Travis Head’s first Test century at his beloved Adelaide Oval turned the warmth on West Indies late on day one of many second Test and sealed an evening to recollect for the native hero.
Windies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite broke Head’s coronary heart by bowling him on 99 within the first innings of the sequence opener in Perth, and the 28-year-old didn’t get the possibility to go one higher within the second.
But in his sixth Test innings on his residence deck, Head (114no) had the final snigger with a fifth Test century that confirmed Australia will head into day two with all of the momentum.
Head grew to become the primary South Australian to attain a Test century at Adelaide Oval since Greg Blewett in 1995 and may have gone some solution to mounting his case for choice on the upcoming tour of India.
After shedding the toss, West Indies’ finest guess was to attempt to parlay low mild into wickets within the third session and depart themselves as little as attainable to do on the second day.
But it was in darkness that Head and Marnus Labuschagne (120no) flourished, decided not to surrender their wickets cheaply, as David Warner (21) and Steve Smith (0) had earlier than them.
Head is the proper No.5, in a position to play second fiddle simply as simply as reduce free with rapid-fire runs.
His feverish strategy to his work cemented his spot within the Test facet after his recall final summer season and was on present once more on Thursday.
The South Australia captain notably slashed debutant Devon Thomas for 4 on consecutive deliveries and after copping savage remedy from the native boy, Thomas didn’t bowl once more earlier than stumps.
West Indies took the second new ball as Head was approaching the nervous nineties so the 28-year-old slowed his tempo.
Just because it appeared the clock would beat him, Head belted a 4 previous deep further cowl, backing it up with one other 4 previous lengthy off that sealed his ton.
