The Sydney Morning Herald led with the headline: “Head and Lyon hand Australia the edge”. And hinted at how powerful the last-innings chase will probably be for India with these strains of their report: “The highest successful fourth-innings run chase at this venue is 276, overhauled five down by both the mighty Viv Richards-led West Indies in 1987 and a 2011 India side that had all-time greats Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag.”
“Head full of steam: Shock opener steals back Aussie initiative” was the headline for Code Sports. “But Head has seized the ascendancy back for Australia, with a blazing knock, which included five fours and a six in a replica of how he plays on home soil … Australia brought up 50 runs in just 9.1 overs to put India on the backfoot and not letting their spinners settle into their work.”
Stumps on Day 2⃣ of the second #INDvAUS Test!
1️⃣ wicket for @imjadeja as Australia attain 61/1 on the finish of day’s play.
A vital day developing tomorrow 👌🏻
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/hQpFkyZGW8…#TeamIndia | @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/Jr6AHAGDUf
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2023
Fox Sports predicts a “thriller” and takes at dig who precisely we don’t know with these strains about Nathan Lyon.
“Can you believe some people were questioning Nathan Lyon’s spot in the Test side a few days ago? Well, they’re looking pretty foolish at the moment.”
Lyon turned the third participant after Muttiah Muralitharan and James Anderson to take 100 Test wickets towards India. This was additionally his eighth five-for, probably the most by any Test bowler towards India. Murali had 7 and Imran Khan, Malcolm Marshall, Ian Botham, and Anderson had 6 every.
Rohit Sharma ☝️
KL Rahul ☝️
Cheteshwar Pujara ☝️
Shreyas Iyer ☝️
KS Bharat ☝️
A fourth Test five-wicket haul in India for Nathan Lyon 👏#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/zk0DtEgssH
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) February 18, 2023
““Knowing Nathan Lyon, he does doubt himself a bit, and gets really nervous before games,” Michael Hussey mentioned on Fox Cricket. “Seeing Murphy accomplish that nicely in that first Test match, he would have been considering, ‘Oh gosh, when’s it my flip?’“He bowled superbly and obtained nice reward.
Sen Radio too had been ecstatic with Nathan Lyon. “Nathan Lyon has singlehandedly turned the second Test – and possibly the series”. Their headline screamed: ‘Lyon fires up in Delhi as India crumbles’.
The public-owned ABC radio had been extra circumspect, saying the “game was in a balance”.
