1st Test, Brisbane, Dec 3-7.
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2nd Test (D/N), Adelaide, Dec 11-15.
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3rd Test, Melbourne, Dec 26-30.
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4th Test, Sydney, Jan 3-7 2021.
Australia v. India. Test series.
Team India Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj
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Looking at the probable Test team.
Warner
Pucovski
Labu
Smith
Wade
Green/Neser/Abbott/Henriques
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Hazlewood
12th. Pattinson/Agar/Swepson
Thoughts ?
Warner
Pucovski
Labu
Smith
Wade
Green/Neser/Abbott/Henriques
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Hazlewood
12th. Pattinson/Agar/Swepson
Thoughts ?
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Matt Wade looks to have secured his #5 spot, with 83 and 57 n.o. against WA.
Will Pucovski has firmed as Warner's opening partner. Marcus Harris (one innings of 239) and Sam Whiteman (319 runs @ 63.
thereabouts. Joe Burns looks a goner. Just 36 runs from 3 innings.
The #6 is still open, with Cam Green favoured. Travis Head could edge him out, with 418 runs @ 86.3 in three SS matches.
Will Pucovski has firmed as Warner's opening partner. Marcus Harris (one innings of 239) and Sam Whiteman (319 runs @ 63.
thereabouts. Joe Burns looks a goner. Just 36 runs from 3 innings. The #6 is still open, with Cam Green favoured. Travis Head could edge him out, with 418 runs @ 86.3 in three SS matches.
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Burns in the spotlight
There has been no shortage of in-form batsmen during the first three rounds of the Shield - 19 centuries have been scored - so when someone has struggled a little it stands out.
Five of Australia's incumbent top seven are in action (David Warner and Steven Smith the two at the IPL) and all have made telling contributions except for Joe Burns. His three innings have brought 7, 29 and 0. The middle of those scores is probably the most frustrating as he had got himself settled before top-edging an indecisive pull. His second-innings duck, edging the superb Trent Copeland, came at around the same time that Will Pucovski and Marcus Harris were breaking records, while Sam Whiteman has also piled on the runs.
Burns' returns last summer against Pakistan and New Zealand were solid rather than spectacular - two half-centuries in eight innings - although a substantial score in the final round of matches would probably see him retain his place. But the competition has suddenly become fierce.
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There has been no shortage of in-form batsmen during the first three rounds of the Shield - 19 centuries have been scored - so when someone has struggled a little it stands out.
Five of Australia's incumbent top seven are in action (David Warner and Steven Smith the two at the IPL) and all have made telling contributions except for Joe Burns. His three innings have brought 7, 29 and 0. The middle of those scores is probably the most frustrating as he had got himself settled before top-edging an indecisive pull. His second-innings duck, edging the superb Trent Copeland, came at around the same time that Will Pucovski and Marcus Harris were breaking records, while Sam Whiteman has also piled on the runs.
Burns' returns last summer against Pakistan and New Zealand were solid rather than spectacular - two half-centuries in eight innings - although a substantial score in the final round of matches would probably see him retain his place. But the competition has suddenly become fierce.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... -good-ever
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Swepson's hub gains.
Few players have gained as much from the tournament being forced into the single-city hub in Adelaide than legspinner Mitchell Swepson. The conditions have meant he has had a central role for Queensland and he has delivered with 15 wickets in two matches.
He played a match-winning role in the opening game against Tasmania and came within a whisker of doing it again in the compelling match against New South Wales where he collected a career-best 10 for 171. Among that haul was the ripping legbreak from around the wicket to bowl Sean Abbott and another fizzing delivery to beat Daniel Hughes in the second innings.
Australia will have to include a second spinner in their enlarged Test squad; it would probably have been Swepson in any case, but the last few weeks should have ended any debate.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... -good-ever
Few players have gained as much from the tournament being forced into the single-city hub in Adelaide than legspinner Mitchell Swepson. The conditions have meant he has had a central role for Queensland and he has delivered with 15 wickets in two matches.
He played a match-winning role in the opening game against Tasmania and came within a whisker of doing it again in the compelling match against New South Wales where he collected a career-best 10 for 171. Among that haul was the ripping legbreak from around the wicket to bowl Sean Abbott and another fizzing delivery to beat Daniel Hughes in the second innings.
Australia will have to include a second spinner in their enlarged Test squad; it would probably have been Swepson in any case, but the last few weeks should have ended any debate.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... -good-ever
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