Faf du Plessis scored a superlative 58-ball 100 to power the Texas Super Kings to 203/5 in 20 overs before Washington Freedom showed they were up for the tall chase by flying off the blocks.

On the morning of the Adelaide Test, those were a couple of the provocative headlines splashed across the front pages of Australian tabloid newspapers, as the fallout of Faf du Plessis's ball ...