ENG vs AUS: Australia’s explosive batsman Travels Head scored a huge score of 123 runs in the second innings against England and with that he also broke the 123-year-old record. In the Perth Test, the Australian team has defeated England by 8 wickets.
Travis Head Record: Australia’s explosive batsman Travis Head has made a big record against England. In the second innings of the first Ashes Test, Head played a stormy innings of 123 runs in just 83 balls. This innings also included 16 fours and 4 sixes. With the help of this century, Australia has defeated England in the first Perth Test. With this century, Travis has also broken a 123 year old record.
Australia won in Perth
Let us tell you that the first match of the Ashes Test was played on the grounds of Perth and you will be surprised to know that Australia won this match on the very second day. England had won the toss in the match and decided to bat first, but were bundled out on a score of just 172 in the first innings. Even in the second innings, the England team could not do anything special and were all out on the score of 164. On this side, Australia needed 205 runs to win this match, in which this brilliant inning of Travis Head has come to the fore.
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Head failed in the first innings
It is noteworthy that, Travis Head came to bat at the fifth position in the first innings of this match. During this time, he could not do anything special with the bat and returned to the pavilion with a score of just 21 runs. But, when Australia sent Head to open in the second innings of the match, he set the example of an opening batsman and got rid of England’s sixes and led his team to victory by scoring 123 runs in just 83 balls. He completed his half century in just 36 balls.
What is the 123 year old record?
With this century, Travis Head has also broken the 123-year-old record of Ashes series history. Australian batsman broke Gilbert Jason’s record. While batting against Australia in 1902, he had scored a century in just 76 balls, but now Head has overtaken him by scoring a century in 69 balls. Apart from this, let us also tell you that the fastest century in the Ashes Test is of Adam Gilchrist, who scored a century in just 57 balls in 2006-07.
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