Travis Head is an Australian cricketer who plays for the team Australia. Travis Head was born on Dec 29, 1993; and as of 2024, he is 31 years old. Travis Head is a batter from Adelaide, South Australia and bats left-handed. In his Test career to date, Travis Head has played 49 matches to date in his Test career and has scored 3,173 runs, with an average of 42.
Travis Head has hit 385 fours and 27 sixes in his Test career. In Mar 2024, he played his recent Test match against New Zealand at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand, scoring 21 runs off 19 balls. In Travis Head’s ODI career, he has played 65 matches to date in his ODI career and has scored 2,397 runs, with an average of 42.
Travis Head has hit 265 fours and 53 sixes in his ODI career. One of his recent ODI matches took place in Feb 2024 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia, where he contributed 4 runs off 5 balls. Travis Head has played 26 matches to date in his T20 career and has scored 656 runs, with an average of 30. Travis Head has hit 62 fours and 27 sixes in his T20 career.
In his most recent T20 match against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand, which took place in Feb 2024, Travis Head contributed 33 runs off 30 balls to his team’s total. Travis Head is currently ranked 13th in the ICC Test batting rankings with a total of 697 points.
He holds the 19th position in the ICC ODI batting rankings with a total of 654 points. Travis Head is ranked 17th position in the ICC T20 batting rankings with a total of 622 points.
He made his IPL debut in 2016. Travis Head has played 16 matches to date in his IPL career and has scored 529 runs, with an average of 40.69. He has also slammed 1 century and 3 half-centuries, with his highest IPL score being 102 runs.
Travis Head has hit 51 fours and 26 sixes in his IPL career. In the IPL Auction 2024, the Hyderabad franchise acquired the services of Travis Head for Rs 6.80 Cr. On Apr 2024, he played his last IPL match against Delhi at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India, scoring 89 runs off 32 balls.
Travis Head Biography
| Full name | Travis Michael Head |
| Nick Name | Travis |
| Date of Birth/DOB/ age | Dec 29, 1993 (30 years) |
| Birth Place | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Capricorn |
| Profession | Australian Cricketer (Batsman) |
| Country | Australia |
| Cricket Role | Top order Batter |
| Father name | Gary McCollum |
| Mother name | Not Known |
| Siblings | Not Known |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Spouse or Girlfriend | |
| Children | |
| Education Qualification | |
| Religion | |
| Current Residence | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Batting Style | Left hand Bat |
| Bowling Style | Right arm Offbreak |
| Domestic Cricket debut | |
| International Debut | Test– N/A ODI– N/A T20– 26 January 2016 vs India in Adelaide |
| Teams | Australia U19, South Australia, Australia, Adelaide Strikers, Australians, National Performance Squad, Delhi Capitals, Australia A, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Yorkshire, Worcestershire, Sussex, Sunrisers Hyderabad |
Travis Head Physical Statistics
| Height | in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 8” |
| Weight | in Kilograms- 74 kg in Pounds- 163 lbs |
| Body Measurements (approx.) | – Chest: 40 Inches – Waist: 32 Inches – Biceps: 13 Inches |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
Travis Head Profile
A talented, aggressive left-hand batter earmarked for big things at a young age, it was Travis Head’s second coming as an international cricketer where his career really took off. In late 2021 he was recalled for the Ashes series and made a match-defining 85-ball century at the Gabba – it set the tone for a strong of destructive Test innings while he also reemerged as a white-ball force, so central to Australia’s 2023 ODI World Cup plans that they waited for him to recover from a broken hand. In the final against India he made 137 off 120 balls. A cult hero was born.
Head earned his first call-up to Australia’s squad at the age of 22 for a series of T20Is against India in early 2016 and it was initially the white-ball game where he established himself before Test cricket took over following a debut in 2018.
He had made his Sheffield Shield debut at the age of 18 in the 2011-12 season and over the next few summers he established his place in the South Australia batting line-up and was a consistent contributor. In February 2015, Head became their youngest captain at the age of 21. He had been viewed as a future leader ever since he captained South Australia to the Under-19 National Championship title in 2012-13 and was named Player of the Championship. As captain of South Australia he showed maturity beyond his years, and in 2015-16 steered them to their first Sheffield Shield final in 20 years.
In 2018 he earned his first Test call-up of part of a new look Australia side which faced Pakistan in the UAE. He played 16 consecutive Tests, scoring a maiden hundred against Sri Lanka in Canberra, before missing the final match of the Ashes series but returned for the home season and notched a second ton in the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand.
He was dropped again midway through the 2020-21 series against India but remained prolific at domestic level. The following season he was preferred ahead of Usman Khawaja for the final middle-order spot and would go on to claim the Compton-Miller medal as Player of the Series despite missing the Sydney Test with Covid. He found life tougher on the subcontinent but it was still a surprising decision to omit him for the first Test against India in early 2023. The absence lasted one match and he was elevated to open the batting.
Back in his traditional middle-order role away from Asia, he continued the trend of match-defining centuries with a brilliant 163 in the World Test Championship final against India at The Oval. Later that year he would have two medals around his neck.
Travis Head Career Stats
Batting & Fielding
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 49 | 81 | 5 | 3173 | 175 | 41.75 | 4903 | 64.71 | 7 | 16 | 385 | 27 | 25 | 0 |
| ODIs | 65 | 62 | 5 | 2397 | 152 | 42.05 | 2337 | 102.56 | 5 | 16 | 265 | 53 | 17 | 0 |
| T20Is | 26 | 25 | 3 | 656 | 91 | 29.81 | 446 | 147.08 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 27 | 6 | 0 |
| FC | 161 | 286 | 17 | 10789 | 223 | 40.10 | 17292 | 62.39 | 22 | 60 | 1405 | 67 | 76 | 0 |
| List A | 138 | 134 | 9 | 5445 | 230 | 43.56 | 5251 | 103.69 | 14 | 28 | 597 | 124 | 42 | 0 |
| T20s | 116 | 112 | 13 | 2920 | 102 | 29.49 | 2076 | 140.65 | 2 | 12 | 241 | 130 | 36 | 0 |
Bowling
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 49 | 30 | 652 | 389 | 12 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 32.41 | 3.57 | 54.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 65 | 37 | 1053 | 999 | 18 | 2/21 | 2/21 | 55.50 | 5.69 | 58.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 26 | 4 | 36 | 56 | 1 | 1/16 | 1/16 | 56.00 | 9.33 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FC | 161 | 148 | 6228 | 3952 | 66 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 59.87 | 3.80 | 94.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 138 | 67 | 1818 | 1802 | 30 | 2/9 | 2/9 | 60.06 | 5.94 | 60.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 116 | 44 | 445 | 627 | 22 | 3/16 | 3/16 | 28.50 | 8.45 | 20.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Travis Head IPL Auction Price History
Year | Price | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.80 Cr | Hyderabad |
Travis Head’s Social Media Accounts
| Travis Head (@travishead34) | |
| Travis Head (@travishead34) | |
| Wikipedia | Travis Head |
Some Lesser-Known Facts About Travis Head
- Does Travis Head smoke?: No
- Does Travis Head drink alcohol?: Yes
- Travis started playing professional cricket at the age of 18 in the 2011-12 Sheffield Shield season.
- He came into the limelight in the cricketing world by scoring the 5th fastest hundred in the KFC T20 Big Bash League history (53 balls) with 4 fours and 9 sixes.
- In 2013, was hit by a car while leaving North Adelaide’s Old Lion hotel, after celebrating South Australia’s Shield win against Victoria. After which he received injuries to his head and back.
- He was a good friend of the Late Philip Hughes.
- His favourite superhero character is Superman.
- Travis was acquired by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 6.80 crore in the 2024 IPL Auction held at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on 19 December 2023
