SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2018 16 Head keeps Aussies alive Travis Head rescues Australia after top order fails to fire against India in Adelaide India 1st innings (overnight 250-9) Head, Ashwin star in M. Shami c Paine b Hazlewood 6 fierce• battle for lead J. Bumrah not out 0 Extras (lb1) 1 Australia trail by Total (10 wickets, 88 overs) 250 • Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Rahul), 2-15 (Vijay), 59 runs with 3 wickets 3-19 (Kohli), 4-41 (Rahane), 5-86 (Shar- remaining in the innings ma), 6-127 (Pant), 7-189 (Ashwin), 8-210 (Sharma), 9-250 (Pujara), 10-250 (Shami) Bowling: Starc 19-4-63-2, Hazlewood AFP | Adelaide, Australia 20-3-52-3, Cummins 19-3-49-2, Lyon 28-2- 83-2, Head 2-1-2-0 ravis Head hit a stubborn Australia 1st innings half-century to keep Aus- A. Finch b Sharma 0 tralia in the hunt yester- M. Harris c Vijay b Ashwin 26 T U. Khawaja c Pant b Ashwin 28 day after their top order slumped under sustained pressure from S. Marsh b Ashwin 2 India’s bowlers, leaving the first P. Handscomb c Pant b Bumrah 34 Test in Adelaide finely poised. T. Head not out 61 Batting on his home ground, T. Paine c Pant b Sharma 5 Head kept his cool in the humid P. Cummins lbw b Bumrah 10 conditions to be 61 not out at M. Starc not out 8 Extras (lb9, b6, nb2) 17 stumps on day two, with Mitch- Total: (7 wickets; 88 overs) 191 ell Starc unbeaten on eight. To bat: Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon His efforts helped steer Aus- Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Finch), 2-45 (Harris), tralia to 191-7 in reply to India’s 3-59 (Marsh), 4-87 (Khawaja), 5-120 250. (Handscomb), 6-127 (Paine), 7-177 Off-spinner Ravichandran (Cummins) Ashwin bowled beautifully to Bowling: Sharma 15-6-31-2, Bumrah 20-9- take three wickets, while Ishant 34-2, Shami 16-6-51-0, Ashwin 33-9-50-3, Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah Vijay 4-1-10-0 grabbed two each. Australia’s batsman Travis Head (C) plays a shot as Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant (L) looks on It was Head’s second 50 in his third Test, with the Ade - “It was nice to do a job for the far as the game goes right now,” to a horror start with Finch’s off and ending a 45-run part- laide-born 24-year-old playing team and it will be an exciting he said. credentials as an opener again nership with a slimmed-down the sort of gutsy innings that his day tomorrow,” said Head. India resumed on 250-9, but called into question after he was Usman Khawaja who was back more experienced teammates “We hung in there. India they were unable to add to the spectacularly bowled without after knee surgery. India bowled couldn’t match. bowled exceptionally well. It total with tailender Mohammed scoring on only the third ball Ashwin’s off spin was causing exceptionally well. All of Australia’s top four were was (a) fantastic little fightback Shami out for six on the first he faced. problems and Marsh needlessly It was (a) fantastic back in the pavilion without in the end and it will be an im- ball of the day, caught behind by A lovely delivery from Shar- slashed at a wide delivery in the little fightback in the passing 30, with Aaron Finch portant first hour tomorrow. Tim Paine off Josh Hazlewood, ma took out his middle and off first over after lunch, dragging it end and it will be an (0) and Shaun Marsh (2) notable Every run will be valuable.” leaving Bumrah unbeaten on 0. stumps after getting an inside onto his wicket. important first hour failures. Debutant Marcus Harris, who Hazlewood finished with 3-52. edge as Finch attempted a drive. The woeful shot extended tomorrow. Every run It once again reinforced how made 26, added: “It was a tough Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins Harris looked in good nick his dire recent Test form and much Australia are missing Ste- day, it wasn’t easy to score. I and Nathan Lyon all took two and unruffled by the occasion, left Australia in trouble at 59-3. will be valuable ve Smith and David Warner, who think we’re in a decent position.” wickets each. hitting three fours in his solid 26. Marsh has now slumped to six TRAVIS HEAD remain banned over their part in Ashwin agreed that the Test But he was undone by a drift- consecutive single-figure scores, the South Africa ball-tampering match for there for the taking. Horror start ing ball from Ashwin, getting an failing to step up in the absence affair. “I see it as neck and neck as In reply, Australia got off edge to Murali Vijay at silly mid- of Smith and Warner. Guardiola warns Man City against complacency Man City not rattled by AFP | Manchester Liverpool pursuit: Klopp ep Guardiola has warned Phis Manchester City players that complacency is the biggest threat to their push for domestic KNOW WHAT and European domination. Guardiola’s unbeaten Premier League leaders visit Chelsea on Manchester City have Saturday sitting two points clear won 13 of their Pre- of closest challengers Liverpool. City are well on course to mier League games defend the title they won with and are unbeaten in 100 points in May and are also the league since April through to the last 16 of the Champions League with a game don’t know how difficult it is to to spare. play in a special way. He needs Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp embraces foward Divock Origi (file photo) They have managed all of that Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola gestures during a match time. largely without the services of “Their past two away games AFP | London ry has seen them win 12 games last season’s club player of the “I see my team and many things Sarri has suggested that Man- were so difficult and things like -- and already scored 15 more year Kevin De Bruyne. are good but still we can be bet- chester City are the best team this can happen. But during urgen Klopp does not be- goals than their fellow unbeat- City must also go to London ter. in Europe but Guardiola has pre-season we played them in Jlieve Premier League lead- en rivals. without top scorer Sergio Ague- “I am proud that we have dismissed that claim. Community Sheld at Wembley ers Manchester City are feel- “I don’t think (Manchester ro, who has missed the past two been consistent for most of the According to the City man- and they were already his team. ing the pressure of Liverpool’s City) feel pressure. They don’t matches with an adductor mus- past 15 or 16 months, playing ager, his team need to win the “Maybe they are not playing pursuit -- even if his side go top look like they do,” said Klopp. cle strain. every three days. Champions League before they consistently for 90 minutes but of the table. “That’s not the first target Guardiola, who says he does “That’s the most difficult can be classed as the continent’s when they play well for 50 to An early start at Bourne - anyway, the first target is to not care about the possibility thing to achieve in all sports. best. 70 minutes, they are excellent.” mouth today means Liverpool try to perform on the highest of City going through the en- It’s a big compliment for the Chelsea have lost their past Guardiola has played down could overtake their rivals, level, because it’s needed at tire league season unbeaten, has players. But I tell them every two away league matches, at the likelihood of City matching who have an evening kick-off Bournemouth. Eddie (Howe) told his players that maintain- game that there are many things Tottenham and Wolves, but Sar- the Arsenal side of 2003-04 by at fourth-placed Chelsea, but is doing a fantastic job there, ing their standards is the key to we can do better, but we could ri is taking them in the right going through a whole Premier the German does not believe and it will be difficult enough.” success. have dropped two points in the direction, according to former League season unbeaten, ar- that will have much effect. Klopp has to deal with a “The biggest danger to us is final 10 minutes at Watford on Barcelona boss Guardiola. guing that it is less important City have won 13 of their 15 number of injuries with his basically to think that it’s not Tuesday.” “The job he has done so far to him than the quality of his matches -- Liverpool’s best team two games into a run of necessary to improve,” he said. 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