Travis Head ready to open in the first test against Sri Lanka

Australia has ended through Travis Head as the opening partner of Usman Khawaja for the first test against Sri Lanka in Galle. Khawaja was associated by Nathan McSweeney first and later Sam Konstas during his most recent test series against India at home.

But now for the Subcontinent Tour, they will return to a formula that worked well when they had traveled India in 2023 and add to the idea that they had taken about being flexible with their batting order in the trial cricket.

“He (the head) really did it in India against the new ball. He put the spinners under pressure immediately and we know how well it also reaches sewing if they come with that,” said Steve Smith one day before the game. “It’s going to be very fun to see it.”

However, Smith stopped to name the eleven, preferring to wait and see the conditions offered. “We will wait and see what we get, probably the morning of the game, and then we will go from there. But things can change quite fast, this part of the world, the sun has not left much. So we” I will lly the wicket, and then From there, we will name a team in show, “he said.

What this could mean is that Australia could consider putting aside the 19 -year -old Kons, who had left an early brand in her career. Smith saw the positive aspects of having it still. “He will have a lot I was hitting on the networks, and the skills I could develop by facing many bowling players and things like that.

In addition, Smith confirmed that he had recovered well from the injury of the elbow he suffered while playing at Big Bash League that had caused concerns before the tour. “Fortunately, everything was mainly muscle, it settled quite quickly. I’m really hitting without a tape,” he confirmed.

Similarly, the other concern for camp injuries was the left arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann, who has now approved adequate. “Apparently, the surgeon has done incredible job so that it can present and do some of the things that it has been able to do in recent days, we are a little attentive. Or he is a tremendous actor or has become great pain tolerance.