Melbourne [Australia], February 2 (ANI): Australia’s hard-hitting batter Travis Head is shaping as much as be a favorite to win the Allan Border Medal for the Most Excellent Male Australian Cricketer of the Yr, along with his domination extending to all codecs.
Through the voting interval ranging from Australia’s residence sequence towards West Indies within the 2023-24 season until the top of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy towards India, the left-hander made 1,427 runs in 29 matches and 36 innings throughout all codecs, at a median of 43.24, with 4 centuries and 5 fifties. His finest rating is 154 and has emerged because the group’s top-run-getter on this part.
The batter has had robust outings at any time when it mattered probably the most, be the in franchise cricket throughout the Indian Premier League (IPL), within the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup or the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Former Australian captain Brad Haddin has heaped praises on the big-hitting southpaw, saying that he has grown into a beautiful cricketer “over the past couple of years”, a interval which has seen him break the hearts of Indian followers with match-winning tons in ICC World Take a look at Championship remaining, ICC Cricket World Cup remaining and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
“I don’t assume it is simply been 12 months with Travis Head, I believe he has grown into a beautiful cricketer over the previous couple of years,” he mentioned as quoted by Fox Cricket.
“We have now seen how adaptable he’s in his recreation and I believe the factor now’s he has added maturity. We have now at all times identified him as a matchwinner however now he has added a whole lot of maturity to his recreation, he wins a whole lot of the massive moments for Australia.””You solely should undergo the final 12 months, each huge occasion, Travis Head’s title is on the high,” concluded Haddin.
Head had bagged the Shane Warne Take a look at Participant of the Yr Award again in 2022, however has not received the Allan Border Medal.
Haddin recommended skipper Pat Cummins and coach Andrew McDonald for letting Travis play his pure recreation and be an “out and out match winner” no matter the sport state of affairs.
“I believe Patty and the employees deserve a whole lot of credit score for the way in which they’ve dealt with him, permitting him to exit and win matches.””At instances it could not work, now we have not seen a lot of that, however they’ve allowed him to exit and be the participant he wished to be and now we’re seeing some unbelievable rewards,” signed off Haddin. (ANI)
