At one level in England’s second innings, even earlier than the remainder of his team-mates took their spots on the sector, Travis Head was seen operating to his place, within the entrance of the well-known Hollies enclosure, the house of the noisy barracking parochial English followers. His manner even introduced a rave from the Barmy Military who had tweeted “Largest cheer of the day? Travis Head has been getting pelted all day by the Hollies, however taken it like a real champ”.
On the finish of the sport, chatting with cricket.com.au’s podcast, Head talked concerning the expertise.
“I acquired the faucet on the shoulder and acquired despatched on the market within the second innings, perhaps as a result of I can take it,” Head mentioned. ”You’ve acquired to win them over rapidly, in any other case you’re in for a really lengthy day. I copped my fair proportion – I didn’t know 4,000 folks knew me so properly. I had 4,000 folks behind me and 10 blokes in entrance of me all giving me stick. The boys loved it.”
There have been two different occasions that Head would keep in mind the Take a look at for. England’s try and bounce him on a flat observe and the aggressive area set for him towards the offspinner Mooen Ali.
Head recommended that he wasn’t shocked by the bouncer assault as England’s bowling coach David Saker had used the same method towards him in Australia’ home cricket when he was teaching Victoria.
“”With my scoring price they had been all the time going to return someplace (completely different), whether or not or not it’s huge with six or seven gullies and a few deep factors, whether or not it’s at my stumps with a stacked leg-side area, or bouncers with a stacked leg-side area,” he mentioned.
“They had been the three plans I had in my head round the place they had been going to go, wicket relying.” It was a flat observe and England didn’t have the tempo of Mark Wooden to go at him full pelt with that method; it stays to be seen how Head handles it within the second Take a look at at Lord’s.
Moeen Ali bowled at him with mid-on and mid-off within the circle, and finally getting Head smearing one to midwicket within the first innings, and caught behind at slips with a devilish turner within the second.
“It was disappointing to get out, but it surely was simply execution. I felt prefer it was there, I simply acquired a bit near it,” mentioned Head about his first-innings dismissal. “However I used to be happy I didn’t overplay the scenario. With having them (mid-on and mid-off) up, I may have fairly simply been much more aggressive however I felt like I waited for my alternatives and picked them off slowly. He’s acquired some lovely balls in him as properly, so I used to be acutely aware of operating previous one or being overwhelmed by one, which within the second innings he bowled me a very nice ball. A very good battle.”