Sussex Cricket Signs Travis Head For 2020 Season

Since the Australian cricket schedule for next year is less hectic, the players will be free during the English summer

Sussex Cricket signed Australian batsman Travis Head as their overseas player for the 2020 season on Wednesday. The left-handed batsman will represent the team across formats. Former Australian bowler and Sussex head coach Jason Gillespie confirmed the development and said, “To have a high-quality international batsman like Travis on our staff in 2020 is very, very exciting.” “We needed a top-four batsman to improve our team and Travis will do that. He's shown his class in his international career so far, he brings some useful off-spin and he will offer good leadership support to our captains from his time leading South Australia and the Strikers,” Espn Cricinfo quoted Gillespie as saying.

“With such a proud history, success is expected, and I want to play my part in achieving that. I look forward to seeing you all next summer." 😇@TravisHead34 says he is "thrilled" to be joining the club:

— Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) September 25, 2019

Since the Australian cricket schedule for next year is less hectic, the players will be free during the English summer. “We also felt it was important to sign an overseas batsman that would be able to join us for most of the season and give us some continuity,” said Gillespie. Head has gathered 1,273 runs, averaging 34.40 in ODIs. In 16 T20Is, he has scored 319 runs at a strike-rate of 130.20. He scored 191 runs in the Ashes 2019 before being left out at The Oval. He has also played 12 Test matches for Australia, scoring 854 runs at an average of 42.70, including a top score of 161 against Sri Lanka in Canberra in February this year.