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He points to his one-day performances in Pakistan, 101, 89 and 0, opening the batting in place of David Warner, who went home to rest, and 23, 70 not out and 27 in Sri Lanka as a middle order injury replacement for Marcus Stoinis.

“I take confidence in that it was able to work for one day cricket,” Head said. “Now that still applies in Test cricket, still being really positive and trying to score.

“I felt like I moved really well. I didn’t get runs. That’s, part and parcel of it. That’s fine. A lot of good players have gone over and not done particularly well on the first couple of series (in the subcontinent).

“So for me, it’s about learning as much as I can. Adapting as much as I can and just working extremely hard. Then again, you can’t look too far ahead. I’ve got to have a really good summer.”