Travis Head’s century leads Australia to an 8-wicket victory over England in Ashes series opener
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PERTH, Australia (AP) — Travis Head flipped the narrative and dominated the England pace bowlers with one of the great centuries in Ashes cricket Saturday as Australia raced to an eight-wicket victory with three days to spare in the first test.
Head turned England’s “Bazball” tactics back on the visitors, clobbering a century from 69 deliveries after being promoted up the order to open the innings when Usman Khawaja was injured.
In three innings across five sessions, fast bowlers were right on top as 30 wickets fell for 468 runs 113 overs in Perth — 19 on an extraordinary Day 1 and 11 before the tea interval on Day 2.
Set 205 to win, Head went in as a makeshift opener and plundered 123 from 83 balls, hitting boundaries to all parts of the ground as he hit the rope 16 times and cleared it on four occasions.
He was caught in the outfield trying to rush to victory, with Australia needing just 13 runs to win at 192-2.
Marnus Labuschagne leveled the scores with a six and was unbeaten on 51 when Australia reached 205-2.
The second test in the five-match series starts Dec. 4 at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Australia extended its unbeaten run in home Ashes tests to 16, with 14 victories and two draws since losing the 2010-11 series.
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