In the third Test of the Ashes 2025, Australia has strengthened its position against England. A century partnership for the fifth wicket between opening batsman Travis Head and wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey has given the Australian team a significant lead.
Sports News: Thanks to the century partnership between opening batsman Travis Head and Alex Carey for the fifth wicket, Australia has strengthened its position in the third Ashes Test against England. By the end of the third day's play, Australia has scored 271 runs for the loss of four wickets in their second innings, giving them an overall lead of 356 runs.
At stumps, Travis Head was batting on 142 and Alex Carey on 52. Earlier, Australia had bowled out England's first innings for 286 runs on the third day, gaining an 85-run lead, while Australia had scored 371 runs in their first innings.
Strong Performance from Head and Carey
Travis Head played a brilliant innings to score his 11th Test century in this match. It is also his fourth century at the Adelaide Oval. The partnership between Head and Carey has so far been 122+ runs. During this, Carey also reached his half-century. Both batsmen troubled the England bowlers considerably in the third session and took Australia's lead past 350 runs.
The start of the second innings wasn't great for Australia. The team lost the wicket of Jason Viderald early, who was dismissed for just one run by England's Brydon Carse. After that, Head and Marnus Labuschagne stabilized the innings. Head and Labuschagne shared a partnership of 45 runs, but Labuschagne was sent back to the pavilion by Josh Tongue for 13 runs.
Head continued his innings after that. He completed his half-century in 72 balls. Khawaja also made a valuable contribution with him, and the two shared an 86-run partnership for the third wicket. Khawaja was dismissed for 40 runs off 51 balls. After Khawaja's dismissal, Cameron Green also returned to the pavilion for just 7 runs. Immediately after that, Head and Carey partnered to put Australia in a b position.
England's First Innings
Earlier, England started the third day at eight wickets for 213 runs in their first innings. Captain Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer shared a partnership of 106 runs for the ninth wicket. Stokes was dismissed for 83 runs while Archer played an innings of 51 runs. For Australia, Pat Cummins and Boland took three wickets each, Nathan Lyon took two wickets, and Starc and Cameron Green took one wicket each.
After bowling out England for 286 runs in the first innings, Australia gained an 85-run lead. The century partnership between Head and Carey in the second innings has further strengthened the team's position. Australia has scored 271 runs for four wickets by stumps and has an overall lead of 356 runs. Head is batting on 142 and Carey on 52.
