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    "title": "Third Test: Australia five down in chase of 399\u00a0",
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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, Dec 29 (CRICKETNMORE): \u00a0Australia suffered three more casualties, reaching 138\/5 in their pursuit of 399 at tea on Day 4 of the third Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MC",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, Dec 29 (CRICKETNMORE): <\/strong>&nbsp;Australia suffered three more casualties, reaching 138\/5 in their pursuit of 399 at tea on Day 4 of the third Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>At the break, Travis Head (29 batting) and skipper Tim Paine (1 batting) went back undefeated with the hosts still needing 261 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Resuming the second session at 44\/2, the Aussie duo of Usman Khawaja (33) and Shaun Marsh (44) dragged the third-wicket stand to 30 runs before pacer Mohammed Shami struck by trapping Khawaja in front of the wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Fellow pacer Jasprit Bumrah sprang into action once again and this time he managed to end the stiff resistance from Shaun, who looked positive during the 51-run fourth-wicket stand with Head.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>With already four wickets down for 114, and the off-colour Mitchell Marsh (10) joining Head in the middle, India could sense another wicket coming their way, prompting skipper Virat Kohli to bring back the left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mitchell welcomed Jadeja by depositing him over deep mid-wicket for a massive six and attempted another glory shot on the first ball of the left-armer&#39;s next over only to find Kohli&#39;s safe hands at cover.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>From there on, stumper Paine was welcomed by his opposite number Rishabh Pant with some friendly banters but the Australian captain kept his focus and survived the initial jitters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, Bumrah and Jadeja struck once each to see off the Aussie openers -- Aaron Finch (3) and Marcus Harris (13), respectively to reduce the hosts to 44\/2 by lunch after India had declared their second innings at 106\/8 after an hour of batting in the first session.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brief Scores: India 443\/7(d) &amp; 106\/8(d) (Mayank Agarwal 42, Rishabh Pant 33; Pat Cummins 6\/27) vs Australia 151 &amp; 138\/5 (Shaun Marsh 44, Usman Khawaja 33, Travis Head 29 batting; Jasprit Bumrah 2\/22, Ravindra Jadeja 2\/63) at tea on Day 4.<\/p>\r\n",
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