Australia captain Pat Cummins confirmed on Wednesday that batter Travis Head will be available for the Boxing Day Test against India, scheduled to start at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) from December 26.
“Trav’s good to go, he’ll play,” said the home team’s captain . “He just kicked off some final things today and yesterday. But no worries about injury with Trav. He’ll go into the game fully fit,” said Cummins.
“I don’t think you’ll see too much management of him throughout the game. He just kind of plays as is. Maybe around fielding, if he’s a bit uncomfortable, we will (manage him), but he’s fully fit,” added the Australia captain.
Head was at risk of missing out the fourth Test in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series after suffering a quad strain during the third Test in Brisbane but the batter successfully passed the medical test on Thursday during the optional training session on Christmas day.
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