Alex Carey

Alex Carey has scored a maiden Test century in a stirring moment at the MCG, becoming the first wicket-keeper since the late great Rod Marsh to ton up at ...

“As is Alex Carey’s way, there was a real humility in the way that he celebrated that. It comes at the perfect time, with Australia potentially calling on him to bat at no. But that calmness and I have got tingles all through my body,” he said on Channel 7. Follow all the news and updates here. But his knock could be interrupted shortly by rain. Alex Carey has scored a maiden Test century in a stirring moment at the MCG, becoming the first wicket-keeper since the late great Rod Marsh to ton up at the famous ground.

After falling just seven runs short of a maiden Test century in Pakistan earlier this year, an emotional Alex Carey saluted in front of a delighted MCG ...

That doesn't come on the shelf. It marks the first hundred by an Australian Test keeper in nearly a decade. You have to work hard for that. He is an incredibly fit athlete. "It’ll mean so much to him. Having been moved by his team's tribute to Rod Marsh after last month's Adelaide Test, Alex Carey followed in his footsteps by becoming the first wicketkeeper to score a Test century at the MCG since the late gloveman almost 50 years ago.

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Green returned to the crease this morning with a fractured finger and not only stuck around to form a big partnership with Carey but now has a 50 of his own. Starc doesn’t look to be in any discomfort but was struck on the side of the head when he attempted a pull shot. With Green unable to bowl and Starc on limited duties with the ball, captain Pat Cummins clearly wanted to take time out of the day so his remaining bowling options, including himself, had plenty left in the tank for day four on a flat pitch. Green has been ruled out of the next Test in Sydney with a broken right index finger and Starc has tendon damage to the middle finger of his left hand which is also likely to keep him out of the Test. Despite their enormous lead, Australia dragged Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc out of the casualty ward to bat, with Green finishing unbeaten on 51 from 177 balls and Starc 10 from 12 balls. South Africa are 1-15 in their second innings chasing 387 to stay in the match.

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“That would be very disconcerting for a player on a field, where your only focus is on the ball and on your job. It’s obviously a technical error, it’s obviously human error by the person operating it, but that’s something we can’t see happen again. “The one thing we’ve spoken about earlier is how low it is, and it probably shouldn’t be ... Clearly, it’s an error that shouldn’t happen and won’t happen again.” I don’t think it should be travelling at head height.“ “I didn’t know what really hit me, to be honest. Jansen and Nortje have done well to slow down Australia’s scoring in the past few overs with only a couple of runs added to the scoreboard. Green batted circumspectly for 14. Carey has been the lynch pin of today’s innings on 62 not out while Cameron Green is on 14 not out after returning to the crease with a fractured finger. I tried to stay focused. Surprisingly, Australia dragged Cameron Green out of the casualty ward to resume his innings with a broken finger, caused by a Nortje lifter late on Tuesday, despite leading by more than 200. In the third over of the morning Nortje was on a hattrick after bowling Travis Head (51) and David Warner (200) with successive deliveries, but by lunch Australia were 7-479, an overall lead of 290, with Alex Carey batting beautifully on 62.

Whatever magic water was in Australia's hotel pool in Karachi, it worked wonders for Alex Carey whose side built a huge lead over South Africa.

Before that match in Karachi, Carey unintentionally walked into a hotel pool fully clothed. * When he was eventually dismissed for 111, Australia built their huge total to 575-8 when captain Pat Cummins declared with a first innings lead of 386.

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“I think the one thing we’ve spoken about earlier is how low it is and it probably shouldn’t be unless [it needs to be] for certain interviews or something. It just knocked the [left] shoulder and the [left] elbow. I’ll just monitor it and see how it goes with the [doctor]. Viewers also noticed a nice touch as Carey dashed down the wicket for his century. Alex Carey fell for 111 shortly after bringing up his maiden Test ton, sending a ball from Marco Jansen skyward and offering an easy catch for the towering seamer. I can’t believe the drama that this series is producing.” Starc came out swinging, hitting a huge six over cow corner before being struck on the helmet. It didn’t really change my mindset or anything. “Talk about the penthouse down. “But he’ll potentially come back on for batting. It was quite quick. Mitchell Starc also suffered a finger injury on Day 1.

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He works hard on his batting and being the consummate team man. “He works hard on his wicket keeping. The reason that you love seeing people like Alex Carey get rewarded, is because he works so hard as well. See how sore he gets,” his wife Alyssa Healy said in commentary. For every bit of fight the Aussies showed the tourists were equally lacklustre. After 10 balls he grimaced, then after four balls he got a break as rain fell, and the players charged off, Carey’s first break in a day which belonged to him and his team.

Eleven years after he was cut by Greater Western Sydney for their inaugural AFL season, Carey joined late great Rod Marsh as the only Australian wicketkeeper to ...

“He is one of the really, really good people of Australian cricket and he should be immensely proud of that moment. He works hard on his batting and being the consummate team man. “As is Alex Carey’s way, there was a real humility in the way that he celebrated that. “He works hard on his wicketkeeping. Lacking speed, he was at the back of a long line behind the likes of Callan Ward, Stephen Coniglio, Toby Greene, Adam Treloar and Taylor Adams. “He made the right decision.

Cameron Green has melted hearts across Australia with a beautiful reaction to teammate Alex Carey scoring his maiden century in the Boxing Day Test.

“It was really special and he was the guy I wanted out there at that stage. “We’ve formed a really good relationship on the field but also off the field so to have him out there was a really special moment. “Arms aloft and then I reckon once confirmation the ball was dead, he comes down and says well done and then just backs right away from him (let to let him have the moment).” “He celebrated as hard as Carey did when it was his partner who got the hundred, that’s a tremendous reaction from the nonstriker.” Shaun Pollock declared Green “very much a team man” and Kerry O’Keeffe there was “nothing fake” about the reaction. “Just keep an eye on Cam Green here, everyone needs a Cam Green to play sport with,” Mark Howard said on Fox Cricket.

Alex Carey rubber-stamped an incredible rise from AFL rejection to cricket stardom in the Boxing Day Test.

You can't imagine your husband making a century in the Boxing Day Test." There's a lot of people behind the scenes. "He's so deserving of this. "There's been so many people involved. Now, in just his 13th match, the South Australian is a centurion. You hope it's going to happen. My family has been so supportive. I was always never really on board with AFL because they all get injured so often. "He's always been the first person at training and the last person to leave. Instead, Carey sought to reinvent himself. [to Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green](https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/australia-vs-south-africa-injury-woes-mitchell-starc-cameron-green-replacements-aaron-hardie-lance-morris/5f09682e-1f1f-4cce-9eef-2e0da64267a7)), the poor boys." "It's been a huge, huge day and it's just really exciting for everyone, for the whole family," Eloise said.

With Australia already sitting pretty in the Boxing Day Test, wicketkeeper Alex Carey bats South Africa completely out of the match on day three at the MCG.

With the lights on and the wind howling around a chilly MCG, in stark contrast to the baking vista of day two, South Africa's openers struggled, with Sarel Erwee and Theunis de Bruyn to return with the tourists in all sorts of trouble heading into day four. Even Starc, after being hit on the helmet with a bouncer, mouthed that he thought Australia should be bowling by now, with Australia's skipper finally heeding calls for a declaration, calling his side in with a lead of 386 and marking an early tea break. The late Rod Marsh is the only other wicketkeeper to score a century in Tests at the MCG, with 110 in the Centenary Test of 1977 against England, while only five other Australian glovemen have a Test century to their names. Carey was also supported by an injured teammate, Green, who scored an anchoring 51 off 171 with a broken right index finger as his wicketkeeper powered to three figures for the first time in his 14-Test career. Alex Carey's maiden Test century helped Australia to a monster lead of 386 over South Africa on day three of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, as Australia amassed 8-575 before declaring. Starc kept plugging away even as he bloodied up a towel, his whites and strapping tape around his digit, which was injured while trying to take a catch in the deep on day one.

The spirit of the Baggy Green was well and truly on display at the MCG on day three as Cam Green batted through a finger fracture to get Alex Carey to his ...

And the last... He’s also the first Greater Western Sydney Giants captain to score a Test century. However, he returned to the crease on day three to see Alex Carey to a century before making his own unbeaten half-century. Alex Carey is a Test centurion. The first wicket-keeper since Rod Marsh to score a hundred at the famous ground, Carey cruised his way to the milestone on day three, cashing in on an exhausted South African attack. The spirit of the Baggy Green was well and truly on display at the MCG on day three as Cam Green batted through a finger fracture to get Alex Carey to his maiden ton while Mitchell Starc bowled bloodied.

Wicketkeeper Alex Carey's maiden Test century was the highlight as Australia dominated again on day three of the Boxing Day Test.

The ball came to Carey on an awkward trajectory, but as they say in that other game, he has good hands. As could only befall the captain of a team in South Africa’s besieged state, in the gathering gloom captain Dean Elgar promptly nudged a leg-side catch from Cummins to Carey, adding a duck to previous scores of 3, 2 and 26. It is a curious thing about cricket fans that they cannot wait for the Test match to come, then barrack for it to pass. It was merciless of Australia, playing as if down to their last man, and prompted some disgruntlement. He is well-balanced at the crease - in footy terms, you would say he has skills on both sides - which means can play early and late, all around the wicket. Wednesday’s maiden Test century felt like a natural next step, which is no small thing considering that he has been a Test player for barely a year and his day job is as the wicketkeeper. Since, he has played a series of what may be called handy innings for Australia, thinking always to meet the team’s immediate need. That cannot be good for a team’s self-esteem. He is nothing if not easy on the eye. The first was a thumping drive on the rise, the second a pull and the third a textbook off-drive. In his first Test, he solidified his image by volunteering to open the second innings in place of an injured David Warner. As a Queenslander wryly noted on Wednesday, if each had had another yard of pace, he might never have heard of either.

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“I think you obviously build confidence the more you play, you learn about your game. “I think it‘s one of those things you dream about, to be in a position to potentially do it and play for Australia. “It’s been a bumpy journey along the way ... “Yeah it’s a pretty special week. “That randomly pops in my head when I‘m driving, why’d I play that shot and so it was nice to get through the nervous 70s 80s 90s,” he said “I never I guess gave up the hope of playing sport at the highest level and continue to try to chase that goal and dream so yeah, proud so far, but hopefully a bit more to come in my career.”

"We ebb and flow at times really well," Carey says of his association with Cameron Green after they put together their latest big partnership.

People have been quick to point to his average at times as a measure of why Carey's place as Australia's wicketkeeper should not be assumed, particularly as there have been critics of his glovework. But also, there is a recognition of how unselfish Carey has been as a Test batter. He had walked out at 363 for 3 in the 85th over at the end of a 37-degree day with Australia leading by 176. "But to see him put on a brave face, bat beautifully and allow me at the other end to bat as well... Green is a worrier, constantly asking questions of his partner about what the bowlers and the pitch are doing. Carey is the complete opposite, keeping things simple and keeping Green calm. It is the perfect blend of yin and yang. The quality and stubbornness of Green's defence at times reminds Carey to find the right Test-match tempo to his batting and that he doesn't need to score off every ball. But it will have disappeared now after a classy century that has all but put the MCG Test in Australia's safekeeping. Admittedly, he had the benefit of feasting on a weary South African attack. And that undercurrent has remained even after a year in the job. Understated is who he is as a cricketer.

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Australia is in striking distance of its first Test series win against South Africa on home soil in 17 years after wearing down the Proteas.

The in-form Australia attack will be depleted for the Proteas’ second innings, but Starc still opened the bowling even though he’s understood to be in doubt for the New Year’s Test at the SCG. Green’s absence with the ball is a major blow after his first five-wicket Test haul on Monday to rout South Africa for 189. The 31-year-old joined the late Rod Marsh, who died in March, as the only other wicketkeeper to score a Test century at the MCG. [ being ruled out of the next Test with a fractured finger](https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2022/12/28/cameron-green-fractured-finger/) and Australia boasting a commanding lead. The day belonged to Alex Carey after the No.7 produced a chanceless knock after starting Wednesday on nine, bringing up his first Test ton from only 133 balls. The Proteas, who have been bowled out for less than 200 seven straight times, lost Dean Elgar for a duck in the second over to his opposing captain Pat Cummins.

Alex Carey is the man Australian cricket didn't ask for – but certainly needs. Before Tim Paine's abrupt departure from international cricket, another man, Josh Inglis, was making a late run to replace the Australian Test captain down the track.

I think he’s skilful enough and has a modern game and the skills that go with it to occupy that top six position.” Relaxed, easy on the eye and technically strong, Carey looked every bit a Test cricketer. He’s sailed through it.” This Test match is all about Shane Warne, and rightly so, but there’s a man looking down up above. What company to be keeping.” He’s weathered that storm.