The opener also took a spectacular catch earlier in the game to send back Rohit Sharma, after which Australia’s bowlers put India in a chokehold. India may be where the heart of the game now resides, but the coolest Head in cricket has once again been shown to be Australian. Travis Head, to be precise, who set up his side’s record-extending sixth World Cup victory with a triumphantly paced 137 from 120 balls in Ahmedabad, but whose most significant contribution arguably came some six-and-a-half hours beforehand, with one of the most match-turning catches in ODI history. What might have been for these two teams had Head not held onto a steepling, sprawling take, running backwards into the covers to saw off India’s captain, Rohit Sharma, in his prime? Australia’s eventual target of 241 would have been significantly higher, no doubt, and to judge by the ferocity with which India’s new-ball bowlers clawed at their opponents in the powerplay – with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami inevitably to the fore – there would have been all the more opportunities for their chase to have toppled off its tightrope. Instead, Head held on, and in so doing, he applied a handbrake to…Read more