Statement of the star batsman of Team Australia, Travis Head, on his recovery
The star batsman of the Australian cricket team, Travis Head, made his return to the nets for the first time after he suffered a fracture in his hand in South Africa. It is also expected that he will fly out to join the World Cup squad in India on Thursday. The 29-year-old had the cast removed late last week and is now facing throw downs.
The earliest possible return for Head would appear to be against the Netherlands on October 25, although that may still depend on his condition.
Travis said, “It's coming along well, and probably better than we hoped. When we decided not to go with surgery, which would have meant a ten-week recovery, we were told it would be a minimum of six weeks with the splint before we could look at playing again.”
He further added, "Going by that plan, the Netherlands game will be just under six weeks from impact, which is a pretty aggressive date, so everything would have to go perfectly from here to make that deadline.”
While concluding his statement, he said, "But we'll just see how it progresses over the next few days, and I'm excited by the prospect of joining the boys over there later in the week.”