India vs Australia 1st Test: Shaun Marsh breaks unwanted 130-year-old record

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Dec 07, 2018, 11:18 PM IST

Shaun Marsh is bowled by Ravichandran Ashwin during day two of the first test match between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval

Shaun Marsh was out for just 2 runs on Friday.

Australia's Shaun Marsh had another bad day in office as he fell cheaply in the first innings of the first Test against India in Adelaide on Friday.

It was Marsh's sixth straight single-digit score in a row. He became the first Australian top-five batsman since 1888 to do record six such scores in succession.

Marsh chased a wide delivery from offspinner R Ashwin and dragged it onto the stumps to be bowled for 2. It was the fifth time Ashwin has dismissed Marsh. 

This meant that Marsh continued his bad form in international cricket. Since, his 156 against England during the Sydney Test last year, Marsh has not managed a good score and hasn’t been able to cross 40 in 13 innings. 

In fact, only five time out of those has he managed a score in double-digits.

Australia were 191 for seven, with Head 61 not out and tailender Mitchell Starc on eight, still 59 runs short of India's modest total of 250 at the close of day two in Adelaide.