Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Live coverage of day two of Third Test between Australia and India in Brisbane
The weather has cleared and there’s plenty of action on day two of the Third Test! Stay across the latest here.
... AND NOW HEAD GOES!
It’s a flurry of wickets as this second new ball starts to have an impact. Certainly when it’s in Bumrah’s hands!
Head stays aggressive and looks to drive but gets a decent nick through to Pant. A magificent innings ends on 152, off just 160 balls, with 18 fours.
Bumrah has 5-61 - and immediately draws a play-and-miss out of the new batter Pat Cummins. He’s a menace.
Australia are now 6-327. How aggressive will they remain with two new men at the crease?
MARSH OUT
Mitch Marsh is in and out fairly swiftly here, and Bumrah has his fourth!
Kohli accepts the catch at slip after a prod outside off goes wrong, with a beautiful ball that mpitched just outside off and shaped away, and Marsh has to go for five.
Alex Carey joins his fellow South Australian in Head at the crease and it’s 5-326.
Head 150
The 150 is up for Travis Head!
He has a habit of turning centuries into large centuries, and he’s done it again here. It’s the fifth time he’s hit the milestone in his career.
Australia are 4-322. There’s some chatter around whether there’ll be a declaration and a few overs to bowl at India before stumps, but that appears unlikely.
SMITH GONE
It’s 100 and out for Steve Smith - well, 101 and out!
He nicks Bumrah to first slip and Rohit holds onto an impressive catch.
The superb partnership ends at 241, and a vital innings for Smith’s career is over. He gets a standing ovation as he walks off, with the Gabba crowd in full voice.
Mitch Marsh is the new man and it’s 4-316.
Drinks: 3-313
Australia are hammering towards a significant first-innings total now.
Head is four away from 150, with Smith joining him in three figures, and the new ball hasn’t troubled them too much other than a ‘crowd catch’ that had to be examined by the TV umpore.
The stand is worth 238 and counting...
SMITH CENTURY
It’s 100 up for Steve Smith!
He breaks his century drought in style! Clips one off the legs and makes a pointed celebration toward the rooms, complete with a big swish of the bat at the end.
He breaks a tie with Steve Waugh and now owns the second-most centuries by an Australian player with 33, trailing only Ricky Ponting (41).
New ball time
No surprise here that Bumrah grabs the new ball.
Bumrah and Akash Deep have kept things fairly tight, but bowlers outside of that duo have leaked runs - with Reddy going at 5 per over and Jadeja at 4.6.
Head shows no mercy for Bumrah, however, as he whips him forward of square for yet another boundary first ball with the new cherry. It’s 3-301.
Record looming?
This is now Australia’s second-highest partnership for the third wicket in Tests at the Gabba.
It trails only Don Bradman and Lindsay Hassett’s 276 against England all the way back in 1946.
Smith is now up to 90... and it’s 3-285.
200 partnership
The stand is worth 201 and counting!
Comfortably Australia’s largest of the series, and it’s now put the home side in a strong position.
Just four overs until we see Bumrah with the new ball in what India will be hoping gives them a much-needed shot in the arm. It’s 3-277.
3-261
27 runs in just three overs since the restart signals Australia’s intentions to move this match along after losing so much time to rain yesterday.
Smith has pressed along to 74. Can he snap his 24-innings century drought, which is the longest of his career?
Head is up to 120 and is riding his luck a little...
