Travis Head Makes History
South Australia captain Travis Head has made history becoming just the third player to score two double-centuries in List A cricket after hammering 230 against Queensland at Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide.
Left-hander makes fastest-ever List A double-century, off 114 balls, surpassing his own record to become the 3rd player to score multiple doubles.
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Travis Head joins India’s Rohit Sharma-
Travis joins India’s Rohit Sharma has scored three in ODI cricket. And Englishman Ali Brown, who has the highest score in List A cricket, is the only man to have managed multiple double-centuries. With Head adding to the 202 he scored against Western Australia in the Marsh Cup in 2015.
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Head made 230 from 127 balls-
Head made 230 from 127 balls – the sixth-highest List A score – with 28 fours and 8 sixes to help set up South Australia’s total of 8 for 391 from 48 overs, with two overs lost to rain. Head’s innings were the second-highest score in Marsh Cup history behind D’Arcy Short’s 257. As well as the fastest List A double-hundred (off 114 balls). The team total was South Australia’s second-highest in competition history.
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Head last played ODI cricket for Australia in 2018 when he was dropped after three single-figure scores in a series against South Africa.
He entered with the score at 1 for 22 in the fourth over following the loss of Alex Carey. Head began his assault on the Queensland bowlers immediately and never relented. He raced to his century off just 65 balls, bringing it up with a six over square leg.
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He got great support from Jake Weatherald who made 97 in their 244-run stand. Weatherald missed out on his century. Then he was caught off a leading edge at mid-on from the bowling of Gurinder Sandhu. The right-arm took 4 for 73 on his Queensland debut having played previously for New South Wales and Tasmania.
Queensland’s target was adjusted to 397 under DLS because of the rain delay midway through South Australia’s innings.