Australia have named uncapped fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile in a 12-man squad for the first Test against West Indies in Hobart.
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West Indies will be aiming to exploit some of the chinks in Australia’s armour which were exposed during the just concluded series against New Zealand, skipper Jason Holder has said.
Coulter-Nile, 28, has been included despite not playing any Sheffield Shield matches so far this summer. “I’m not too anxious about how that’s going to be when my foot”, heals.
The review was churned over for minutes before the TV umpire Nigel Llong decided there was not enough to go on despite the Hot Spot evidence to give Lyon out, caught off spinner Mitchell Santner, with Australia reeling at 118 for eight and trailing the Kiwis by 84 runs.
When asked why he walked out to bat risking aggravating the injury, Starc laughed and said, “I’d like to ask Steve Smith the same question”.
Marsh spoke of the conundrum facing selectors over Hazlewood’s recent workload.
“We’ve seen throughout the test match series that it’s hard work to back up innings after innings, let alone test match after Test match”.
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson on Monday hailed the successful debut of day-night Test cricket and expressed hope that more boards will embrace the concept which can greatly enhance the traditional format of the game.
CA XI captain James Peirson said his team would not treat the fixture as a practice match. But that’s what you get paid to do. There’s a reason he [Johnson] retired and that’s because he didn’t want to play anymore, so you don’t go there.
The Windies are a pale imitation of their glory days a quarter of a century ago and have been largely written off by the pundits as they embark on their tour of Australia.
The home side won the Test by 3 wickets inside three days, to take the series 2-nil.
A 200th wicket and the winning runs were of some comfort for paceman Peter Siddle who was grief-stricken after the death of his grandmother during Australia’s victory in the third test against New Zealand.
The controversy still rumbled late on day three as Australia completed victory by three wickets in the first day-night test on Sunday, sealing the three-match series 2-0.
“I never saw it as that”, Smith told reporters post-match.
“He’ll be very important for us in both series so we’ll look forward to getting him back”.
“So the young players will be looking to gain as much experience as possible and try and compete with Australia”.
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Hazlewood is in career-best form but will nearly certainly be rested from at least one of the upcoming Tests against the West Indies.
