Australia reach 420/4 at lunch on Day 2

Sydney, Jan 7 : Australia batsmen continued their onslaught on Indian bowlers to reach 420/4 at lunch on Day 2 of the fourth and final cricket Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground here Wednesday. Stand-in skipper Steven Smith (117) went on to make his fourth century of the series while all-rounder Shane Watson scored 81. Joe Burns (0 not out) and Shaun Marsh (14 not out) were at the crease when lunch was announced. The following is the lunch scoreboard on Day 2 of the fourth and final cricket Test between India and Australia being played at the Sydney Cricket Ground here Wednesday: Australia (first innings) Chris Rogers b Mohammed Shami 95 David Warner c Vijay b Ashwin 101 Shane Watson c Ashwin b Mohammed Shami 81 Steven Smith c Saha b Yadav 117 Shaun Marsh batting 14 Joe Burns batting 0 Extras (lb 6, w 6) 12 Total (for four wickets in 120 overs) 420 Fall of wickets: 1-200 (Warner, 44.5 overs), 2-204 (Rogers, 45.5), 3-400 (Watson, 107.2), 4-415 (Smith, 113.3) Bowling Bhuvneshwar Kumar 26-4-78-0 Umesh Yadav 23-4-119-1 Mohammed Shami 23-3-80-2 Ravichandran Ashwin 37-7-98-1 Suresh Raina 11-2-39-0 Match details: Toss: Australia chose to bat Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Richard Kettleborough (England) TV umpire: Simon Fry (Australia) Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire: Gerard Abood (Australia)