Australia's impressive run in the ODI World Cup continued as they snapped India's 10-match-long winning streak to claim their record-sixth World Cup title by defeating the Men in Blue by six wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, November 19.
While acknowledging Australia's victory, Modi congratulated the Australian cricket team for their splendid triumph in the World Cup.
Australia and South Africa are going to cross swords with one another in the second semifinal of the ongoing World Cup at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Head has not scored a fifty in his last three outings and will be eyeing a big one against the Proteas.
No game went to the last over in the first 25 matches and the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup has seen thrillers in the last two encounters as after PAK-SA, Australia and New Zealand played a high-scoring nail-biter in Dharamsala with the five-time champions prevailing by just five runs.
Travis Head played a sensational knock of 108 off 67 balls against New Zealand to help Australia score 388 runs while batting first. Head broke plenty of records during his quickfire knock, including the fastest hundred by an opener in ODI World Cup history.
Australia came out with intent and aggression against New Zealand on Saturday, October 28 in Dharamsala as they unleashed an assault on the Kiwi bowlers on a small ground with a flat pitch. David Warner and Travis Head stitched a 175-run partnership while breaking several powerplay records.
Travis Head suffered a hand injury during Australia's white-ball tour to South Africa last month and missed the team's opening four games in the ICC World Cup 2023. But the left-handed opener was spotted batting in a training session in Delhi ahead of the Netherlands games on Wednesday.
Mitchell Marsh and David Warner are currently opening the innings for Australia in the ongoing World Cup. The duo added record 259 runs for the opening wicket against Pakistan at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday (October 20). But Head seems set to replace Marsh at the top.
Australian opener Travis Head, who has missed the first two matches of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 so far owing to his injury, is set to stay on the sidelines for some more time. Head, who is currently in Australia, had suffered a fracture in his left hand during South Africa series last month.
Australia's aggressive opening batter Travis Head suffered a blow to his left hand while batting in the middle during the fourth ODI when a short-pitched ball from South Africa's young pacer Gerald Coetzee struck him. An x-ray has confirmed the injury to the southpaw.
Australia have been on a rampage in the ongoing tour of South Africa having won the T20I series 3-0 and the first ODI and now scripted history in the second game in one-day international history owing to a quickfire opening stand between Travis Head and David Warner.
Travis Head with his career-best 91 off just 48 balls helped Australia win the third T20I with rather ease and hence seal the series 3-0. After poor two games, South Africa bounced back posting a 190-run total, but it wasn't enough.
England started aggressively chasing 251 runs and will hope to stay alive in the series with 224 more to get after they took six Australian wickets for just 108 runs on Day 3 after a delayed start due to rain.
Australia would have been in an even more commanding position after the first day of the Lord's Test in the ongoing Ashes series against England if not for Joe Root's twin strikes in the final hour.
IND vs AUS: Australia are trailing in the four-match series by 0-2. Australia lost the first match by an inning and 132 runs, before going down in the second game by 6 wickets.
AUS vs SA 1st Test: Australia dominated on the challenging wicket for the batters in The Gabba, Brisbane. The home team thumped the visitors as they chased down the target of 34 runs in the final innings.
Australia legend and World Cup-winning skipper Allan Border has now opened up on how Head can improve and tackle spin bowling better. With Australia scheduled to tour India for the Border-Gavaskar trophy, the Aussie batsmen must put their technique in place to tackle spin better feels Border.
Head is asymptomatic and will remain in Melbourne with his partner for seven days as per the Victorian government's health requirements.
The hosts have already been hit by injury woes with pace bowler Josh Hazlewood being ruled out of the second Test.
Star of 1st Test, Travis Head said he is keen to continue with his attacking style of play in the 2nd Test, which would be played at his home ground
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