Nayagarh,(Baghuabarta): Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar and Deepti Sharma bowled probing line and length as Australia declared their innings, giving India a lead of 136 runs in the opening session of Day Four of the ongoing pink-ball Test here at the Carrara Oval in Queensland on Sunday. Right ahead of the dinner break, Australia skipper Meg Lanning declared the innings at 241/9 — still trailing by 136 runs. For the hosts, Ellyse Perry (67*) remained unbeaten. Resuming Day 4 at 143/4, overnight batters Ashleigh Gardner and Ellyse Perry grinded it out in the middle and they did not let India bowlers walk away with early breakthroughs. Perry registered her half-century as a result, she became the first Australian woman to register four consecutive fifty-plus scores in Test cricket.






