‘Misunderstanding Resolved’: Head and Siraj Address Heated Exchange in Adelaide

Travis Head and Mohammed Siraj have cleared the air after a heated on-pitch interaction that took place when the latter gave a fiery send-off to the left-hander after dismissing him for scintillating 140 runs on Day -2 of the second Test match on Saturday.

On the fourth ball of the 82nd over, Head was castled by a terrific in swinging yorker by Siraj, along with giving him a fiery send-off and aggressiveness to walk back towards the direction of stands. The reply was given back by Head to the pacer, before walking out to a standing ovation from his home crowd.

After that, the Adelaide crowd made constant boos whenever Siraj was fielding in the deep or came on to bowl, to express their displeasure over how he behaved with Head.

However, the duo was seen having a friendly chat when Siraj came to bat during the second innings of the Test on Sunday, seemingly clearing the issue.

"Sweet with it. He came out and just said (it was) a little bit of misunderstanding … I think we'll move on. We've had a great week, so let's not let it ruin it. It was fine. He said, 'Why'd you swear?' I sort of said, 'Look, I didn't at first … (but) I definitely swore at you the second time round'," Head said during the post-match presentation, according to ABC News.

"I probably could have laughed it off and walked off and enjoyed myself. He just said it was a misunderstanding as well, and there was no issues for me. We move on. I'm sweet. It is what it is," he added.
The duo also shared a hug after Australia won the Test by 10 wickets.

After the play on the second day ended, while discussing the altercation, Head had said, "Not as heated as I like it to be. I just jokingly said 'Well bowled' and then he pointed me to the shades and I had my reaction as well."

But, speaking ahead of day three's play for broadcasters Star Sports on Sunday, Siraj presented his side of the story and said, "When I got him bowled, I only celebrated, and he abused me, and you saw that on TV too. I only celebrated at the start, I didn't say anything to him. What he said in the press conference wasn't right, it's a lie that he only said 'well bowled' to me."