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Patterson ton puts Him in historic club

Written by Rohit Pawar

Kurtis Patterson scored his maiden Test hundred on Saturday and in doing so may have ushered in a new era of Australian batsmen not seen for three decades.

Patterson joined Travis Head in scoring his first Test century in the historic second Domain Test in Canberra, marking the first time in 30 years since two Australian batsmen have scored their first hundred in the same Test innings.

It was at Leeds in 1989 when Steve Waugh and Mark Taylor each scored their maiden Test hundreds, sparking incredible careers in the Baggy Green and beginning the resurrection of what was then Australia’s maligned Test outfit.

Both Waugh and Taylor would go on to captain their country, win Ashes series home and abroad and compile mountains of runs for Australia as the world’s dominant cricket nation.

Now Patterson and Head have the chance to cement their place in Australia’s Test team, a side which has undergone severe turbulence in the past 12 months, and with an Ashes series less than six months away.

Following on from Head’s dashing 161 on day one, Patterson was calm and composed as he confidently cruised to his maiden century for his country.

Like Head and Burns – the other Australian to post three figures this innings – Patterson was given a life, the lanky left-hander dropped at bat-pad from the first ball he faced.

After that initial good fortune, the 25-year-old’s innings was chanceless.

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