Travis Head leads a counterattack in the first Test against South Africa, leaving Australia just seven runs short of the tourists' first-innings score of 152 after one session of batting late on the opening day at the Gabba.
Travis Head passed 50 at better than a run a ball as he and Steve Smith mounted a counterattack against South Africa's bowlers.abc.net.au/news/travis-head-day-one-first-test-against-south-africa-at-gabba/101785024Australia is just eight runs shy of a first-innings lead over South Africa after just one session of batting late on an entertaining first day of the series-opening Test at the Gabba.
Fifteen wickets fell on day one in Brisbane, with South Africa rolled for just 152 after being sent in to bat on a green-tinged pitch, before the tourists hit back, taking three wickets early in the final session and two just on the stroke of stumps. Those early wickets included David Warner off the first ball of the innings, as well as Australian top-scorers for 2022 Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne.
Warner was dismissed for the second golden duck of his Test career — and first time he has fallen on the opening ball of an innings — thanks to a vicious bouncer from Kagiso Rabada and a superb catch taken above his head at bat-pad by Khaya Zondo.Labuschagne nicked off to giant seamer Marco Jansen's first ball, before Khawaja copped a stunning ball from speedster Nortje, which jagged in and bounced to catch the edge, where it was taken by sub-fielder Simon Harmer at third slip.
But Travis Head and Steve Smith weathered the storm and upped the scoring rate to almost match South Africa's total inside 34 overs, reaching 5-142 by stumps.
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