AHMEDABAD, India, Nov  19, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Australia's Travis Head became 
just the seventh batsman to score a hundred in a World Cup final when he 
achieved the feat against India in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

   The opener's 137 sealed a record-extending sixth World Cup title for his 
side in a comprehensive six-wicket defeat of an India team who had won all 10 
of their previous games at the tournament.

   Head's hundred was also the third by an Australian in a World Cup final 
following match-winning efforts of 140 not out by Ricky Ponting in 2003 and 
Adam Gilchrist's 149 four years later.

   Below AFP Sport lists all the hundreds scored in a World Cup final. 
       
   Hundreds in a World Cup final (score, batsman, team, opponent, venue, year):
       
       149     Adam Gilchrist,      Australia v Sri Lanka, Bridgetown,   2007
       140 no  Ricky Ponting,       Australia v India,     Johannesburg, 2003
       138 no  Vivian Richards,     West Indies v England, Lord's,       1979
       137     Travis Head          Australia v India,     Ahmedabad     2023
       107 no  Aravinda de Silva,   Sri Lanka v Australia, Lahore,       1996
       103 no  Mahela Jayawardene,  Sri Lanka v India,     Mumbai        2011
       102     Clive Lloyd,         West Indies v England, Lord's        1975
       
       Notes:
       no = not out
       
   Jaywardene's century is the only World Cup final hundred to have been made 
in a losing cause