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Australia's Travis Head eyes bigger bowling role in second Test against Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka after he bagged an unlikely four wickets in the series opener. Head, a left-hand batsman and an occasional bowler, returned figures of 4-10 to match lead spinner Nathan Lyon's second-innings wicket haul in Friday's three-day thrashing of the hosts in Galle.

The middle-order batsman was only declared fit just ahead of the first Test after he missed the fifth one-day international due to a hamstring injury.

But the 28-year-old said he was clear about his all-rounder role on Galle's turning pitch before the match began. "It was a waiting game for a few days before the Test and bowling was a big part of that," he told reporters. "I knew I was going to have a role at some point but the two spinners, all the bowlers, did a fantastic job for myself and Marnus (Labuschagne) not to be needed at all. "It's going to be a huge part of the next Test," he added. "I expected to bowl (in the first Test) but maybe not at that stage of the game." Head was called on to bowl in the 19th over of Sri Lanka's second innings with the hosts already struggling at 95-4 after returning to bat with a deficit of 109 runs.

The finger spinner struck on his second ball to send back Dinesh Chandimal for his maiden Test wicket after 26 previous appearances.

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