Australia’s powerful opener Travis Head has started batting for the first time since injuring his left hand last month, with the left-handed opener hoping to join up with the Australian team in India later this week. The Australian’s recovery from injury has gone better than anyone expected and a return to the World Cup is now within their sights.
The five-time champions lost the first two matches of the main draw to India and South Africa. This was largely due to David Warner and Mitchell Marsh failing to make an impact in the opener and starting with their bats up. He will bat for the team in the ongoing
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Travis Head has revealed to Cricket.com.au that he will be ready to rejoin the Australian squad soon for the ODI World Cup and says he will be fully fit to face the Netherlands. The left-handed opener is looking forward to starting his quest for the five-time champions in earnest with his teammates in India.
“It’s going well, probably better than we expected. When we decided not to have surgery, we thought it would take 10 weeks to recover. I was told it would take at least six weeks to get the splint in place before I could play again.
“According to this plan, the match against the Netherlands will be played a little less than six weeks before the start of the game, which is a pretty tight deadline, so everything from here on will be done in time. It’s a deadline that needs to go perfectly. “But we’ll just see what happens next over the next few days, and I’m excited at the prospect of being able to join the boys there later in the week.”
“When the rail came off, I wasn’t even sure if I could hit the ball, but other than a lot of stiffness from not having the rail for the past four weeks, I’ve never been able to hit the ball. I was able to hit all kinds of shots and make plays,” Travis Head said.
The left-handed opener is scheduled to depart Adelaide on Thursday and arrive in India the next day, but those travel plans are unlikely to indicate that he continues to rapidly recover and can make a significant contribution to the team’s remaining games. It depends on whether you can do it or not. .
Australia’s ODI World Cup campaign got off to a bad start. Australian national team captain Pat Cummins said, “The team was deeply hurt by the first two losses of this tournament and the return to the primary league.The opening game will help the Australian team regain their form in this tournament. ” he admitted. >p>
