Australia opener Travis Head broke Steve Smith’s record of the fastest 3,000 ODI runs for the Men in Yellow. He achieved the feat in the third ODI against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on October 25. The southpaw took 76 innings, three less than Smith, to top the chart for the Aussies.

Fastest to 3,000 ODI runs for Australia (Innings)

Travis Head – 76 innings

Steve Smith – 79 innings

Michael Bevan – 80 innings

George Bailey – 80 innings

David Warner – 81 innings

Head celebrated after reaching the milestone. He didn’t do much in the first two games of the series, falling in the powerplay overs. Travis has scored his runs at an average of 44, laced with 7 hundreds and 17 fifties.

The 31-year-old was dismissed by Mohammed Siraj on the second delivery of the 10th over. After hitting a boundary on the first ball, head tried to play another aggressive shot but was caught by Prasidh Krishna on a score of 29 runs off 25 balls.

Australia have already clinched the ODI series, following their victories by 7 wickets and 2 wickets at the Optus Stadium and the Adelaide Oval. The talking point has been the two ducks recorded by star batter Virat Kohli, who has returned to international cricket after 7 months.