Marnus Labuschagne scores third Test century in a row as Australia beat West Indies . Travis Head also scores a ton to push Australia to 3303 .
Adelaide, December 9: Marnus Labuschagne scored his third century in a row as Australia defeated West Indies on Thursday, while Travis Head also scored a ton to push Australia to 3303.Labuschagne (120*) and Head (114*) were unbeaten on the crease at the end of the day.Australia lost opener David Warner for just 21 off 29 balls with four fours when opting to bat first.The veteran is on his way to a big Test knock this season, having only scored 340 runs in 16 innings, two fifties, for an average of just over 22 runs.
Australia was 341 feet high at the time.Usman Khawaja went to the fork in the pandemic after this.In his 129-ball knock of 62, which included nine boundaries, the batter struck some fine fours.Labuschagne made a 95-run stand for the second wicket, but Devon Thomas accidentally trapped him leg before wicket. Fans were frantically searching for another big stand between these two batters, who had previously ripped apart bowlers.Jason Holder, an all-rounder, caught and bowled him, sending him back after an eight-ball duck, his fifth Test duck.Head was the next Aussie on the crease at 1313.With some fine hitting, Head and Labuschagne broke the Windies bowling attack apart. In 2019, the recently crowned number one Test batter had done so against Pakistan.Both wicketkeepers had a total of 199 runs at the end of day's play.Holder, Thomas, and Joseph took one wicket each.Brief Scores: Australia: 3303 against the West Indies (Marnus Labuschagne 120*, Travis Head 114*, Jason Holder 142).