Travis Head

Travis Head
Travis Head during the first Test in Perth against the West Indies in 2022
Personal information
Full name
Travis Michael Head
Born (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Height179[1] cm (5 ft 10 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleTop-order batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 454)7 October 2018 v Pakistan
Last Test8 March 2024 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 213)13 June 2016 v West Indies
Last ODI29 September 2024 v England
ODI shirt no.62
T20I debut (cap 82)26 January 2016 v India
Last T20I13 September 2024 v England
T20I shirt no.62
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011/12–presentSouth Australia
2012/13–presentAdelaide Strikers
2016–2017Royal Challengers Bangalore
2016Yorkshire
2018Worcestershire
2021Sussex
2024–presentSunrisers Hyderabad
2024Washington Freedom
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 49 69 38 162
Runs scored 3,173 2,645 1,093 10,829
Batting average 41.75 44.08 33.12 39.95
100s/50s 7/16 6/16 0/5 22/60
Top score 175 154* 91 223
Balls bowled 652 1,119 36 6,276
Wickets 12 24 1 66
Bowling average 32.41 44.20 56.00 60.13
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/10 4/28 1/16 4/10
Catches/stumpings 25/– 17/– 8/– 76/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 2023 India
ICC World Test Championship
Winner 2021–2023
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2012 Australia
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 October 2024

Travis Michael Head (born 29 December 1993) is an Australian international cricketer.[2] He is contracted to South Australia and the Adelaide Strikers for domestic matches, as well as the team Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He is an aggressive left-handed batsman who is an opener in limited overs and plays in the middle-order in Tests. He is also a part-time right arm off-spin bowler.[3] He was formerly a co vice-captain of the Australian national team in Tests from January 2019 to November 2020 but then renamed again as co vice-captain alongside Steve Smith at the beginning of the 2023 series against Pakistan.[4][5]

Head was a key member of the Australian team that won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final and 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup final, having been adjudged Player of the Match in both those finals. He also became the second player ever to score a century when batting second in a World Cup final.[6] He also became the first player to score centuries in two consecutive ICC tournament finals in a same calendar year.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Travis Head". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ESPNcricinfo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Travis Head Profile - Cricket Player Australia | Stats, Records, Video". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Bancroft, Burns named in Australia Test squad". Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Pucovski, Green headline Test and Australia A squads". cricket.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  6. ^ "A tournament of wonders: All the records that broke at the Cricket World Cup 2023". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  7. ^ Wigmore, Tim (19 November 2023). "Whatever the format, Travis Head has become the ultimate big-game player". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  8. ^ "'Certified freak': Travis Head blows cricket world away". news.com.au. 23 November 2023.