# Travis Head fixes bails after being bowled, stuns Gilchrist

2026-08-15T09:52:21+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk

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Adam Gilchrist said he had never seen anything like it in his career. Travis Head, after being clean bowled by Bangladesh pacer Hasan Mahmud on Day 3 of the first Test in Darwin, turned around and fixed the bails on the stumps before walking off. Gilchrist, on commentary, called the act extraordinary. The video of the incident has gone viral on social media. Head had been dismissed for the second time in the match. Meanwhile, Josh Hazlewood became only the ninth Australian bowler to reach 300 Test wickets, taking his 14th five-wicket haul. He joined teammates Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc in the elite group. "You don't really think about those sort of milestones when you're playing," Hazlewood told Kayo Sports. "I guess it's probably something you look back on at the end."

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- sports.ndtv.com <https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/never-seen-that-travis-heads-rare-act-against-bangladesh-leaves-australia-great-stunned-11913630#publisher=newsstand>
- sports.ndtv.com (2) <https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/never-seen-that-travis-heads-rare-act-against-bangladesh-leaves-australia-great-stunned-11913630>

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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:16:12+00:00.

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