{"id":449683,"date":"2024-12-16T09:40:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T04:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=449683"},"modified":"2024-12-16T09:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T04:40:37","slug":"smith-joins-century-party-with-head-as-australia-dominate-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/smith-joins-century-party-with-head-as-australia-dominate-day-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith joins century party with Head as Australia dominate day two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nSteve Smith clambered out of his form slump with a drought-breaking century and Travis Head smashed another big ton as Australia posted a commanding 405 for seven on day two of the third test against India in Brisbane on Sunday.<br \/>\nSmith batted away questions about his place in the team with a hard-earned 101 while Head marched on to a swashbuckling 152 to the delight of most of the 34,227-strong crowd at the Gabba.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was nice to get in, feel good,\u201d said Smith, who scored his 33rd test ton and first since Lord\u2019s at the 2023 Ashes. \u201cI missed out for a little while now so it\u2019s nice to get three figures again.\u201d<br \/>\nIt took Jasprit Bumrah to salvage something from a tough day for India, the pace spearhead taking three wickets after tea to finish the day with his 12th five-wicket haul. Seizing the new ball, he had Smith edge to Rohit in the slips to break a 241-partnership with Head before removing all-rounder Mitchell Marsh (five) and Head in quick succession.<br \/>\nBut Bumrah\u2019s bravery also amplified India\u2019s heavy reliance on their star quick. Recalled pacer Akash Deep and spinner Ravindra Jadeja were wicketless while seamer Mohammed Siraj spent time off-field after clutching at his hamstring when bowling in the morning. Alex Carey was unbeaten on 45 and Mitchell Starc was on seven at stumps, having pushed Australia past 400.<br \/>\nAustralia resumed on 28 for no loss and Bumrah struck with his seventh ball of the morning having opener Usman Khawaja caught behind for 21. He then removed Nathan McSweeney for nine in his next over.<br \/>\nSiraj, booed in Adelaide for his send-off of Head, continued to make mischief as he marched past on-strike batsman Marnus Labuschagne and switched the bails around.<br \/>\nLabuschagne switched them back defiantly but was soon caught in the slips for 12 by Virat Kohli after a loose drive at relief bowler Nitish Kumar Reddy.<br \/>\nThe five-match series is tied 1-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Steve Smith clambered out of his form slump with a drought-breaking century and Travis Head smashed another big ton as Australia posted a commanding 405 for seven on day two of the third test against India in Brisbane on Sunday. Smith batted away questions about his place in the team with a hard-earned 101 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-449683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Smith joins century party with Head as Australia dominate day two<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/smith-joins-century-party-with-head-as-australia-dominate-day-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smith joins century party with Head as Australia dominate day two\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD Steve Smith clambered out of his form slump with a drought-breaking century and Travis Head smashed another big ton as Australia posted a commanding 405 for seven on day two of the third test against India in Brisbane on Sunday. 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