Perth, March 3 -- Travis Head is back to spearhead South Australia's push to reach a second straight Sheffield Shield final as members of Australia's T20 squad return to domestic cricket following their early exit from the T20 World Cup.

Josh Inglis, Cooper Connolly (both Western Australia), Matthew Renshaw (Queensland), Matthew Kuhnemann (Tasmania) and Sean Abbott (NSW) will join Head in turning out for their respective states in round nine of the Shield, beginning this Thursday.

Head's availability for this week's clash with NSW before joining Indian Premier League side Sunrisers Hyderabad will be a major boost for the defending champions who are locked in atight tussle with Queensland in the race to face Victoria in the Shield final la...