Prabhakar throws his hat in the ring

New Delhi: Former India seamer Manoj Prabhakar has applied for the women’s national team coach’s job, and if shortlisted, may be interviewed by a panel headed by none other than former teammate Kapil Dev. Right from their playing days till the match- fixing controversy reared its ugly head in 2000, the Kapil- Prabhakar acrimony is well known in Indian cricket circles. The BCCI has advertised for the chief coach’s post and Prabhakar has applied along with South African Herschelle Gibbs. “Yes, I have applied for the chief coach’s post. It would be an honour to serve the country’s national cricket team in any capacity,” Prabhakar confirmed his candidature on Sunday. While Prabhakar’s knowledge about the game is unquestionable, what remains to be seen is if the coach’s selection panel will shortlist him for the interview.

At the moment Starc just doesn’t seem to have that rhythm. — Glenn McGrath, Former Australian pacer on Mitchell Starc

India ( 1st innings) 250. Australia ( 1st innings) 235.

India ( 2nd innings): K. L. Rahul c Paine b Hazlewood 44, Murali Vijay c Handscomb b Starc 18, Cheteshwar Pujara c Finch b Lyon 71, Virat Kohli c Finch b Lyon 34, Ajinkya Rahane c Starc b Lyon 70, Rohit Sharma c Handscomb b Lyon 1, Rishabh Pant c Finch b Lyon 28, Ravichandran Ashwin c Harris b Starc 5, Ishant Sharma c Finch b Starc 0, Mohammed Shami c Harris b Lyon 0, Jasprit Bumrah ( not out) 0. Extras ( b21, lb13, w2) 36. Total ( in 106.5 Overs) 307.

FoW: 1- 63, 2- 76, 3- 147, 4- Adelaide, Dec. 9: Australia have drawn inspiration from a miraculous draw against Pakistan two months ago and will be going for a win on day five of the first Test against India here on Monday.

“I think the pitch has quickened up a little bit and is doing a lot less for the seamers. It’s definitely spinning and they’ve got a world- class spinner. So it’s going to be a great challenge for our batters out there with two lefthanders, with R Ashwin spinning away,” said Nathan Lyon, who took 234, 5- 248,7- 303,

9- 303.

Bowling: Starc 21.5- 7- 403, Hazlewood 23- 13- 43- 1, Cummins 18- 4- 55- 0, Lyon 42- 7- 122- 6, Head 2- 0- 130.

Australia ( 2nd innings): A. Finch c Pant b Ashwin 11, Marcus Harris c Pant b Shami 26, Usman Khawaja c Rohit b Ashwin 8, Shaun Marsh ( batting) 31, Peter Handscomb c Pujara b Shami 14, Travis Head ( batting) 11. Extras ( Lb2, Nb1) 3. Total ( for four wickets in 49 overs) 104.

FoW: 1- 28, 2- 44, 3- 60, 448.

Bowling: Ishant 8- 2- 19- 0, Bumrah 11- 5- 17- 0, Ashwin 19- 4- 44- 2, Shami 9- 3- 152, Vijay 2- 0- 7- 0. 8- 303, 6- 122 in the Indian innings.

Usman Khawaja had scored a match- saving 141 against Pakistan on day five of the Test played in October. “We just spoke about Dubai. We still believe we can win this, and that’s the best thing. We still believe we’re in this game, it’s just about coming out tomorrow, winning the first ball, first over, first hour, just breaking it down, very simple. We need not complicate things, enjoy ourselves and compete hard,” said Lyon. second