'Wild Thing' exposes major Australian problem

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Former Test skipper Ian Chappell has urged the Australian enactment sheet to beryllium braver, saying that accelerated bowler Lance Morris should person been picked earlier successful the summer.

Whether oregon not Morris debuts against South Africa astatine the SCG successful the last Test of the series, Chappell said the clip was close astatine the Adelaide Oval against the West Indies successful December.

"We're talking astir immoderate innovative selections? Well I don't spot wherever they're going to travel from," helium said connected Wide World of Sports' Inside the Rope.

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"I don't deliberation they're going to travel from this panel, they're a precise blimpish panel. If they weren't, surely they would person fixed [Lance] Morris a crippled successful Adelaide. That was the time."

"I retrieve speaking to Andy Roberts who was not lone a large accelerated bowler, but a astute one. And helium said years agone 'you've got to prime accelerated bowlers erstwhile they're fast'. And therefore, Morris, to me, was a feline you had to look at."

The Australians won the lucifer easily, and captured a 2-0 bid win arsenic both Michael Neser and Scott Boland played successful spot of Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins.

Chappell likened the velocity of the 24-year-old Morris to that of South African Anrich Nortje, who was 1 of the fewer occurrence stories successful what was a brutal decision astatine the MCG.

"You've got to find retired if a feline tin bash it astatine Test level. It's terrific to person Shield players jumping around, and arsenic a selector you request to beryllium capable to look astatine that and spot what's truly going on, but past you request to play them successful Test cricket to find retired if they tin marque Test players leap around," Chappell said.

"And erstwhile you spot Nortje's show for South Africa you deliberation 'good gait is going to get immoderate batsman jumping around, truthful let's person a look astatine Morris'.

"But Adelaide, to me, was erstwhile you had 2 guys missing - that was the clip to person a look astatine Morris and spot if helium could bash it."

With tours of India and England to come, Mark Taylor said it was important that Morris was analysed earlier those squads were named - peculiarly the latter.

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"You don't privation to beryllium handing retired baggy greens, that's what radical get frightened of - but I hold with Chaps ... they've got to get a look astatine idiosyncratic similar Lance Morris," helium said.

"They've got India coming up, and past they've got a 5 Test bid of England, and they're going to person a batch speedy bowlers to take from. Boland, Neser, the incumbent three, Lance Morris. There's six I tin already - that doesn't see Jhye Richardson, truthful there's seven.

"They've got to find their champion 5 for England - if you're not going to play idiosyncratic similar Lance Morris now, he's not going to get an accidental anterior to that Ashes broadside being picked.

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