Test Match Daily Update - India's run feast, Josh Hazlewood skittles the Black Caps and Kuldeep's Fab Five

The Top Order Cricket Podcast

In this episode of the show, Binksy, Baldy and Stu look back at the first two days of the final India v England Test, and day one of the Black Caps v Australia at Hagley Oval.

Ravichandran Ashwin took 4 wickets in the first innings of his hundredth Test, but it was Kuldeep Yadav who stole the show with 5 delightful dismissals as he ripped out England's top order.

When it was India's turn to bat, centuries for Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, plus fifties for Sarfaraz Khan, Yashasvi Jaiswal and debutant Devdutt Padikkal have put India right on top at the end of day two.

At Hagley Oval, the Black Caps won the first hour, but then Josh Hazlewood's relentless pressure took its toll and New Zealand crumbled to 162 all out. Matt Henry showed his class again, and Ben Sears bamboozled Steve Smith, but a return to form for Marnus Labuschagne edged Australia towards parity with six first innings remaining at stumps.

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0:00 Intro

0:35 Day 1 at Hagley Oval - Black Caps skittled again

1:45 First hour of the day - Tom Latham looking fluid

3:55 Quality seam bowling, led by Josh Hazlewood

5:35 Australia's relentless pressure with the ball

7:50 Is Marnus Labuschagne back?

9:05 Ben Sears debut, a good selection?

11:20 Baldy's high standards

13:00 Hopes for day 2

15:55 India v England

16:55 Which of these English spinners will stick?

20:05 How many of the young Indian batters will be there once Kohli and Rahul return?

23:00 Kuldeep Yadav's fab five

26:40 Hopes for day 3

29:05 Natural variation

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