Head selector George Bailey has confirmed Steve Smith will open against the West Indies with Cameron Green to bat at No.4 as Matt Renshaw returned to the Test squad.
Are Australia’s batsmen about to let loose? Is this the perfect series to blood David Warner’s replacement? Is touring fast bowler Kemar Roach going to fire a shot?
Following David Warner’s retirement,the selectors will name a 13-player squad on Wednesday for the two-Test series against the West Indies,beginning next week.
Test great Matt Hayden is convinced Australia won’t give Steve Smith the keys to open the batting against the West Indies next week. Here’s why.
Steve Smith began privately lobbying the Australian selectors for consideration to become Usman Khawaja’s opening partner some weeks before David Warner’s final Test match.
Steve Smith has made the surprising admission that he’d be “pretty keen” to open the batting for Australia if selectors asked him.
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Former West Indian captain Jason Holder has withdrawn from the West Indies team for the two-Test tour of Australia,as they name a squad filled with rookies.
“The most enthralling game in cricket history.”
It was Test cricket at its most primal. Curtly’s Ambrose’s fury over some apparent swearing led him to confront Steve Waugh in Trinidad. He had to be pulled away by Richie Richardson.