Australian batter Travis Head has come out in assist of England opener Ben Duckett, following movies that surfaced on social media about him strolling round in an inebriated state in the course of the guests’ journey to Noosa, forward of the third Check match at Adelaide. The southpaw mentioned that just a few Australian gamers had been concerned in comparable incidents prior to now, and the incident involving Duckett had been blown out of proportion.
“I used to be jealous. Everybody else has made much more out of it than what it ought to have been. We’ve executed the identical factor on previous excursions, so I didn’t have a difficulty with it.”
“Everybody’s nonetheless human. What you do in your private time is as much as you. I do know we stay a high-profile life, and a few persons are extra high-profile than others and get themselves in conditions, however on the finish of the day, it’s a bit stiff,” Head advised reporters on Sunday.
The 31-year-old revealed that he had texted Duckett to verify if he was alright earlier than the Melbourne Check, including that enormous gaps between matches all the time gave of us much more to speak about.
“I get alongside effectively with Ducky and reached out to him to verify if he’s going alright. When there are massive gaps between Assessments, individuals have to seek out one thing to speak about. Hopefully, we are able to play a bit longer subsequent week and provides them much less to speak about,” he added.
Forward of the Boxing Day Check, England captain Ben Stokes had additionally voiced his assist for Duckett, saying that he was an integral member of the setup.
“He’s an extremely influential particular person inside this group. However he is aware of that he’s received the assist of myself and the opposite guys round him as effectively. This type of stuff may be very … I don’t know if near me is the fitting wording, however I’ve first-hand expertise of how this may have an effect on individuals.”
“It’s by no means a pleasant place to be in when not solely the media world, but additionally the social media world, is simply piling on high of you. You don’t actually have a leg to face on when you will have misplaced three video games in an enormous sequence like this. If you’re profitable, all the pieces’s nice. If you’re shedding, it’s not,” Stokes had mentioned.
The fifth and closing Ashes Check will begin in Sydney on January 4.
