The storm clouds are approaching in the distance.  The tea interval is just around the corner. Rohit Sharma looks irremovable. He has handled the swing and pace of Starc, the seam of Hazlewood and the precision of Cummins with ease.  The runs are starting to flow off his willow.  Australians know he is the big scalp. He`s the man that can score briskly and take the game on. So, Tim Paine turns to Nathan Lyon. The off-spinner immediately blocks Sharma`s favourite shot against spin bowlers by employing the mid-on three quarters back on the boundary.  He wants him to loft the ball in that direction.  Even during the Sydney Test, the long-on was in place from the outset and Sharma had still managed to clear the fielder for a six.  It was risky, but it had come off. 

In the second innings, Sharma changed his approach by using his wrists to loft the ball more towards wide long-on. But Lyon knew long on was definitely playing on Sharma`s mind.