Voges completes hometown hundred

Adam Voges has topped off a fairytale 2015 with a century on his home ground in the second Test against New Zealand at the WACA Ground.

Voges, captain of Western Australia and a proud Perth product, came to the crease at two wickets down with Australia trailing in the match and desperately in need of a steadying partnership.

He joined Steve Smith and after beginning watchfully – he scored a single from his first 13 balls – he broke the shackles with a fierce pull shot off Doug Bracewell for four.

From that point he collected boundaries regularly and moved along at a good clip in union with Smith, bringing up his fourth half-century from as many Tests and sharing a century stand with his skipper.

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His most productive period came with the introduction of off-spinner Mark Craig, against whom he expertly employed the reverse sweep and generally milked for 40 runs from the 52 balls he received in the tweaker's first spell.

The 36-year-old's scoring slowed as the afternoon wore on and soon it became a race against the clock for the hometown hero to reach his milestone before stumps.  

But as the shadows lengthened and the clock ticked over to 5.48pm local time – just four minutes before stumps was called – Voges pulled away a long hop from Kane Williamson, picking the gap and finding the fence to move to 101.

A short time later the partnership with Smith passed 200, the pair successfully steering Australia away from potential disaster and into what looks to be safe territory heading into day five.

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Voges was impressive in Brisbane in making an unbeaten 83 in the first innings, then backed it up with 41 on day two in Perth, a venue where he now boasts 13 first-class hundreds.

In his past 10 first-class matches on his home patch, he's piled on more than 1200 runs, registering 10 scores of 50-plus in the process.

"I felt really good in Brisbane. I thought I batted well," he said on the eve of this Test. "I came in at a good time at 3-400 and got to capitalise on the good work our top order did.

"Having said that, I felt really, really, really good.

"I think (playing in Perth) does (give me an advantage). It’s home. I’ve grown up playing here.

"Whatever the pitch is, it’s nothing I haven’t seen or experienced before. I’ve had some really good success here over the last couple of years, so I’ll take a great deal of confidence out of not only last week (in Brisbane), but coming home and batting on my home strip."

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In addition to a familiarity with the conditions, the veteran Warrior had been eagerly anticipating a home Test match – something he thought unlikely to happen only 12-18 months ago. 

"I’m very happy with what’s happened in probably the last 18 months of my career," he said.

"To have the Shield season that I had (in 2014-15) and then to get rewarded on the back of that performance to now be in the position that I am, I probably didn’t think would happen. 

"If it finished tomorrow, so be it, but hopefully I can continue playing for Australia for as long as possible. 

"To be coming home and playing a Test match at the WACA is something I've looked forward to for a long, long time.

"To be able to play in front of my friends and family, it's going to be something very special."