Cricket: Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne helped set up a dominant display for the Aussie bowlers, who capitalised on an action-packed day two in Adelaide.
, with Mitchell Starc rattling the India n batters in the first innings before a stunning century from hometown hero Travis Head on Saturday.'Timing is everything for Aussies!' | 01:16Khawaja is under mounting pressure to unearth some runs as his lean trot with the bat continues.
After being handed an early life, the right-hander survived a dangerous evening session to put Australia in a commanding position at stumps on day one. Smith’s lone dismissal at Adelaide Oval could have been considered unlucky, ticking a wayward delivery from Indian quick Jaspit Bumrah down the leg side, but the New South Welshman was superb in the slips cordon throughout the contest.TRAVIS HEAD — 10In front of friends and family at his home ground, player-of-the-match Head blasted a swashbuckling century on Saturday afternoon to take the game away from India.
His glovework was tidy, apart from a sloppy dropped catch to hand Siraj an early reprieve on Sunday afternoon, but it was otherwise an uneventful Test for the South Australian.After copping some criticism for his performance during the series opener in Perth, the Australian captain emphatically bounced back at Adelaide Oval this week.
Meanwhile, his dismissals of Ravichandran Ashwin on Friday and Shubman Gill on Saturday were vintage Starc, hooping inswinging yorker that ignited the Adelaide crowd.
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