Live: Australia and India to kick off third Test under cloudy skies at the Gabba

The first response to the above statement/question is likely to be “we should be so lucky”.

After the Perth Test was run and done inside four days, and the Adelaide Test wrapped up inside three, many people would be excited at even the suggestion that a Test might go for five days.

Unless there are lots of rain delays though – that prospect seems unlikely in Brisbane.

Only one of the past four Tests at the Gabba have gone into the second half of day four.

In the past three-and-a-half summers, only four Tests in Australia have reached the final day, with two of those rain-affected.

So, is it time to think about four day Tests being the norm?

“I always like five days,” Pat Cummins said.

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The Border-Gavaskar series is tantalisingly poised as things stand.

Australia were humbled in Perth, losing by 295 runs before bouncing back in dramatic fashion under lights in Adelaide with a 10-wicket win.

That puts so much emphasis on this Test match.

Sure, this Test marks just the half way point of the series, with plenty of action to come in Melbourne and Sydney.

But this one feel pivotal.

Can Australia  continue its momentum?

Will India bounce back?

Hello and welcome to Brisbane for the third Test of this engrossing series.

My name is Simon Smale, next to me is Jon Healy and we’re in the airconditioned splendor of the Gabba press box for day one of this Test match.

The conditions in Brisbane are steamy – the humidity is up at 80 per cent, it feels like it’s 31 degrees according to the Bureau of Meteorology and there is rain about.

But, as of right now, the covers are off, there is no sign of rain, and the players are all warming up.

Thanks, as always, for being with us and we look forward to bringing you all the action.