JACOB BACKS JACKS TO RISE ABOVE GAFFE

SPILLED Jacks drops a catch to dismiss Head Down Under

- BY RORY DOLLARD

JACOB BETHELL threw his support behind Will Jacks after his nightmare drop - as Travis Head's third century of the Ashes series put Australia in command of the fifth Test in Sydney.

Head followed match-winning tons in Perth and Adelaide with his first at the SCG, maintaining a furious pace as he cracked 163 off 166 balls, but was gifted a life by Jacks on 121.

After steadying himself under the most regulation of catches at deep midwicket, Jacks - who pulled off a one-handed blinder in Brisbane last month - took his eye off the ball and saw it bobble harmlessly to the turf.