A Phenomenal Century from Travis Head has secured a lead in the Pink-ball test of the India test series at Adelaide.
He dedicated his century to his newborn and also paid tribute to former cricketer Phil Hughes after he brought up his century during the second test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Head took the crease after Australia lost two wickets of Nathan McSweeney and Steve Smith respectively, eventually bringing up his 111-ball century.
Travis Head tapped his stomach and then cradled his bat, gesturing towards his wife and newborn son, Harrison George Head, who were present at the stadium.
That’s for baby Harrison!
Another home-town ton for Travis Head! #AUSvIND | #PlayOfTheDay | @nrmainsurance pic.twitter.com/u4s6nV62RZ
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 7, 2024
He also broke his own record for the fastest century in day-night tests. The previous record for the fastest century in a pink ball test also belonged to him when he smashed 112-ball century against England in 2022.
Notably, all three fastest pink-ball test centuries now belong to Head. He also had a 125-ball century against the West Indiesin 2022 in a day night Test in Adelaide. This is also third test century for Travis Head at Adelaide Oval.
Fastest 100s in day-night Tests (balls faced)
- Travis Head (111 balls) vs Ind Adelaide 2024 (bold)
- Travis Head (112 balls) vs Eng Hobart 2022
- Travis Head (125) vs WI Adelaide 2022
- Joe Root (139 balls) v WI Edgbaston 2017
- Asad Shafiq (140 balls) v Aus Brisbane 2016
Head and his wife Jess welcomed their second child, George last month with the batter who benched out the ODI and T20I series against Pakistan to spend more time with his family.
India bowled out for 180 runs in the first innings, with Nitish Reddy being the highest run scorer of 42 runs. Mitchell Starc picked 6 wickets dominating the visitors at Adelaide.
Australia ended the day 01 of the match with 86/1. Resuming the match on day 02, Labuschagne smashed a fifty while Travis Head went on to score a century.
Jasprit Bumrah picked three wickets while Nitish Reddy picked a wicket dismissing Marnus Labuschagne at Adelaide.
