Australia vs Sri Lanka: Teary-eyed Travis Head dedicates maiden Test century to Phillip Hughes

Australia‘s vice-captain Travis Head had an emotional moment after he scored his maiden Test hundred on day two against Sri Lanka at Canberra’s Manuka Oval.

Making Test debut with his career-best 161 helped Australia post 384/4. Head who teared up said that he dedicated his innings to the late Phillip Hughes.

"Yeah [I dedicated it to] a few, but Hughesy as well, a little bit emotional to be honest," he told SEN Radio. Head played with Hughes for South Hughes before the latter died in 2014.

“I guess all the hard work I’ve done this season, and over the last 12 to 18 months… it’s nice to get a little bit of a reward,” he added.

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Joe Burns who hit 26 fours in his unfinished 243-ball knock said, “He was obviously very emotional for his first hundred. Out in the middle you kind of don’t ask how someone’s feeling, I was just over the moon for him. To see a bloke, the hard work that’s he’s done all summer and for a number of years playing against him as well, you knew how good a player he was.

“I think it’s one of those innings today that will get him started in his Test career and get that first one out of the way and open the floodgates. I just wanted to hug him as hard as I could for as long as I could and keep batting with him. It was really enjoyable.”