David Warner’s 12th Test century
and a bittersweet 95 from
Chris Rogers put Australia on
course for a huge total on an
emotional first day in the
fourth and final Test against
India on Tuesday. Warner
smashed 101 off just 114 balls
while Rogers fell five short of
a hundred as the Australian
pair put on an even 200 for the
opening wicket at the Sydney
Cricket Ground.
Both were dismissed after
lunch but captain Steve
Smith (82 not out) and Shane
Watson (61 not out) ensured
the hosts maintained their
momentum with an unbroken
third-wicket stand of 144
to take Australia to 348 for
two at stumps. Although
Australia have already
secured the BorderGavaskar
Trophy, emotions
were heightened for the final
match because it is being
played at the same ground
where former teammate
Phillip Hughes was fatally
injured six weeks ago.
Blistering start
They put on 123 in a blistering
opening session with Warner
pausing to kiss the pitch and
signal to the sky when he
reached 63, the score Hughes
was on when he was hit by the
ball. Warner, who scored twin
centuries in Adelaide,
brought up his ton when he
pulled Mohammed Shami to
the deep square leg for his
16th boundary.
But he departed shortly
after when he edged
Ravichandran Ashwin to
Murali Vijay at gully after he
and Rogers had brought up
their double-century partnership.
Rogers, who had made
half-centuries in each of his
last four Test innings, was given
a life on 19 when he was
dropped by Lokesh Rahul on
at second slip but once again
missed out on triple figures
when he got a thick edge from
Mohammed Shami that
crashed into his stumps.
Smith has already scored
three tons in the series and
continued his rich form by
notching up his 10th halfcentury
in Tests as the hapless
Indian bowlers went
wicketless in the final session
and a bittersweet 95 from
Chris Rogers put Australia on
course for a huge total on an
emotional first day in the
fourth and final Test against
India on Tuesday. Warner
smashed 101 off just 114 balls
while Rogers fell five short of
a hundred as the Australian
pair put on an even 200 for the
opening wicket at the Sydney
Cricket Ground.
Both were dismissed after
lunch but captain Steve
Smith (82 not out) and Shane
Watson (61 not out) ensured
the hosts maintained their
momentum with an unbroken
third-wicket stand of 144
to take Australia to 348 for
two at stumps. Although
Australia have already
secured the BorderGavaskar
Trophy, emotions
were heightened for the final
match because it is being
played at the same ground
where former teammate
Phillip Hughes was fatally
injured six weeks ago.
Blistering start
They put on 123 in a blistering
opening session with Warner
pausing to kiss the pitch and
signal to the sky when he
reached 63, the score Hughes
was on when he was hit by the
ball. Warner, who scored twin
centuries in Adelaide,
brought up his ton when he
pulled Mohammed Shami to
the deep square leg for his
16th boundary.
But he departed shortly
after when he edged
Ravichandran Ashwin to
Murali Vijay at gully after he
and Rogers had brought up
their double-century partnership.
Rogers, who had made
half-centuries in each of his
last four Test innings, was given
a life on 19 when he was
dropped by Lokesh Rahul on
at second slip but once again
missed out on triple figures
when he got a thick edge from
Mohammed Shami that
crashed into his stumps.
Smith has already scored
three tons in the series and
continued his rich form by
notching up his 10th halfcentury
in Tests as the hapless
Indian bowlers went
wicketless in the final session
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