“He has a Midas touch,” Cummins said of Head’s bowling at the presentation. “I’ll give coach credit for that. [bringing him on]. Plus, we were a little behind on the excess rate, so we thought, take Trav there, [he] We could make a breakthrough and help ourselves with a few overs.”
Head referenced his meager performances with the bat in this Test, where he scored 0 and 1, having scored centuries in Adelaide and Brisbane when asked about his key contribution.
“I’ve had four and a half days off, I haven’t turned up, I thought I’d watch the boys hit this week,” he told the host station. “And it’s a pleasure to contribute. They told me I was bowling. [at tea]I wasn’t very happy with things. We are a pretty relaxed group, [we] Let’s not change too much, we knew what we had to do. Pat and Ronnie [head coach Andrew McDonald] We came up with the plans, we chatted and we were able to go out and execute it.
“He [the Test] They ebbed and flowed throughout the five days and [was] Probably one of the best Test matches I have been involved in. No matter what the result was, two teams put in a lot of effort. There were moments when both teams stepped up, moments when they fought and it’s good that we were able to come out with the victory. “It has been a very long five days.”
When asked specifically about the plans for Pant, Head joked. “Throw a range [long hop] and have everyone on the fence. “I just threw them there, we saw what happens and it came back to us.”
There was also an explanation for Cummins of Head’s wicket celebration, which referred to a running joke about putting his spinning finger in a glass of ice.
Starc played superbly on the final day, claiming the wicket of Virat Kohli, and Cummins was optimistic that he would be available for the final Test.
“I’m pretty sure he’ll be fine,” Cummins said. “We’ll re-evaluate him in a couple of days. He’s dealing with a couple of pains, mainly a pain in his ribs or something like that. But he’s a warrior, he manages to overcome it, his pace didn’t slow down, he didn’t even consider not being an option to play bowling, so apart from being in pain, he is completely fit and available.
If Starc wasn’t right, Jhye Richardson would be in contention for a retirement. Richardson, who played his last Test in the 2021-22 Ashes, was released from the squad on Monday so he could play for Perth Scorchers against Adelaide Strikers on New Year’s Eve and will then rejoin in Sydney on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Marsh has made 73 runs at 10.42 in the four Tests and has also claimed three wickets at 46.33, all of them in Perth. Boundless all-rounder Beau Webster is part of the team should the selectors opt to make a change.
