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Friday, Jun 6, 2025
Australian and Indian players united before the first ball after tea to pay respect to the veteran cricketer alongside the late Jones' wife Jan and daughters Augusta and Phoebe, and former Australian captain Allan Border.
India were 36/1 at stumps after bowling out Australia for 195.
The former Australian head coach said that it will come down to whether the visiting batsmen can cope with the bounce.
The third Test venue has been the subject of debate after a new community outbreak emerged in Sydney's northern beach suburbs late last week.
Bowler Sean Abbott was also unable to rejoin the squad after leaving the Sydney bubble for treatment on a calf injury.
According to 'ESPNCricinfo', CA received several complaints of racial taunts directed towards Indian players and fans during the first two days of the third Test.
Bumrah produced a career-best effort of 6/33 in 15.5 overs on the third day of the third Test, becoming the first bowler from the subcontinent to take a five-for or more in South Africa, England and Australia in the same year.
Australia made 132/7 in 19 overs before the rain arrived.
A hearse carrying Jones’s handmade Indian coffin and decorated with a floral arrangement of '324', his Australian Test cap number, drove a lap around the empty MCG as Elton John's "Rocket Man" played over loudspeakers.
Since losing their tournament opener to India, the hosts lost talismanic all-rounder Ellyse Perry to injury and scraped through a string of do-or-die games, including the rain-hit semifinal against South Africa, to reach the Melbourne Cricket Ground decider.
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