Travis Head

Before this Test, part-timer spinner Travis Head failed to take a wicket from 228 deliveries. He bagged four wickets in 17 balls on a chaotic opening ...

Head has 4-10. yesterday yesterday Lyon bowled beautifully, Swepson’s confidence continues to grow, while Cummins’ decision to bowl Head ahead of himself paid off in a big way as the South Australia orchestrated an embarrassing lower order collapse. yesterday yesterday yesterday yesterday yesterday yesterday yesterday Travis Head has snared 4-10 in a Test.

'Unbelievable': Head turns into 'prime Murali' in stunning FOUR-wicket masterclass.

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Sri Lanka's hapless batting was exposed as Australia's spinners took all ten wickets in just 22.5 overs, Nathan Lyon adding to his first innings five-wicket ...

“Someone like Greeny, he's grown up at the WACA and over in Perth and it's so different to here,” Cummins said. “It's really foreign conditions to us over here and I thought the way everyone played was was outstanding. It's one thing talking about it, but I thought the bravery and the proactiveness showed by, especially our batters, was fantastic.” Both Nissanka and Kusal Mendis were out playing the shot, Swepson trapping Nissanka lbw and then Mendis top edging to a deep-ish square leg. Mitchell Starc leaked 17 runs from the first over and he was taken out of the attack after his next, making way for a tweakers’ show that left the heads of spectators spinning at a rate only matched by the ball in the hands of Lyon, Swepson and Head. That left Australia with a handy first innings lead of 101 runs but Sri Lanka’s opening pair of Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka scored more than a quarter of those runs in the first four overs.

A brilliant cameo of 4-10 puts Travis Head in strong company – of Australian Test batters who had a rare moment in the sun with the ball in the last 40 ...

Four more wickets in the second innings (plus 75 and 16no with the bat) propelled Australia to a seven-wicket win and for Border, his one and only 10-wicket match in his career. But in the second innings an even more unexpected Australian found their way on to the ground’s famous honours board, as Marcus North snared 6-55, doubling his Test wicket tally in one innings. Not picked for Boxing Day, the Australian selectors opted to return Bevan to the XI in Adelaide as a No.7 batter and second spinner behind the late great Shane Warne. A handy left-arm wrist spinner, Bevan had made valuable contributions earlier in the five-Test series against the West Indies in the 1996-97 summer, with three and two wickets respectively in the second innings at Brisbane and Sydney. Border had taken just 16 wickets in his 100 Tests to date, but dismissed batters No.3 to No.9 to completely turn the tables on the first innings after the Windies had ticked along to 1-144. When Pat Cummins threw Travis Head the ball before lunch on day three in Galle, before the skipper had sent down a delivery himself, the part-time off-spinner had yet to take a Test scalp.

Australia have thrashed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in Galle, bowling the hosts out in a session and claiming their fastest Test victory in…

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Sri Lanka made only 113 runs in its second innings leaving Australia five runs to win and David Warner finished the match in four balls.

Sri Lanka made only 113 runs in its second innings leaving Australia five runs to win and David Warner finished the match in four balls. Sri Lanka started its second innings briskly with the intention of wiping out the deficit quickly on a pitch that helped spin bowlers. Australia was still batting in its first innings when play resumed on the third day on 313-8 and fast bowler Asitha Fernando bowled Pat Cummins (26) with a yorker.

Given how well other Australians had performed by staying true to their plans, it was perhaps no surprise to learn Travis Head had departed from his own.

“Not just the way we played but the attitude around it as well plays a huge role,” he said. “A few people spoke during the last series, when you second-guess yourself or try to change things for the next Test, you get yourself in more trouble. “I was a bit square on it, a ball spinning away, something I didn’t want to have in my plans. It is clear that Australia see Head very much in their long-term plans, particularly after a breakout Ashes series. Talking to the people closest to me, I just need to keep doubling down on that plan and keep backing it in and try to execute it. “So double down on those plans, watch how the blokes went about it, they did it really well for the Test.