🏏Australia vs India, 3rd Test: Brisbane, 14 - 18 Dec 2024, Day 5 🏏 - Page 6

10.50am Full covers are still on. The lights are on. But it is getting lighter and the rain is easing.

10.45am Rain delay The rain got heavier and the umpires have called the ground staff on. The covers come on. This should only be a short delay. There are scattered showers around on the radar.

Gnasher: "It's almost stopped raining. Rohit has stayed on the outfield having a chat with India bowling coach Morne Morkel."

Krishnan: "It is the sixth over and McSweeny has not faced a ball from Burmah. Seems to be a plan that is working." Happy circumstance for Australia more than a plan, Krishnan.

Looks like the drizzle has all but stopped, it's still overcast but not that dark. The groundstaff are all teetering around at the edge of the covers. Steve Smith can be seen in the dressing room with a pen in hand, solving a sudoku or a crossword maybe? The on-field umpires are striding out there to presumably conduct an inspection of some sort. They have umbrellas in hand though, we'll have to see what this conversation with the fourth umpire and the subsequent inspection yields. Just the slightest of drizzles at the moment.

Basant: A break here might be good for India than Australia as it would break the little momentum they picked up in this half an hour.

The covers are coming off. There are some dark clouds over to one side of the ground but the drizzle seems to have stopped. We should get back underway in less than 10 minutes. Yep, 10 minutes is what the umpires signalled to the captains. Restart at 11:15am local (6:45am IST).

The umpires walk out to speak to the fourth umpire. They now speak to Rohit Sharma. Restart at 11.15am. Outfield having a rope. Stumpings going back in.

Basant: A break here might be good for India than Australia as it would break the little momentum they picked up in this half an hour.

11.13am The players head back to the middle.

11.08am Akash Deep is having a bowl on the outfield off one step. Siraj doing the same.

AJ: "What's the crowd like today so far Alex?" Healthy. Hard to tell at the Gabba because of the multicoloured seats. We'll get a number later in the day.

Over 6

Runs Scored: 5

0 0 1 0 4 0

Score after 6 overs

AUS 23-0

Usman Khawaja17(25)Nathan McSweeney2(11)

Mohammed Siraj

3-1-13-0

Vedant Upganlawar: India may have missed a trick by choosing to bowl. In the first 33 balls, there’s minimal swing, and the pitch looks flat. Only 1/33 balls was hitting the stumps. That said, it’s still early, and this could be a good chance for Indian bowlers to regroup and find their rhythm.

AUS (8 ov) 24/0

IND

Day 1 - Session 1: India chose to field.

CRR: 3.00

• Min. Ov. Rem: 81

Over 8

Runs Scored: 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

Score after 8 overs

AUS 24-0

Nathan McSweeney2(18)Usman Khawaja17(30)

Akash Deep

1-1-0-0