Australia win 5th Test by 6 wickets, claim series 3-1

Australia beat India by six wickets to win the 5th Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. 

They win the series 3-1 to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. 

They will face South Africa in the WTC final to be played at Lord's in July.

Needing 162 for victory, Australia lost an early wicket when Krishna took out Konstas cheaply.

Labuschagne and Smith were dismissed in quick succession before Khawaja  and Head steadied the ship.

Siraj then had his 100th Test wicket when he took out Khawaja for 41.

Webster and Head then batted well to take the team home.

India sorely missed the services of the injured Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah finished the series as the highest wicket taker with 32 scalps.

Earlier, the tourists resumed on 141-6, looking to bolster their lead of 145, but were soon on the backfoot as Australia captain Pat Cummins (3-44) had Ravindra Jadeja caught behind for 13 and took out Washington Sundar's middle stump for 12.

That brought Bumrah to the crease but he did not stay long as Scott Boland first removed Mohammed Siraj and then shattered the wickets of the India skipper in the space of three balls.

Boland, playing for the second straight Test as an injury replacement for Josh Hazlewood, finished with figures of 6-45 for a 10-wicket match haul. 

Offie Sundar in the attack now and he comes around the wicket to Head who starts with an easy single to cover.

Webster then takes a single to long on.

Head then cuts the ball to the deep for a single.

Webster then punches the ball through backward point for a four!

A dot later, Webster comes down the track and smashes the ball through long off for a four to bring up the winning runs and Australia win by 6 wickets.

Australia need 11 runs to win now as

Reddy is back in the attack, short and wide and Webster rocks back and slices it past backward point for a four!

Webster then plays five dots as 4 come off it.  

Time for drinks!

Australia need just 15 runs more to win the Test and the series.

Siraj, who has been pretty accurate has only got one wicket, while Krishna has been wayward. He has however done well to take three wickets. 

Head and Webster will look to take the Aussies home safely here on end.

Krishna continues and after a dot, Webster takes 3 runs in the over before Head plays out three dots. 3 come off the over.

Siraj is back in the attack and Head gets a bat-pad to the leg side for a dot.

Full and straight on the pads and Head whips it past square leg for a four.

A dot later, Head turns it around the corner for quick single.

Short and that is pulled hard through mid-wicket for a four.

Short, gets on top of it and he gets only a single off the pull short as 10 come off it. 

Krishna is back in the attack and Head flicks the ball over square leg for a single.

Webster then gets to the pitch of the ball and creams it through covers for a four!

Webster then guides it down to third man for a single.

Head then plays a dot before he hits the ball to the leg side for a single.

Webster then gets an outside edge and Rahul seems to have put it down at slips and the ball rolls to third man as Kohli makes the chase to keep it down to two. 9 come off the over.

Nitish Reddy is in the attack for the first time this innings and after a dot, Webster hits it  straight down, the bowler gets a hand to it before hitting the stumps but Head is in the crease.

Webster then slices the short ball past backward point for a single.

Full and wide next, Head goes on his knees and slaps it past cover point for a four!

Short and wide and Head plays the ball to sweeper cover for a single.

A dot to end the over as 6 come off it.

Siraj continues and Head starts the over with a single.

A dot later, Webster gets on the top of the bounce and times it sweetly through covers for a four!

Siraj then hits Webster on the back leg and Siraj is confident as the full ball jags back to hit the batter. India take the review and lose it as the ball tracking shows it was hitting outside off.

Webster then takes a single to point.

Head then clips the ball off his backfoot past mid-on for a couple as 8 come off it.

Krishna continues and he gets a single off a leg bye.

A dot later, Webster rocks back and plays it past backward point for 3.

A dot later, Webster takes a single before Head takes a couple to end the over as 7 come off it.

Beau Webster is the new man in and he starts with two dots as India have a lot of fielders close in.

Webster then gets the inside edge but misses the stumps.

Webster then plays the next ball down towards gully as he plays with an open face.

A solid defence to end the over and that is a wicket maiden.

Siraj continues and he bowls short of length, Khawaja goes for the pull, gets an under edge and is caught behind out for 41 off 45 balls.

 

Krishna continues and he is bowling short and on the leg stumps to both batters who are milking the deliveries as they start the over with three singles.

Overpitched next and Khawaja latches on it and creams it past cover for a four.

Khawaja then gets a single to mid-wicket.

Head then creams the half volley through mid-off for a four as 12 come off it. 

Siraj continues and Head starts the over with single to square leg off the inside edge.

A dot later, Khawaja takes a single to backward square leg. A dot later, Head punches the ball past cover point for a single.

Short ball and Khawaja cuts the ball through cover point for a four! What a shot! 7 runs come off the over.

Krishna continues and Khawaja starts the over with a sweetly timed cover drive for a four.

A dot later, Khawaja plays the ball down to slips for another dot.

Krishna continues around the wicket and the ball rears up and Khawaja is hit in thigh guard. 

Angling in and Khawaja then leaves it alone.

Khawaja is then tempted to have a poke at the next one as it goes past his outside edge. 4 comes off the over.

Siraj continues after lunch and after a dot, Head plays the ball to point for a single.

Khawaja then lets the next one go to the keeper as Siraj gets one to bowl in that channel.

Khawaja then gets an outside edge that flies past gully for a four. Siraj does well to keep it at it. 

Khawaja then drives the ball straight down the ground for a single.

Head is then cut in two as there is extra bounce and he is beaten on the outside edge. 5 runs come off the over.

Krishna to start proceedings after lunch as Khawaja and Head come out to bat.

And after a dot, Khawaja takes a single off the second ball of the over.

Head then flicks the ball past short leg for a single.

Khawaja then plays the ball to the leg side and takes a single.

Head then turns the ball to square leg and takes another single as 4 come off the over. 

Australia are 71 for 3 at lunch on Day 3 of the 5th Test at the SCG on Sunday.

The hosts still need 91 to win.

Prasidh Krishna has been the pick of the bowlers for India with 3 for 37.

Earlier in the morning, India were dismissed for 157 with only 16 added to their overnight score after Pat Cummins and Scott Boland took the remaining four wickets, the latter finishing with 6 for 45 in the 2nd innings. 

Coming out to chase 162 for victory, Krishna got rid of Konstas, Labuschagne and Smith to have Australia in a spot. Australia's hopes now rest on Travis Head and Usman Khawaja if they are to win this Test and the series.  

Siraj continues and after a dot, Khawaja plays the ball down and takes a single. Head is then hit on the leg, a stifled appeal for LBW.

Head then whips the ball to mid-wicket for a dot.

Head then takes his hand off the bat as he defends.

A bouncer next and Head safely ducks under it.  And that is lunch on Day 3 of the 5th Test. 

Krishna continues and Khawaja is happy to play out three balls watchfully.

Khawaja then takes a single off a leg bye. A dot later, Head ends the over with a four past mid-off. 5 runs come off the over.

Head is the new man in as Siraj continues.

Khawaja lets the first one go before he gets a couple towards mid-wicket.

He then takes a single to deep square leg. 

Head plays a dot before getting off the mark with a single as he tucks the ball down to the leg side.

Khawaja then gets a thick outside edge that flies past gully, Jadeja dives and he does well to keep it down to three even though replays suggest there was contact with the ropes. 

Krishna continues and after a dot, Khawaja gets a single past mid-on.

Smith is then hit on the pads, big shout for LBW, no says the umpire. Kohli and India take the review but ball tracking shows the ball is missing the stumps.

A dot later, Smith edges the ball past gully for a couple.

Smith is denied 10000th Test run as Krishna bowls a full one, the ball rears up and Smith is taken by surprise as the edge flies straight to Jaiswal at gully. Smith out for 4. Krishna gets his third wicket.  3 runs and a wicket come off it.

Krishna continues and Khawaja starts the over with a single to the leg side.

Labuschagne then lets the next two go to the keeper.

Big shout next for caught behind as Labuschagne misses the glance. India appeal but decide against the review.

Again same line and same shot attempted.

Labuschagne is out for 6 next ball as he tries to cut the short ball past gully only to edge it to Jaiswal at gully and Australia lose the 2nd wicket. 

Siraj continues and he angles one away and Khawaja plays a square drive for a couple.

Khawaja then plays the next one to the leg side for a single to bring up Australia's 50.

Siraj then oversteps to bowl a no ball.

Labuschagne then lets the next three go before he defends the last ball of the over as 4 come off the over.

Krishna continues and Labuschagne gets a couple through covers for a couple off the half-volley.

Next one, Krishna strays on the pads and that is easy pickings as Labuschagne whips it off his pads for a four.

Short ball next and Labuschagne lets it go.

A dot later, Labuschagne gets hit on the elbow as the ball rears up as he tries to leave the ball.

A block by Labuschagne to end the over. 6 come off it.

Siraj continues and after a dot, Khawaja takes a single to wide of backward point.

Two dots later, Labuschagne looks to defend but the bouncer flies over Pant and the batter gets a single.

Khawaja is beaten next ball as 2 come off it.

Labuschagne is the new man in and he plays a dot as 4 runs and a wicket come off the over.

 

Krishna continues and after a dot, Konstas takes a couple to deep square leg.

A dot later, he takes another couple to deep backward square leg.

Konstas then decides to go after the bowler, he miscues and Sundar takes an easy catch at mid-off. Konstas out for 22 and Australia lose an early wicket. 

Siraj continues and Konstas starts the over with a dot.

Siraj bowls on the pads and Konstas clips it down to fine leg for a four!

Leg side ball again and Konstas flicks it again, this time to backward square leg for another four.

A dot later, he takes a single past mid off. A dot to end the over as 9 come off it.

Krishna opens at the other end and Khawaja and Konstas start with two singles.

A dot later, Khawaja drops the ball wide of the fielder at gully and scampers for a single.

Krishna then bowls one wide down the leg side and Australia take 3 runs as Reddy pulls the ball from the boundary and that is 4 to the tally.

Krishna is giving away freebies here as he gives away 4 byes.

Konstas then pulls the ball to deep mid-wicket for three. 13 come off the 2nd over.

Australian openers Konstas and Khawaja come out to chase 162 while Siraj opens the attack for India. No Bumrah yet.

And Siraj starts with a peach, with the length ball pitching on the off stump and swinging away, Konstas lets it go.

A dot later, Siraj bowls one wide down the leg side and Australia's account has opened with five wides.

Konstas now gets off the mark as he edges the ball to third man for a single.

Khawaja is hit high on the bat as he goes for the pull, the ball falls in no man's land in the deep and he gets a couple to get off the mark.

A single later, Konstas dances down and slaps a four over mid-off as 13 come off  the opening over.

 

Australia have dismissed India for 157 in their 2nd essay on Day 3 of the 5th and final Test at the SCG on Sunday.

India lead by 161 and Australia now need 162 for victory.

Pat Cummins got the first two wickets of Jadeja and Sundar early before Boland wrapped things off with the wickets of Siraj and Bumrah to finish with a haul of 6 for 45. 

Krishna is the new man in and he gets a single.

Bumrah then swings and misses and he is out for a duck and Boland finishes with a six-wicket haul (6 for 45). 

India all out for 157 to take a 161-run lead. Australia need 162 to win.

Boland continues and after two dots, Siraj is caught at slips. Length ball, outside the off side. Siraj pokes at it and Khawaja takes a good low catch to have India 9 down as Siraj walks back for 4. 

Boland gets his 5th, his maiden fifer in Tests. 

India's lead up to 160  but Boland and Cummins are testing the batters here.

Bumrah is out to bat and he sees off the over with two dots.

A wicket and 1 run comes off it.

Cummins continues and  Siraj is squared up, he gets the edge but falls short of third slip.

Two dots later, Cummins hits timber and Sundar finds his stumps in disarray as he gets out for 12. India lose 8th wicket.  

Cummins keeps it full and attacks the stumps as the ball goes between pad and bat. 

Boland continues around the wicket to Sundar and as the batter comes down the track, the bowlers bowls it back of length and Sundar is squared up and is beaten on the outside edge.

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He blocks next ball.

Boland is testing Sundar as he keeps it full and around that middle and off stump line as the batter plays and misses.

Two dots to end the over and that is another maiden from Boland.

Cummins continues and Sundar lets the next one go to the keeper.

Sundar then gets the edge and it flies past gully to third man for a four.

Sundar then lets the next one go to the keeper and that one was angled in.

A dot later, Sundar attempts to cut as the ball keeps low but it doesn't carry to the keeper. 

Sundar then taps it down and takes a quick single. 5 come off the over. 

Boland continues and he bowls one that beats Siraj's inside edge.

Siraj then punches the next one past backward point for a couple.

Siraj then edges the next ball but if falls short of Webster at slips.

Two dots to end the over as two come off it.

India's lead up to 152. 

Siraj is the new man in and he gets one on the pads that revs up, he tries to fend it to square leg for a single.

A dot to end the over as 5 runs and a wicket come off it.

Cummins continues and after a dot, he bowls it short and wide and Jadeja goes on the backfoot and cuts it past vacant backward point for a four, the first boundary of the morning.

Cummins then bowls one in the channel to have Jadeja play and miss.

Cummins bowls full and closer to the off stump and Jadeja edges it to the keeper and he is out for 13. 

Boland opens at the other end and he starts with a ball outside off stump and Sundar plays it down towards slips for a dot.

Sundar then blocks the next one before letting the next one go.

Boland then appeals for LBW as Sundar is hit on the pads but they don't take the review as it appeared to be going down leg.

Two dots to end the over as Boland keeps it tight again as he starts off his day with a maiden.

Cummins opens the attack on Day 3 with Jadeja on strike and he starts off proceedings with a single as he taps the ball down and takes a quick single.

Sundar then lets the next one go to the keeper. 

And again as Cummins gets some good carry. 

Sundar then tucks the next ball towards square leg but the ball falls short of the Konstas.

Sundar plays the ball in the same area but just wide of square leg for a single.

Stifled shout for LBW as the ball hits Jadeja on the pads and that is a dot as 2 comes off the opening over.

Welcome to live updates from Day 3 of the 5th and final Test at the SCG on Sunday. 

India lead by 145 runs and will look to extend their lead with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar at the crease. 

Australian bowlers have a task on hand with 4 wickets still needed. What will be interesting to see is Jasprit Bumrah coming on to bat and then is he fit enough to bowl later? 

On Day 2, India reached on 141 for 6 at stumps on Day 2 of the 5th and final Test in Sydney.

An intriguing day awaits.