Marnus blitz rolls on as Head beats gutting blow

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Marnus Labuschagne's blazing commencement to the summertime rolled connected and Travis Head scored his archetypal Test period astatine location arsenic Australia piled misery connected the West Indies connected time 1 successful Adelaide.

The Australians are 3-330 astatine stumps connected time 1 of the day-night 2nd Test aft Labuschagne compiled 120 runs from 235 balls and Head pummelled 114 from 139.

Labuschagne's Adelaide period followed an exceptional show successful the Perth Test, which saw Australia's archetypal driblet peel disconnected 204 and an unbeaten 104.

AS IT HAPPENED: Second Test, time one

Labuschagne became conscionable the 3rd antheral successful past to person registered 3 Test centuries successful succession against the West Indies, joining Indian fable Sunil Gavaskar (1970-71) and Pakistan large Mohammad Yousuf (2006-07).

Head had struck a one-day planetary period successful Adelaide, against Pakistan successful 2017, but determination was a consciousness of his maiden Test 100 successful the South Australian superior meaning much to him and those successful the stands.

The left-hander overcame the devastation of chopping connected for 99 successful Perth, knocking an Alzarri Joseph transportation down the crushed for 4 arsenic helium brought up his period from 125 balls.

The Redbacks skipper twirled his bat implicit his caput similar the rotor leaf of a helicopter, earlier punching the air, raising some arms and kissing the Australian overgarment of arms connected his helmet to a lukewarm reception.

"Play it consecutive arsenic possible," Head said connected the Fox Cricket broadcast erstwhile asked what was moving done his caput during the 90s.

"It was bully that I did that.

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"I tried not to chopped it disconnected the stumps.

"Cricket's a comic game. One tally does magical things to the brain. It was a agelong week, (it was) bully for the adjacent 1 to get implicit the line.

"Now I tin hide astir that."

Labuschagne had slashed a Devon Thomas shot done the constituent portion to determination to his century.

The Queenslander joined Bob Simpson, Simon Katich and Lindsay Hassett connected 10 Test tons.

The West Indies had a horrible day, repeatedly putting the shot successful the incorrect areas and misfielding arsenic skipper Kraigg Brathwaite gave himself and six teammates a bowl.

But the tourists continued to beryllium cruelled by an wounded crisis, losing replacement speedy Marquino Mindley to a hamstring ailment conscionable 2 overs into his spell.

The wounded to Mindley followed the losses of pacemen Kemar Roach (hamstring), Jayden Seales (knee) and Kyle Mayers (shoulder) aft the Perth Test.

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