Glenn Maxwell has returned to Australian colours for Sri Lanka, as the selection chair George Bailey flagged plenty of possibilities for players to “cross over”. cricket
Victorian spin bowler Todd Murphy has vaulted into the Australia A squad after just two Sheffield Shield matches“It’s as much about a scarcity of skillset,” Bailey said. “If you look around Australia, we don’t have a heap of well-established spinners. [Murphy] is certainly behind Nathan Lyon as far as offspinners go. He looks really promising.“So it’s exciting to get him across there along with Tanveer Sangha, who has had some opportunities in the past, and Matthew Kuhnemann as well.
Bailey agreed that given Galle conditions that were likely to spin sharply, a formula in which two or even three spin bowlers took the field was plausible. That would likely mean more bench time for Josh Hazlewood, who played only one of three Tests in Pakistan. “Recent history in Galle would suggest that it’s going to be conducive to spin, so there’s a chance that we go in with a similar sort of makeup to what we did finish with in Pakistan with the extra spinner and one fast bowler short,” Bailey said. “We know Hoff is a quality bowler across all formats.
“We might not get the conditions that we expect. So he’s always going to be a very important member of the Test squad. I think we have to be open to the possibility of playing three spinners. We have seen it done once in the past, I think, a Test match in Bangladesh.” Mitchell Marsh has recovered from a hip flexor injury and COVID to be chosen in all formats for the senior side, but opener Marcus Harris has been named only in the Australia A squad afterJhye Richardson is in the T20 squad after missing out on a central contract, but the selectors have chosen not to introduce the destructive middle order skills of Tim David to the short-form set-up just yet, with a World Cup to defend on home soil later in the year.
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