Adelaide: Local hero Travis Head struck a sensational century as Australia continued to dominate proceedings, extending their lead to 152 runs at dinner against India on day two of the pink ball Test here Saturday.
Head struck almost a run-a-ball 140 in front of his home crowd as Australia reached 332/8 when dinner was taken.
Head, who was dropped twice, made the most of his reprieves. He smashed 17 fours and four maximums in his 141-ball knock as the game seemingly edged away from India.
India picked four wickets in the session. Mohammed Siraj struck twice including putting an end to Head’s entertaining knock, which afforded the Australian lower order to bat with freedom.
Brief scores:
India: 180 all out in 44.1 overs.
Australia: 332 for 8 in 85 overs (Travis Head 140, Marnus Labuschagne 64; Jasprit Bumrah 4/59, Mohammed Siraj 2/95)
