Head, one of the most versatile batters in the team, who performs as an opener in white-ball formats but plays mostly as a middle-order batter in Tests, has recently impressed everyone by scoring tons of runs against England during the Ashes 2025-26 season as an opener in place of injured opener Usman Khawaja.
Ahead of Tests against Bangladesh, the 32-year-old admitted that opening innings in Tests is something not very natural to him, but will love to carry on the responsibility after the successful knocks against the arch-rival England.
"I'm not an opening batter": Travis Head on his relevant batting position
"I don't know exact stats, but what have I played: 170, 180 first-class games. I might have opened in ten of them. I think it would suggest that I'm not an opening batter, a true opening batter, in terms of what Australian cricket is known for, I guess. Guys that have come through the grades opening the batting and played state cricket opening batting, and played Test cricket as opening batters," Travis Head told Cricinfo.
Travis Head has great stats as a Test opener
So far in his career, the left-handed batter has played only 8 matches and 11 innings as No.1 batter, scoring 624 runs for an average of 56.72, including three centuries, with a highest score of 170. From the No.2 batting position, he accumulated 305 runs for a batting average of 61.00 with a couple of half-centuries in six matches and as many innings.
"I think my game is conducive to playing well. I feel like I can do a role at the top. I'm at the top, but it's not that true opening batter, if that makes sense. I know that I've still got to work continuously hard at the new ball. I know I'm going to make mistakes. That's okay. I'm very comfortable with where my game's at," Travis Head added.
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