An all-rounder should substitute http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Edward-Waugh-c74603 – Cricket News Update
Former Australian opener, Mark Waugh, wants an all-rounder to replace Shane Watson in the first Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, insisting that bringing a specialist batsman as all-rounder’s alternative is not a good idea at all.
Due to a hamstring strain, Watson was ruled out of the opening Test at Brisbane, set to get underway from December 1, 2011. Australia’s limited-over specialist, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301, is expected to replace Watson at the top-order.
However, Waugh isn’t in favour of this step, as he described that Watson has been http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Peter-Hewitt-c66001 in the battle against the Kiwis.
He stated, "He's nearly been our best bowler the last 12 months. So that leaves us with three fast bowlers. We need an all-rounder. I'm going to slot Dan Christian in at No. 6.”
The two key quick bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326, Australia’s blowing attack is now being considered weak to take on the in-form Kiwi batting line-up, including
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JD-Ryder-c1679 - the three batsmen who smashed centuries in the tour game.
With three uncapped quicks, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PM-Siddle-c2197.
Hence, Waugh suggested Australia to go with an extra bowler, explaining that stepping into the clash with only four specialists will be counterproductive for the home side.
Although, he backed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 for the long-term role at number-three position, he made it clear that somebody will have to sacrifice in order to strengthen the bowling unit.
"He's going to play a lot of Test cricket and going to score a lot of runs, but just in the conditions, I think with New Zealand having a good batting line-up and the lack of back-up for our three quicks, we need a bowler. Christian is in form. Get him in
there," added the 128-Test veteran who scored over-8000 runs at the top-order for Australia.
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