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West Indies Struggle After Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne Shine For Australia | Cricket News
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West Indies Struggle After Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne Shine For Australia | Cricket News

[ad_1] Australia took four wickets to leave the West Indies reeling Friday in the day-night second Test after Travis Head crunched 175 and Marnus Labuschagne became the second-fastest man to 3,000 Test runs behind Donald Bradman. At stumps in Adelaide on day two, the visitors were 102-4, still 409 runs behind after Australia declared their first innings at 511-7. Opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul remained defiant on 47 alongside nightwatchman Anderson Phillip on one. Skipper Steve Smith's declaration gave his bowlers just over a full session to inflict maximum damage with the pink ball under lights, which is usually the most treacherous time to bat in day-night Tests.And they grabbed the opportunity as the home side look to sweep the two-Test series after winning in Perth by 164 runs.Michael...
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Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head Hit Centuries As Australia Take Charge vs West Indies | Cricket News
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Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head Hit Centuries As Australia Take Charge vs West Indies | Cricket News

[ad_1] Run machine Marnus Labuschagne belted a third successive Test century and Travis Head also made a ton Thursday as Australia seized control on day one of the pink-ball second Test against an injury-hit West Indies. Consistent number three Labuschagne smacked 204 then 104 not out at the first Test in Perth to overtake England's Joe Root this week as the world's top-ranked Test batsman. And he carried that form to Adelaide with a patient unbeaten 120 to again torment the Caribbean team, as the hosts amassed 330-3 by stumps.The chanceless Head was not out 114, relieved at converting to three figures after he was out for 99 in the first Test.The visitors, who are missing three first-choice bowlers, enjoyed some success on a flat track that offered little for the fast bowlers, removing ...
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Travis Head, David Warner Plunder Centuries As Australia Crush England In Final ODI | Cricket News
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Travis Head, David Warner Plunder Centuries As Australia Crush England In Final ODI | Cricket News

[ad_1] Dominant centuries from Travis Head and David Warner helped Australia thrash a tired England by 221 runs Tuesday in the third and final one-day international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to sweep the series 3-0. After a six-wicket loss in Adelaide and a 72-run defeat in Sydney, England's long tour ended with a crushing defeat at the same venue where they won the T20 World Cup this month. Australia made a formidable 355-5 on the back of Head's 152 and Warner's 106 in a rain-hit game reduced to 48 overs, with the pair's 269-run stand the ninth-highest opening partnership in 50-over cricket and the biggest at the MCG.It left England needing 364 to win under a DLS-adjusted target, an ominous score they never looked like getting against a disciplined attack led by pacemen Pat Cummin...
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Australia Recall Marcus Harris For West Indies Tests | Cricket News
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Australia Recall Marcus Harris For West Indies Tests | Cricket News

[ad_1] Opening batsman Marcus Harris was Tuesday recalled to Australia's Test squad for two clashes against the West Indies, while Travis Head retained his place despite poor recent form. Harris featured in last year's successful Ashes campaign against England but was axed and overlooked for Australia's Test trip to Sri Lanka in July with Usman Khawaja preferred as David Warner's opening partner. Khawaja is again expected to open with Harris as back-up in a slimmed-down 13-man squad."Marcus Harris regains his place after continuing to perform for Gloucestershire in the English county competition and a strong start to the Sheffield Shield season," said chairman of selectors George Bailey.Head keeps his place despite poor form in Australia's domestic Sheffield Shield competition with the t...
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