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England's all-seam attack had reduced Australia to 12-3 in a
strong start for the tourists, who have already lost the
five-test series following heavy defeats in Brisbane, Adelaide
and Melbourne.
Head put on 71 with Marnus Labuschagne (44) and added 121 with
Green as Australia reached 241-6 before rain forced early stumps
in the pink-ball contest at Hobart's Bellerive Oval.
Alex Carey will resume on 10 on day two with Mitchell Starc, who
was yet to open his account.
"Anything over 300 and I think it's going to be a great start,"
Head told reporters.
"The conditions, pink ball... it's (pitch) probably more
bowler-friendly.
"So anything over 300 and batting as long as we possibly can
tomorrow is going to be key and when we bowl, making sure we
identify the moments with the ball."
Earlier, England's seamers blew away Australia's top order in a
frenetic first session, vindicating captain Joe Root's decision
to field under an overcast sky.
Australia dropped Marcus Harris to accommodate both fit-again
Head and Usman Khawaja, who scored twin hundreds in the last
test in Sydney batting in the middle order.
Ollie Robinson broke through in the sixth over when Zak Crawley
took a catch at second slip to send back David Warner for a
22-ball duck.
Crawley spilled Labuschagne off Robinson before the batsman had
scored, diving to his left in what could have been a regular
catch for Root at first slip.
Khawaja edged Stuart Broad to depart for six, and Crawley made
no mistake when Robinson induced an edge from Steve Smith, who
fell for a duck.
Labuschagne went on the attack, flicking Chris Woakes for a six
before a bizarre dismissal. The right-hander shuffled outside
the off stump and overbalanced. Broad's delivery clattered onto
his stumps.
Head raced to a 112-ball century but fell immediately
afterwards, offering a leading edge to Robinson at mid-on trying
to hit Woakes over mid-wicket.
Head's second century of the series contained 12 boundaries.
Mark Wood bounced out Green for 74, the all-rounder's second
fifty of the series, before rain interrupted play.
England suffered another injury blow after Robinson suffered a
back spasm that limited his bowling to only eight overs.
"Those things can come and go. We're hoping with treatment
overnight, he can come back tomorrow, be fit enough to bowl
tomorrow," fast bowling coach Jon Lewis told reporters.
"We bowled fantastically well up front but felt movement went
out the ball completely after about 20 overs," he said in his
assessment of their bowling effort.
Sam Billings made his test debut for England replacing the
injured Jos Buttler behind the stumps.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Simon
Cameron-Moore, Timothy Heritage and Toby Davis)
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