07:16

Rain rain, stay away. We’re not supposed to get any in Sydney for this game tonight, after the first match in Brisbane was reduced and the second in Melbourne was abandoned. But for the big harbour town in New South Wales, the forecast reads “Large and powerful surf conditions in the afternoon and evening are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as rock fishing, swimming and surfing.” Watch out you rock fishers. Unless you’re the disciple Peter, in which case you are both a rock and a fisher.

The abandonment means that the home side leads the series 1-0. India can square it with a win, Australia desperately want to seal it and create some good news before the Test season starts.



Mitch Starc has come into the squad for Billy Stanlake, not sure if that means he’s straight into the XI or not. The main question for India is whether spinner Yuzvendra Chahal comes into the XI for the first time this series.

