I leave you with a teaser from the report. Be back tomorrow for more action and drama from the Adelaide Test.

India 180 and 128 for 5 (Pant 28*, Cummins 2-33, Boland 2-39) Trail Australia 337 (Head 140, Labuschagne 64, Bumrah 4-61, Siraj 4-98) by 29 runs

A storming century from home hero Travis Head crushed India’s attack and thrilled the Adelaide crowd on the second day of the pink-ball Test. Head’s 140 from 141 balls increased Australia’s first innings lead to 157 and left India facing a challenging two-hour mini-session under the lights. The visitors fell even further behind when they lost half of their team during the period when the pink ball is at its strongest. At stumps, India were 128 for 5, still 29 runs behind.

Head had gone out to generous applause from his home crowd and was in some trouble in the middle after Jasprit Bumrah had removed both Nathan McSweeney and Steven Smith within 13 balls. While McSweeney scored a Bumrah special off Rishabh Pant after only adding one to his overnight tally of 38, Steven Smith was caught on the leg side for 2.

After the floodlights failed twice on the opening day, Australia’s batting line-up faced blackout on the second afternoon. However, Head had other ideas and set the innings on fire with his no-holds-barred approach. He bowled and missed four of his first nine balls, but that certainly didn’t stop him from playing his shots. He stayed true to his method of staying on the side of the ball and directing it into the shorter pockets of the field on the offside side.

He also mastered the longer straight boundary as he pounced R Ashwin over mid-on and then over his head for a six, including a monster 110-yard hit.

Head scored his first fifty from 63 balls and needed just 48 more balls to make it a hundred. He celebrated the milestone by rocking his racket like a baby in tribute to the new arrival to his family, with his wife among the over 51,642 spectators. A hug from fellow South Australian Alex Carey was also part of the celebration.