Watch: Mohammed Siraj hurls ball at Steve Smith in anger in WTC final

Things got heated on Thursday on the second day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final as Mohammed Siraj threw the ball in the direction of Steve Smith. Two high-quality cricketers were battling with the red ball when a heated incident occurred after Australia’s dominance on the first day of the Test match.

Australia started the second day in style as Smith hit Siraj for consecutive boundaries to complete his 31st century in Test cricket. However, the shots enraged the Indian pacer as Smith withdrew on the very next ball due to a spider cam problem. Siraj was not happy with this and threw the ball in Smith’s direction. Smith was seen trying to explain why he backed out but Siraj was not amused. (WTC Final: ‘Steve Smith’s brilliance’, Indian fans hail Australia batsman for 31st Test century)

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After struggling, the left-handed batsman took the momentum of the ICC World Test Championship final in his favor with a stunning century on the first day in London, Australian great Ricky Ponting is comfortable comparing Travis Head to modern-day Adam Gilchrist . In Australia’s XI.

On an action-packed day at The Oval when Australia dominated, Head scored a brilliant unbeaten 146* off only 156 balls, his first Test century in England and the sixth of his career. An unbroken 251-run partnership between Travis Head (146 not out) and Steve Smith (95 not out) was the highlight of the first day of the World Test Championship Final 2023 as Australia posted a strong total of 327 for three in the end. of the day’s game.

With his team in trouble at 76/3, No. 5 came to the crease but struck a blow that made Ponting think of his former teammate Gilchrist.

“He’s probably (similar to) Gilchrist. In fact he’s probably scoring faster than Gilly now. He has a strike rate of 81 through this (World Test Championship) qualification period, which is better than anyone else in the world. Scored more than 500 runs,” Ponting told the ICC.

“His confidence is growing with the game, his strike rate is going up, he hits fours at the start of his innings which puts the pressure on the bowlers that you want from your middle order players, and he’s had a pretty good last two years. are remarkable,” he said.

During his legendary Test career, Gilchrist had a strike rate of 81.95, and Head is on a similar path after scoring at a similar rate during Australia’s World Test Championship campaign.

As Head slammed India’s onslaught in every part of the famous south London venue on Wednesday, he had a similar tendency to Gilchrist, who is famous for attacking as soon as he walks into the crease.

At the start of his knock, Head was ferocious on any over-pitch, working mainly boundaries to rapidly shift the tide in Australia’s favor after India made a respectable start to the match.

Ponting felt that India’s fast bowlers should have been patient and tried to prevent Head from scoring so easily instead of making tall mistakes early on against Head.

“I think when he first comes you need to execute him perfectly. It’s not a good idea to try to attack him because if you bowl any bad balls, he’s going to put it away. They will learn from the way they bowled. In this first innings, and they will definitely adjust in this second innings, but sometimes it is too late,” Ponting said. (With ANI inputs)