{"id":338924,"date":"2023-10-15T22:01:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T22:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=338924"},"modified":"2023-10-15T23:00:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T23:00:47","slug":"injured-head-flies-to-india-for-world-cup-rescue-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=338924","title":{"rendered":"Injured Head flies to India for World Cup rescue mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia<\/a> has received a boost in the quest to turn around its fortunes at the Cricket World Cup<\/a> in India with Travis Head<\/a> batting in the nets back home after a left-hand fracture last month.<\/p>\n

Cricket Australia said the left-handed opener hopes to join the squad in India toward the end of the week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s coming along well, and probably better than we hoped,\u201d Head told cricket.com.au on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen we decided not to go with surgery, which would have meant a 10-week recovery, we were told it would be minimum six weeks with the splint before we could look at playing again.<\/p>\n

"I wasn\u2019t even sure I\u2019d be able to bat when the splint came off but, apart from a fair bit of stiffness given I hadn\u2019t been able to use it for the past four weeks, I was able to hit balls and play a fair range of shots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch every Australian Cricket World Cup match and other headline games live and free on Channel Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Travis<\/p>\n

Five-time champion Australia has lost its first two games \u2014 a six-wicket defeat against host India<\/a> and a 134-run loss to South Africa<\/a> \u2013 failing even to reach 200 in both matches. Australia scored 177 against South Africa, and was dismissed for 199 by India.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Head suffered the injury during Australia\u2019s tour of South Africa in the build-up to the World Cup and his absence has heavily impacted Australia's batting. Head's ODI average tops 41 and he has scored three centuries and 15 fifties in the one-day format.<\/p>\n

Head could play as early as the Netherlands game on October 25 if his recovery continues to go well.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Australia plays Sri Lanka, which will be without captain Dasun Shanaka after he was ruled out of the tournament with a thigh injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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