| Scores | Upcoming | Results |
Chennai: Manoj Tiwary staked his claim for a maiden call-up to the Test squad with a timely century before Australia's spinners bowled out India A for 451 on the second day of the warm-up match on Sunday.
In reply, the visitors, riding on Shane Watson's 84, reached 131 for four at stumps on a day when play started more than two hours from the scheduled time due to wet outfield.
Matthew Wade (3) and Moises Henriques (0) were at the crease at the end of day's play.
Tiwary struck 129 off 187 balls, finding the fence 18 times and hits three sixes.
India A would have liked to score a few more runs considering that they were 338 for four at stumps on the first day, and with Tiwary in good nick, that was definitely a possibility.
However, after going wicket-less on the opening day, off-break bowler Nathan Lyon and promising 19-year-old left-arm spinner Ashton Agar grabbed five wickets between them to stop the India A team around the 450-mark at the Guru Nanak College Ground.
Barring Tiwary and, to an extent, Jalaj Saxena, the others could not make substantial contributions, though Rakesh Dhurv made a breezy 21 off 18 balls with the help of three sixes.
Saxena, during his unbeaten knock of 30 off 106 balls, hit three fours, while Muralidharen Gautam, who was overnight unbeaten on 34, could add just four runs to his name. The Tamil Nadu's batsman's 38 came off 68 balls and included six boundaries.
Agar picked up three for 107 while there were two wickets for Lyon. Left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty also finished with three wickets, but all of them came on Saturday.
None of the host bowlers could trouble the Australian openers, who reduced the deficit to under 350 before Dhurv had Cowan trapped in front of the wicket.
Cowan's dismissal triggered a collapse that saw the visitors losing three more wickets, including the important one of Watson, who scored 84 off 87 balls with 13 fours and a six.
Phillip Hughes (1) and Usman Khwaja (1) both flopped.
Brief scores
India A 451 (Tiwary 129, Gambhir 112)
Australians 131 for 4 (Watson 84, Saxena 2-14)
Status Australians trail by 320 runs
