Australia extended their lead to 374 runs by the lunch break on day four of their World Test Championship final against India at the Oval in England yesterday.
The last seven overs brought 35 runs with Alex Carey still unbeaten on 41 at the break.
With this score by Australia India were staring at a big target with one more day to go and India will be left with a daunting task to reach the victory target with the Aussie bowlers expected to do well on the final day.
Scores:
Australia:
469 (Steve Smith 121, Travis Head 163, Alex Carey 48, M. Shami 2/122, M. Siraj 4/108 S. Thakur 2.83) and 201/6 at lunch (Marnus Labuschagne 41, Alex Carey 41, U. Yadav 2/32, R. Jadeja 3/45)
India:
296 (Ajinkya Rahane 89, Ravindra Jadeja 48, Shardul Thakur 51, M. Starc 2/71, P. Cummins 3/83, S. Boland 2/59, C. Green 2/44)