The pride of South Australia: Head, Carey dominate in Adelaide as Aussies has urn in their grasp – The Age

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Thanks so much for joining us today as Australia took a commanding position in this Test match.
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Spectators pose for a picture during day three of the Third Test. Credit: Getty Images
Former Australian stars Mark Waugh and Brett Lee agree that new opener Jake Weatherald should have gone for a DRS review after his contentious lbw dismissal today.
Weatherald chose to walk after briefly chatting with Travis Head, but replays showed the ball pitched outside leg stump, so the dismissal would have been overturned.
Australia’s Jake Weatherald, left, during play on day three.Credit: AP
“Maybe because he is early in his career, he didn’t think he couldn’t go for the review, but he really should have, it pitched outside leg stump,” Waugh said on Fox Cricket.
Lee added:
“I like him,” Lee said on Fox Cricket.
“I like what he brings to the team. He’s been lbw a couple of times, which he will have to watch, but I think with those close ones, you have to go upstairs don’t you?”
Head and Carey have batted England out of this game and all but retained the Ashes for Australia as they hold a 356-run lead.
Head’s century was commanding and Carey could score his second ton of the match if he can bat long enough tomorrow.
England battled but they didn’t have the run-scorers or the strike bowlers to land enough blows.
They left the ground to huge applause from the 53,696 fans at Adelaide Oval.
Travis Head of Australia celebrates scoring a century.Credit: Getty Images
Head and Carey have taken their partnership past 100 and it brings up some history.
They are the first South Australia born pair to make a century stand since the 1890s according to Fox Cricket while they are also in a rare group of South Australians to have both scored hundreds in the same Adelaide Test.
Daniel Brettig has also noted that this is only the second century stand for Australia this series joining Head and Labuschagne’s second-innings effort in Perth.
There is about 10 minutes left in play for today.
Once again, the teams haven’t completed their overs by 5.30pm AEDT.
So we will be playing until 6pm AEDT.
Alex Carey of Australia congratulates Travis Head of Australia after scoring a century.Credit: Getty Images
Just to add to their friendship and their partnership, which is up to 88 runs, Head was shown between overs holding his drink bottle up to Carey’s helmet and squirting water in, so his mate could get some fluid in.
Why Carey didn’t take off his helmet wasn’t clear, but it looked adorable the way he held up the bottle like a vet would feed a baby animal.
Head then took another swig for himself and put his batting gear back on.
Australia are 4-237 with a lead of 320 runs.
England will almost surely have to complete a record run-chase to win this match now Australia’s lead is exceeding 300 runs.
As Tom Decent noted earlier today, Australia made 6-315 to win at Adelaide Oval, but that was with Victor Trumper all the way back in 1902.
Head is on 114 and looks keen to bat on while Carey is on 29 and looking comfortable.
The Aussies will be in no hurry until they are ready to bowl again.
Australia are 4-219 with a lead of 304 runs.
Everyone knows how much Head loves his home-town Adelaide Oval, and how much the local fans love him.
He even showed the extent of his love by dropping to his knees and kissing the turf after bringing up his ton.
Travis Head of Australia bats on day three.Credit: Getty Images
Both lips touched the flattened grass.
He’s on 104 from 148 balls and the Aussies still have heaps to do.
They are 4-208 with a lead of 293 runs.
From Daniel Brettig:
Head joins Sir Donald Bradman (Leeds and Melbourne), Michael Clarke (Adelaide) and Steve Smith (Melbourne) as Australians with centuries in four consecutive Test matches at the same venue.
Travis Head has made yet another century at Adelaide Oval.
He was dropped at backward point on 99 off Archer’s bowling but held his nerve and batted on batting through eight dot balls.
Then Head his a four after charging down the wicket.
Ben Stokes is back on the field, putting himself at short cover.
That was a tough little stint there as stand-in captain for Harry Brook with that dropped catch at backward point of Travis Head on 99.
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