Adelaide, Dec. 19 -- A fine half-century from Travis Head and his partnership with Usman Khawaja put Australia in control with their lead exceeding 200 runs at the end of the second session on day three of the third Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval on Friday.

At the end of the second session, Australia was 119/2, with Head (68*) and Khawaja (27*) unbeaten.

Australia started the second session at 17/1, with Head (5*) and Marnus Labuschagne (4*) unbeaten.

Brydon Carse tested Marnus with an absolute scorcher. He and Jofra delivered probing spells in tandem and continued to ask questions to Aussies, unsettling Marnus with their line and lengths and the batter survived some close calls.

Head collected a couple of boundaries to keep the pressure...