Travis Head: Australia’s middle-order batter Travis Head survived a controversial caught-behind decision on Day 1 of the first Test against the West Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados on Wednesday (June 25). Despite the ball landing on the full in keeper Shai Hope’s gloves, the third umpire gave it not out, claiming there was no conclusive evidence to dismiss the batter.
The moment occurred in the 46th over of the innings. The right-arm seamer delivered a length ball wide outside off-stump and the southpaw threw the kitchen sink at it.
After much deliberation, the West Indies took the DRS and replays confirmed that the ball had grazed the toe-end of Head’s bat. The replays also suggested that Hope had taken the catch cleanly but the decision went in favor of the tourists.
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Did Travis Head get lucky? 👀
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Shamar Joseph thought he had him, but was it clean? Fair call or a missed chance? 🤔#WIvAUS pic.twitter.com/MKeZe2iRTT
Although Head was at 53 when the controversial moment occurred, he managed to only add six more runs after as Justin Greaves got rid of him.
Travis Head the only Aussie batter to score fifty as Jayden Seales’ fifer skittles tourists for 180
Head joined Usman Khawaja as they strung an 89-run stand to bring the contest into balance. But the hosts came roaring back again, reducing the opposition to 143/8. Cummins’ 18-ball 28 cameo proved pivotal in getting Australia to a respectable score on a tricky surface. Joseph and Jayden Seales shared nine wickets between them, with the latter picking up five.
At the time of writing this, West Indies had also lost two wickets for 36 runs in 11 overs, with Starc taking both.
