Australian batter Travis Head opened up after scoring a stunning century on Day 1 of the World Test Championship (WTC) final that he will hopefully not get dropped too much in the future as well. However, Australia dominated the opening day of the WTC 2023 final against India on Wednesday, June 7, scoring 327/3 in 85 over at The Oval after being asked to bat. Head scored a scintillating ton, remaining unbeaten on 146* off 156 balls as well. He further added an unbroken 251 runs for the fourth wicket with former captain Steve Smith (95* off 227 balls) as well.
However, speaking at the end of Day 1 in the WTC final, Travis Head said added: “That’s [selection] all out of my control. All I can do is try and be as consistent as I can be on the field and off the field and enjoy myself. It’s a bloody enjoyable team to play under and play with. Yes I would love to play every single Test match, but that’s not always going to be the case. I think that gives you good perspective to moments like this and the lead up and the prep to be as relaxed as you can. Hopefully I don’t get dropped too much in the future but it’s going to inevitably happen, so it doesn’t bother me.”
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However, earlier in the year, he was dropped from the playing XI for the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India in Nagpur despite being in sublime form. Notably, batting first after losing the toss, Australia were reduced to 76/3 but the stunning knocks from Head and Steve Smith lifted them as they finished Day 1 of the WTC final in a dominating position as well. Praising Steve Smith, Travis Head said that having him at the other end is of great help as well.
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“I’ve always said that I do really enjoy batting with Steve because of how much attention he receives. I’ve always felt like and I’ve always said going out to bat with him it feels like you’re in the shadow of that and you can sort of sneak under the radar and go about your business because he’s drawn so much attention and it felt like that again today, it felt like he wasn’t going to go anywhere.“He was at the other end and sort of got in that rhythm and just went about business. A lot of balls that he may play or play out are a lot different to me so I think we complement each other completely differently but in the partnership it works really nicely,” Travis Head concluded.
