Australian cricket star Travis Head has celebrated the team’s baby boom as a motivating factor ahead of a blockbuster summer against India. Sitting down with 7NEWS reporter Tom Wilson ahead of the first Test in Perth, Head said he “needed” his time off with family — after the birth of son Harrison earlier this month — before getting back to work.

AUS skipper Pat Cummins also took to the media to set things staright, emphatically denying the existence of a split in the Australian change room.