Travis Head

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Former Australia player Ian Chappel has said that Travis Head is the sole reason why Australia had a change in fortunes in Indore.

And then in the second innings only having to chase a low score," Chappell analysed the game. They set a target of 76 runs in the final innings, which was chased by Australia with 9 wickets in hand. Chappell said that not selecting Head for the opening Test match was a monumental blunder and Australia were quick to notice their mistake.

Indore: Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne held their nerve on a viciously turning Indore pitch to guide Australia to a nine-wicket victory on Friday and ...

I feel like I understand the conditions really well. “Yesterday we had to toil really hard… “We were slightly behind and we didn’t adapt as we would have liked to.” Eight wickets for spinner Nathan Lyon saw India bundled out for 163 in their second innings, setting up a victory target which — on paper at least — seemed comfortably within Australia’s grasp. “I just tried to take it one step at a time,” said Head. India will be sure of their place if they win the fourth Test in Ahmedabad.

Everyone knew Nathan Lyon would be key for Australia to win in India, but Travis Head's recovery from his first Test snubbing to lead Australia home on the ...

The next 29 balls produced 44 runs — with six 4s and a six — as Head belied the pressure and scored an unbeaten 49 to help Australia secure just their 14th Test victory in India in 53 attempts — and just a sixth since 1970. Even if it took a combination of a dead cert performer in Nathan Lyon and a prematurely discarded horse that was not supposed to be able to run on this course in Travis Head. His 12 runs in the first innings in Delhi may not have instantly inspired confidence, but his 43 at the top of the order in place of the concussed David Warner was Australia's top score of the innings — if that's not damnation from faint praise — and came at a strike rate (93.47) akin to what we came to expect on Australian soil. Having suffered just their third defeat in a decade at home, the hosts will be desperate to regroup and hit back not only to ensure they continue their unenviable record of series wins on home soil, but carry the psychological advantage into the World Test Championship final at The Oval in June. Australia was in such a strong position thanks to the patient accumulation of 60 runs by Usman Khawaja in the first innings. [a frightful pitch that was decried as being "challenging", "a rank turner", and even "a disservice to Test cricket"](/news/2023-03-02/australia-india-third-test-indore-pitch-criticised/102043142), Lyon came to the fore just when Australia needed him. Only Benaud can hold a candle to Lyon in terms of the number of five-wicket hauls — both have five each and one 10-wicket match haul. His 11-99 in the match means Lyon sits second on the list of the all-time Test wicket-takers of foreign bowlers in India with 53 poles at 26.05 — just one behind English legend "Deadly" Derek Underwood and one ahead of Richie Benaud. In the third Test in Indore, Australia was subject to the toughest conditions they're ever likely to face — and managed to come out on top with a [who snared his first Test five-fa in the first innings](/news/2023-03-01/live-updates-india-vs-australia-third-test-day-one-from-indore/102039200). And yet, in the first Test in Nagpur, Lyon was overshadowed by new kid on the block Todd Murphy. Lyon, a veteran of 118 Test matches, might not have been at his very best, but used his experience to help tutor his two young apprentices in the field — particularly Murphy, offering advice on fielding positions and simple words of encouragement to both him and left-arm Queenslander Matthew Kuhnemann,

The veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon guided Australia to victory over India with his outstanding bowling performance in the third Test match of the ongoing ...

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