Cameron Bancroft continues to make a case for a return to Test cricket for the primary time because the 2019 Ashes turning his fourth Sheffield Shield century for the season into 176 essential runs in Tasmania.
While Australian coach Andrew McDonald has backed in Travis Head to fill the function vacated by injured David Warner in India, Bancroft’s identify looms giant as somebody selectors might contemplate as a possible alternative.
Bancroft, who performed his final Test in opposition to England at Lord’s in 2019, leads the Shield run-scoring desk with 767 after knocking out an unbeaten 176 to offer his crew a 503 run lead in Hobart.
No-other batter has greater than two centuries within the competitors this summer time.
He’s additionally made two half-centuries, is averaging 56 and has confronted greater than 1500 balls this season, almost 500 greater than another batter.
The man Bancroft displaced because the leading-run scorer within the competitors, Peter Handscomb, is already in India and again below a dishevelled inexperienced.
Australia has two Tests to play in India and with Warner again in Australia after struggling a fractured arm, Bancroft could possibly be parachuted in, given Matt Renshaw, who has additionally opened the batting, failed within the opening Test, was dropped, then failed once more when introduced in to interchange Warner mid-match.
But within the wake of the second Test catastrophe in Delhi, McDonald stated Head, who opened the batting within the second innings, might resume that function.
“If Dave’s unavailable, (Head opening) would make perfect sense,” McDonald stated in India.
“We did discuss before coming over here that if we were to lose an opening batter that Trav would be one we’d look to put up there. We feel in the subcontinental conditions that he can get off to the fast starts which he showed.
“We don’t see (Head) as an opener in all conditions, more subcontinental and in other conditions back to the middle order.”
Bancroft performed the opening two Tests of the 2019 Ashes after serving a ban for his involvement within the sandpaper scandal.
He was dropped for Marcus Harris and hasn’t performed for Australia since.
Source: www.news.com.au
