#International cricket in 2017 18 series
Since putting his injury troubles behind him and rediscovering his touch, Paine has been selected as Australia's keeper for recent T20 International series against Sri Lanka at home last summer and away in India last month.
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His seven-year absence from the Test arena will be the equal longest in Australia’s history. Paine played four Tests in 2010 standing in for Brad Haddin (now the Australian team's fielding coach) but a succession of finger injuries, which have required several bouts of surgery, derailed his international career and put him on the brink of retirement. Callum Ferguson, who played one Test last summer against South Africa in Hobart, has 353 runs at 68.60, but was overlooked, as was Daniel Hughes who averages 70.33 this summer with 211 runs in three matches after getting a start in the NSW team.įull highlights of Bancroft's epic double century Cartwright's numbers, impacted by a pair in the high-pressure game against NSW, are 152 runs at 25.33. Marsh has 236 runs at 39.33 this season, while Maxwell has 200 at an even 40.
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"He is a versatile player who can slot in anywhere in the batting order and will add valuable experience to the batting line-up." "Shaun is playing very well at the moment, having scored consistently in the JLT One-Day Cup and first three rounds of the JLT Sheffield Shield competition," said Hohns. Marsh, meanwhile, was overlooked for Australia's Qantas Tour of Bangladesh and looked to be well behind the likes of Maxwell and Cartwright in the Test reckoning.īut the 34-year-old made a stunning start to the season in the JLT One-Day Cup and passed 50 in each of WA's three Shield games ahead of the Ashes. The Western Australian had hopes of a Test debut crushed in 2015 after he was named in Australia's squad to tour Bangladesh before that trip was postponed, and has since broadened his horizons with two stints playing county cricket for Gloucestershire all the while impressing for the Warriors with five tons in the two most recently completed Shield seasons. While Renshaw's form faltered, Bancroft had mounted an overwhelming case for inclusion. "We would like him to go back to first-class cricket and push his name forward with the selection panel through big runs." "We still view Matthew as a player of immense talent, but he is out of form at the moment and we don’t feel an Ashes Test match is the best place for him to find form," Hohns said. Hohns said selectors were not prepared to take an out-of-form Renshaw into the Ashes cauldron. Renshaw looked to be in the box seat to partner Warner for Thursday's first Test at the Gabba despite managing just 70 runs in six hits for Queensland so far this Shield season.
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Queenslander Matthew Renshaw has been axed following a lean start to the Shield season, while leading contenders for the No.6 spot Glenn Maxwell and Hilton Cartwright – both of whom played in Australia's most recent Test against Bangladesh in September – were overlooked in favour of Marsh.īancroft earns his call-up after scoring a pair of half-centuries against Australia's Test attack in the game against NSW last week and a marathon unbeaten 228 against South Australia this week. "He has thoroughly earned and deserves his call-up following some outstanding performances in the early rounds of the JLT Sheffield Shield competition this season." "He is a very talented and tough cricketer who shows a good temperament for Test cricket. "Cameron has been a player of interest to us for some time now, having been unlucky to miss out on the Test tour to Bangladesh that was cancelled in 2015.
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National Selector Trevor Hohns said Bancroft had earnt his call-up to the Test side. The bowling stocks were bolstered by the inclusion of South Australia's Chadd Sayers, who could be in line for a debut in the day-night affair on his home turf at the Adelaide Oval for the second Test.īancroft, 24, is set open the batting alongside vice-captain David Warner and become Australia's 451st Test player.Īustralia Squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird, Chadd Sayers. The 32-year-old's shock inclusion comes as opener Cameron Bancroft was also named in the 13-man squad for the first two matches of the series while veteran batsman Shaun Marsh's strong start to the domestic season earned him a recall to the Test team. Exclusive: Tim's pain passes in eventful 2017