Australia enter day three of the Boxing Day Test leading by 310 runs, with India on the ropes following a chaotic run-out that triggered a collapse at the MCG.

India reached 244 for seven by lunch on the third day of the fourth Test against Australia, having lost Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja early in the day. Resuming on 164 for five, India reduced their deficit to 230 runs,

Steve Smith continues his revival with a magnificent century to put Australia on top against India after day two of the fourth Test in Melbourne.

Resuming on 311-6 after a dominant opening day, the hosts plundered another 163 runs before finally being dismissed soon after lunch.

A resurgent Steve Smith crunched his second century in as many Tests as Australia made a daunting 474 in their first innings of the fourth Test against India in Melbourne on Friday. Smith reached his 34th Test century with a boundary off Nitish Kumar Reddy,