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Warner was furious with himself having failed to convert the start into a big knock that could have been a timely boost ahead of his final Ashes campaign against England beginning on June 16 at Edgbaston. The seamer struck before the lunch break, however, when Warner, who made 43, gloved the ball trying to pull it and wicketkeeper KS Bharat dived to his right to take his second catch. Siraj knocked the bat out of Labuschagne’s hand with a rising delivery that hit the Australian on the thumb while Shardul Thakur had two lbw appeals against the batter turned down. Steve Smith and Travis Head shared a magnificent unbeaten 251-run stand for the fourth wicket India made an early breakthrough after captain Rohit Sharma asked Australia to bat on a grassy wicket when Mohammed Siraj had Usman Khawaja caught behind for a duck in his second over.ĭavid Warner shared a 69-run partnership with Marnus Labuschagne to steady the innings, the 36-year-old opener cutting loose to hit Umesh Yadav for four fours in one over. He brought up his century in only 106 balls in the 65th over of the innings He’s got two hundreds and, now, two fiftiesġAustralian southpaw Travis Head became the first player to score a century in a World Test Championship final. “A lot of hard work to go tomorrow morning but nice to make a really good start.”ġ10 Steve Smith’s average at The Oval in four Tests. “After losing the toss this morning, we’ve done exceptionally well,” Head said. Smith was unbeaten on 95 at the close after hitting 14 fours. Head smashed 22 fours and a six in his unbeaten 146 off 156 balls, the left-hander’s sixth Test hundred and first outside Australia.

Head went on the attack, however, and Smith played second fiddle to perfection as Australia fought back hard. Having reduced Australia to 76/3 soon after lunch, India’s seam-heavy attack appeared to have put the 2021 runners-up in a position of strength at The Oval. A lot of hard work to go tomorrow morning but nice to make a really good start' There’s still plenty there as you could see with that second new ball. 'After losing the toss this morning, we’ve done exceptionally well. Travis Head’s counter-attacking hundred and his unbroken 251-run stand with Steve Smith put Australia in charge on 327/3 after an absorbing opening day of the World Test Championship final against India today.

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