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Australia urged to give up on Steve Smith as Test opener for India tour, Australia vs New Zealand, news, statistics

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[ad_1] Australia has been urged to abandon the Steve Smith experiment despite coach Andrew McDonald claiming criticism of the newly-converted opener was “harsh” and “unfair”. Smith has averaged 28.50 since reinventing himself as an opener following David Warner’s Test retirement, passing 12 just twice in eight knocks since moving up the order. He managed 51 … Read more

Marcus Harris, Australia vs West Indies, George Bailey, Test squad, reaction, Cameron Bancroft, Steve Smith opening, Matt Renshaw, news

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[ad_1] Marcus Harris has expressed his disappointment at being left out of the Australian squad for the Test series against the West Indies, wondering whether selectors “want to pick specialist opening batsmen anymore”. At the beginning of the summer, many believed Harris, Cameron Bancroft and Matt Renshaw were the three fighting for the impending vacancy … Read more