Cummins gives selection hint as Head returns

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Australia batter Travis Head is disposable for the 5th and last Ashes Test, arsenic the selectors measurement up their options earlier a hard telephone successful the coming days.

The South Australian was ruled retired of the SCG Test aft investigating affirmative to COVID-19, opening the doorway for Usman Khawaja to involvement his claim.

The Bulls skipper didn't truthful overmuch arsenic compression done the doorway arsenic footwear it down, scoring centuries successful some innings.

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Now, Australia are faced with a pugnacious call, and 3 options: Bring Head consecutive backmost successful for Khawaja, support the squad arsenic it was successful Sydney, oregon person Marcus Harris marque mode and determination Khawaja up the order.

"I'll preface it by saying I'm not a selector, but erstwhile idiosyncratic comes retired and hits duplicate hundreds, it's beauteous hard to spell past them for the week after," skipper Pat Cummins said aft the lucifer connected Sunday.

"So we'll enactment done that, the selectors volition enactment done that the adjacent fewer days."

Head rewarded selectors' religion successful him with a sparkling 152 astatine the Gabba, earlier scores of 18 and 51 successful Adelaide, and 27 astatine the MCG.

"I've been blessed with the mode I've played, I deliberation I've work the conditions good and summed the conditions up and the concern of the crippled well," helium said.

"I'm nether nary illusion that the boys astatine the apical of the bid person done a fantastic job."

The 28-year-old, who had been backmost grooming successful the past mates of days, said helium was asymptomatic and felt fine. He was besides afloat of praise for his replacement.

"We'll hold and see," helium said successful regards to whether helium expected to locomotion consecutive backmost into the team.

"I deliberation helium [Khawaja] played beautifully.

"I deliberation that's the quality of the full squad. We observe each other's success, we emotion each other's success. We're presently 3-0 up, we've played a large week again.

"There's going to beryllium immoderate pugnacious decisions, those conversations haven't been had," Head said.

Having a surplus of blistery bats is simply a bully occupation to person - and portion Harris has struggled astatine times, Head was speedy to constituent retired his cardinal relation during the Boxing Day Test.

"He was fantastic successful Melbourne, played a immense relation successful america winning a game, his cognition hasn't changed."

Head praised Harris' vigor and quality among the group.

"He's himself, and helium hasn't changed that - he'll beryllium disappointed helium didn't get runs successful this game," Head said.

"I felt similar helium lined it up good and played beautifully and acceptable a truly bully platform, him and Davey arsenic a partnership."

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