Travid Head performed an ideal model of cricket on the opening day of the World Test Championship remaining between Australia and India. The Australia no. 5 performed with nice ease and scored at a constant price to achieve his sixth Test ton in simply 106 balls. In doing so, Head turned the primary cricketer to attain a ton in a World take a look at Championship remaining.

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Earlier, Travis Head’s counter-attacking 60 off 75 balls and Steve Smith’s affected person 33 in shiny sunshine took Australia to 170 for 3 at tea on day one of many World Test Championship remaining in opposition to India on Wednesday. Head performed in his signature model and took the assault to the Indian pacers after Australia discovered themselves underneath stress quickly after the lunch break with the autumn of Marnus Labuschagne (26 off 62).

Mohammed Shami, who was not his very best within the morning session, bowled a magnificence for his first ball submit lunch to disturb Labuschagne’s off-stump. The full ball jagged again in from the fourth stump to clip the off stump.

Head joined Smith within the center and hit a flurry of boundaries in opposition to Shami and Mohammed Siraj to place the stress again on India. He was fast to flick something directed in direction of his pads and was equally sharp with the lower photographs.

Head introduced up his 14th Test fifty with a crisp backfoot punch off Shardul Thakur. Ravindra Jadeja was introduced into motion within the thirty ninth over and hardly gave something away in his seven overs.

Umesh Yadav was introduced in direction of the tip of the session however was not in a position to get the breakthrough.

Australia managed to get 97 runs from 28 overs within the session.

Earlier, Siraj breathed fireplace in his opening spell earlier than Thakur removed a well-set David Warner to scale back Australia to 73 for 2 at lunch.

Having survived difficult situations within the first hour at The Oval, Warner (43 off 60) and Labuschagne have been on the right track to see off the session till Thakur dismissed the left-handed opener with a brief ball focusing on his rib cage. Wicketkeeper KS Bharat took a well-judged catch down the leg-side. India expectedly opted to bowl in overcast situations and on a pitch with truthful quantity of grass. They made the robust name to go away out Ravichandran Ashwin from the taking part in eleven for a four-pronged tempo assault together with Shami, Siraj, Yadav and Thakur.

Both Siraj and Shami saved Australia in test within the first hour, sharing six overs six every and conceding solely 29 runs.

Siraj acquired extra out of the floor than Shami by bowling with a scrambled seam. Usman Khawaja (0 off 10), who has an odd file in England, started the tour on a disappointing notice as he acquired a faint edge off a ball that pitched outdoors the off stump and seamed away.

There was minimal ft motion and he paid the value for taking part in away from the physique and the nick was taken simply by Bharat behind the stumps.

Warner, who has a degree to show on this sport and cement his spot within the taking part in XI for the upcoming Ashes, battled with grit and took his probabilities each time he was provided width.

After an engrossing opening hour, India took the foot off the pedal with Umesh Yadav providing loads of scoring alternatives to Warner, who collected 4 boundaries off the pacer within the fifteenth over.

The going was a lot more durable for Labuschagne, who copped a nasty blow on his left thumb from a pointy supply by Siraj. Later within the session, he was in a position to survive two shut DRS lbw calls off Thakur’s bowling.

As it typically occurs in England, the solar got here out within the second hour and made batting simpler.

Australia have been trying to shut the session strongly till Warner went for a pull off a supply angled into him by Thakur who went huge off the crease whereas coming around the wicket and the batter, cramped for room, could not maintain the pull down.

Bharat justified his choice over Ishan Kishan with a pointy diving catch.

With PTI inputs