Australia announce a 12-member squad for first Test against New Zealand – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 have named a 12-man squad for the first Test against New Zealand, which will be starting from Thursday, December 1, 2011 at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (BCG), Woolloongabba in Brisbane.
The Kangaroos suffered quite a few injury problems after their recently concluded Test series against South Africa and were forced to make some changes ahead of their first encounter against the Kiwis.
According to the Aussie national selector http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Copeland-c2709 are the players to have
missed selection after being part of the Test squad in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.”
Inverarity further went onto say, “The absence of these players obviously provides a great chance for David Warner, James Pattinson, Ben Cutting and Mitchell Starc to come into the squad and perform on the international stage and I know that is an opportunity
they are all looking forward to.”
The squad announced today is: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653.
It will be interesting to see how the youngsters perform against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in the longest version of the game. They will have the advantage of playing at home and the local support will certainly be a big boost for their confidence.
Other than the young guns, a couple of senior players will also be eagerly looking forward to this series and one of them will be Ponting.
The veteran batsman had been out of touch for a long time and was criticised for not being able to make a big impact in the longest version of the game.
However, he played a crucial innings of 62 runs against South Africa in the final Test, guiding Australia to a terrific victory. This might have forced the selectors to give another chance to the stylish batsman.
Other than Ponting, Hussey and Haddin will also be under some pressure to do well against the Black Caps. They chipped in with some runs against the Proteas and will now look to carry onto the momentum in the upcoming Test series.
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