Travis Head

Though left out of the 2016 World T20, Head stayed in the selectors' thinking and grew into an important part of the one-day side, usually in the middle order and often as a floater. In early 2017 he was tried as an opener ahead of that year's Champions Trophy, scoring a hundred in his first outing there while sharing a historic opening partnership with David Warner, who also reached three figures. The trial was short-lived, and a dip in one-day form saw him overlooked for the 2019 World Cup in favour of Shaun Marsh and Marcus Stoinis.

The fallout from the ball-tampering affair opened the Test door. On the tour of the UAE he made a duck in his first innings before answering with a fifty that helped Australia save the Test in Dubai. Against India he passed fifty twice, the first at Adelaide, and scores of 84, 161 and 59* against Sri Lanka secured him a middle-order place for the 2019 Ashes. In the 2021-22 home Ashes he was named Player of the Series after making 357 runs with two hundreds, and his 163 alongside Steve Smith's 121 set up a 209-run World Test Championship win over India at The Oval.

After Aaron Finch retired, Head claimed an opening spot in one-day cricket and was picked in that role for the 2023 World Cup. An injury suffered against South Africa beforehand kept him out of much of the event, but once back in the side he played a decisive part in Australia's 6th World Cup title. He also bowls useful off-spin, often filling the fifth bowler's role, and is a fine fielder.

In the IPL, Head managed only 10 games and a single fifty for Royal Challengers Bangalore across 2016 and 2017. Sunrisers Hyderabad signed him after the 2023 World Cup, and in 2024 he and Abhishek Sharma formed an explosive opening pair, once chasing 167 against LSG inside 10 overs. He also hit a rapid hundred against RCB as his team posted 287, the highest total in IPL history, and he was retained ahead of the 2025 auctions.