Aussies contemplate batting order reshuffle – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-John-Rixon-c91144 as hinted at a batting order reshuffle ahead of the limited-overs series against Pakistan, which gets underway in Sharjah, UAE, on Tuesday, August 28, 2012.
Australia’s major concern at the moment is http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 at the top, following Shane Watson’s injury during England tour last month. Wade, whose prime role is to keep the wickets, opened up innings
for Australia alongside David Warner in July’s fifth and final ODI against the Poms and remained at the position for the one-off ODI against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 over the weekend, where he played a fine half-century knock.
But Rixon revealed on Sunday that they might send the 24-year-old Tasmanian gloveman down the order should Australia field first in the series opener.
"Matthew Wade is probably the biggest concern," Rixon said in Sharjah. "He has a dual role to play. If he has to field first, and then go out and do the batting, he's going to look a lot more tired doing it that way than the way he did it last night. He's
a guy we will have to manage well and his position in the batting may have a bearing on that."
In that case, seasoned middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 will open the innings alongside hard-hitting David Warner, according to the Australian coach.
“Probably a really positive option would be Mike Hussey to open. He opened with the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League,” stated Rixon, who also coaches CSK in the lucrative league.
The 37-year-old veteran left-hander, who missed the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Vijay-c1867 at the top during the 2012 Indian Premier League, and went on to score 261 runs in eight innings, including two half-centuries.
The first ODI between the two outfits gets underway in Sharjah, on Tuesday. Overall, the two sides are scheduled to play three One Day Internationals and an equal number of T20 Internationals between August 28 and September 10.
This is http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 as foreign teams have refused to tour the country due to troubled law and order situation.
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