Will Travis Head or Jake Fraser-McGurk surpass David Warner?

[mominsaigol]

David Warner had consistently been Australia's best opener since Gilchrist and I'd argue he's superior to Gilchrist as a white ball batter.

Warner throughout his career had played 161 odi matches averaging a stunning 45 and a strike rate of 97 making him one of Australia most aggressive and consistent openers of all time. He boasts similar numbers in red ball and t20 boasting 44 avg and 70 sr in red ball and 33 avg and 142 sr in t20.

He is amoung the few notable batsmen over the years to score a century in all 3 formats of the game including 49 international 100's in total.

But with that being said

Now that Warner has retired, will Australia find a solid opener to take up the mantle?

So far we have Travis head another left hand explosive opener and granted he is more impactful and aggressive then Warner, He doesn't quite reach prime Warner levels in t20 and Especially the test format. In odi Travis head seems to be catching up as a batter in terms of impact but in terms of statistics he falls well short of Warner in every metric excluding Strike Rate.

Jake Fraser is another candidate who hasn't been impressive in the stats department but has shown insane promise and unlike Travis Head who is now 30, Jake fraser mcgurk is only 22 and has age on his side.

 

[mominsaigol]

If you want my opinion for Jake Fraser no.

As for Travis Head, Travis Head has one thing over Warner and that's X factor. Travis head gets dismissed for low scores more frequently then Warner did in his prime and he's nowhere near as consistent as 2014-2019 Warner, but unlike Warner if Travis head stays, it's game over for the opposition. Unless wickets fall at the other end, even if one batter is batting alongside Travis such as labu, then it's game over.

Travis head defo surpasses Warner in terms of impact. But I don't think he reaches the heights of a prime 2015-2019 Warner as a whole.

 

[sweep_shot]

Never say never.

David Warner also started off as a T20 specialist. He later on became a successful all-format player.

 

[mominsaigol]

Never say never.

David Warner also started off as a T20 specialist. He later on became a successful all-format player.

Travis head is an all format player and he's far better than Warner is when Travis head is on song, but Warner during his prime was onsong 95% of the time while Travis Head is onsong for mostly 60-70% in international.

It's why I don't rate TH higher atm.

As for fraser, we'll see. Too early atm.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Travis head may not have great stats given some of his weaknesses. But he already played impact knocks for his country. Bit like Rishabh Pant, Laxman. May not have great career stats. But highly impactful.

 

[mominsaigol]

Travis head may not have great stats given some of his weaknesses. But he already played impact knocks for his country. Bit like Rishabh Pant, Laxman. May not have great career stats. But highly impactful.

Travis head has fantastic stats lol. He averages 40 in both Test and odi and in odi has a strike rate of 106. In t20 his avg is 33 with a strike rate of 150.

His stats aren't the issue. Problem is he came into his stride in his 2nd half. He was awful in 2016, and was dropped multiple times throughout 2018-2021 but he was always in selector plans and kept playing A string series, leagues and kept getting recalled over and over.

^^ This is an example that my Brother @Rana Claims. Sides like Australia are able to view potential. If this was Pakistan, then Travis head wouldn't even be around.

Fans would be complaining left and right about we not having a Warner in our dugout when in reality you didn't bother grooming anyone and left them out because you prefer slow players who average less.

Mukhtar Ahmed is a pretty good example was Miles better then shehzad but alas tis was not to be.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Travis Head is the most underrated ATG and he's in our midst.

Absolute clutch!