Travis Head is the driving run-getter in the arrangement with 409 runs in five innings at an normal of 81.80, two centuries and a fifty.
Ahead of the fourth Test against India at Melbourne, which will be a Boxing Day Test, Australian coach Andrew McDonald said that unstable left-handed hitter Travis Head fights no specific wellness concerns and will be fair fine to play the highly-anticipated coordinate, as detailed by ESPNCricinfo. India and Australia head to the MCG Test with the arrangement level at 1-1 and two matches cleared out. Head, who endured a minor quad strain amid his batting in the moment innings of the third Test at Brisbane, did not include in Monday’s hone session but did have a brief trip on Tuesday when he did a few running and fielding.
He is the driving run-getter in the arrangement with 409 runs in five innings at an normal of 81.80, two centuries and a fifty.
Speaking ahead of the coordinate in a pre-match presser, McDonald said as cited by ESPNCricinfo, “Has he got a few things to work through? No doubt, he has. There is no concern at the minute. Has he been formally ticked off? I am not beyond any doubt. I did not see the sort of back-end of his preparing session there, but I am lovely sure he will play.”
“I think he looked great with the bat in hand so clearly aptitudes are in great arrange. Better believe it, it will fair be fundamentally what hazard is related with that. He had a little strain to the quad.”
“But no concerns from my conclusion. He has been able to be running, definitely, so I think he will be completely useful come the amusement time,” he concluded.
During the nets, Head did have a few discourses with McDonald and Aussie physio Scratch Jones but the coach said that it was fair around his handling position.
“Clearly coming off a strain he has got that, clearly the demands of bat-pad. So that is all that was approximately. And my address to Scratch Jones was fair around what he has got to do to wrap up off the session, so I was over it already, or fair making beyond any doubt nothing had changed amid the session, and at that point we fair begun to talk around India, what they might do. So it was nothing truly that particular,” he concluded.
In 13 Tests against India, Head has made 1,124 runs at an normal of 51.09, with three centuries and four innings. His best score is 163. In all groups against India, he has made 1,724 runs at an normal of 46.59, with four centuries and six fifties in 40 innings and best score of 163. This incorporates centuries in the World Test Championship last and the ICC Cricket World Container last which came in winning cause.
Since the WTC last final year, Head has scored 897 runs against India at an normal of 74.75, with four centuries and two fifties in 12 innings and best score of 163.
Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Travis Head (vc), Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Bog, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Playmate Webster
India’s squad for fourth and fifth Tests: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Gasp (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Profound, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Devdutt Padikkal, Tanush Kotian.
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