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Mumbai, Feb 18 (CRICKETNMORE): Half-centuries by Mitchell Marsh and Matthew Wade coupled with an excellent bowling performance enabled Australians to take the upper hand on the penultimate day of their three-day tie against India A here on Saturday. DeVilliers eyeing Sourav Ganguly's record in upcoming ODI Series<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Resuming their first innings at the overnight 327\/5, the visitors rode on strong batting displays by Marsh and Wade before declaring at 469\/7.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Australian pacer Jackson Bird and off-spinner Nathan Lyon then picked up a couple of wickets each as India A posted 176\/4 in their first innings by the end of the day's play.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The in-form Shreyas Iyer was batting on 85 with Rishabh Pant on three at the other end as India A trailed by 293 runs at the close.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The morning session was dominated by the Australians as Marsh and Wade managed to find the boundary ropes at regular intervals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Wade notched up 64 runs, hitting nine boundaries during his 89-ball stay in the middle before being dismissed by off-spinner Akhil Herwadkar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Marsh was in an equally belligerent mood at the other end, scoring 75 runs off 159 balls with 11 hits to the fence and six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pacer Navdeep Saini was the most successful among the India A bowlers with figures of 2\/42. Hardik Pandya, Shahbaz Nadeem and Herwadkar bagged a wicket each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In reply, India A were off to a rocky start in their first innings. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Herwadkar was the first to depart following a successful caught and bowled attempt by Lyon. The Australian off-spinner dismissed the other India A opener Priyank Panchal as well before Ankit Bawne was trapped leg before by Bird.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Iyer and Pandya then tried to bring the innings back on track with a 52-run stand before the latter was caught behind off Bird's bowling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief scores:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Australians (First Innings): 469\/7 declared (Steven Smith 107 retired out, Shaun Marsh 104 retired out, Mitchell Marsh 75, Matthew Wade 64; Navdeep Saini 2\/42) vs India A (First Innings): 176\/4 (Shreyas Iyer 85 batting; Jackson 2\/15, Nathan Lyon 2\/72).<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/steven-smith25.jpg", "alt_img": "Steven Smith Image", "alt_title": "Steven Smith", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Australians gain upper hand against India A", "seo_desc": "Australians gain upper hand against India AMumbai, Feb 18 (CRICKETNMORE): Half-centuries by Mitchell Marsh and Matthew Wade coupled with an excellent bowling pe", "seo_keywords": "Steven Smith, Mitchell Marsh", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "australians-gain-upper-hand-against-india-a", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2039", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2017-02-18 18:43:00", "updated": "2017-02-18 18:43:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2017-02-18 18:43:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2017-02-18 18:43:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/australians-gain-upper-hand-against-india-a-24007" }