Australia vs. India 2014, 1st Test, Day 4: Highlights, Scorecard and Report

Australia closed Day 4 of the first Test against India in Adelaide with a healthy 363-run lead thanks to another century from David Warner.

The left-hander's attacking style brought him his 11th Test ton as his stellar 12 months of cricket continues, and some late hitting from Mitchell Marsh took Australia to 290-5 in their second innings after India were dismissed for 444 earlier in the morning.

It gives the hosts the chance of forcing a result on Day 5—runs are still possible to score, but the footmarks on the wicket left by the bowlers look to offer some uneven turn and bounce that spinner Nathan Lyon, who finished the first-innings with a five-wicket haul, may find to his liking.

It looked for the most part as if India had batted themselves out of trouble, restricting Australia's first innings lead.

Total	all out (116.4 ovs)	444
Batsman	Dismissal	Bowler	Runs	Mins	Balls
Vijay	c Haddin	b Johnson	53	143	88
Dhawan		b Harris	25	36	24
Pujara		b Lyon	73	188	135
Kohli	c Harris	b Johnson	115	264	184
Rahane	c Watson	b Lyon	62	99	76
Ro Sharma	c and b Lyon		43	142	89
Saha	c Watson	b Lyon	25	86	68
K Sharma		b Siddle	4	11	8
Shami	c Watson	b Siddle	34	31	24
I Sharma	c Smith	b Lyon	0		2
Aaron	not out		3	12	4
Extras	2nb 1w 0b 4lb	7
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Johnson	22.0	6	102	2
Harris	21.0	6	55	1
Lyon	36.0	4	134	5
Siddle	18.4	2	88	2
M Marsh	11.0	4	29	0
Watson	5.0	1	13	0
Smith	3.0	0	19	0

The assurance of their batting on Day 3 disappeared, however, and they were indebted to some feisty hitting from tailender Mohammed Shami to prop up their total from an overnight 369-5.

Rohit Sharma's innings only lasted a further 10 runs before he offered Lyon a very soft return catch, and that left the tourists without a senior batsman to marshal the tail.

Shami came to the rescue as wickets fell around him—his half-hour cameo lasted 24 balls and brought 34 runs, making the deficit just 73 runs when he finally edged Peter Siddle to slip.

Batsman	Dismissal	Bowler	Runs	Mins	Balls
Total	for 5 (69.0 ovs)	290
Rogers	c Ro Sharma	b K Sharma	21	45	45
Warner		b K Sharma	102	261	166
Watson		b Shami	33	117	86
Clarke	c Saha	b Aaron	7	33	20
Smith	not out		52	104	64
M Marsh	c Vijay	b Ro Sharma	40	18	26
Haddin	not out		14	19	15
Extras	9nb 5w 1b 6lb	21
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Shami	11.0	2	42	1
I Sharma	14.0	3	41	0
K Sharma	16.0	2	95	2
Vijay	6.0	0	27	0
Ro Sharma	12.0	2	35	1
Aaron	10.0	0	43	1

Warner and Chris Rogers started steadily in reply, Warner in particular looking more watchful at first than he did in the first innings—a first-ball reverse sweep to Karn Sharma notwithstanding.

An orthodox sweep to the same bowler put paid to Rogers, while Shane Watson got a start but couldn't kick on, falling for 33 when bowled by Shami's reverse swing.

Michael Clarke could not defy his creaking body a second time and managed just seven runs, but Steven Smith—like Warner, is enjoying a fine patch of form—breezed to a half-century for the second time in the match.

Warner reached his century and looked to get more aggressive still. However, he was bowled on 102 by Karn Sharma after missing an attempted switch hit but by now the lead was sufficient that those who came after could cut loose.

Mitchell Marsh underlined the point, crunching 24 runs in a single over as the India team tired.

They know that the Test now rests on their batting, with captain Clarke's Day 5 declaration unlikely to offer them a sniff of victory.