By Richard Edwards

Fond memories: Australian star Travis Head

AN Ashes series can often be a case of sink or swim for a young player who has never experienced it before.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise, then, to find that Travis Head has acclimatised himself by heading on a ferry across the sea to familiar ground in a bid to prepare himself for one of Test cricket’s biggest challenges.
The 25-year-old South Australian has enjoyed a stunning start to his Test career, scoring 663 runs at an average of 51 since being handed his Baggy Green against Pakistan in Dubai last October....