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  2. Jun 7, 2023 · Head came out confident, hitting the Indians all around the Oval. Only Jadeja reined him in but Head counter-punched the pace from the other end. He reached a half-century off 60 balls with his ninth boundary, and earned the first century in a WTC final — 100 off 106 balls — with a top-edged single over square leg.

  3. Jun 7, 2023 · Travis Head scored his sixth Test century against India during Day 1 of the 2023 World Test Championship (WTC) Final at the Oval in London on Wednsday. Head’s hundred, coming off...

  4. Jun 7, 2023 · Travis Head scored his first overseas century off 106 balls.(AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)

  5. Jun 7, 2023 · Travis Head scored his sixth Test century and first outside of Australia on the opening day of the World Test Championship final on Wednesday. His counter attacking cricket left India struggling as he cracked his first ton against the top-ranked side in 17 innings. WTC Final Live: India vs Australia Day 1. Advertisement.

    • Second-Highest Test Score by An Aussie at A Neutral Venue
    • First-Ever Centurion in A WTC Final
    • Travis Head Now Has The Best Strike Rate in The 2021-23 WTC Cycle

    Travis Head's incredible knock saw him muster 163 runs. This is now the second-best individual score by any Australian batter at a neutral venue in Test cricket history. Head had a golden opportunity to tumble the 111-year-old record but agonizingly missed out by just one run. The record for the highest individual score by an Aussie batter at a neu...

    Head produced a batting masterclass on Wednesday, putting the Indian bowlers to the sword. The southpaw pounced on every delivery that was there to be hit and collected runs rather easily. In the 65th over of Day 1, he completed his century, off 106 balls, thus becoming the first-ever player to hit a ton in a WTC final. The previous highest score i...

    Head is a natural hard-hitting batter, who likes to take on the opposition. He has exactly lived up to the billing all throughout this WTC cycle and scored at a brisk rate against India as well. Smashing 25 boundaries and a six in total, Head batted at a strike rate of 93.68. With this, he took his overall strike rate in the current WTC cycle (2021...

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  6. Jun 7, 2023 · The South Australian became the first man to score a century in a World Test Championship Final, racing to his maiden ton in England off just 106 balls. It was also his first Test hundred outside of Australia and his first century against India. What a wonderful hundred from Travis Head. Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images.

  7. Jun 7, 2023 · Dropped for the last Test of the 2019 Ashes when he averaged 27.28, Head's first overseas Test century showed he is a different batsman now. He flamboyantly flicked the ball off his pads,...