England vs Australia: Batting was looking very difficult so far in the first Test being played at Optus Stadium. But looking at the explosive batting of Travis Head in the second innings, it did not seem that Australia was reduced to 132 runs in the first innings. England’s first innings also ended here at 172 runs, today on the second day of the Test too, England was all out for 164 runs in the second innings. But Head created history here by scoring a half-century in 36 balls. He converted this innings into a century.

Travis Head has entered the top-5 in the list of batsmen who have scored the fastest half-century in the history of Ashes. Head completed his half-century in 36 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 3 fours. The first in the list is Jack Brown, who scored a half-century in 34 balls in 1895.

Fastest half century in Ashes

• 34 Ball- Jack Brown, Melbourne 1895
• 35 B – Graham Yallop, Manchester 1981
• 35 Ball- David Warner, Birmingham 2015
• 36 Ball- Kevin Pietersen, The Oval 2013
• 36 Ball- Travis Head, Perth 2025

Scored a century in 69 balls

After scoring a explosive half-century in the first Test of Ashes 2025-2026, Travis Head did not stop, he also completed his century in 69 balls. That means he added only 33 runs in the next 50 runs. Till scoring his century, he hit 4 sixes and 12 fours.

Head’s batting order changed in the second innings

England won the toss and decided to bat first, but succumbed to the lethal bowling of Mitchell Starc. The entire England team was reduced to 172 runs. Although Australia’s batting was also very bad, Ben Stokes took 5 wickets and bundled out Australia for 132 runs.

On the second day of the Test, England’s second innings ended at 164 runs, thus giving Australia a target of 205 runs to win. The way the pitch was behaving, it seemed that this target would be like a mountain for Australia but Travis Head’s stormy innings made it a minor target. The special thing is that Head, who came at number 5 in the first innings, opened in the second innings.

Cricket Australia has taken a surprising decision. Opener Travis Head has been dropped from the team for the last two T20s against India. Head will no longer be a part of the Australian team in the fourth and fifth T20 against India. In a way, this is being considered as good news for the Indian team. However, Head could not perform as expected in the T20 series till now.

Know why Travis Head was dropped from the team?

Travis Head has been exempted from the last two T20 matches against India in preparation for the Ashes series. He will play in the Sheffield Shield tournament in Australia. Head will now play for South Australia against Tasmania from 10 November. Let us tell you that the 2025 Ashes series between Australia and England will be played from November 21.

According to Australia.com.au, the selectors left it up to the players to decide whether to play the Sheffield Shield or the last two T20s against India and Head has chosen the domestic tournament. From this it is clear that Travis Head has not been dropped from the team for poor performance, rather he himself has decided to drop out of the T20 team to prepare for Test cricket.

Head’s performance was like this in the T20 series against India

Let us tell you that in the first match of the five-match T20 series being played between India and Australia, Travis Head could not bat. This match was canceled after 9.4 overs of the first innings. After this, in the second T20, Travis Head scored 28 runs in 15 balls. During this, 3 fours and one six came from his bat. After this, in the third T20, Head was out after scoring only six runs. Now he will not be a part of the Australian team in the fourth T20 match to be played on 6 November and the fifth and final T20 match to be played on 8 November.

Australia’s Pat Cummins and Travis Head have rejected the offer to leave Australian cricket and play full-time in foreign T20 leagues. It is reported that an IPL team had offered them a deal worth 10 million Australian dollars for a year, but both have given priority to the national team. In fact, a report in an Australian newspaper Sydney Morning Herald revealed that both Cummins and Head have rejected the offer.

Australia’s top cricketers get 1.5 million US dollars a year i.e. about Rs 13.3 crore. At the same time, the amount that Cummins receives due to captaincy stipend is 3 million dollars. Cummins and Head are also counted among the most expensive players of IPL. For the 2025 season, Cummins got a salary of Rs 18 crore and Head got a salary of Rs 14 crore.

BBL will be privatized!

In the same report, it was also claimed that talks are going on with state cricket associations and players for the privatization of Big Bash League (BBL). It was told that the deal offered to Cummins and Head is being seen as an example of bringing change in international cricket, so that private investment can be invited in BBL.

With the arrival of investment, the salaries of the players will increase. Earlier in 2023, England fast bowler Joffra Archer was offered a deal of $7.7 million by Mumbai Indians. For this he would have to leave international cricket and play for MI. But Archer rejected that offer.

It was this year when South Africa’s ace wicket-keeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen retired from international cricket. Although he is still playing in T20 leagues.

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Century in wtc final players list: The final match of the World Test Championship between Australia and South Africa is being played from June 11. During this time, South African batsman Aidan Markram has scored a brilliant century on the third day of the final. Prior to Markram, only two batsmen have scored a century in the final of the World Test Championship. Both batsmen are from Australia. No Indian batsman has scored a century in the history of the final of the World Test Championship.

Markram became the third batsman to score a century in WTC final

Marakram has become the third batsman to score a century in the World Test Championship final. Australia gave a target of 282 runs to South Africa in the final. South Africa, who descended for the run chase, had a poor start. Ryan Ricelton was dismissed early. Since then, Markram took over the innings of South Africa. Markram completed a century in 156 balls. They are still standing at the crease by scoring 102 runs.

Markram has hit 11 fours in this innings. He played a century partnership for the third wicket with captain Tamba Bawuma. Bawuma is also playing for 65 runs. By the end of the third day’s play, South Africa has scored 213 runs for two wickets. South Africa needs only 69 runs to win the ICC title after 27 years.

Steve Smith and Travis Head have scored centuries in WTC final before Markram

Markram is the third player to score a century in the World Test Championship final. Prior to this, these feat has been done by Steve Smith and Trevid heads of Australia. Both players scored a century against India in the final match of the World Test Championship 2023. Smith scored an innings of 121 runs. In this innings, he hit 19 fours. At the same time, the head scored an innings of 163 runs. He hit 25 fours and a six in this innings. This brilliant innings of both played an important role in winning the title to the team.

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IPL 2025: In terms of IPL playoffs, the Lucknow Super Giants vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad match is very important today. If Lucknow lost the captaincy of Rishabh Pant, then he will become the fifth team to be out of the playoff race. Earlier, there is good news for Lucknow, because Hyderabad’s explosive batsman Travis Head Corona has become infected. For this reason, he will not be able to play in the match to be held today.

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After Korona became infected, Travis Head has not reached India, it has been confirmed by Sunrisers Hyderabad team head coach Daniel Vettori. Head can collapse any bowling unit, he scored at a very fast pace. In this context, this relief can be a relief news for Lucknow Super Giants.

Hyderabad coach Daniel Vettori said, “He has become a corona positive, due to which he has not been able to come to India. We hope that he will fully recover for the next match and join the team.”

Possible playing of Lucknow Super Giants 11

Aden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Puran, David Miller, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh, Prince Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur.

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Potential Playing 11

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishaan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, Simarjit Singh.

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Mohammed siraj travis head abhishek sharma: The 19th match of IPL 2025 is being played in Hyderabad between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans on Sunday. During this, Gujarat fast bowler Mohammad Siraj made both Hyderabad openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma their victims. Siraj bowled under a special plan to dismiss both. Whose head and Abhishek had no answer.

Siraj took the head of the head in the first over. Head was dismissed for 8 runs in 5 balls. After this, Siraj dismissed Abhishek in the 5th over. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 18 runs in 16 balls. The pair of the head and Abhishek, who created a panic in the last season, have not been able to share fifty runs even once in this season.

Siraj’s tremendous plan against Head-Abhishek

When Siraj came to throw the first over, he decided that he would bowl to the head at the middle and leg stumps. He kept two balls outside the off stump in the over. The head hit both balls. But when Siraj bowled in the stump, the head had trouble scoring runs. Sai Sudarshan was caught on the mid -wicket while trying to put a head flick on the stump line ball. After this, Siraj also adopted the same plan against Abhishek. Siraj also bowled Abhishek around the middle and leg stump. Which benefited that Abhishek was caught out in an attempt to play the shot over the mid-on.

Apart from Siraj, Sai Kishore and famous Krishna also bowled brilliantly

Siraj put pressure on Hyderabad by taking the wicket of both openers in the beginning. After this, the famous Krishna and Sai Kishore bowled brilliantly. Krishna took two wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Sai took two wickets for 24 runs. Siraj took the maximum four wickets like Gujarat. Due to which Hyderabad could score only 152 runs in 20 overs.

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