The second match of the five-match Test series between India and Australia is going on in Adelaide. Travis Head scored a brilliant century in this day-night test. He scored the eighth century of his Test career in 111 balls. Among the rest of the Kangaroo batsmen, only Head has been seen who has tested the Indian bowlers correctly and played shots freely. During this innings, his strike rate has been above 90. He stood like a rock in front of the Indian bowlers. Wickets were falling from the other end, but Head kept scoring runs and he also played important partnerships with Labuschagne, Marsh and Carey. Not only this, Head also made many records during his century innings. Before getting out, Head scored 140 runs in 141 balls with the help of 17 fours and four sixes.
| Player | Balls | Against | Year | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Head | 111 | India | 2024 | Adelaide |
| Travis Head | 112 | England | 2022 | Hobart |
| Travis Head | 125 | West Indies | 2022 | Adelaide |
| J Root | 139 | West Indies | 2017 | Edgbaston |
| Asad Shafiq | 140 | Australia | 2016 | Brisbane |
Head's century in 111 balls is the fastest century in terms of balls in a day-night test. In this case, Head broke his own two-year-old record. In 2022, he scored a century in 112 balls in the day-night test against England in Hobart. Head is also at number three. He scored a century in 125 balls against West Indies in the Adelaide Day-Night Test in 2022. In this list, England's Joe Root is at number four with 139 balls and Pakistan's Asad Shafiq is at number five with 140 balls.
Travis Head is the second batsman to score the most centuries in day-night tests: Not only this, Travis Head has reached the second position in terms of scoring the most centuries in day-night tests. He has scored three centuries in day-night tests so far. Only his compatriot Marnus Labuschagne is ahead of him. Labuschagne has scored four centuries in day-night tests. Asad Shafiq and Dimuth Karunaratne are jointly at third place in this list with two centuries each.
This was his second century against India. Head has scored 511 runs in his last six innings in Tests against India. Head's last six innings in Tests against India are as follows - 140 runs (in this Test), 89 runs (101 balls), 11 runs (13 balls), 18 runs (27 balls), 163 runs (174 balls), 90 runs (163 balls). So far, Head has scored 955 runs in 21 innings of 12 Tests against India. This includes two centuries and four half-centuries. During this period his average has been more than 45.
| Player | Century |
|---|---|
| Marnus Labuschagne | 4 |
| Travis Head | 3 |
| Asad Shafiq | 2 |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | 2 |
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