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UTravis Head wenze ama-runs ayikhulu ngosuku lokuqala lwe-ICC World Test Championship njengoba i-Australia iqede ngo-327/3 ngemuva kokushaywa i-India e-The Oval ngoLwesithathu.
Ngemuva kokukhetha ukujaha amabhola, i-India ibihola ihora lokuqala – uMohammed Siraj ebambene no-Usman Khawaja ngaphambi kokuthi uShardul Thakur athole uDavid Warner ukuze ashayee i-Aussies 71/2.
Yize uMarnus Labuschagne ekhishwe uMohammed Shami ngokushesha ngemuva kwesidlo sasemini, uHead uthole ifomu yakhe kanti ngesikhathi uSteve Smith emjoyina umdlalo uvele waba ohlangothini olulodwa.
Laba bobabili benze kahle kakhulu ngama-runs angu-250 kanti uHead udlale kahle kakhulu wathola ama-runs ayikhulu ekude nasekhaya ngesikhathi uSmith ethola amaphuzu angu-95 emabholeni angu-227.
I-India ithathe ibhola elisha ngokushesha nje ngesikhathi litholakala ezigabeni zokuvala zosuku; nakuba ilanga lishaye emphemeni bekungeke kube khona ugqozi lokuthola umthunzi.
UShami, uSiraj kanye noThakur kuzodingeka ukuthi bazame futhi ngoLwesine njengoba ingcindezi iku-Umesh Yadav noRavindra Jadeja ukuze i-India ithole indlela yokubuyela emdlalweni wokuhlola.
Umdlalo wosuku lwesibili uzoqala ngo-11:30 bukhoma ku-SuperSport.
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