Head fined for swearing at himself in first Test

Travis Head has been docked 15 per cent of his match fee from the first Vodafone Ashes Test for swearing at himself.

Stump microphones picked up Head's foul-mouthed self-flagellation at the Gabba, which came during his man-of-the-match knock of 152.

Head was booked for using an "audible obscenity" after missing a delivery from Ben Stokes.

There was no formal hearing, with the South Australian accepting the sanction handed down by match referee David Boon.

The punishment, which included a demerit point, is the same that was meted out to Stokes in 2020 for an abusive tirade he directed at a member of the crowd during a Test in South Africa.

Tim Paine was also fined the same amount at the SCG in 2020-21, when he appealed for some "f***ing consistency" in a rant directed at on-field umpire Paul Wilson.

Vodafone Men's Ashes

Squads

Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith (vc), Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

England: Joe Root (c), James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

Schedule

First Test: Australia won by nine wickets

Second Test: December 16-20, Adelaide Oval

Third Test: December 26-30, MCG

Fourth Test: January 5-9, SCG

Fifth Test: January 14-18, Blundstone Arena