Duration At the age of 21 he was the youngest captain of the South Australian side in their 122-year first-class history. Read about our approach to external linking. In January 2019, he was announced as Australia's new Test vice-captain, alongside Pat Cummins ahead of the series against Sri Lanka on 24 January. [16][17] Head was one of six young Australian players to be part of the inaugural Ageas Bowl International Cricket Academy during the 2013 season, training at the ground's facilities. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and a part-time bowler. Batting in the middle order he regularly scored above 30 runs, doing so nine times in fourteen innings before the end of 2016, but he was only able to score three half-centuries with a high score of 57 against New Zealand. Travis Head Century Big Bash Today Innings Highlights Head crushed a momentous nine sixes on his way to an unbeaten 101 off 53 balls as the Strikers pursued down the Sixers’ 5 for 176 to the joy of a sellout Adelaide Oval group on Friday night. But after his dismissal Australia added only nine runs for the final two wickets, with Tim Southee dismissing Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon to finish with 3-103. He scored a century but the Redbacks ultimately lost the match. [62][63], In November 2019, he was played against Pakistan in Australia, although he only batted once in the series. New Delhi Travis Head Century Australia vs New Zealand Test: The second match of the three match Test series between Australia and New Zealand is being played in Melbourne, in which the middle order batsman Travis Head of the host Australian team has scored a century. [27] He made his international debut during the series on Australia Day at his home ground, the Adelaide Oval. A gutsy unbeaten century to skipper Travis Head, who carried his bat on the fourth day, thwarted Tasmania as teams share the points with a draw Louis Cameron at Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide 22 October 2020, 06:42 PM AEST Australia resumed on 257-4 and, after Steve Smith fell for 85, Head and Tim Paine (79) put on 150. In doing so he helped South Australia to chase down the large target of 351 with three overs to spare. Travis Head hit a century and Australia took two late New Zealand wickets as the hosts continued to dominate the second Test on day two in Melbourne. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver builds to a bloody climax and concludes with a cryptic sequences of events — events that may be in Travis Bickle's head. [39] He continued to play for Australia consistently in the 2016–17 season, but he was unable to make any big scores. He opened with David Warner and the pair scored 284 runs for the first wicket, with Head scoring 128 himself. The explosive left-hander blasted the club’s first BBL century with an unbeaten 101 against the Sydney Sixers on New Year’s Eve of 2015 and is Adelaide’s all-time leading Big Bash runscorer. Coach Justin Langer has previously suggested Matthew Wade and Travis Head will keep their spots at No.6 and No.5 respectively for the opening Test which begins on December 17 in Adelaide. Australia hasn't played a Test since January, meaning there's little form to go on, but Travis Head made a century against New Zealand in Melbourne just two Tests ago, while Wade, who is approaching his 33rd birthday, failed to reach 40 in the series against the Kiwis. "I missed out last time (in Melbourne last year) and I'm happy to have cashed in my chance this time.". [15] Shortly after South Australia's Shield win against Victoria in January 2013, he was hit by a car outside a hotel in Adelaide, receiving injuries to his head and back, but he made a full recovery and was able to return for South Australia's next match. In the next season, he played only two matches for the team. At the age of 21 he was the youngest captain of the South Australian side in their 122-year first-class history. Travis Head played his first match for Adelaide Strikers in the 2012-13 Big Bash League. How to get into cricket - the thrill of the big hit, the rush of taking the catch, the skill of bowling. Australia fought back from 28/3 to end the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at 384/4 after Joe Burns and Travis Head stitched together a brisk 308-run partnership, with both players scoring centuries, at the Manuka Oval on Friday, 1 February. [23] As captain his fortunes continued to improve in the 2015–16 season as he shone in all three formats of the game. It's time to get into cricket. Australia in lead of the Second Test on second day of the Boxing Day test match as Aussies Score 467 in first inning Courtesy Travis head 114 and Smith,Paine's half Century.Kivis loss there 2 wickets on 44 at the end of the Day two. Skipper Paine batted superbly and looked set to record his maiden Test century before he was trapped lbw by Wagner after a review. Just days after almost being dropped, vice-captain Travis Head has cemented his spot in Australia's top-six by scoring his second Test century. Travis Head scored a century as Australia took control of the second Test against New Zealand in Melbourne on Friday. [1] After his score of 90 in his debut season and his unbeaten 95 against Western Australia in 2012, he made it to the nineties three times in the 2013–14 Sheffield Shield season, against Western Australia twice more[19][20] and once against Tasmania[21] with scores of 92, 98 and 98 respectively. Head started the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season as one of many players in contention to take Australia's number 6 spot in the upcoming Ashes against England. [7] He was rewarded at the end of the season with a rookie contract with South Australia. “It's very nice to contribute. [65] He made a century and was named player of the match in the second Test. ... had a dismal outing as he was out for nought after being trapped by Travis Head in the 50th over. This was due to the unavailability of regular vice-captains, Mitchell Marsh who was omitted from the Test squad and Josh Hazlewood who was unavailable due to an injury. Australia resumed on 257-4 and, after Steve Smith fell for 85, Head and Tim Paine (79) put on 150. [26], Head's form was rewarded by national selectors when he was included in Australia's squad for a series of Twenty20 Internationals against India. [49][50] Head did not impress selectors, only scoring totals of 8 and 0,[51] but he bounced back with an impressive, measured half-century against Victoria and a century against Queensland. [8], He went on to play 18 under-19 One Day International (ODI) matches for the Australian national team, including at the 2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [34] After the tournament he joined the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore[35] before going to England to play County cricket for Yorkshire. [13][1] He came close to scoring his maiden century with 95 against Western Australia. 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