Travis Head: Travis Head played an unbeaten innings of 59 runs against Afghanistan.
Travis Head: The 10th match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 ended without a result due to rain. After this match, Australia has become the third team to reach the semi-finals with 4 points. Let us tell you, the Kangaroo team has played 17 semi-final matches in ICC events so far, out of which they have lost only five. In the last ICC ODI tournament, the team made history by defeating India under the captaincy of Pat Cummins. It remains to be seen how the team performs under the captaincy of Steve Smith in the knockout matches of the ongoing tournament.
Travis Head: It is very important for Australia that Travis Head’s bat runs in the knockout matches of the Champions Trophy 2025. He played an unbeaten innings of 59 runs in 40 balls with the help of 9 fours and a six in the match against Afghanistan. Steve Smith hopes that Head will continue his excellent form in the semi-finals.
Steve Smith said this about Travis Head
In the post-match presentation after the match against Afghanistan, Steve Smith talked about Travis Head’s form and said,
“He batted well, was lucky and had a good partnership in the middle overs. Hopefully he will be able to do the same in the semi-finals. The players have done a good job, they are excited, so hopefully we will move forward in this tournament.”
Steve Smith talked about the team’s reaching the semi-finals and the performance against Afghanistan and said,
“Initially we wanted this, to be in the top-2 and qualify for the semi-finals. The players have done a good job, made good changes and took wickets in the middle. It was good to stop them at 270 and we were in a good position. We also did well with the bat, it was a good performance, but unfortunately the match was washed out due to rain.
(About Matt Short) He was struggling a bit and a few days may be too short to recover.” Talking about the match, Afghanistan won the toss and batted first and scored 273 runs in 50 overs. Before the rain came, Australia scored 109 runs in 12.5 overs for the loss of one wicket in the run chase.
