Indian bowlers looked a little ineffective on day 1 of the WTC final. Travis Head dominated the day and scored a century.Steve Smith also supported him and he is also in the brink of scoring a century.
India started the day by taking Khwaja out in a duck. Score was only 2 at that time and Siraj gave a great breath through early on. Then afterwards Warner and Labuschagne built a 69 runs partnership and just before Lunch Warner was sent back by Thakur. Warner scored 43 runs and hit 8 boundaries. After lunch Labuschagne bowled by Shami.
3 wickets in 76 runs and then Travis Head joined the party. He scored a brilliant knock of 146 runs in just 156 balls which includes 22 fours and 1 six. He got a great partner in the form of Steve Smith who made 95 runs in 227 balls. He has hit 14 boundaries till now. Both of them contributed 251 runs together till now.
Aussies at the end of day 1 in WTC final scored 327/3 in 85 overs. Siraj took 2 wickets and Shami took 1 wicket.
Travis Head said after his innings “Losing the toss this morning, we have done an exceptionally good job day one. Of hard work to do in the morning, but nice to come off with a really good start. I had a wonderful time, this time in ‘19, we played a million warm-up games and A series. This time was completely different. We know the process well and train and have the backing. Making sure I am in a really good position, I felt like today I was for most of my innings. I was tested.
There were moments I thought they were going to come with plans. Trying to be adjustable on the job, work through and negate those periods and stay relaxed at the same time. It’s nice when you have got a bloke at the other end playing as well as he is. I always love batting with Smith, I always feel I go under the radar because there are so many plans bowling to him. You say second fiddle, but I like that I am doing that to him. (For pitch) As it gets quicker, you may see more nicks. It was tough, slow, it was challenging with both new balls.