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.
“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.
