Selection shock as Aussies end five-year snub

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Australian selectors person pulled a astonishment squad alteration by recalling opening batter Matthew Renshaw up of the SCG Test.

Renshaw, 28, made his Test debut successful 2016 and has played 11 matches successful the baggy greenish successful total, but has not been seen successful the arena since April 2018.

His inclusion successful the squad for adjacent week's dormant rubber against South Africa is intriguing, fixed the speculation astir the futures of David Warner and Usman Khawaja, the 2 incumbent openers who are some 36 years old.

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Warner successful peculiar had been nether immense unit to prevention his Test career, which helium did with a superb treble 100 successful Melbourne successful sweltering heat.

Australia has besides called Ashton Agar into the squad.

Agar is overmuch much apt to play successful Sydney arsenic screen for all-rounder Cameron Green, who broke his digit successful Melbourne.

Green and Mitchell Starc are omitted from the squad owed to injury. Josh Hazlewood is expected to beryllium recalled from wounded to regenerate Starc.

That leaves 1 spot disposable - pending immoderate different injuries oregon unforced changes, which look improbable - replacing Green who is simply a fast-bowling middle-order batter.

The SCG wicket is spin-friendly and Australia is being encouraged to play 2 tweakers, suggesting Agar volition travel successful to spouse Nathan Lyon successful the slow-bowling stocks.

The Aussies volition apt besides usage the lucifer arsenic a look-ahead to the India tour.

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Warner has each but been guaranteed his spot successful India, contempt a reasonably dismal vocation grounds there.

Renshaw, who averages 33.47 from his 11 Tests, has played 4 matches successful India and averages 29.00 there, portion Warner averages lone 24.25.

Khawaja has ne'er played a Test successful India. In Pakistan helium averages a ridiculous 165.33 from 3 matches.

Khawaja is besides successful blistery form, having amassed 1080 runs successful the 2022 calendar twelvemonth astatine an mean of 67.50 for Australia.

It seems improbable selectors would bring Renshaw successful and driblet Warner for the SCG match, fixed it whitethorn conceivably beryllium the seasoned opener's past accidental to play successful beforehand of his location crowd.

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