Sydney, Jan. 5 -- Playing his fifth Test in the ongoing Ashes series, Travis Head has become the first batter to rack up 500 in an Ashes series with a strike rate of more than 75.

Head has plundered 528 runs, the most by any batter in an Ashes series since Steve Smith made 774 in 2019, with still one innings to go.

Head crossed the 500 runs mark on the second Day of the fifth and final Ashes Test against England on Monday in Sydney.

Head is on fire, leading the charge with explosive batting as the highest run getter in the ongoing Ashes series with 528 runs at an average of 66.00 and a strike rate of 87.12, including two hundreds and a fifty in nine innings.

While England's Joe Root, who is the second-highest run scorer in the series,...