Saturday to lift his boilerplate to added than 100.
Voges concluded the additional day of the aboriginal Test in Wellington best on 176 as Australia accomplished 463-6 to amplitude their aboriginal innings advance to 280.
The allegorical Don Bradman, broadly advised the greatest cricketer of all time, retired in 1948 with a Test boilerplate of 99.94 from an 80-innings career — a mark that has now been overtaken by Voges in his 19th Test innings.
The 36-year-old Voges will resume his innings on Sunday architecture on a 100.33 boilerplate and the Australians were quick to dub him the new “Don”.
“I already have,” said Usman Khawaja, Australia’s added batting hero who denticulate 140 and featured in a 168-run angle with Voges for the fourth wicket.
“He’s got an boilerplate college than Don at the moment so I ability just accept to alarm him ‘Sir Voges’.”
Voges has denticulate centuries in his endure three innings, announcement 269 not out and an best 106 adjoin the West Indies in December.
With his accepted innings of 176 he has now denticulate 551 back he was endure dismissed, overtaking the antecedent almanac of 497 runs amid dismissals captivated by India abundant Sachin Tendulkar.
Voges had an abrupt activity in the endure over of the aboriginal day on Friday when, on seven, he was bowled by Doug Bracewell.
The adjudicator alleged it a no brawl but television replays showed it was a accepted delivery.
Usman declared Voges achievement back again as “almost faultless” in 397 account at the crease.
“He’s batted actual sensibly, patiently at the start, was hitting a lot of acceptable shots beeline to fielders, didn’t get balked with it,” he said.
“The way he’s been batting afresh it feels like he’s not traveling to get out sometimes, and he’s authoritative big hundreds which is important for the team.”
New Zealand were aswell abounding of acclaim for Voges with bowling drillmaster Dimitri Mascarenhas adage his bowlers had not fabricated it simple to account runs.
“Voges batted a lot of brawl to get to his 100, 200 assurance he had to face to get to his 100. So we didn’t accomplish it simple for him and he still had to plan appealing hard,” Mascarenhas said.
“But it’s appealing amazing. He’s in a affluent attitude of anatomy and he’s just not accepting out at the moment. We accept to acquisition a way to get him out.”
Voges accustomed a backward alarm up to Test cricket, arena his aboriginal all-embracing eight months ago adjoin the West Indies and at 35 years of age became the oldest man to account a aeon on debut.
He has now denticulate 5 centuries.
Khawaja is aswell in top anatomy back his Test anamnesis endure year afterwards two years in the wilderness. However, from 23 innings back he played his aboriginal Test in 2011, his boilerplate is 51.05
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