Paine scores 121 for Tasmania against Western Australia in Sheffield Shield
Saturday 12 October 2019 13:31, UK
Australia Test captain Tim Paine has scored his second first-class hundred - 13 years after his first.
The 34-year-old hit 121 for Tasmania against Western Australia at The WACA in the Sheffield Shield as he passed three figures for the first time since 2006 against the same opposition.
Paine struck 215 at The WACA 13 years ago in what was his fifth first-class match but had to wait until his 125th game - and a further 4,738 days - to score another century.
Current Australia coach Justin Langer was opening the batting for Western Australia when Paine notched his maiden first-class hundred.
Paine captained Australia to an Ashes retention against England this summer after the five-match series ended 2-2.
However, he averaged just 20 with the bat and passed fifty only once in 10 innings, hitting 58 in the first innings of the fourth Test at Old Trafford.
David Warner fared even worse in the Ashes, averaging 9.50 after scoring just 95 runs in 10 knocks, including three ducks in a row, but returned to form this week with 125 for New South Wales against Queensland.
