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Forgotten Test star's epic bid to replace Warner - CtrlF.XYZ

Forgotten Test star's epic bid to replace Warner

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Cameron Bancroft has staked his assertion for a spot successful Australia's broadside for the last 2 Tests against India and beyond aft different Sheffield Shield century.

The 30-year-old opening batter has not played for Australia's Test broadside since the 2019 Ashes successful England, but could abruptly spot himself vaulted into the squad aft a superb tally of form.

Bancroft leads the Shield run-scoring array with 767 runs aft an unbeaten 176 for Western Australia against Tasmania successful Hobart.

He is the lone subordinate to person scored much than 2 centuries during the existent Shield play and has averaged 56 per innings.

With David Warner ruled retired of the remaining India Tests injured and Matt Renshaw woefully retired of form, Australia could parachute Bancroft successful to spouse Usman Khawaja astatine the apical of the order.

Travis Head opened alongside Khawaja for Australia's 2nd innings successful Delhi, and gave a bully relationship of himself, apical scoring with 43 successful a squad full of 113.

Head has been backed by Australian manager Andrew McDonald, but Bancroft's instrumentality could let Head to instrumentality to his much acquainted No.5 spot successful the batting order.

"If Dave's unavailable, (Head opening) would marque cleanable sense," McDonald said this week.

"We did sermon earlier coming implicit present that if we were to suffer an opening batter that Trav would beryllium 1 we'd look to enactment up there. We consciousness successful the subcontinental conditions that helium tin get disconnected to the accelerated starts which helium showed.

"We don't spot (Head) arsenic an opener successful each conditions, much subcontinental and successful different conditions backmost to the mediate order."

Bancroft has played 10 Tests for Australia since making his debut successful 2017, but has averaged conscionable 26.83 with 3 fifties and a apical people of 82 not out.

He was banned alongside Warner and Steve Smith for his engagement successful the infamous ball-tampering ungraded successful South Africa successful 2018.

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