While the Indian bowlers were much disciplined against the hosts’ Australian batsmen during the entire day two of the Adelaide Test, Travis Head’s patience knock has kept the hosts into the game. As Head feels that the first hour of the third day is going to be crucial for this Test match, the debutant Marcus Harris believes that they are in a decent position.
After India was bundled out on 250 runs on the first ball of the day 2, Australian batsmen faced a very tough job against the visiting bowlers from the first over of their innings. Losing their wickets in regular intervals, Australia finished the day two on 191/7.
While their opener Aaron Finch lost his wicket on the duck on the third ball of that innings, some batsmen lost their wickets after getting well settled down. Having a defensive approach, Marcus Harris (26), Usman Khawaja (28) and Peter Handscomb (34) were dismissed after getting settled down while Shaun Marsh (2) and the skipper Tim Paine (5) both departed cheaply.
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In this difficult situation, Travis Head has played a useful knock and remained not out on 61 runs off 149 balls (6 fours) at the end of the day. His patience batting has allowed the hosts to fight back in this game.
After the end of day two, the 24-year-old left-handed middle-order batsman Head said, “It was nice to do a job for the team and it will be an exciting day tomorrow. We hung in there. India bowled exceptionally well. It was (a) fantastic little fightback in the end and it will be an important first hour tomorrow. Every run will valuable.”
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On the other hand, the debutant 26-year-old Marcus Harris feels it was a tough day for them but they are in a decent position at present. In his first-ever international innings, the left-handed opening batsman Head scored 26 off 57 balls (3 fours) before the Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed him.
Harris spoke about the day, “It was a tough day, it wasn’t easy to score. I think we’re in a decent position.”
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who finished the day as the best bowler with the bowling figure of 33-9-50-3 (economy rate 1.51), also feels that the game is in a good position at present.
Ashwin claimed after the end of the day, “I see it as neck and neck as far as the game goes right now.”
