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‘Relaxed’ Travis Head Credits Increasing Maturity For Test Call-up

Written by Vishwas Gupta

Australian top-order batsman Travis Head feels he has become a more relaxed player, and has thus been able to string together consistent performances in first-class cricket. Head was one of five uncapped faces named in the Australia test squad for the upcoming two-match series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

Travis Head has been one of the most consistent performers in the Sheffield Shield over the last couple of years

“Over the last three or four years in Shield cricket I’ve been able to put a few consistent seasons together on the board which is nice,” Head was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au on Friday, 14 September.

“I think over the process of a few years I have come a bit more relaxed and especially over the last six months I have worked extremely hard on my game and the technical side of my game. I have spoken about my forward defence and that comes with more maturity. I just got a bit older and a bit (more) relaxed, so I am ready to go.”

But batting is not the only department Head wants to contribute in; he’s been working hard on his bowling and although he’s not had the desired results yet, he’d like to be given the chance.

“It’s something that I have worked hard on, although I didn’t get the results in India (with Australia A) that I would have liked,” Head said about his off-spin bowling. “I don’t think it really reflected how well I was bowling at training, so hopefully I get a bit of an opportunity.”

“There is a lot of talk about that (vice-captain) role, but (I hope) I can help the team in any way, whether that be with leadership or with my batting, bowling, fielding, training, standards or values,” he said.

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