AUSTRALIA’S 18-MAN SQUAD FOR THE TOUR OF INDIA:
DAVID WARNER
Age: 36
Tests: 101
Playing position: Left-handed batter
Test batting common: 46.20, batting common v India: 33.76
Coming in direction of the top of his glittering profession, however stays one of many extra feared batters in world cricket. If Warner can enhance on his extraordinarily poor red-ball file in India, it can go a good distance in direction of Australia successful the sequence.
USMAN KHAWAJA
Age: 36
Tests: 56
Playing position: Left-handed batter
Test batting common: 47.83, batting common v India: 28.28
Has toured India twice earlier than with out taking part in however is a certainty to make his first Test look within the nation. After a rare 2022, when he scored 1080 runs, Khawaja heads to India stuffed with confidence.
MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE
Age: 28
Tests: 33
Playing position: Right-handed batter
Test batting common: 59.43, batting common v India: 51.55
The ICC’s top-ranked Test batter will search to dominate in a rustic the place he has by no means performed earlier than. Labuschagne’s common in Asia is simply 33.33 throughout seven matches, effectively down on a supreme 70 in Australian circumstances.
STEVE SMITH
Age: 33
Tests: 92
Playing position: Right-handed batter
Test batting common: 60.89, batting common v India: 72.58
Arguably Australia’s finest batsman since Don Bradman, Smith has made runs all world wide and India is not any exception. If he can have an identical sequence to 2017, when he smashed 499 runs at a median of 71.28, Australia may simply be bringing dwelling the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
TRAVIS HEAD
Age: 29
Tests: 33
Playing position: Left-handed batter
Test batting common: 45.23, batting common v India: 29.90
Far extra assured at Test stage than in his earlier matches towards India, Head might be determined to make large runs in powerful circumstances. The aggressive South Australian has the flexibility to swing a Test match in a session.
CAMERON GREEN
Age: 23
Tests: 18
Playing position: Allrounder (right-handed batter, right-arm fast-medium)
Test batting common: 35.04, batting common v India: 33.71
Test bowling common: 29.78, bowling common v India: N/A
In doubt to play within the first Test, Green shapes as an integral a part of an Australia aspect trying to cross the ‘ultimate frontier’ with a primary Test sequence win in India since 2004. He is steadily enhancing his output with bat and ball at worldwide stage.
ALEX CAREY
Age: 31
Tests: 15
Playing position: Left-handed wicketkeeper-batter
Test batting common: 39.56, batting common v India: N/A
Has turn out to be a key member of Australia’s Test set-up in simply 14 months since changing former captain Tim Paine behind the stumps. Scored his maiden Test century in December and his glovework continues to enhance.
PAT CUMMINS (capt)
Age: 29
Tests: 47
Playing position: Right-arm quick
Test bowling common: 21.25, bowling common v India: 24.46
Australia have misplaced only one Test since Cummins grew to become captain forward of the 2021-22 Ashes. His bowling has remained persistently elite as skipper, too. Has the prospect to steer Australia to a drought-breaking sequence win in India.
MITCHELL STARC
Age: 33
Tests: 75
Playing position: Left-arm quick
Test bowling common: 27.26, bowling common v India: 37.38
Already dominated out of the primary Test because of a damaged finger, Starc is embarking on his third tour of India and is in line to play within the second match. His expertise, particularly with the older ball, might be essential.
NATHAN LYON
Age: 35
Tests: 115
Playing position: Right-arm offspin
Test bowling common: 31.65, bowling common v India: 34.75
The most skilled member of the XI. Australia’s third most prolific bowler has 460 Test wickets and exhibits no signal of slowing down.
JOSH HAZLEWOOD
Age: 32
Tests: 59
Playing position: Right-arm fast-medium
Test bowling common: 25.83, bowling common v India: 26.94
The lethal correct fast has been annoyed by accidents throughout latest years, then making it tough to say his spot again within the XI, however stays a valued member.
MITCHELL SWEPSON
Age: 29
Tests: 4
Playing position: Right-arm legspin
Test bowling common: 45.80, bowling common v India: N/A
Finally made his debut final yr, doing sufficient in Pakistan and Sri Lanka to maintain him within the squad.
SCOTT BOLAND
Age: 33
Tests: 6
Playing position: Right-arm fast-medium
Test bowling common: 12.21 bowling common v India: N/A
The common Victorian seems sure to play his first Test outdoors of Australia after accidents to Starc and Hazlewood.
ASHTON AGAR
Age: 29
Tests: 5
Playing position: Left-arm orthodox
Test bowling common: 52.00, bowling common v India: N/A
Recalled after greater than 5 years for the New Year’s Test, Agar made an inauspicious return however might have an essential position to play in India.
MATT RENSHAW
Age: 26
Tests: 12
Playing position: Left-handed batter
Test batting common: 33.73, batting common v India: 29.00
Every probability to retain his spot at No.6 because of Green’s harm, Renshaw opened the batting throughout all 4 Tests of the 2017 India tour.
PETER HANDSCOMB
Age: 31
Tests: 16
Playing position: Right-handed batter
Test batting common: 38.91, batting common v India: 25.25
Played all 4 Tests on the 2017 tour for a modest return of 198 runs at a median of 28.28. Has not featured for Australia in red-ball cricket since January 2019.
TODD MURPHY
Age: 22
Tests: 0
Playing position: Right-arm offspin
Test bowling common: N/A, bowling common v India: N/A
The 22-year-old has performed simply seven first-class matches however is rated as Lyon’s inheritor obvious. Every probability to make his Test debut.
LANCE MORRIS
Age: 24
Tests: 0
Playing position: Right-arm quick
Test bowling common: N/A, bowling common v India: N/A
Will achieve precious expertise by touring India and the brand new ‘wild factor’ might make an unlikely Test debut with accidents besetting the tempo assault.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
