-11)
734 — Herbert Sutcliffe (England, 1924-25)
732 — Aubrey Faulkner (South Africa, 1910-11)
662 — Jack Hobbs (England, 1911-12)
657 — Geoff Boycott (England, 1970-71)
648 — John Edrich (England, 1970-71)
633 — Michael Vaughan (England, 2002-03)
619 — Rahul Dravid (India, 2003-04)
600* — Virat Kohli (India, 2014-15)
3.40pm — STARC HOOKS RAHUL
Keep bending your back, Mitch. Source: News Corp Australia
MITCHELL Starc has broken the 141-run stand between Lokesh Rahul and Virat Kohli.
The Aussie paceman sent a wide bouncer down at Rahul, who attempted to hook but sent the ball straight up into the air.
Starc ran down the pitch and managed to avoid Rahul and hang on to the catch to leave India 3/238.
Rahul made 110, adding a further 64 runs after being dropped by Steve Smith in the Spidercam incident.
Ajinkya Rahane, who put on a huge partnership with Kohli in Melbourne, is next man in.
3.10pm — NEW BALL ADDS DRAMA BUT NO WICKETS
Mitchell Starc bowled well with the second new ball before tea. Source: News Corp Australia
INDIA successfully negotiated the second session without losing a wicket despite a couple of half chances for Australia.
The introduction of the second new ball and opening bowlers Mitchell Starc and Ryan Harris brought the session to life but the home side failed to make the most of its opportunities.
Starc nearly bowled Virat Kohli with the first ball of the 81st over before seeing Steve Smith drop the Indian captain at second slip two overs later.
It was a sharp chance above the Aussie skipper's head but certainly catchable and added to the pain of an earlier drop he endured involving Spidercam.
Lokesh Rahul reached his maiden Test in the final over before the tea break and is 106 not out.
Kohli is 67 not out and closing on Rahul Dravid's record for most runs in a series by an Indian.
2.30pm — SPIDERCAM STATEMENT RELEASED
Spidercam, doing whatever a Spidercam does. Source: AP
CRICKET Australia and Channel 9 have issued a joint statement about the Spidercam incident which has dominated day three.
"We have spoken about the matter involving Spidercam and the dropped catch before lunch and it's clear the ball did not hit the camera or its supporting wires," the joint statement read.
"Captain Steve Smith was distracted by one of the wires in his eye line. Both CA and Nine will continue to work together on the use of Spidercam in the broadcast coverage and will take on board any player feedback as necessary.
"As it stands, if any player has a concern about the placement of Spidercam they can ask the umpires for it to be moved.
"Spidercam technology has been used in Nine's international cricket coverage for many years and is used in other major sporting events such as the SuperBowl, NRL and AFL Grand Finals."
You can read more about the incident further down in the blog.
India has started to pick up its scoring rate in the second session and is now 2/183.
Lokesh Rahul is 82 not out and Virat Kohli 45 not out.
1.45pm — RAHUL RUBBING IT IN
Lokesh Rahul has been in the thick of the action on day three. Source: Getty Images
SPIDERCAM survivor Lokesh Rahul continues to frustrate the Aussies in the second session of day three.
The Indian second-gamer has moved to 64 not out as he looks to notch his first Test century.
Virat Kohli has been watchful at the other end, scoring 24 runs from 66 deliveries.
Not one of the Australian bowlers is going at more than three runs an over as the home side maintains its ploy of attempting to take pressure wickets. The score is 2/140.
1pm — DID SPIDERCAM COST AUSTRALIA?
Steve Smith finally put a foot wrong this series dropping a sitter on day three of the fourth Test with India, but the Aussie skipper wasn't having a bar of it blaming the Spider cam
THERE was a controversial finish to the opening session of day three when Steve Smith appeared to blame Spidercam for a dropped catch.
Smith was well positioned under the ball after Lokesh Rahul sent a shot skyward, but appeared to misjudge the flight as it came down and grassed the chance.
The Aussie skipper pointed to the sky afterward, perhaps indicating the ball had hit Channel 9's roving camera, or the wires which control it.
The missed opportunity allowed Rahul to reach his half century before lunch. India is 2/122.
12.30pm — INDIA'S STRUGGLES ON THE ROAD PUT IN PERSPECTIVE
Improving India's away record will be Virat Kohli's biggest challenge as captain. Source: News Corp Australia
WHILE our attention has been on this series the West Indies have completed a two Test trip to South Africa.
Unsurprisingly, the Windies failed to win a game.
It continues an unbelievably barren stretch away from home for the former kings of Test cricket, which was highlighted by this tweet:
That's one win from 65 games on the road if you exclude cricket minnows Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Wow.
It's something this Indian side can hang on to considering they've won just four of 29 Test matches away from home since mid-2010.
Not that road wins have been common in Test cricket this decade.
South Africa (10W, 9D, 2L) is the only team in the world to have won more games than they've lost since the start of 2010. Australia's record is nine wins, five draws and 14 defeats.
India looks unlikely to add to its tally in this match as runs continue to be hard to come by at the SCG.
Lokesh Rahul has just notched his half century from 161 balls after surviving a dropped catch from Steve Smith.
Virat Kohli is 16 not out from 33 balls. The score is 2/122 at lunch. India added 1/51 in 30 overs in the opening session.
11.50am — LYON OPENS HIS ACCOUNT
Nathan Lyon took a wicket in his second over of the day. Source: News Corp Australia
THE pressure Australia built during a tedious morning has paid off with the wicket of Rohit Sharma.
The Indian No. 3 attempted to sweep a Nathan Lyon delivery but under-edged it onto his stumps.
The wicket leaves India 2/97 and brings star batsman Virat Kohli to the crease.
11.30am — SLOOOOOOOOW START IN SYDNEY
Lokesh Rahul has been showing off his forward defence. Source: AFP
YAWN. That pretty much sums up the first hour of today's play at the SCG.
India has scored a paltry 19 runs from 15 overs as Australia attempts to build pressure with tight lines.
There have been seven maidens already.
Lokesh Rahul went a marathon 31 deliveries without scoring a run at one point and has crawled to 41 not out. Rohit Sharma (47 not out) hasn't been much better.
It's been that bad we're even going to excuse some of the inane commentary that's come from the Channel 9 team this morning.
There's so little to talk about they've already run highlights of two Australian Prime Ministers (Bob Hawke drinking beer and John Howard bowling poorly).
10.50am — HADDIN JOINS THE FIFTY SIXES CLUB
Brad Haddin is only the third wicketkeeper to hit 50 sixes. Source: News Corp Australia
ONE statistic we overlooked yesterday that's worth mentioning was Brad Haddin joining the fifty sixes club.
The Aussie wicketkeeper's audacious long-ball down the ground off his first delivery saw him become just the fourth Aussie to reach the milestone.
Adam Gilchrist is the world record holder with 100 sixes, all though New Zealand's Brendon McCullum (92) is closing fast.
Matthew Hayden (82), Ricky Ponting (73) and now Haddin are the other Australians among the 32 players to achieve the feat.
The full list, which can be viewed here, is filled with famous heavy hitters like Chris Gayle, Viv Richards and Andrew Flintoff. That's pretty good company.
It's been a slow start to today's play in Sydney. India has added just 12 runs to its overnight score of 1/71 from the first seven overs.
Australian wicket keeper Alyssa Healy predicts day three of Australia's fourth Test with India will be a tough one for the Aussies
10.15am — STARC THE LONG-TERM ANSWER TO JOHNSON
Mitchell Starc is surrounded by teammates after removing Murali Vijay last night. Source: AP
HE'S had his body language questioned by Shane Warne, been dropped from the team mid-series and pigeon-holed by some as a limited overs player, but in one Aussie cricketer's opinion Mitchell Starc is the next Mitchell Johnson.
Trent Copeland believes his Sydney Sixers teammate's ability to bowl consistently at 150km/h makes Starc Australia's enforcer-in-waiting.
"I've never had a doubt Starcy is going to be the guy that steps in when Mitchell Johnson retires ... Starcy is that man and yesterday we saw that," Copeland said.
"He was aggressive, he was at the Indian batsmen, he was bowling bouncers and hitting guys on the gloves."
You can hear more of what Copeland had to say in the video above.
He also discusses Starc's controversial send-off of Indian opener Murali Vijay and whether he thinks Shane Warne's criticism has fired him up.
Starc, who will hope to play a leading role as Australia targets the Indian batting order at the SCG today, also earnt praise from his captain last night.
"I thought Mitchell Starc really ramped it up and with a little more luck we could have had one or two more wickets," Steve Smith said.
The visitors resume at 1/71 in pursuit of Australia's first innings score of 7/572d.
Rohit Sharma (40) and Lokesh Rahul (31) are the not out batsmen.
Steve Smith stated it was a 'special moment' scoring another century but insists he remains focused on building a team performance.
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