Taylor calls for huge Aussie selection gamble

Former Australian skipper Mark Taylor has urged the squad to usage the New Year's Test successful Sydney arsenic signifier for the upcoming circuit of India by playing 5 bowlers.

With Australia already holding an unassailable 2-0 pb heading into the final Test of the series, and with a fig of injuries, determination is simply a unsocial accidental for the squad to beryllium rotated astatine the SCG.

Star all-rounder Cameron Green is 1 of the players who volition marque mode successful the 3rd Test aft suffering a breached digit astatine the MCG, and Taylor believes his replacement should beryllium a spinner specified arsenic Mitchell Swepson.

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Mitchell Swepson was a changeless beingness successful Australia's Test broadside during the circuit of Sri Lanka earlier successful 2022 (Getty)

"They've got an accidental successful Sydney to effort a fewer things," helium told Wide World of Sports.

"I cognize radical accidental you shouldn't effort things successful Test matches, but with Cameron Green not playing, I'd truly similar to spot Alex Carey bat astatine six and Australia prime 5 bowlers.

"They should prime their 3 quicks, whoever they're going to be, and play (Nathan) Lyon and astir apt Swepson, play the 2 spinners.

Cameron Green's breached digit has fixed the Australian squad a unsocial enactment headache (Getty)

"They tin spell each retired onslaught with the shot and trust connected their apical 5 and Carey to marque capable runs to triumph the Test match."

While teams person traditionally opted against playing 5 bowlers, Taylor said the brittle quality of South Africa's batting lineup should promote the risky enactment move.

"I deliberation with the bowling they've got there, with whoever those quicks are going to be, you've got capable guys determination to instrumentality the 20 wickets," helium said.

Mark Taylor successful 2022. (Getty)

"South Africa lone conscionable made 200 successful the last innings successful Melbourne for the archetypal clip successful 4 Test matches, their batting is precise gettable astatine the moment.

"So I'd beryllium looking to onslaught with the shot and backmost yourselves successful to marque capable runs with lone 5 specializer batters."

Following the 3rd Test against South Africa astatine the SCG, Australia volition adjacent beryllium enactment successful the agelong format erstwhile it travels to India for a four-match bid starting successful February.

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