Australian opener Usman Khawaja was refuted a chance at his first dual hundred in Test cricket after Pat Cummins stated Australia’s very first innings at the over night rating of 475/4 on Day 4 of the recurring Pink Ball Test versus South Africa.
Notably, after rainfall influenced the very first 2 days prior to Day 3 was totally rinsed with Australia 475/4, Khawaja was unbeaten at 195– his greatest Test rating. However, the Queenslander really did not obtain the chance to get to the dual hundred as Cummins chose to state the Aussie very first innings in order to acquire an very early benefit to win the competition and also sign up a tidy move over Proteas.
With that, Khawja signed up with an unwanted list that includes none besides the fabulousSachin Tendulkar The left-handed opener has actually come to be just the 3rd gamer in the background of Test cricket when an inning has actually been stated with a gamer batting right into his 190s.
The initially circumstances of a captain proclaiming the innings when a batter enjoyed his 190s happened back in 1960 throughout England’s excursion ofWest Indies In the opening Test at Bridgetown, Caribbean captain Gerry Alexander, that himself made 3 runs, stated the very first innings at 563/8, with Frank Worrell remaining unbeaten on 197.
The 2nd such event occurred throughout India’s excursion of Pakistan in 2004. Interestingly, it likewise took place on the collection opener when Rahul Dravid chose to state India’s very first innings at 675/5, with Tendulkar batting at 194in Multan The visitors, nevertheless, took care of to win the very first Test by an innings and also 52 runs.
Coming back to the recurring 3rd and also last Test in between Australia and also South Africa, the hosts, after their eyebrow-raising declaration, have actually rejected 6 arches of Proteas for 149. Skipper Cummins created chaos on the 4th day, taking 3 arches while yielding 29 runs in 14 overs, consisting of 5 maidens.
