Travis Head is utterly chaotic, and people love him for it, Head does not give a massive value to his wicket in T20s, yet he’s managed to score massive sums of runs at crazy strike rates.
Once is accidental, twice is a fluke, thrice is luck, but to do it repeatedly is nothing short of talent and magnificent hand-eye co-ordination from the man from South Australia!
Head has almost tripled his tally of T20 runs in a year, and this just includes the domestic games. An astronomical strike rate to go with, Travis Head is simply making batting look effortless even while he revolutionizes how a player approaches the modern T20.
This data was found using the Ask Spoda feature, using the question – “What is the number of runs scored by Travis Head in each year?”
His record breaking year has seen him score 903 T20 runs, that’s almost three times his next best of 359, but the record breaking spree does not stop there.
A T20 batter might combine a high average, a high strike rate, a low balls per boundary and a low dot ball percentage to form the perfect batter. A batter most teams would like to make in a lab.
But Travis is different, he’s thrown caution to the wind, and from the four per-requisites in a perfect batter, he has three. Namely, a high average, a high strike rate and a low balls per boundary ratio.
His record in isolation is quite ground-breaking, but it stands out further when you compare it to his contemporaries
This data was found using the Ask Spoda feature, using the question – “What is the batting average and strike rate of each batter in 2024?”
As the chart indicates, as of 12/09/2024, Travis Head, Nicholas Pooran, Ryan Rickelton and Daniel Hughes have averages over 40 and strike rates over 150. But only two players strike at over 180. With the count coming down to one if you include a high average of 40. Travis Head.
Head has figured out his best way to play and has destroyed multiple bowling attacks this season based simply by batting the way he loves to. Be it his demolition for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL or for Australia in the Internationals.
This data was found using the Ask Spoda feature, using the question – “What is the batting average and strike rate of each batter in T20Is 2024?”
Yet again, Travis Head stands out, averaging over 35 and striking at 160 plus, only Jos Buttler does better to be as consistent and as explosive as Travis Head even when they don their international colours.
A striking feature of Travis Head’s batting, be it in domestic T20 games or in international T20 games is how often he looks to be finding the boundary. A balls per boundary mark of 3.24 is only bettered by Oman’s pinch hitter Naseem Khushi! Even as someone like Glenn Phillips and Tristan Stubbs require over 6 balls to score a boundary, Head gets the job done just in 3.24!
This data was found using the Ask Spoda feature, using the question – “What is the lowest balls per boundary ratio for batters in T20Is in 2024?”
At the end, Travis Head is having a miracle T20 year, the sort people will look back at and compare when players in the future try and emulate him. All in all, quite a few years for Travis Head who has won two world titles and been a critical cog in the Australian set-up!
All in all, just a remarkable cricketer.
All of this data was extracted from spoda.ai using the Ask Spoda feature which has been built with users like you in mind, making it easier for the average person to find stats quicker and easier. Spoda Ai may also be used as a scouting tool, with a player like Dan Hughes being a player who strikes at 150+ and averages 40+ but has flown under the radar.
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