DEREK PRINGLE

If imitation is the greatest form of flattery then Travis Head should have the gratitude of the country after England admitted that Australia’s swashbuckling left-hander has been one of the inspirations for Bazball.
Only Harry Brook’s incredible strike-rate of 99 is higher but that came in seven Tests. So far, England have bullied sides into submission with their exhilarating scoring rates, but have they reckoned on someone like Head doing to them what they have done to others? They say yes, and while Stokes freely acknowledges that England studied Head for the freedom in ...