‘My role in the team is to maximise the powerplay’ – Travis Head after blistering knock against Scotland

Travis Head. (Source – Photo by Mark Scates/SNS Group via Getty Images)

Australia opener Travis Head smacked 80 runs off just 25 deliveries in the first T20I against Scotland at Grange Cricket Club. Chasing 155 runs, the visitors wreaked havoc with the bat, as they chased the total in just 9.4 overs. Head particularly looked unstoppable as the 30-year-old hit 12 boundaries and five sixes before getting out to Mark Watt.

Head lost his opening partner Jack Fraser-McGurk early but built an important 113-run partnership with captain Mitchell Marsh. The duo stole the show with their power-hitting as Scotland bowlers looked clueless. Meanwhile, Head has been playing aggressively in T20 cricket for quite some time now. Speaking about his role in the team, the Adelaide-born mentioned that he has the freedom to play such a brand of cricket as the management asked him to maximize the powerplay.

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“Nice way to get underway, we loved our time here so far. I was a bit nervous, but nice to get some runs with the captain today. It has been a nice period for the last couple of years, really enjoying the environment and a few of us that have been around for a while and also loving the atmosphere with quite a few youngsters coming in,” Head said in the post-match presentation.

“Obviously losing Jake early and not sure what the wicket was going to to do, but nice to get into my groove and that is my role in the team which is to maximise the powerplay and I think we did that,” he added.

If we can execute well, we can get back in the game: Richie Berrington

Scotland captain Richie Berrington lauded Australia after their charismatic win. However, he noted that the hosts started well with the bat but struggled in the latter overs, where the Australians capitalised. He is also hopeful of producing better performances in the remaining two T20Is of the series.

“That’s what you expect from one of the best teams in the world. We started the game pretty well, decent powerplay but we failed to kick on, credit to the Australian bowlers, they did not allow us to capitalize and put up a big score on the board. Great experience for some of the younger guys and it’s a chance for us to learn from this, and dust ourselves down and a great opportunity in a couple of days’ time, if we can execute well, we can get back in the game,” Berrington said.