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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Brisbane, Oct 22<\/strong> Australia&#39;s Test vice-captain Travis Head wants to score runs in white ball cricket in his bid to stake a claim for a Test spot again. Head was left out of the final Ashes Test earlier this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Australia retained the Ashes in the fourth Test in Manchester but Head was replaced by all-rounder Mitchell Marsh for the final Test at The Oval after poor returns with the bat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In his first Sheffield Shield game of the 2019-20 season, Head, who captains South Australia, laboured to 51 off 184 balls in a drawn match against Victoria, before being dismissed for a 25-ball duck and 12 in the next game against Queensland, which his side lost by four wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>With The Marsh Cup coming up now, Head is looking at a switch to the white ball format, with his side South Australia set to take on Queensland in the domestic one-day competition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I think one-day cricket in the middle of summer is a good thing, sometimes it can give you a little bit of freedom,&quot; Head was quoted as saying by ICC.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I can go out and hit the ball, I can go out and play with a bit of freedom. At the moment, I probably have not given myself the best opportunity, but I feel like runs aren&#39;t too far away.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Head added that although he hasn&#39;t made enough runs to press for a Test spot yet, he is hopeful of returning for the home series against Pakistan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I hope so, if I get enough runs,&quot; he said of a comeback. &quot;Cricket can sometimes be a cruel game. Sometimes you can get a lot of runs and feel like you are not batting well, sometimes you can bat well and not get runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I would love to be there (in the first Test against Pakistan), obviously, but I will keep doing what I am doing. If I spend a bit of time out in a one-day game and follow it up with a (good) Shield game, I can go back to playing really good cricket.&quot;Australia begin their two-Test series against Pakistan on November 21 in Brisbane<\/p>\r\n",
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