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The Oval is all in readiness for Test cricket's pinnacle, its ultimate prize: the World Test Championship mace Follow live scores and updates from the sport's pinnacle, it's biggest contest, the second World Test Championship Final between India and Australia at the Oval. It's Rishi Roy to take you through Day 1 of #theUltimateTest. Stumps | Day 1: Australia 327-3 (85 overs) 157 runs, 0 wickets - India looked hapless, clueless and deflated in that final session. Even the new ball made no difference. Will tomorrow bring India some much-needed fortune? A wicketless session: Australia in surge mode The peach from Shami seemed like a distant dream. India never really recovered and in the final session, leaked 157 runs in 34 overs, conceding at ~4.5 runs an over. The chances created against Smith weren't taken given the deeper placement of the slips, whereas Travis Head played a fairly chanceless knock, other than the top-edged pulls that landed safely and the under-edged pulls that he didn't chop onto the stumps. Bottomline: The partnership is now an unbeaten 251. HUNDRED FOR TRAVIS HEAD! An incredible century for Head in the sport's summit clash. The innings of his life, without a doubt, scoring his first hundred in England... against India... in the final of the World Test Championship! 106 balls, laden with risks, and potentially a match-winning one - though it's a little to early to venture a guess right now. Over 12 sessions to go in this Test! The Aussie surge begins... ...