Watch: Travis Head reminds fans of AB De Villiers with his outrageous shot during Aus vs Eng 1st ODI
Australia was chasing 288 runs for victory in the first ODI.
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Nov 17, 2022 4:43 pm
Travis Head (Source: Twitter)
The Australia vs England three-match ODI series kicked off on Thursday at Adelaide. Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first. Chasing 288 in the second innings, Australian openers Travis Head and David Warner gave a terrific start to their innings adding 147 runs for the first wicket. An outrageous shot from Travis Head is going viral on social media from the second innings which left even the commentators awestruck.
The incident took place on the fourth ball of the tenth over bowled by Olly Stone. Head threw his bat at a good length delivery outside off which made him lose his grip on the bat making it turn in his hand. The ball went over the fielder at cover and straight to the boundary. The shot reminded the former England Cricketer Isa Guha, who was in the commentary box, of AB De Villiers.
Coming back to the match, Australian seamers gave a brilliant start as they removed the openers Jason Roy and Philip Salt early leaving England at 20/2. Captain Cummins gave another blow to England as he removed James Vince on the score of 31. After the leading seamers, Marcus Stoinis and Adam Zampa got into the act and dismissed Sam Billings and Jos Buttler as England lost half their side on 118.
Dawid Malan held the England innings together scoring a magnificent 134 off 128 balls to take England to 287/9 after their allotted 50 overs. Pat Cummins and Adam Zampa picked up three wickets each for Australia.
In reply to England’s total, Australian openers added 147 runs for the first wicket. England got their first success as Chris Jordan removed Travis Head for 69 off 57 balls. Warner continued his brilliant innings at the other end with his eyes set on a hundred. However, the southpaw was left 14 runs short of the landmark as he was dismissed by David Willey for 86. After losing Warner, Steve Smith took the innings forward with his half-century with Australia requiring 48 runs off 77 balls having seven wickets in hand.
