Australian Check star Travis Head says he will not apologize for his bat-throwing tantrum following a foul entrance overseas after it aired on Amazon’s documentary collection The Check.
The second season, which premiered on Prime Video this week, particulars the revamped Australian Check squad after Tim Paine stepped down from the captaincy and exhibits some nice perception into the gaming staff.
Travis Head throws his bat within the locker room after being sacked in Sri Lanka
In a scene from Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka in 2022, Head throws his bat throughout the dressing room in a match of rage after being sacked on a budget.
Head’s document overseas stands at a mean of 21.3 over seven checks, which he will probably be determined to enhance on subsequent month’s tour of India.
Whereas the imaginative and prescient captures the South Australian throughout one in every of his worst shedding spells, he says it additionally illustrated the cruel actuality {of professional} cricket.
Head loved a powerful Australian summer season, the place he celebrated an awesome century in opposition to the West Indies in Adelaide.
“That is what occurs within the doco, you flip round and also you see the digicam within the nook and you are like, ‘oh shit,'” Head informed Information Corp.
‘It got here naturally. It is uncooked. I do not attempt to do it an excessive amount of, however the feelings subside and there are moments that you simply bear in mind and want you had again.
I do not actually apologize for any of it. I am there to play and play effectively and attempt to win cricket video games and attempt to do my finest.’
The 29-year-old stated he regrets flying Cameron Inexperienced in the course of the West Indies collection in December, when a miscommunication led to a run that disadvantaged him of an opportunity to win a double century.
David Warner throws a water bottle in opposition to a wall within the second season of Amazon’s The Check
Head is not the one Australian star to be within the highlight attributable to his brief mood.
David Warner, Steve Smith, and Nathan Lyon are proven in moments of frustration, slamming doorways, throwing tools, and cursing in anger.
Non-player Lyon is overtly criticizing Pakistani cricket for the stunning pitches he needed to bowl in the course of the tour final March.
“Formally the worst recreation I’ve ever been part of,” Lyon stated.
Warner is proven throwing a water bottle in opposition to a wall and yelling ‘f**okay this’, whereas Smith goes on an expletive-laden tirade after he ran out courtesy of a mistake by teammate Usman Khawaja.
(L-R) Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne
Head is pictured along with his companion Jess Davies on the launch of the second season of The Check
Former Australian cricketers Michael Slater and Michael Bevan had been well-known for his or her post-innings outbursts, which regularly concerned damaging tools and shouting in altering rooms.
Head will probably be hoping their collection kind in opposition to the Windies and South Africa will proceed on the subcontinent.
Over the previous two seasons on dwelling soil, he has averaged 57 with the bat and has served as a helpful change within the bowling when questioned by captain Pat Cummins.
Cricket greats Michael Hussey and Greg Blewett consider that Head is a staple for the way forward for Australian cricket and a should for the upcoming India and Ashes collection.