Adelaide, Dec. 19 -- Travis Head was in fine form for Australia once again on home turf as he further embodied the role of an enforcer at the top of the batting order against England in the third Ashes Test.

Head pummelled the English line-up and ended day 3 with a brilliant 142* in 196 balls, with 13 fours and two sixes, with a strike rate of over 72.

"I was just going to bide my time. Went through it well. We got there eventually. It wasn't probably too long," Travis Head said.

He secured a fourth century at the Adelaide Oval, equalling David Warner, David Boon and Allan Border's tally at the venue. The 31-year-old had some frantic moments before reaching his century as it took him nine deliveries to get to triple-figures, which incl...