Experienced batter gets nod to open alongside Usman KhawajaKonstas, Nathan McSweeney and Josh Inglis contenders at No 5
Travis Head will replace Sam Konstas at the top of Australia’s batting order for the first Sri Lanka Test despite the teenager’s heroics in the triumphant India series.
Stand-in captain Steve Smith would not rule out finding a place for Konstas elsewhere in the order for the match that begins in Galle on Wednesday, with a vacancy now open at No 5.
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