MANCHESTER: David Warner is ready to open within the fourth Ashes Test in opposition to England, Australia captain Pat Cummins stated on Tuesday, however spinner Todd Murphy might be squeezed out to accommodate each all-rounders, Mitchell Marsh and Cameron Green.
Warner’s place regarded unsure after his double failure within the third take a look at at Headingley the place the opener managed a complete of 5 runs and fell to Stuart Broad in each innings.
“Josh will come in for Scott Boland, and the top order will stay the same,” Cummins, whose staff are 2-1 forward within the five-match collection, advised reporters on the eve of the match at Old Trafford.
“Davey (Warner) didn’t have his best game last week at Headingley, but prior to that, he has looked really good.
“He has had three 50-run (opening) partnerships, which may be uncommon over in England.”
Replacing an injured Green at Headingley, Marsh smashed a century and grabbed a couple of wickets to make it difficult for the selectors to drop him.
With Green having recovered from a hamstring strain, left-arm spinner Murphy may have to sit out having bowled only 9.3 overs across two innings at Headingley where England won by three wickets to stay alive in the series.
With rain forecast for the last two days of the Test, Cummins was fine with the idea of not playing a frontline spinner.
“Part of the dialog is how do two all-rounders slot in, is spin going to be essential this week?” the Australia captain said.
“We’ve performed video games with one fast, we have performed some video games with heaps of quicks. It’s all actually conditions-based.
“As I said last week about Toddy, I would have loved to bowl him a bit more but there wasn’t a heap of overs in the game, the ball seemed to swing and seam a little bit.
“So that is actually one thing to weigh up this week.”
Warner’s place regarded unsure after his double failure within the third take a look at at Headingley the place the opener managed a complete of 5 runs and fell to Stuart Broad in each innings.
“Josh will come in for Scott Boland, and the top order will stay the same,” Cummins, whose staff are 2-1 forward within the five-match collection, advised reporters on the eve of the match at Old Trafford.
“Davey (Warner) didn’t have his best game last week at Headingley, but prior to that, he has looked really good.
“He has had three 50-run (opening) partnerships, which may be uncommon over in England.”
Replacing an injured Green at Headingley, Marsh smashed a century and grabbed a couple of wickets to make it difficult for the selectors to drop him.
With Green having recovered from a hamstring strain, left-arm spinner Murphy may have to sit out having bowled only 9.3 overs across two innings at Headingley where England won by three wickets to stay alive in the series.
With rain forecast for the last two days of the Test, Cummins was fine with the idea of not playing a frontline spinner.
“Part of the dialog is how do two all-rounders slot in, is spin going to be essential this week?” the Australia captain said.
“We’ve performed video games with one fast, we have performed some video games with heaps of quicks. It’s all actually conditions-based.
“As I said last week about Toddy, I would have loved to bowl him a bit more but there wasn’t a heap of overs in the game, the ball seemed to swing and seam a little bit.
“So that is actually one thing to weigh up this week.”
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