ADELAIDE:
After having yorked Head and given him a send-off, Siraj comes back after tea to bowl Australia out for 337. He gets rid of Starc and No.11 Boland in successive overs to end with 4 for 98. Australia are 157 runs ahead. The floodlights are coming on and Australia will have two hours to bowl under it.
Al Muthu from Adelaide Oval: “Rohit hung back on the outfield as Siraj was making his way in and patted him on the back before they all went back into the dressing room. India really rallying around him. The boos had kinda sorted stopped after tea. There were only a few mild ones.”
Cummins falls, Australia lead by 152 at tea
Bumrah storms through the defences of Cummins as the ball brushes the pad and hits the stumps at the stroke of tea. But Australia’s lead had passed 150 by then. Starc, meanwhile, has rattled away to an unbeaten 18 off 14 balls. Will we see him with the pink ball under twilight?
Siraj yorks head with the new ball
After mowing Siraj for four and six, Head gets yorked by Siraj who releases his pent-up emotions and gives Head a send-off. The Adelaide crowd doesn’t like it one bit. “Huge boos ring around the ground, aimed at Siraj, as replays of the send-off are shown,” says Andrew McGlashan from the Adelaide Oval. Head has fallen for 140 off 141 balls. An incredible innings, which has put Australia well and truly on top as the lead nears 150.
The boos turn into cheers when Starc takes Siraj for a four first ball.
Siraj was a bit erratic under twilight on day one, but has tightened up today. He thought he had Labuschagne lbw in the afternoon, but an inside edge denied him the wicket. Siraj finally has one when he draws an outside edge from Carey, which is held by Pant.
Kicks up from the back of a length and kisses the outside edge near the shoulder of the bat as Carey has a defensive jab at it. Gone for 15 off 32 balls. The second new ball is due in three overs.
