Travis Head created history by scoring a century in Adelaide, equaled the records of Don Bradman and Michael Clarke.

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 20, 2025

Yes, that is what has happened. First of all, know that in this Ashes series match, Travis Head faced 196 balls in Australia’s second innings till the end of the third day’s play and scored unbeaten 142 runs by hitting 13 fours and 2 sixes. The special thing is that Travis has played a century in the fourth consecutive Test match on the ground of Adelaide. With this, he has now become only the second player to achieve this feat in Adelaide, equaling the record of Michael Clarke.

Apart from this, Travis Head has also been included in the special record list of players who have scored centuries in four consecutive Test matches at any one venue in Australia. Before him, great Australian player Don Bradman (1928-32, Melbourne), England’s Wally Hammond (1928-36, Sydney), Australia’s Michael Clarke (2012-14, Adelaide), and Australia’s Steve Smith (2014-17, Melbourne) had achieved this feat.

Match status: By the end of play on the third day of the Adelaide Test, Australia had scored 271 runs in its second innings, losing 4 wickets in 66 overs. Earlier, the host team had scored 371 runs and England had scored 286 runs in their first innings. At present Australia has a lead of 356 runs. Know that at the beginning of the fourth day’s play, the pair of Travis Head (142) and Alex Carey (52) will lead Australia’s innings.

This is the playing eleven of both the teams

England (Playing XI): Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Will Jacks, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue.

Australia (Playing XI): Travis Head, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.