Adelaide — Usman Khawaja scored his fifth century to nudge Australia into the lead in the third Test against SA in Adelaide on Friday. But SA took three wickets for 10 runs in 29 deliveries with the new ball to curb the home side’s advantage to 48 runs. At stumps on the second day Australia were 307/6 in reply to SA’s first innings declaration at 259/9. Khawaja was 138 not out with Mitchell Starc on 16. “He never looked flustered‚ even when the ball beat his outside edge‚” Peter Handscomb said of the centurion. As for Australia’s handy position‚ Handscomb said: “If we can stretch that lead to 150‚ in a perfect world that would be awesome.” Australia resumed on 14 without loss‚ and Kyle Abbott put a dent in that scoreline in the fourth over of the day when he had debutant Matt Renshaw well held low down by Dean Elgar diving to his right from third slip. Dangerman David Warner went six overs later for 11. He was also caught by Elgar‚ but comfortably at chest height‚ to earn Abbott’s s...
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