Australia v Sri Lanka 2011: Cameron White terms his exclusion from Australian ODI squad as 'kick in the guts' – Cricket News Update
With the crucial tour to Sri Lanka round the corner, Australian side has been making some drastic changes to the line-up in order to put their cricket back on the right track.
For that purpose, Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cameron-Leon-White-c49163 out of the One Day International (ODI) squad, but the blazing all-rounder retained his position as the Twenty20 skipper.
Expressing disappointment over losing his place in the ODI side, White referred his exclusion from the squad for the upcoming series against the islanders as a "kick in the guts".
The decision of White’s omission came as a follow up of Victoria-born player’s not-so-impressive performance in the recent three-match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747. In 15 ODIs during 2011, the 27-year-old cricketer scored just 271 runs at an average of under-25.
Conceding the fact that his performance during the last 12 months was not up to the mark, White said, "It is no secret I haven't been in the best of form of late but I was hopeful I would still be in the squad. It's definitely a kick in the guts.”
Commenting on his captaincy in the shorter version of the game, the Victorian player aimed to bring an improvement in his batting and leadership skills, hoping to produce good results against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
The Aussies are scheduled to meet Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 in a couple of Twenty20 International before trying their luck in the ODI and Test series next month.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/White-c96514 hoped that he will be able to get his form back before the international matches as he has a few days to sharpen his teeth before the crucial tour.
"Outside of a couple of T20 games I will be back playing for Victoria and scoring as many runs as I can. I just have to go back and get better and hopefully get another opportunity at some stage. T20 is such a different game and moving towards having specialist
players - (but) I am not saying I am in that boat,” added the Aussie Twenty20 skipper.
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