The masterstroke that defined the Ashes series By Matthew Henry cricket View(s): View(s):England may well have lost this Ashes anyway. Australia needed an opener in Perth when Usman Khawaja was struck down by back spasms and up went Travis Head’s hand. In striking his second hundred of this series on day three of the third Test in Adelaide, Head all-but confirmed the home of the urn until the next Ashes in 2027. They witnessed the birth of Head’s reinvention as an uber aggressive batter in 2021 when he crashed a 148-ball 152 in the first Test of the last Ashes series down under. Australia may well have won either way but Head’s promotion was the masterstroke from which England have been unable to respond.

Source: Sunday Times December 20, 2025 21:43 UTC