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New Zealand batter Chad Bowes smashed the record for the fastest double century in List A cricket on Wednesday, previously held by Australian star batter Travis Head.

The 32-year-old batter set the record while playing for Canterbury against Otago during the ongoing Ford Trophy.

He opened the innings for his side after being invited to bat first by Otago captain Matthew Bacon and completed his double century in 103 balls.

The record was previously held jointly by Travis Head and India’s Narayan Jagadeesan, who both completed their double century in 114 balls.

It’s worth noting that Head held the record with a 117-ball double century, which he scored in 2015 while playing for South Australia against Western Australia.

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The Australian improved his record in 2021 against Queensland, which was then equalled by Jagadeesan, who scored a 114 double century during a match between Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh in 2022.

It’s worth noting that Chad Bowes achieved the historic feat during his 100th List A match. He smashed 27 fours and seven sixes during his marathon knock lifting his team to post 343 for 9. Otago folded for a meagre 103 while chasing the mammoth total.

“It might sink in over the next day or two, but obviously a great day here at Hagley and a good occasion to do something special,” Bowes said after his innings.

“These things happen naturally, organically. You don’t plan for it or try to do it, so I’m glad it was my day. Probably not [hit the ball] consistently that well, so it was nice to get most of them out of the middle and hit it around the park.

“It started off really nicely so I just kept going and it was working so I didn’t try to rein it in too much and just kept the foot on the gas,” Bowes said.

Fastest double century in List A cricket

1. 103 Chad Bowes (Canterbury) — 103 balls vs Otago, 2024
2. Travis Head (South Australia) — 114 balls vs Queensland, 2021
3. Narayan Jagadeesan (Tamil Nadu) — 114 balls vs Arunachal Pradesh, 2022
4. Travis Head (South Australia) — 117 balls vs Western Australia, 2015
5. Ben Duckett (England Lions) — 123 balls vs Sri Lanka A, 2016
6. Jamie How (Central Districts) — 126 balls vs Northern Districts, 2013
7. Ishan Kishan (India) — 126 balls vs Bangladesh, 2022
8. D’Arcy Short (Western Australia) — 128 balls vs Queensland, 2018
9. Glenn Maxwell (Australia) — 128 balls vs Afghanistan, 2023
10. Prithvi Shaw (Northamptonshire) — 129 balls vs Somerset, 2023

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BRISTOL: Travis Head starred with both bat and ball as Australia beat England by 49 runs in a rain-marred fifth ODI to complete a 3-2 series win here on Sunday.

Australia made a blistering start to their chase of 310, with openers Matthew Short (58) and Head (31) sharing a stand of 78 in slightly more than seven overs.

And when rain stopped play, Australia were 165-2 off 20.4 overs — well ahead of the target required under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method.

Steve Smith, leading Australia in place of the injured Mitchell Marsh, was 36 not out before the umpires called the game off at 6:00 pm local time (1700 GMT).

Australia’s opening batters Short and Head punished a wayward England attack featuring Olly Stone, in for the rested Jofra Archer. But Brydon Carse struck with his first ball when he had Travis Head caught at cover.

Matthew Potts, who had already dismissed Australia’s Smith twice in the series, almost had the star batter given out lbw for 10 but a review indicated the ball would have missed leg stump.

Short went to fifty when he pulled Carse for his fourth six in just 23 balls. But he was out when caught behind driving at Potts.

England then missed an opportunity when they didn’t appeal after Josh Inglis, on two, got a thin edge off Carse to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.

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Earlier, Steve Smith won the toss only for Phil Salt to launch England’s innings with a quickfire 45 that featured consecutive sixes off Aaron Hardie.

But Hardie had his revenge when Salt’s drive over point was caught by Marnus Labuschagne before he bowled Will Jacks for a duck with an excellent off-cutter.

Harry Brook came in having struck a match-winning ODI century at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday that helped reduce England’s deficit to 2-1 before his 87 laid the foundation for a colossal 186-run success at Lord’s on Friday.

Duckett, who made 63 at Lord’s, completed a 45-ball fifty before Brook reached the landmark in just 39 balls when he drove Hardie over long-on for six.

Brook then struck leg-spinner Adam Zampa for successive sixes at the start of the 25th over. But Zampa, holding his nerve, deceived Brook four balls later with a slower, flighted delivery the batsman miscued low to Glenn Maxwell at long-off.

Brook’s exit sparked an England slump but Duckett, out for 95 in the series opener at Trent Bridge, completed his second career ODI hundred in 86 balls including 13 fours and a six.

The left-hander’s first England century in all formats this season, after several close calls in both Tests and ODIs, ended soon afterwards when he holed out off Head.

England were set for a huge total at one point with the scoreboard reading 202-2, however, they lost their last eight wickets for 107 runs to be dismissed for 309, with part-time spinner Head taking his career-best ODI figures of 4-28.

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DUBAI: Afghanistan’s wicketkeeper batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Australia’s hard-hitting opener Travis Head on Wednesday, entered the Top 10 of the ICC Men’s ODI Batting Rankings, led by Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam.

Gurbaz played a pivotal role in leading Afghanistan to their first-ever ODI series victory over South Africa, finishing the three-match series as the highest run-scorer.

The right-handed batter accumulated 194 runs at a brilliant average of 64.66 despite falling for a duck in the series opener. He recovered from a dismal start and smashed an anchoring century in the second ODI.

He continued his purple patch in the third ODI and scored a magnificent 89 up the order in Afghanistan’s seven-wicket defeat.

As a result, Rahmanullah Gurbaz jumped 10 places to eighth (692) and became the first-ever Afghanistan batter to make it to the Top 10 of the ICC Men’s ODI Batting Rankings.

On the other hand, Australia’s explosive opener Travis Head leapt seven spots to ninth (684), courtesy of his unbeaten 154-run knock against England in the first ODI of the ongoing five-match series.

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Meanwhile, Pakistan’s ace batter Babar Azam extended his stay at the summit of the ICC Men’s ODI Batting Rankings with 824 rating points, way ahead of Indian counterpart Rohit Sharma (765), who is closely followed by compatriots Shubman Gill (763) and Virat Kohli (746).

Besides ODI Batting Rankings, ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings also witnessed a notable shakeup as returning India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant re-entered the Top 10.

Pant, who scored a well-crafted century in India’s second innings in the first home Test against Bangladesh, secured sixth position in the Test Batting Rankings, led by England’s Joe Root.

India’s skipper Sharma, who registered two single-digit scores in the aforementioned fixture, slipped five places to 10th, paving the way for Mohammad Rizwan to climb up to eighth while Babar Azam remained at 11th.

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NOTTINGHAM: Travis Head’s unbeaten century, coupled with two wickets, powered Australia to a convincing seven-wicket victory over England in the first ODI of the five-match series here at Trent Bridge on Thursday.

Set to chase a daunting 316, Australia comfortably amassed 317/3 with 36 balls to spare, courtesy of an unbeaten 148-run partnership between Head and Marnus Labuschagne.

The visitors, however, had a contrasting start to the pursuit as they lost their skipper Mitchell Marsh (10) in the fourth over with 20 runs on the board.

Experienced batter Steve Smith then joined Head in the middle and together they raised an anchoring partnership which yielded 76 runs.

Smith looked in great touch as he scored at a brisk rate until falling victim to Liam Livingstone in the 16th over. He smashed three sixes on his way to a 28-ball 32.

Head was then involved in another crucial partnership with Cameron Green, who made a run-a-ball 32.

Australia were 169/3 in 26.1 overs when Marnus Labuschagne joined Travis Head in the middle, needing a further 146 runs.

The duo dominated the England bowlers with Travis Head being the core aggressor while Labuschagne anchored his way through as Australia reached the finish line with six overs left.

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Travis Head top-scored with a quickfire 154 off 129 deliveries, peppered with 20 fours and five sixes while Marnus Labuschagne made a well-crafted 77 off 61 balls, laced up with seven fours and two sixes.

For England, Matthew Potts, Jacob Bethell and Liam Livingstone shared three wickets between them.

Earlier, after opting to bat first, England registered a decent total of 315 at the back of brilliant half-centuries by Ben Duckett and Will Jacks.

Duckett remained the top-scorer for England with a 91-ball 95 with the help of 11 boundaries, followed by Will Jacks, who made 62 off 56 deliveries. The duo shared a 120-run stand for the second wicket to put England on course for a big total.

Besides them, stand-in skipper Harry Brook (39) and debutant Jacob Bethell (35) made significant contributions.

Adam Zampa and Marnus Labuschagne were the standout bowlers for Australia, picking up three wickets each, followed by Travis Head, who took two.

Australia now lead the five-match series 1-0 against England. The two sides next face each other in the second ODI on Saturday in Leeds.

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SOUTHAMPTON: Travis Head made a valuable 59 and leg-spinner Adam Zampa took two cheap wickets as Australia beat England by 28 runs in the first T20I at The Rose Bowl on Wednesday.

Opening batsman Head’s quickfire innings was the cornerstone of Australia’s seemingly below-par 179 all out.

But with Zampa taking an economical 2-20 in a match where England’s slow bowlers also impressed, it was more than enough as the hosts were dismissed for 151 to leave Australia 1-0 up in a three-match series.

“It was a nice start,” said player-of-the-match Travis Head at the presentation ceremony, adding: “For me it was about using the pace well which I think I did.”

Stand-in England captain Phil Salt, leading the team in place of the injured Jos Buttler, said: “Everything was good (about captaincy) apart from the result.”

Turning to Head’s 23-ball innings, which featured eight fours and four sixes, Salt said: “When the ball starts flying like that it is all about how to shut him down.

“Maybe we could have done a bit better but it has given something to get clarity on in the next game.”

Australia captain Mitchell Marsh praised Head and opening partner Matthew Short for their “exciting” start against England before also lauding Zampa and experienced fast bowler Josh Hazlewood.

“We’re lucky to have guys like Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood in our team, especially for some of our younger guys to learn from,” he said. “I went back to them and they both applied the pressure when needed.”

England collapsed to 52-4 inside eight overs in their first limited-overs international since sacking white-ball coach Matthew Mott after the Australian presided over lacklustre defences of their 50-over and T20 World Cup titles.

Jordan Cox, one of three England debutants, fell for 17 when he was brilliantly caught in the deep, with the sprinting Tim David diving full length to hold a two-handed chance over his shoulder.

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Salt, a potential dangerman, pulled Sean Abbott to deep square leg before Jacob Bethell was clean bowled by Zampa.

Liam Livingstone took up the attack with a 37 featuring a huge six over midwicket off Marcus Stoinis.

Together with Sam Curran, he added 54 until the latter clothed a pull off Sean Abbott to backward square leg.

And 106-5 became 108-6 in the 14th over when Livingstone played on to Hazlewood (2-32).

Zampa all but ended the game when he had Jamie Overton (15) playing on to leave England 128-8.

Earlier, Australia were set for a total in excess of 200 after being sent into bat.

But Livingstone took 3-22 and fellow spinner Adil Rashid, the world’s top-ranked T20 bowler, a typically economical 1-23 in his four overs as England fought back.

Left-hander Head took advantage of wayward fast bowling and hit 30 runs off one Curran over.

But going for another big hit, the 30-year-old holed out off Saqib Mahmood to deep square leg, where Cox held a safe catch.

Four balls later Australia’s 86-1 became 89-2 when Marsh was clean bowled by Rashid as he heaved across the line.

Livingstone took two wickets in two balls, both lbw on review, when he dismissed Stoinis (10) and David, with fast bowler Jofra Archer doing the same late on.

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Indian batter KL Rahul has recently ranked Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam above swashbuckling Australian opener Travis Head.

During a recent cricket challenge, Rahul was given the names of five international batters and was asked to rank them according to his preferences.

The first name that popped up was — Travis Head, which Rahul placed fifth, followed by India’s Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma, who was ranked second.

The next was aggressive Indian batter and T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav, who Rahul placed third.

Babar Azam and Virat Kohli were the final two names on the list. KL Rahul ranked Babar fourth while, Virat was placed at the top of the list.

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Rahul next faced a similar challenge about the top five bowlers according to his preference.

Enngland’s legendary pacer James Anderson was the first name, which was ranked second by Rahul, while South African legend Steyn was given the top spot.

The next up was Bumrah’s teammate Jasprit Bumrah, who was ranked third. Meanwhile, Afghanistan’s spin wizard Rashid Khan and Pakistan’s pace sensation Naseem Shah were ranked fourth and fifth respectively.

KL Rahul’s top five batters

1. Virat Kohli
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Suryakumar Yadav
4. Babar Azam
5. Travis Head

KL Rahul’s top five bowlers

1. James Anderson
2. Dale Steyn
3. Jasprit Bumrah
4. Rashid Khan
5. Naseem Shah

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EDINBURGH: Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh dismantled Scotland’s bowling attack as they helped Australia to register the highest batting powerplay score in the history of T20 Internationals (T20Is).

The former champions were set to chase a modest 155-run target as a combined bowling effort restricted Scotland to 154/9 in the allotted 20 overs at the Grange Cricket Club Ground here on Wednesday.

Opening batter George Munsey top-scored for the home side with a 16-ball 28, followed by wicketkeeper batter Matthew Cross (27), skipper Richie Berrington (23) and top-order batter Brandon McMullen (19).

For Australia, Sean Abbott picked three wickets while Xavier Bartlett and Adam Zampa bagged two each.

Australia had an unwanted start to the run chase as they lost young opener Jake Fraser-McGurk (0) on just the third delivery of the innings.

Following his departure, Marsh joined Head in the middle and the duo combined to launch an astounding counterattack with belligerent hitting.

Travis Head was the core aggressor of the historic partnership as the left-handed opener conceded just 17 balls to reach half-century, the joint quickest by an Australian batter in the format.

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The second-wicket partnership between Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh muscled Australia to 113/1 by the end of the batting powerplay, the highest score by a team in the history of T20Is.

Mark Watt gave Scotland a sigh of relief in the next over as he got rid of both Head and Marsh.

Marsh scored 39 off just 12 balls with the help of five fours and three sixes while Head remained the top-scorer for Australia with a 25-ball 80, peppered with 12 fours and five sixes.

Following their departure, wicketkeeper batter Josh Inglis alongside Marcus Stoinis anchored Australia to glory with 62 balls to spare.

Inglis remained unbeaten with a 13-ball 27 while Stoinis scored eight not out.

Mark Watt starred with the ball for Scotland, picking up key wickets of Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh and conceding just 13 runs in his two overs while the rest were decimated by the Australian batters.

Australia now lead Scotland 1-0 in the three-match T20I series with the remaining two fixtures scheduled on September 6 and 7 respectively at the same venue.

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Pakistan’s white-ball captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan slipped down in the ICC Men’s T20I Batting Rankings while Australia’s Travis Head replaced India’s Suryakumar Yadav at the summit.

Head enjoyed a stunning run since cementing his spot at the top of the order for his national side in the shortest format.

The left-handed opener was exceptional in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 for Australia. He accumulated 255 runs in seven innings at a brilliant average of 42.50.

Travis Head also smashed two half-centuries, out of which one came against India in a losing cause.

He kept Australia in the hunt with his 43-ball 76, peppered with nine fours and four sixes. However, his departure in the 17th over eventually resulted in the 2021 champions succumbing to a 24-run defeat.

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The Australian opener jumped four places to claim the top spot in the ICC Men’s T20I Batting Rankings, with Suryakumar, Phil Salt, Babar Azam, and Mohammad Rizwan all dropping down a place to make up the remainder of the top five.

On the other hand, Australia’s Marcus Stoinis has been knocked off the top spot in the All-rounders rankings after his short stay as No. 1.

Stoinis slipped to fourth, with India’s Hardik Pandya up to third, Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan in second, and Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga back to top spot.

England’s leg-spinner Adil Rashid remained at the T20I Bowling Rankings summit but Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan moved up to second after his T20 World Cup 2024 heroics, with Josh Hazlewood moving up three places into fourth, behind Hasaranga.

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Legendary Australian captain Ricky Ponting has unveiled his predictions for the highest run-scorer and the top wicket-taker for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, starting from June 1.

Ponting predicted that Indian pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah would be the leading wicket-taker at the mega-event. Meanwhile, for the highest run-getter, Ponting picked Australian top-order batter Travis Head.

The former captain appreciated Bumrah’s ability to swing the ball as well as his impressive economy. Bumrah claimed 20 wickets in 13 games at an economy of 6.48 during the recently concluded IPL.

“My leading wicket-taker for the tournament will be Jasprit Bumrah. I just think an outstanding performer, and contributor for a number of years now. He’s just come off an outstanding IPL,” Ponting told The ICC Review.

“What he can do with the new ball, he swings the new ball, he has the seam up. But at the end, his economy rate at the end of the IPL was less than seven runs an over.

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“He takes wickets. He does bowl a lot of the hard overs too. When you bowl the hard overs in T20 cricket, it gives you a chance to pick up a lot of wickets along the way. So, I’m going with him.”

Ricky Ponting then praised Head for his batting prowess across formats in the last two years. Head scored crucial centuries in the finals of the ICC World Test Championship and ICC ODI World Cup 2023.

“My prediction for the leading run-scorer will be Travis Head. I just think everything he’s done, whether it be red-ball or white-ball in the last couple of years, has been of the highest quality. I think he’s playing fearless cricket at the moment,” Ponting said.

“His IPL had its ups and downs, but when it’s been good, it’s been very good. And it has won games of cricket for his team,” Ponting noted.

“And it’ll be exactly the same for Australia. So, look, he might not be the most consistent on the way through this tournament, but he’ll be right up there, I’m sure, with the leading run scorers. And as I’ve said, if he spends any amount of time at the wicket for Australia, he’ll win more games than ever.”

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AHMEDABAD: Australian opener Travis Head came out all guns blazing against hosts India as he struck a brisk century in the ICC World Cup 2023 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Sunday.

Head achieved the milestone in the 34th over of Australia’s pursuit when he worked a length ball from Kuldeep Yadav towards the cover region and took a risky single.

He amassed the century in just 95 deliveries with the help of 14 boundaries and a six.

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His century-plus knock kept Australia afloat after the five-time champions had slipped to 47/3 in seven overs.

Travis Head joined forces with Marnus Labuschagne and put together an anchoring partnership.

When this story was filed Australia were 192/3 in 35 overs with Head (107*) and Labuschagne (41) firm at the crease.

For the unversed, this was Travis Head’s second century against India in an ICC event final.

He struck a sensational 163 in the first innings of the World Test Championship (WTC) Final which led Australia to take command of the showpiece fixture at The Oval.

Travis Head failed to emulate his brilliance in the second innings as he could score 18 but his first-innings exploits were enough to lead Australia to glory and also earned him the Player of the Match award.

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Put into bat first, India could accumulate a modest 240 in the allotted 50 overs as pacers-led Australia booked their strong batting lineup.

Mitchell Starch was the pick of the bowlers for Australia with 3/55 in his 10 overs while captain Pat Cummins bagged two wickets, leaking just 34 runs in his quota of overs.

Josh Hazlewood also played a pivotal role in keeping the Indian batting unit in check, returning with 2/60.

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