4,4,6,6,6,4… Travis Head made Sam Curran's condition worse, did this feat for the 7th time in 1 year
The first match of the 3-match T20 series between England and Australia was played in Southampton. In this match, Australia defeated England by 28 runs. Travis Head once again showed his flair and defeated England with a stormy innings. Head scored a half-century in just 19 balls. Not only this, this is the 7th time this year that he has scored a fifty in the powerplay itself. Head got out on the last ball of the powerplay, but before that, he hit Sam Curran's ball badly. Curran came to bowl in the 5th over, in which he scored 30 runs with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes.
Boundary on every ball of Sam Curran
Travis Head wreaked havoc with his bat on the recent Scotland tour. He scored 80 runs in just 25 balls. Now his bat has spit fire against England. This time England's all-rounder Sam Curran became his victim. Australia had scored 41 runs in 4 overs without loss. After this, Curran came to bowl in the 5th over and Head was on strike, then what happened is something that Curran will never forget.
💥 Travis Head smashes 30 runs off a Sam Curran over to power #Australia to victory over England 🏏💪
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Head could only score 15 runs in 12 balls till the fourth over, but this was the calm before the storm. Head attacked from the first ball of Karan and hit a boundary on every ball. After hitting fours on the first two balls, he hit 3 consecutive sixes and ended the over with a four. In this way, Head scored 30 runs in a single over of Sam Karan.
Australia also made a record.
Despite hitting 30 runs in Sam Curran's over, Head's hunger was not satiated. He again got the strike on the third ball of the last over of the powerplay. This time Saqib Mahmood was his target. Head again hit 2 consecutive fours. He could not score a single run on the next ball but then hit a six on the fifth ball. He got out on the last ball.
Head hit 8 fours and 4 sixes in his innings and then his hunger was satiated. He scored 59 runs in 23 balls at a strike rate of 256. Australia made a record due to this inning. Australia scored 86 runs in 6 overs based on Head's quick half-century. This is Australia's third-highest score during the powerplay in a T20 match.